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Bike Scotland Book One: 40 great routes from Central Scotland
By Fergal MacErlean
From Pocket Mountains, the publisher of Scotland's best-selling mountain walking guides, comes Bike Scotland: Book One by Fergal MacErlean. This beautifully designed little guide contains 40 bike routes, all starting and finishing at train stations in Central Scotland. Areas covered include Fife, Perthshire, Glasgow, Loch Lomond and the Clyde Islands, Edinburgh and the Lothians, and Falkirk and Stirling. Each route is accompanied by stunning photography, full-colour sketch maps and additional facts about the history, geology and wildlife of the area.
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Mountainbike Scotland: The Highlands v. 1
By Kenny Wilson
This is a mountain biking guidebook to Scotland. It includes 50 selected routes, single and multi-day routes, spread over the whole of the Highland region, i.e. Argyll, the Southern, Central and Northern Highlands and the Cairngorms. The fifty routes in this guide represent some of the best riding to be enjoyed anywhere. They range from short, easy jaunts to full-on epics penetrating deep into the heart of the hills and glens. Bad weather alternatives are listed. The book offers advice on access, nearest bike shops to the routes, and how to get there. It is the first guide to cover the whole of Scotland north of the Highland Fault Line. It is fulsomely illustrated with maps and inspirational photographs, and compiled by a highly respected Scottish biker.
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Scotland: The National Cycle Network (National Cycle Network Route)
By Harry Henniker
Unveiled in the year 2000, the National Cycle Network currently provides more than 7000 miles of cycling routes throughout Britain, with the figure expected to rise to 10,000 miles by 2005. Harry Henniker's book, covering the Scottish part of the National Cycle Network, is a comprehensive guide to the many routes to be explored. Integrated in colour throughout with clear, user-friendly maps and route trajectories, it provides cyclists with advice on what to take on particular rides, the best places to stay and the sights that must be seen. Whether using the Network for a cycling holiday, a day trip, or as an alternative route to work, all the information cyclists will ever need is contained within these pages. "Scotland: the National Cycle Network" has guides to over 50 routes across mainland Scotland, with each chapter covering a different region. The areas covered include Edinburgh-Carlisle, Glasgow-Inverness, Aberdeen-Edinburgh, Inverness-John O'Groats and Glasgow-Carlisle.
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101 Bike Routes in Scotland
By Harry Henniker
This cycling guide covers the whole of Scotland, from the Orkney Islands to Dumfries and Galloway. It contains a variety of routes including mountain bike courses, quiet road routes and rides for children. It explores both popular and less well-known areas and includes many mountain bike routes previously unpublished in book form. It also provides instructions for the new bike paths in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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101 Mountain Bike Routes in Scotland
By Harry Henniker
Features detailed descriptions of mountain-bike routes from all over Scotland, chosen for variety, interest for all abilities and for scenery. Maps and photographs are accompanied by advice on the terrain and any special equipment required.
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