Welcome to Cycling Scotland

Downloads

A series of PDF documents available for download, which you may find useful.

Building Fitness Through Cycling. 
Some  useful booklets with advice on starting to make journeys by bike and 3 levels of fitness programme for charity riders, day trippers and anyone looking to improve their cycling technique.

Bike Boost

Committed to getting fit? This booklet will give you 3 levels of training programme to help you get the most from your time on the bike.

Getting Started

A guide to commuting by bike. Lots of information on starting to make short journeys by bike. Worth a look, even if you want to cycle for your health or just for fun rather than to get to work, school or study.

Healthy Eating 2 

A guide to what to eat to get the best out of your performance while cycling, and to avoid running out of steam. Revised edition.

Cycle Safety Advice

A comprehensive guide to safe cycling.

Bike Maintainence Factsheet

A handy guide to help make sure you don't break down.

Cycle Clothing Factsheet

What to wear when out on your bike.

Cycle to Work

A factsheet about salary sacrifice schemes.

Cycling Activities
Ideas and resources for cycling activities, example session plans and ideas.

BMX

A session plan giving an introduction to BMX, no special equipment or facilities required. Can be delivered in a car park, playing field, car park etc.

Bunch race

A mini-bunch race in road or mtb style. No special equipment or facilities required.

Indoor Activities

A couple of indoor sessions when the weather is just to bad, or when you want to keep the cycling theme going.

Pursuit

Introduction to track style cycle-sport with the pursuit event. No special equipment or venue required.

Ready Steady order form

A two sided ten card set of laminated cycling session cards. Which would be of interest to cycle coaches, trainers and leaders.

Slalom Relay

A couple of variations on the relay race style. No special equipment or venue required.

Sprint

A couple of activities in the track sprint style. No special equipment or venue required.

Education and Training resources

 

 

Bike Check

Downloadable Blank Bike Check

Blank Session Plan

Downloadable Blank Session Plan

MCM Modules

Summary of all ten modules in the Making Cycling Mainstream programme.

Risk assessment

Downloadable Blank risk assessment form

Sustrans Active Travel Case Study

Moving towards improved health and a better environment

 

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