FC don’t have any land in and around towns? I guess it’s what’s available.
FCS have lots, but they don’t build trail centres any more…
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/wiat

Always been disappointed in Scotland. Riding is over-rated – dull classics that are just fire road slogs, infested with biting insects and full of racists that you can barely understand.

It’s grim up north.

And I say this as someone who’s dad is full on Glaswegian.

The JOcko equivalent of “some of my best friends are black”?

Shame on you scottroutes: I thought you scots had a sense of humour

I think they prefer to be called sweaty socks.

whether you like Mr Boyle’s humour or not, he’s drawing attention to a grim situation.

if you think “force feeding” of hunger strikers is stuffing nice cakes in someone’s mouth until they let out a contented groan, then think again:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jul/08/mos-def-force-fed-guantanamo-bay-video

ps if you haven’t noticed, this is being done in your name. you should ******* care.

Im a pretty good, if not now a very good, rider
Computer says no.

I assume you mean TehKay Maxxx?

What grade of concussion can one expect to receive from an acorn?

I’m no expert, but I’m fairly sure he’s wrong.
um, I’m with Faz (or Fiz) it’s definitely bollox.

Any idea which section of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act gives them that authority?
You’ll be wanting a copy of the Forestry Commission Scotland / Scottish Cycling agreement (but applies to all mtb event organisers on NFE) from a couple of years back:
http://www.dmbins.com/developing/people–2/events-page–8/organising-your-own-event/mountain-biking-events-on-the-national-forest-estate

As a Scot who has spent a significant part of his time down south, I’ve received a lot of anti-Acottish comment. Most of it I’d class as “banter”, but a fair proportion not so much…

Anyhoo, quite glad Farage has been exposed for what he is. Nasty, nasty politics disguised (for some) behind a gormless grim.

Scotland has more pandas that Conservative MPs and long may it continue…

Go and ask Brian Stark from Boardwise, he’ll remember.
He doesn’t appear to be on here making a tit of himself, you’ll have to do…

three clear years passed in Scotland one time with no snow for instance.
Evidence please.

Rob McSkimming at the Eastgate? Me too.

IIRC he said that Whistlers income was primarily snowsports, then golf, then MTB. I’d wager a crisp Canadian dollar that the jumps between these are substantial, eh?

Still, agree with the opening line of your third para up there a bit.

most ski resorts make more profit in the summer from MTB’s
Any evidence to back that up?

and here’s why we should all be afraid of taxi drivers…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21940386

the problem I see in London, UK is that large numbers (the majority) of cyclists and pedestrians are actually causing the problem that creates a “road traffic collision” (RTC), rather than any negligence on the motorists’ part
Fortunately, people with computers and pens have special numbers on these sort of things – they call them <WARNING: big word coming> statistics – that show that this is bollocks.

>I think we’ve all been there (rushing/busy/not-quite defrosted everything etc)
Nope. Please don’t assume we’re all as idiotic as you.

>I’d like to know if the cyclist had vivid clothing/lights etc.
You’re right. It was probably the cyclist’s fault. <rolls eyes>

As a Scot south of the border I quite enjoy sporting banter. The regular, casual and definitely-not-casual racism can be pretty nasty to live with though…

bravohotel8er said> All being well, he’ll be next.
Really? Wishing a lingering death from cancer on someone? What a ****.

If you ride on the road, expect your personal safety to be seriously compromised – think singletrack!
Blah blah. Guessing you only ride a bike at trail centres after having removed the bike from a rack on your Q8…

why it’s so important that countries are spending millions trying to find/justify its existence.
Your are IDS and I claim my £5 (from the DHSS).

More power to the thickos.

there is obviously a reason we were explicitly told that its better than 999 for pin pointing location
could it be that the person that told you was also a sucker for urban myths?

m.phillips@dailymail.co.uk I think a few rational and well presented emails correcting her “facts” would help…
Nooooooo! You do understand how this sort of thing works don’t you?

Where do you live ? Been to minus 28 at my house
Um, really? Where do you live?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/extremes/

I wish I could sue the reactionary Daily Mail idiots that pepper this forum…

Stop behaving like cyclists are riding on the roads as some sort of cap doffing victims. YOU OWN THE ROADS TOO.

“Local cycle campaigners had repeatedly voiced concerns about the hazards of Edinburgh’s tram scheme.”

“The council has not acted on safety recommendations such as a two-way cycle lane, or improved lighting and signage to warn cyclists of danger.”

“this legal challenge isn’t just about cyclists and tram lines. It is about the duties of highway authorities to take proper account of cyclists’ safety, whatever they are designing.”

And finally:
“It’s a priority to improve safety right across the city and the council’s coalition agreement commitment to invest 5 per cent of the transport budget on provision for cyclists will help achieve this.”
Edinburgh is going to have have some freekin’ cycling network if the council spend 5% of the £776m that’s being spent on trams. Oh, I see, you don’t mean 5% of that budget…

don’t flatter yourself, ducky.

No trouble with walkers or burning cars when I was up there and riding the Pentlands. I suspect “bigbadbob” is perpetrating a smear campaign for a rival range of hills.

The Ochils or perhaps the Lammermuirs? Most probably the Campsies – they always looked kinda shifty to me…

FWIW, I think the same standards should apply to both forum and magazine.
I don’t think the views of someone who received a forum ban for posting a racist word are worth a shit.

i’ve always wondered if astroturfers maintain their own searches or whether their summoned?

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Pretty stupid to compare cycling to the country’s most popular sport.
uh uh.

Ok then can you explain how the World Cup at Fort William attracts 10k+ spectators for a dull boring sport?
10k spectators at the highest level of competition in the sport (other than the World Champs)? roughly the same as Bradford City got in the fourth division of football. not much of a crowd is it?

my mate said they were veting people to see if they were part of the cliockk.

You on the other hand seem to form opinions on just one sentence.
On the contrary, knowing (from previous posts) that you were in a similar/same business I was wondering what really motivated your personal abuse…

See you on the trails, I’ll be the well slept, smiley one
I very much doubt it.

Stereotype alert, those digging jumps tend to be young, tend to be influenced by mags, tend not to be able to drive, tend to have little understanding of the implication of their actions.
IME Yes to first and third, the second and fourth seem to have come from you.

he’d like to talk to you about something called the motorcar.
and do the folks that build jumps and burms (sic) tend to be of driving age?

You can ride 7 miles in 10 minutes? Have you thought about entering the time trial at the Olympics? 🙂

So quick to criticise.
It’s an incredibly daft thing to say, think he got off lightly…

I did laugh at Stu’s remark but the fact that there is so much snow this time of year is a bit unusual to say the least!
Late snow not that unusual. Few more years riding on the bigger hills and you’ll see.

Compared to some of the personal malice directed at posters here, I feel my comment was quite subdued.
Congratulations on sinking to the bottom then…

So, this shop you work in. Which one is it?