Swift Trails - Mountain Bike Courses and Guided Rides for Women

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Wheeled Wildlings!

£75.00

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Introduction to MTB – Absolute Beginners!

£50.00

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Mountain Biking for Novice Riders

£50.00

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Intermediate MTB

£50.00

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Introduction to Inners – Uplift Day

£85.00

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£75.00 – £150.00

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£25.00

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Winter Warriors 2019

£60.00

Mountain Bike Coaching & Guiding for Women in Scotland

Based at Glentress Forest just twenty five miles south of Edinburgh, Swift Trails run mountain biking courses, guided rides, bike maintenance workshops and family fun days – all designed to inspire confidence in the female biker.

We believe mountain biking should be accessible to all riders regardless of their fitness or skill levels. Whether its fun and relaxed mountain biking, riding some of the most stunning mountain bike trails The Tweed Valley has to offer or developing your riding technique and confidence with qualified British Cycling coaches, Swift Trails guarantees a positive and memorable experience.

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Top tips for keeping warm on the bike

So its been pretty Baltic here over the past two weeks and if you’re anything like me you struggle to keep warm when out on the bike – in particular its my feet and hands that really suffer. I thought I’d conduct a survey amongst the Swift Trails Facebook biker-ladies...

New Year social ride

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Join us for a social ride round the Blue trails at Glentress Forest. ...

Peebles Outdoor Film Festival

Friday 26th January to Sunday 28th January.
We’re delighted to be supporting the Peebles Outdoor Film Festival for the third year running. ...

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You have to feel blessed when you have friends who will indulge your whim to bike to a bothy in the middle of March when it’s cold, wet & windy- because it’s what you want to do for your birthday. Thank you you lunes! Best birthday ever! #bothyadventure #silkybigboy #birthdayadventures #lifeaffirming

You have to feel blessed when you have friends who will indulge your whim to bike to a bothy in the middle of March when it’s cold, wet & windy- because it’s what you want to do for your birthday. Thank you you lunes! Best birthday ever! #bothyadventure #silkybigboy #birthdayadventures #lifeaffirming

So that’s the food sorted. Starters Heinz tomato soup with oatcakes followed by cous cous and tuna. Dessert - chocolate. Plenty of fruit tea bags for ‘hot wet’ as the marines say! (Apparently)And hot choc sachets. Breakfast rice pudding with cinnamon @extremefood hope the extreme price tag is worth it! #bothyadventure #hotwet #stormyweather #birthdaytreat

So that’s the food sorted. Starters Heinz tomato soup with oatcakes followed by cous cous and tuna. Dessert - chocolate. Plenty of fruit tea bags for ‘hot wet’ as the marines say! (Apparently)And hot choc sachets. Breakfast rice pudding with cinnamon @extremefood hope the extreme price tag is worth it! #bothyadventure #hotwet #stormyweather #birthdaytreat

Experimenting with some easy meals to rehydrate on my overnight biking/bothy trip later this week. Not bad -though not sure it will fill me up after an afternoons ride! Onto the pasta in a mug next. Any advice/recommendations from folk out there? #mtblife #bothytrips #campingfood #miniadventures #mtbadventure

Experimenting with some easy meals to rehydrate on my overnight biking/bothy trip later this week. Not bad -though not sure it will fill me up after an afternoons ride! Onto the pasta in a mug next. Any advice/recommendations from folk out there? #mtblife #bothytrips #campingfood #miniadventures #mtbadventure

Very excited to reveal we have been working with Wild Seedlings to run Wheeled Wildlings! - A three day activity camp on bikes for girls who like biking and getting adventurous in the forest. Camps will run in the Easter and Summer holidays. More info: swift-trails.co.uk #forestschool #wildseedlings #girlsonbikes #glentressforest

Very excited to reveal we have been working with Wild Seedlings to run Wheeled Wildlings! - A three day activity camp on bikes for girls who like biking and getting adventurous in the forest. Camps will run in the Easter and Summer holidays. More info: swift-trails.co.uk #forestschool #wildseedlings #girlsonbikes #glentressforest

The weather stayed kind for our first ride-out of the year round the Portmore Estate north of Eddleston. Trails that are normally axle deep in mud are surprisingly dry. Rounded off with the best Mac n Cheese at the Scots Pine tearoom!

The weather stayed kind for our first ride-out of the year round the Portmore Estate north of Eddleston. Trails that are normally axle deep in mud are surprisingly dry. Rounded off with the best Mac n Cheese at the Scots Pine tearoom!

Roots are certainly feeling a lot less intimidating in this warm, dry weather!

Roots are certainly feeling a lot less intimidating in this warm, dry weather!

Very chilled morning with @morebikeslesscoffee sessioning a few trails at Inners. Think we nailed this rooty drop into a tight right- hand corner pretty well! #adrenalineuplift

Very chilled morning with @morebikeslesscoffee sessioning a few trails at Inners. Think we nailed this rooty drop into a tight right- hand corner pretty well! #adrenalineuplift

Always so much fun riding with these girls. Back to #trailfairyplan for a second visit. Last week snow and ice this week wind and rain!

Always so much fun riding with these girls. Back to #trailfairyplan for a second visit. Last week snow and ice this week wind and rain!

I think there’s a saying “ there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing”. There may have been a mild storm a-raging this morning but it didn’t stop these Winter Warriors from getting out on the trails and doing a serious work-out. Awesome!! #winterwarriors2019 #girlswhobike #glentress

I think there’s a saying “ there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing”. There may have been a mild storm a-raging this morning but it didn’t stop these Winter Warriors from getting out on the trails and doing a serious work-out. Awesome!! #winterwarriors2019 #girlswhobike #glentress

Quite pleased with my first attempt at cooking vegan with tofu. Thanks to Val @ Peel Cafe for the Crispy chilli tofu recipe. May go easier on the chilli next time - fairly hot hot hot! #peelcafe #crispychillitofu

Quite pleased with my first attempt at cooking vegan with tofu. Thanks to Val @ Peel Cafe for the Crispy chilli tofu recipe. May go easier on the chilli next time - fairly hot hot hot! #peelcafe #crispychillitofu