Ythan Cycle Club - Useful Links
The links on this page are deliberately biased towards cycling in Scotland, so you won't find links to every obscure Californian manufacturer of titanium MTB widgets.
- Local Cycling Clubs
- Cycling Organisations
- International Organisations
- Events & Results
- Bike Shops in Aberdeenshire
- Miscellaneous
- Sports Clubs in Ellon
Local Cycling Clubs
- Deeside Thistle CC - Deeside Thistle claim to be the biggest cycling club in Britain - though as we all know, size isn't everything!
- Shetland Wheelers
- Aberdeen Wheelers
- Granite City RT
- Grampian Tigers - Youth cycling
- Ecurie Neep - Mountain Bike club
Cycling Organisations
Aberdeenshire / Grampian
Scotland
- The Scottish Cyclists' Union have a superb new website.
- Scottish Cycling Web Site Site is part of the Scottish Cycling Challenge Fund Project.
UK
- Audax UK - "The premier long distance cyclists' association in the UK"
- British Cycling Federation The UK governing body for road racing.
- Cyclists' Touring Club - Britain's largest cycling organisation. Not just touring and plus-fours!
- League of Veteran Racing Cyclists. The LVRC is an independent body which organises races and social events for riders over 40. Races are grouped by age.
- The Tandem Club
- The Trail Cyclists' Association - "The Organisation for Mountain Bike Orienteering and the Trailquest League"
- Sustrans
International Organisations
- UCI - Rulers of the world!
Events & Results
www.cyclingnews.com Always up to date, often with interim reports filed part-way through races! If you're interested in the international pro scene, this is a must-see!
The official site of the
Giro d'Italia
(2009) has detailed summaries of each day's stage, together with route maps and other items of
interest to followers of the race.
The official site of the
Vuelta a Espaņa has detailed summaries of each day's stage, together with route maps and other items of
interest to followers of the race.
- Le Tour de France - The official TdF site.
Bike Shops in Aberdeenshire
- Bike Station - Inverurie
- Alpine Bikes
- Bothy Bikes in Aviemore - all MTB, with stuff on riding in the Aviemore area, SCU downhill and XC series, and of course info. on the bikes they stock.
- Holburn Cycles
- Dales Cycles in Glasgow - an interesting site from the largest bike store in the west of Scotland.
- Edinburgh Bicycle
- CycleLife in Dundee (formerly Nicholson's Cycling Centre). A nice site with stuff about the shop and the new bikes from Raleigh Special Products.
Miscellaneous
- North Sea Cycle - for anyone looking for a really BIG challenge
- Bike Magic - A cycling portal with news, reviews and information.
- Bike Pyrenees - Loads of information on cycling in the Pyrenees.
- Photographer Graham Watson has a selection of superb photos on show.
- The Great Drumtochty Challenge - A one-day event which combines orienteering and mountain biking. Takes place in May each year.
- The Great Inverurie Bike Ride held annually in aid of charity since 1986.
- Procycling magazine. An excellent magazine for fans of the European pro scene.
Ellon Sports Clubs
- McDonald Golf Club
- Ellon Hillwalking Club
- Ellon Amateur Athletic Club
- Meadows Sports Centre
- Ellon Rugby Club
- Ellon Meadows Football Club
- Ellon Thistle Football Club
- Ellon Subaqua Club
- Ellon Gordon Cricket Club
- Ellon Hockey Club
- Ythan ASC (Swimming Club)