With two huge mountain bike race festivals coming to the Tweed Valley this autumn – Chain Reaction Cycles TweedLove and the Vittoria Enduro World Series – the area has well and truly got its bike buzz back on again. Our photographer, Ian Linton, was on hand to capture a flavour of both.
tweedlove hq
A sea of food stalls, gear and bike tents, riders and happy faces at Tweed Green, Peebles.
next gen
Young riders test their skills on a circuit created by KICC, one of the Tweed Valley’s hugely popular mountain bike clubs.
a taste of enduro
A scaled-down version of the longer, tougher events, the TweedLove Enjoyro race provides a perfect entry into the world of Enduro racing.
mind the trees
A rider tackles a typically tight and narrow section of trail as part of the TweedLove Tenduro event – featuring five of the best stages ever to feature in TweedLove races over the past decade.
danny boy
Danny MacAskill and his Drop and Roll crew drew big crowds at the Vittoria Enduro World Series festival village just outside Innerleithen.
high and handsome
The hills around Innerleithen provided a dramatic backdrop to some equally dramatic action at the Enduro World Series festival village.
there was mud …
It’s fair to say that the weather was not entirely kind during the first couple of days of the Enduro World Series race weekend.
another day at the office
The conditions didn’t bother the pro riders who came from all over the world to compete in the Tweed Valley.
Final push
Crowds cheer on riders as they give everything on their final race to the line. And the sun came out.
unstoppable
Tetraplegic mountain biker Peter Lloyd drops in with the finish line in sight.
