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Picture yourself cycling across the Firth of Forth, with Scotland's beautiful capital city behind you and uninterrupted views of the iconic red Forth railway bridge to your right. This is the start of the Coast and Castles North cycling route...

Here at Trailbrakes Biking Holidays, we’ve been taking part in our own multi-day cycling trips and mountain biking adventures throughout the wilderness areas of Scotland and northern England for over 15 years. Our business began from humble beginnings, when our...

The Trailbrakes Team have been organising tailor made cycling tours and mountain biking holidays in Scotland and the rest of the UK for over 15 years. Our business began when Peter, our founder, discovered a taste for exploring many rural...

The weather in the UK is notoriously unpredictable, which makes packing for a cycling holiday in the UK tricky! Every year we're asked similar questions; When is the best time of year to take part in a cycling or mountain...

We are often asked the question: What is the best cycling holiday in the UK? It is such a tricky question to answer, a bit like bieng asked 'what is your favourite song?'. I think that the answer could vary...

We just wanted to share a lovely email we received after a recent Hadrian's Cycleway trip for a family from Germany. Dear Peter, thank you very much for your E-Mail, which I read now since we started our trip to...

Each year we are really lucky to meet, or sometimes just speak to many dozens of amazing people, all with adventure on their minds. This is one of the most constructive and fantastic feedback emails that we received from one...

We've know it for years but Scotland is one of the best destinations in the world for mountain biking (not that we are biased)! We've always been very careful and professional about what we offer and our small groups who...

Here are some photos from a cold and wintery Hadrian's Wall trip we did recently. It is such an evocative place and easy to imagine the Roman soldiers on one side of the wall and the Scots on the other...