Cycling Scotland
We are Scotland’s national cycling charity. Working with others, we get more people cycling, more safely and easily in a better environment. Charity no SC029760
www.cycling.scot
- 🚲 Great to see Highland school pupils benefit from Level 2 #BikeabilityScotland training, introducing them to cycling on road. Across Scotland, this training is giving more and more young people the all-important skills and confidence get around by bike, and to live happier, healthier lives.
- Save the date for the 2026 #CyclingScotlandConf! ⏰ 16 Sept 2026 📍 Perth 🚴♀️ Join us and others from across Scotland supporting more people to cycle for everyday journeys Find out more and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when registration opens: cycling.scot/about/confer...
- We’re one of more than 60 organisations supporting the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026. It calls on all political parties to support key commitments, on long-term investment, infrastructure, linking active and public transport, and creating safer streets: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
- A new pilot project is giving hundreds of old bikes a new lease of life, by redirecting unwanted, damaged bikes from @glasgowcc.bsky.social recycling centres to be repaired and redistributed to local communities. 🚲 Find out more: cycling.scot/news/pilot-p...
- Great to hear the impact of early-years Play on Pedals sessions in East Renfrewshire! In 2024-25, more than 10,000 nursery-age children took part in these sessions across Scotland, built around fun play on balance and pedal bikes. Starting, for many, the beginning of their cycling journey. 🚲🙂
- The 2026/27 budget and spending review shows a 4-year commitment to investing in active travel infrastructure, creating thriving places, healthier communities & saving lives. The pledge to Bikeability is also welcome, helping children build the skills and confidence to cycle on our roads.
- Our office has re-opened for the New Year, and we're looking forward to continuing our work with others across Scotland to get more people cycling, more safely and easily in 2026.
- 🎄 Our office is now closed for the year and will re-open on 5th January. Everyone at Cycling Scotland wishes you a Merry Christmas and happy festive period, and we look forward to riding into a new year together.
- E-bikes help more people travel in a healthy and sustainable way. However, illegally modified e-bikes and unlicensed e-motorbikes pose serious safety risks due to the dangerous speed they can travel at, and risk of fire from unregulated batteries. 1/2
- The Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking (APPGCW) has outlined recommendations to tackle the rise of illegally modified e-bikes, to protect the future for legal, safe e-bike use that benefits so many. Read their recommendations in full: appgcw.org/resources/in... 2/2
- 🎄 Tis the season! Have you collected your #TreeByBike this year? Share a photo if you've been making the most of the benefits of pedal powered pick-ups at this time of year. 🚲 fresh air, exercise & skipping congestion 🌍 no pollution ✨ guaranteed joy
- When you're driving, slow down around people on bikes. Don't take any risks. Leave space for a life. #GiveCycleSpace
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- "I'm really glad we had this chance. I used to be the only one of my friends who couldn’t ride a bike, but now I can." Dumfries and Galloway celebrates #BikeabilityScotland success, as one of latest Scottish local authorities to deliver on-road cycle training at all primary schools: buff.ly/8TiUBFo
- As educators, cycling instructors are making a big difference. Last week offered a chance for instructors from across Scotland to gather in Stirling for a day of learning, celebration and reflection on the impact of their work. Thanks to everyone who was able to take part!
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- When you're driving, slow down around people on bikes. Don't take any risks. Leave space for a life. #GiveCycleSpace
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- 🏆 Congratulations to the 2025 #BikeabilityScotland Award winners! In a year when more than 53,000 pupils took part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training, the annual awards celebrate the stories behind the statistics: cycling.scot/news/bikeabi...
- Our 2024-25 annual report shares our impact in helping more people to cycle. ➡️Record no. councils delivering on-road #BikeabilityScotland training in all primary schools ➡️Tackling transport poverty with range of Access to Bike projects ➡️Monitoring cycling increases across Scotland buff.ly/QVMtroa
- Cycling is soaring in Scotland, with the latest data showing new dedicated, connected routes are having an immediate impact👇 ➡️ More bikes than cars in rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay ➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL ➡️ New Stirling lanes helping more people to travel by bike
- 🚲 "One of the big reasons we do it is confidence. It’s life skills. It gets them to appreciate something a bit different. A lot of our kids have challenges with resilience. It’s brilliant for that." - Blaine Robertson, PE Specialist at Ferryhill Primary, on #BikeabilityScotland cycle training
- There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes". Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
- 🚲🩺 For the last two years, Kirsty - an NHS health visitor in Glasgow - has cycled to work and to appointments in the community. "I've found cycling is much quicker than driving... it gives you the headspace you need and time to reflect and think about how best I can support the families."
- 📰 STV News coverage of recent all-mode traffic surveys, showing continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike, where Scotland is building new, high quality cycling infrastructure. 🚲📈 Including more bikes than cars in morning rush hour, recorded for the first time on one Glasgow route.
- Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling: ➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay ➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL ➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike See more 👇
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- 🚲 "Cycling makes me feel really good. It’s good for your body and it makes me feel happy." We spoke to pupils at Tayside Primary in Dundee, to hear their excitement at being out on their bikes and gaining the skills and confidence to cycle on-road through #BikeabilityScotland cycle training.
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- Visual impairment can often be a barrier to people being more active. But a new cycle training pilot is setting out to change that. 📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
- 🚴 From helping tackle transport poverty, to boosting skills and development, and supporting better road safety knowledge, #BikeabilityScotland cycle training is a powerful way of setting up our young people for happier, healthier lives. Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
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- @highland.gov.uk is looking for instructors to help deliver #BikeabilityScotland cycle training to schoolchildren across the local authority area - particularly encouraging Gaelic speakers and those who may not necessarily yet have instructor qualifications to apply. Find out more 🚴👇
- "It was making sure you know what to and how to ride properly and safely. It was really fun." - Isla, P7 #BikeabilityScotland is helping children across Scotland discover the fun and freedom of cycling: building the skills to lead more active, healthy and happy lives now and into the future. 🚲✨
- Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling: ➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay ➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL ➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike See more 👇
- 🌍🚲 With over half of journeys under five miles made by car, making it easier for more people to choose sustainable transport options like cycling has a key role to play in cutting Scotland's emissions: helping us look after our health and our environment at the same time. #ScotClimateWeek
- Thanks to everyone who joined us in Dundee for this year's #CyclingScotlandConf! Our latest blog looks back at a great day, filled with energy and enthusiasm towards supporting more everyday cycling in Scotland: orlo.uk/qzSVG
- We’re appointing a new Head of Finance and Corporate Services, who will have responsibility for managing and overseeing all aspects of Cycling Scotland’s finances, helping us deliver our charitable mission. Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
- E-bikes are having a hugely positive impact in getting more people cycling. However there's a lot of confusion between legal, safe e-bikes and illegally modified e-bikes. Our latest blog explores the difference, the serious dangers of illegal e-bikes and what needs to change: buff.ly/2KhwVD6
- 📣🚲 "I think Bikeability is awesome!" P6 pupils of Tayview Primary School in Dundee share what #BikeabilityScotland means to them: unlocking joy, cycling confidence, physical wellbeing, and skills they can take with them through the rest of their lives.
- 🚲 A milestone of 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 young people in Scotland have completed #BikeabilityScotland cycle training since it started in 2011. 14 local authorities now deliver on-road training in every primary school, setting up young people with lifelong skills and cycling confidence: buff.ly/QLgReEm
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- Chair Laura Young and Brian Deegan, Director of Inspections at Active Travel England bring the #CyclingScotlandConf to a close, with a Q&A focusing on the unique benefits that cycling can bring to transport planning and the success stories already being seen across Scotland.
- Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at the University of West of England, addresses the #CyclingScotlandConf, arguing for investment that drives demand, citing immediate impact of street improvements and new safe cycling networks across the UK.
