RACHEL Atherton is a multiple world, European and national downhill mountain bike champion, flying the flag for Great Britain on an international stage alongside brothers Dan and Gee. She will be in Scotland this weekend (September 26 and 27) for the 2015 Red Bull Foxhunt in the Pentland Hills, Edinburgh, bringing together 150 women to race bikes.
SHANNON Galpin has spent much of the past decade working to challenge one of Afghanistan's biggest enduring social stigmas: women on bikes.
THE nights may be fair drawing in (please don't shoot the messenger) but that doesn't mean there isn't bike-related fun to be had across Scotland. Here's some ideas to whet the appetite.
HAVING missed Cycle To Work Day on September 3 as I was out of the office on a story for this newspaper, I instead decided to list some of my favourite commuting moments.
THE 2015 Aviva Tour of Britain gets under way next month with Scotland gearing up to welcome many of the world's top cyclists, including former world champion Mark Cavendish.
1) Olympic champion Chris Boardman and expert driving instructor Blaine Walsh on rule 163 of the Highway Code.
Make sure you put this date in your diary: Etape Royale on September 27.
Graeme Herd is a former national coach for Scottish Cycling and has served at four Commonwealth Games.
Louise Haston claimed her place in the history books when she took Scotland’s first medal of the 2014 Commonwealth Games – a silver medal alongside Aileen McGlynn in the para-sport sprint B tandem at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.
