New Website Notice for Edinburgh Bicycle

Please note that the Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Operative now has a new website. To visit the new website, please follow this link.

If you have bookmarked a page from the old website, please update your bookmarked page so that you can go straight to our new website. Thank you.

The Edinburgh Bicycle website team.
                 

 

TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS AND ACCOMMODATION

Access Trips
Explore the world and develop your mountain biking skills with one of Access Trips’ unique mountain bike tours. Destinations include: Costa Rica, Tibet, Slovenia, Canada and Morocco.

Axar Sport
Paul Bateson who once ran a bike shop, raced and organised races in Yorkshire moved to Andulcia from where he now organises road racing / mountain biking / triathlon / running / hiking breaks in southern Spain. Paul knows Andalucia like the back of his track mitt having rode and ran over most of its tarmac and trails. If you're looking for a warm-weather break somewhere that's a lot quieter than traditional resorts such as Majorca and a lot less windy than Lanzarote, Paul can arrange trips and/or bike hire; if you want to compete in an event, he'll send you info and organise your race entry; and if you're looking for lakeside accommodation, he can arrange that too.

Bicycle Beano Cycle Tours
Cycling holidays on idyllic lanes in Wales and England with delicious vegetarian cuisine, mostly organic (lunchtime meat options available).

Biketrip
A backpackers forum on travelling the world on your bike. Reviews, contacts and tips.

Bike Village
Guided MTB holidays in the French Alps from £200. Small informal groups. Friendly British guides. Based in Beautiful Alpine village. XC epics, DH nastiness and lift-assisted days in the sun. Prices include: accommodation in the Bike Village Chalet, airport transfers, guiding, all breakfasts, dinner with wine

Bracken Lodges
Situated on the banks of the glorious Loch Tay, Bracken Lodges is well positioned for any one looking for a base to explore the Perthshire Highlands ( one of our favourite cycling areas - see route guide ).

Breton Bikes
A small cycletouring company in Brittany France offering real cyclecamping holidays with all equipment supplied, also doing hotel and hostel tours. Further information can be found on their homepage - pics from customers, sample routes and up to date information.

Geoff and Kate Husband
14 Grande Rue Plelauff
22570 Plelauff
France

Tel (00 33) 2 96 24 86 72
E-mail Bretonbikes@compuserve.com

Brindisi Biking and Hiking
Brindisi are a well-established company who have been organising bicycle tours in France, Ireland and Norway. They intend to add Italy, Austria, Spain, Chile, and the Easter Islands to their programme. No need to fear exhaustion. Our cycling tours allow for a comfortable time margin for personal detours and stops. In between, and afterwards, we enjoy local cuisine and beverages and offer guided tours.

Burgh Lodge
For visitors to Fife looking for informal, value-for-money accommodation with stunning views and a warm welcome, The Burgh Lodge is exactly the right choice. With magnificent view of the Lomond Hill and a magnificent price of £10 per person first night and £9 thereafter, what more could you ask for.

Back Wynd
Falkland, Fife
KY15 7BX
Tel 01337 857710
E-mail burgh.lodge@btconnect.com

Cycle Breaks
Cycle Breaks offer gentle self-guided cycling tours in England (Suffolk and Norfolk), France and Austria.

Cycle Grampian
What a good idea.

Cycle Wild
'CycleWild we are dedicated to exploring the most exciting and inspiring cycling destinations in the world.'

Edinburgh's Accommodation
Places to stay near our Edinburgh shop.

Exodus Biking Adventures
A long established company offering a wide choice of holidays in Europe, Asia, Americas and Africa.

European Bike Express
Three routes across Europe with convenient drop-off and pickup points, tried and tested for a hassle-free service for cyclists. Cycling holidays are also available in Italy and Spain.

Glenmore Lodge
A customer wrote the following unsolicited endorsement. 'If you're in the Aviemore area try Glenmore Lodge next to Loch Morlich - they do rooms for £18 pppn including breakfast. The location is glorious and you are right on the doorstep of some excellent tracks in Glenmore Forest.'

GNWS
GNWS provides online bookings and tourist information for Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Lomond and most Scottish cities and towns.

Great Cycling and Walking Holidays in Europe
A Scottish-based company specializing in cycling holidays both self-led and group throughout Europe.
Tours are available in 10 European countries.
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1501 744 727

Hooked On Cycling are a Lothian-based company who have developed a series of road tours throughout Scotland and in select regions of France, Spain , Italy and Costa Rica.

Iberocycle
Great fun, personally tailored cycling holidays in Spain (as recommended by one of our customers).

Independent Backpackers Hostels: Scotland
An association of over 100 independent hostels throughout Scotland, stretching from Galloway in the remote south-west via Edinburgh and Glasgow to Orkney in the north and the Outer Hebrides in the far west of Scotland, with many places of interest and outstanding scenic beauty between. Most of the hostels are privately owned and the majority are family run. They all provide a good standard of hostel style accommodation at a fair price in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. They have a minimum of rules, no curfew and no membership is required. The hostels are open, and their facilities are available, all day.

Most hostels are open all year round, but in winter it is advisable to check.

Isle of Wight.
'There are more bridleways per square km on the I of W than any other county in the country....'

Kirkintilloch Appartment
'Exuding contemporary elegance and decadence, this stunning canal-side apartment in Scotland's Canal Capital is an idyllic base for business and leisure travellers visiting the Glasgow area and Central Scotland.'

Laid Back in Edinburgh
Like to try out three different recumbent bikes in Edinburgh for a few hours? Laid Back can give you a friendly and safe intro to this style of bike and let you learn about Edinburgh's path network at the same time. Three upright city/hybrid bikes also available to hire.

London Bicycle Tour Company
Whether you need to hire a bike for the day or longer, fancy a short guided tour around central London, or want to spend longer exploring English country lanes, the London Bicycle Tour Company operate probably the largest fleet of cycles in London.

Melrose Accommodation
A group of 6 bed & breakfast businesses who have gathered together to offer cycling clubs the opportunity to explore some of Scotland's best countryside in and around Melrose . Melrose Accommodation can offer up to 30 bedrooms for short-break packages with attractive discounts for cyclists. Phone Jock Aitken on 01896 822479 to discuss your requirements.

Mtb Britain
Great route section with maps and photos, equipment advice, tips and reviews.

Mountain Beach
This Nottingham-based company has been running supported mountain bike holidays for the past 20 years. If you want to put yourself in experienced hands to explore Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, Sicily, Tuscany, and Scotland too, head for the (mountain) beach. Suitable for riders of all abilities.

mountainbiketrax
Thinking of exploring Deeside, the Grampians or anywehere in the highlands on a mountain bike? Then you might want to contact this Aboyne and Aberdeen-based mountain bike guiding and teaching company.
Newtonmore Hostel
Peter and Kathryn, the owners, emailed us to say that they were cycling friendly. Stefan, a customer from Germany agreed. 'I really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere at Newtonmore Hostel. I had a really pleasant stay in this comfortable house within the nice countryside. Hopefully the weather remains good and 'un-Scottish' as it has been during my past 800km of cycling through Scotland. If I come back to this area I will surely know where to stay.'

Open Fields Cycle Tours: East Anglia
A fantastic fully guided 4 day cycling tour. A nice easy relaxed pace with baggage moved-on, B&Bs included and quality bikes provided.
Discover some truly hidden delights in this part of the world.

Oysterber Farm Cottage Holidays
'We have 4 sleeping a maximum of 20 people and we are situated just outside Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales. We are both keen cyclists of many years and organise weeks and weekends for cyclists at our cottages in the Spring and Autumn.

It is pretty hilly terrain and encompasses the Yorkshire Dales, Southern Lake District, Forest of Bowland and the West Coast, all of which are on our doorstep and within cycling distance of the cottages. We have CTC groups, Off Road, On Road, in fact all types visit us each year and we offer discounts to organisers who take all our cottages.'

Pacific CYCLE Tours
Scenic, adventure, wine tasting, and special interest cycle tours, designed for you to experience New Zealand at its purest – the land of extremes where you can connect body, spirit and soul.

Pacific Cycle Tours has specialised in customised cycling tours of New Zealand since 1987. A New Zealand Tourism Award winner and family-owned business, we combine our deep knowledge of the New Zealand landscape with our passion for adventure and attention to detail – to give you the best time of your life.

Visit their web site or e-mail them for further information.

Redspokes
cycle adventure tours

Redspokes are a small tour company set up by 3 experienced cyclists who have extensively toured some of the best regions in the world. Their aim is to bring safe, affordable and fully supported tours that respect the cultures and peoples of the areas they visit.

Ride Sierra Nevada
Trail riding in Spain
Ride Sierra Nevada is run by mountain bikers to provide other mountain bikers with the perfect all year-round big riding holiday – with trails to suit most levels, from cross-country whippet to gravity-shy thrill seekers.
Saddle Skedaddle
Holidays for people who want unique mountain bike adventures without the hassle.
Destinations include; Northern Chile, Southern Chile, Northern Spain,

Skedaddle Weekends
Weekend breaks in quieter parts of the UK's best outdoor areas offering a quick cycling escape with like-minded people.

Scottish Youth Hostel Association
The best place to look if you are after cheap basic accomodation anywhere in Scotland. The principal objective of the Association is: 'To help all, but especially young people, to experience and appreciate the Scottish countryside and places of historic and cultural interest in Scotland, and to promote their health, recreation and education, particularly by providing low cost accommodation for them on their travels.'

Sydney to London - The Long Ride Home.
I assume he's finished now, although it doesn't specifically tell you. An epic charitable voyage.

Taranaki Cycletours
An ex-pat Scot organises fully supported cycling-for-softy-style tours in New Zealand's traffic-lite North Island.

Transcend Trail Academy
Transcend is a company that specialises in exposing more people to Mountain Biking, developing their riding techniques, and helping them get the most from their experience and enabling them to move on to the next level of riding.

Wester Caputh Independent Hostel
Comfy beds, convivial atmosphere, super power showers, musical instuments, books, serious coffee-making facilities, organic food, beds from £12 a night (May 2005), easily accessible Perthshire location, secure bicycle accomodation and workspace... after 30-odd years riding around Scotland, we've discovered the perfect independent hostel. Or to quote the Wester Caputh website, 'Just because you pay less to stay here it doesn't mean you should suffer or expect less quality of experience.'