Heartbreak Ridge: Aberdeenshire Mountain Bike Classic
There are loads of heartbreak ridge (HBR) videos around, and rightly so because it is an Aberdeenshire, or even Scottish mountain biking...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- May 9
- 5 min
FINALE LIGURE: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRAILS
Finale has a reputation for ice cream and aperitifs by the sea but it’s the standard of the infrastructure and trails that make it so great.
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
Birse Woods with Tom Hutton MTB
There is a particularly fine runout, perfect I'd say, three quarters of the way down the trail called Scooby Doo in Birse Woods. After a...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
Aberdeen City Rides: Lyne of Skene, Dunecht Estate and Garlogie
This route takes a spectacular ridge line from Westhill with a panorama from Bennachie in the north to Durris in the south. The riding...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Jul 24, 2021
- 4 min
Pitfichie Aberdeen Enduro Series Riders Stage Guide
Pitfichie Riders Guide to the Course
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
Monymusk, Whitelady Hill, Scare Woods and Bennachie Bike Bothy
This route has a mix of technical riding and shows off the great history in the area. It is written for an intermediate rider on a...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- May 7, 2021
- 4 min
Aberdeen City Rides: Primefour, Leuchars Moss and Cullerlie Stone Circle.
This route takes advantage of the short drive out of town. It starts, fittingly, at the Kingswells Park and Ride and follows a rolling...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Apr 17, 2021
- 3 min
Aberdeen City Rides: Peterculter, Drum Castle, Gormack and Culter Burns
This route starts in Peterculter and leads into open Aberdeenshire countryside with big skies, a castle, Scots Pine woods and views of...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Getting Back To It: Drops
I've been getting back up to speed after lockdown, bad weather and wet trails, as well as preparing for City Centre Coaching Sessions...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Mar 19, 2021
- 5 min
Aberdeen City Rides: Epic Aberdeen Circuit
I posted this first when we were just about to open up from the last lockdown. It was glorious weather and a trails were running well. It...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Bike Adventures in Scottish Winter Wonderland
Like everyone, I have been adapting to unusually wintery riding conditions so far in 2021. I led two groups at New Year on local rides that
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Mountain bike adventures on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire
The River Dee running through Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire has the highest source of any river in the UK. It springs from the ground, fully...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
Aberdeen City Rides: Seaton Park,Don River Path, Parkhill and Bridge of Don
This route, in the north of the city, follows the Don away from town then cuts cross country on rolling single track. From St Machar...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
Brimmond Hill: Mini-Cairngorm Munro Ride
This ride has all the elements of a big Cairngorm Munro ride on the edge of the city. There are test pieces to practice technical...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
Aberdeen City Rides - Countesswells Loop
This loop keeps you off the beaten track in the popular Countesswells Woods area with some Highland Cattle, a mansion and a dovecot...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Aberdeen City Ride: Kirkhill, St Fergus Chapel, Craibstone Park and Ride
This route has something for everyone - natural trails, a few berms and a Pictish Chapel. The route starts at the Craibstone Park and...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Dec 4, 2020
- 3 min
Banchory Circuit: Crathes Castle, Drumshillock Woods, Brathens Moss and The Dee
This is a cross-country loop around Banchory. I have started the description at the western gate of Crathes Castle because there is...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Full Moon Night Ride for Hogmanay
Clear skies and a full moon will make for great night riding conditions this weekend. And despite all the uncertainty this year, its...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
Micro-Adventure : Icy Glen Dee Camp out
After a bag of chips in Aboyne, I arrived at the Linn of Dee carpark at about 7.30 pm. I'm always surprised by the number of cars parked...
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Macdui Bike Adventures
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Aberdeen City Rides: Kincorth Nature Reserve to Clochandighter, Brodie Wood and Tollohill.
This route is an out and back to a high point above Portlethen, with views over the city, the sea and Deeside. It is a ride of two...
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