Mountain Bike Orienteering (MBO) is a fun off road event were YOU choose the course! The choice of route is up to you! 30 electronic checkpoints are scattered across a 60 to 100 square kilometre playing area. The winner is the person who collects the most points in a set time.
Tactics include fitness and the odd bit of luck all play a part in being a successful Mountain Bike Orienteer!
Please CLICK HERE or anywhere on the picture to see the Scottish Mountain Biking Orienteering web page for more details of 2011 events.
Chain Reaction Cycles MTB Marathon and Cycle Ops Power Road Sportive
Selkirk 23rd & 24th July 2011
These events are a real crowd puller with extremely healthy numbers of competitors. The routes are demanding and run through some of Britain's most challenging and picturesque countryside
With the road event on the Saturday and the Mountain Biking Marathon held on the Sunday this is a real cycling extravaganza and really generates a carnival atmosphere. Please CLICK HERE or anywhere on the picture to see the mtb.marathon web page for details of 2011 events.
The local SDA event this year is planned to take place in Innerleithen on 18th September. There are 310 Total Spaces and don't be surprised if they get taken up quickly.
So if your passion is towards hurtling down a technically challenging track at speed, then this is where you need to be! CLICK HERE or anywhere on the picture for registration, further details and a list of the entire series.
TweedLove is a week-long festival of bike-riding and good times in the cycle-friendly Tweed Valley area with its hundreds of miles of the countrys best trails, tracks and roads. So its not surprising that here in the valley we have a remarkable number of resident bike nuts, of both the mountain and road variety
CLICK HERE or anywhere on the picture for further details of this magnificent event.
BikeRadar Demo Day - Come and have a go on a Lapierre, Saracen, Scott, Lynskey, Bionicon Its free, but best to book online,
Glentress
www.bikeradar.com
22nd/23rd May
Premier Demo Series Come and have a go on a Cove, Intense, Rocky Mountain, Turner, Titus or Mondraker, its Free.
Glentress
www.premierdemoseries.com
28th - 30th May
IXS Downhill Cup Its the big one, the European downhill series is heading to Innerleithen for the first time. Come and ride or just come and see it.
Innerleithen
www.innerleithenmtbracing.com
12th/13th June
SDA Downhill The Scottish Downhill Association brings round 3 to Innerleithen
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