Recent Posts Tagged With 'glentress'

• 7 Stanes Glentress Timed Runs: Can I get faster on Spooky Wood?

  Posted on Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 13:19 in fitness, racing, bike, mountain, biking, downhill, timed, glentress, 7 stanes

  I’m currently in training for a few races that I’ve been foolish enough to enter over the summer (more details on that soon, still finalising teams!) and I was out at Glentress for a speed circuit last Monday. I’ve started timing my...

• Glentress and Innerleithen - Best Mountain Bike Trails in the UK

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 13:44 in banter, glentress, 7 stanes, south east scotland, innerleithen, mountain bike trail

  For anyone that hasn’t seen it yet, my local pair of trails, Glentress and Innerleithen, have been awarded ‘Top UK Trail’ by Mountain Bike Rider magazine. It’s a brilliant accolade for two great trails on the 7 Stanes roster, ...

• Glentress Trail Improvements - 7 Stanes on the move

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 12:31 in trail, mountain bike, glentress, 7 stanes, south east scotland

  Despite the mother of all headaches I managed to get out to Glentress for some cycling on Sunday morning. When I say ‘cycling’ I really mean a slightly more controlled version of falling off, interspersed with bouts of rib cracking coughi...

• 7 Stanes Glentress Trail Guide - Pt 3 - Mountain biking uphill…

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 11:29 in trail, peebles, mountain biking, mountain bike, glentress, 7 stanes, south east scotland

  Back to the 7 Stanes Glentress Trail guide and we’re continuing on up after the short, sharp downhill section called Pennell’s Vennel. As you follow on the Red trail from the bottom of Pennell’s vennell we find a welcome departure f...

• Learning the bike skills: Mountain biking with the pros

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 11:06 in orange, mountain biking, mountain bike, glentress, 7 stanes, bike skills, south east scotland

  Following on slightly from my post of a couple of weeks ago about taking beginners out biking, I managed to get out this weekend with a couple of guys who were quite the opposite… A while ago I met a friend of my girlfriend’s for the firs...

• Mountain Bike Beginners - The Tips and tribulations

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 11:16 in beginners, banter, trails, mountain biking, glentress, 7 stanes

  I had a good day out at Glentress (7 Stanes favourite in the east of Scotland) at the weekend and thought it worth writing about because it wasn’t with my usual biking buddies. I was planning to head out with the girlfriend on Sunday just to st...

• 7 Stanes Glentress Trail Guide - Pt 2 - The Climb

  Posted on Monday February 4th, 2008 at 15:38 in guide, trail, trails, mountain bike, glentress, 7 stanes, south west scotland

  So, part 2 of the 7 Stanes Glentress trail guide and it’s time to start climbing. You’ve got a choice here that determines exactly how much climbing you’re going to do and what sections you’ll finish up on so it’s pretty...