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    • Skinny Tyres wins award

      Skinny Tyres wins award

      Skinny Tyres has won a Scottish Enterprise Tourism Innovation Award for 2009. The award is aimed at individual or collaborative project ideas that offer genuinely innovative new experiences and give visitors a real reason to visit Scotland. Read the full story on the Tourism Innovation website.


    • Why you Should not Eat at KFC? Everything You Need to Know!

      Why you Should not Eat at KFC? Everything You Need to Know!

      One of only a handful couple of individuals who have a duplicate of Colonel Sanders’ secret formula of 11 herbs and spices doesn’t have any desire to eat KFC until the end of time, naming it “ghastly”. Raymond Allen was a personal companion of “the Colonel” and conveyed KFC to Britain yet as per The……


    • Cycling in Assynt

      Cycling in Assynt

      This weekend we took a trip to Inchnadamph for a weekend of cycling, whisky and wine. Our previous memories of this area were of a gruelling 138mile sportive ride from Ullapool taking in almost 18,000ft of climbing organised by Hands On Events. This time our rides were shorter, but we did discover what can only……


    • The Cairngorm 100 Sportive

      The Cairngorm 100 Sportive

      Skinny Tyres takes on the Cairngorm Sportive 58th out of 240 riders wasn’t bad over the 100 mile course. I rode it in 5hrs 30mins, but had been on for a close 5hrs 10 and was flying only to blow in the last 25miles. When will I learn to keep eating and pace myself early……


    • The Markinch Highland Games

      The Markinch Highland Games

      Skinny Tyres was back again at the Markinch Highaland games for more grass track racing on the weekend 7.6.09. The track was smoother, but the racing was still full on and hard going. Still not won anyting yet. No more events until the end of July, so time still to train.