Cycling

This spring Breast Cancer Campaign’s women-only cycle ride, Pedal it Pink, is coming to Edinburgh! On Sunday 16 May, Holyrood Park will host the event, which hopes to attract hundreds of ladies from across Scotland.

The New Year's Day Tri-athlon has different organisers this year, but it's the same idea as in past years with a serious competition involving a swim, a bike and a run, and also a charity fun run for three age levels, The Great Pyjama Race.

Visitors to Holyrood Park will have the opportunity to enjoy the park free from traffic over the festive season. Traffic restrictions will be in place on the 25 and 26  December and the 2 January, with no vehicle access to Queens Drive and Duddingston Low Road between 8am and 4pm, following current Sunday access arrangements.

Official Edinburgh Trams video showing opening of Princes Street on 29 November, with comment from key players in this local saga including Richard Jeffrey, chief executive of Tie, and Cllr Jenny Dawe, Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council.

The One Ensemble & Sarah Kenchington will perform the world premiere of a suite of works inspired by the story of James Duthie. Duthie, a profoundly deaf Aberdeenshire man, cycled solo on a 3000 mile return trip to the far north of Europe in 1951. Sadly he was killed in a mysterious road accident in 1965.

Adventuring partners TV Presenter Ben Fogle and Olympic Athlete James Cracknell are taking on a new challenge in aid of charity The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA).

When you consider that in a city such as Copenhagen, where the Earth Summit is being held in December, over 35% of citizens commute to work by bike, the goal of 15% bicycle ridership in Edinburgh by 2020 doesn't seem that ambitious.

Scotland's biggest bike ride from Glasgow to Edinburgh takes place on Sunday, 13th September. Edinburgh riders can get the bus from Craighall Road adjacent to the western side of Victoria Park (where the ride finishes) in the early morning through to Glasgow (book ahead). The ride itself starts by the Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green between 8am and 10am and ends at Victoria Park, Edinburgh (which has a feeding station).

British Olympic cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy MBE today gave his backing to the official re-opening of the city's Rodney Street Tunnel as a cycle path and walkway.

David Byrne, the Stranglers, and The Streets, are among acts appearing at this year's The Edge Festival, the contemporary music festival within the Fringe Festival. Formerly known as T on the Fringe, the music fest marks its tenth anniversary this year.

EdinburghGuide.com has acquired a number of DVDs of the feature-length urban cycling documentary You Never Bike Alone.

Part of the Edinburgh Bike Week celebrations includes this mini bike-themed festival of film.

The SPOKES bike breakfast is one of the highlights of Edinburgh Bike Week 2009 - just turn up at the quadrangle at the City Chambers on the High Street on your bike and receive a free buffet breakf

Stylish women will pedal through Edinburgh in a parade of fashionable clothing to encourage more women onto their bikes.

Dozens of fashion-conscious cyclists are expected to join the colourful ride along the city's cycle routes dressed in their favourite outfits.

A video of some incredible bicycle stunts around Edinburgh has become one of the most viewed clips on YouTube today.

Guide Dogs is inviting cyclists on a bike ride along canal towpaths from Glasgow to Edinburgh,via the world famous Falkirk Wheel.

Increasing numbers of people are choosing to share instead of own a car.

Royal Botanic Garden hosts a talk by Perthshire's Mark Beaumont who set off from Paris last year to begin his attempt to break the world record for circumnavigatin

Triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy has been awarded a Knighthood for services to sport following his triumph in Beijing while his mother, Carol Hoy, receives an MBE for services to healthcare.