Routes2Ride - Sustrans

Aviemore to Carrbridge

This mainly off-road route starting in Aviemore follows the Strathspey Steam Railway to Boat of Garten and up to Carrbridge. It is a fantastic cycle ride in the Cairngorms that offers some superb views.

Classification: Moderate Distance: 11 miles

Clydebank to Slateford

Following discussions between Sustrans and British Waterways, the canal towpath between Clydebank and Edinburgh is now officially part of the National Cycle Network with adopted number National Route 754. The towpaths of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal form a reasonably direct, almost flat and completely traffic free route between Scotland's two great cities.

Classification: Moderate Distance: 55 miles

East Lothian Loop

This 34 mile loop of the East Lothian countryside starts and ends at Brunstane Railway Station in the suburbs of east Edinburgh using a mixture of traffic free paths, quiet rural roads and one busy high street. This scenic ride through undulating countryside gives good views of the Firth of Forth, Lammermuir Hills and peaceful rural valleys.

Classification: Moderate Distance: 34 miles

Edinburgh-Balerno-Dalkeith Circular

A good circular day trip from Edinburgh to Balerno, The Pentlands, Dalkeith and back to Edinburgh. This ride is moderate to challenging and uses a lot of the existing facilities, including National Cycle Network routes.

Classification: Moderate Distance: 36 miles

Lothians Circular Route

A circular one day ride starting and finishing in Edinburgh. The route covers off road paths and quiet rural roads with some sections, notably the Pencaitland Railway Path and past Newbattle Abbey in Dalkeith, where a road racing bike may struggle.

Classification: Moderate Distance: 45 miles

The Salmon Run - Dundee to Pitlochry

‘The Salmon Run’ uses Route 77 of the National Cycle Network, following the winding course of the River Tay from Dundee to Perth and Pitlochry.

Classification: Challenging Distance: 54 miles

Oban to Dunbeg

This three mile route takes you from the centre of Oban, round Oban Bay on a minor road to Ganavan, where you join the cycle path to Dunbeg village.

Classification: Easy Distance: 3 miles

Lochs & Glens North

This one of the best-long distance cycle routes in Scotland. Lochs and Glens North, part of National Route 7, runs for 217 miles from Glasgow to Inverness. It takes you from the Clyde docklands, through Scotland’s two national parks, past Lochs Lomond, Venachar, Lubnaig and Tay, through forest and remote moorland to the highest point on the National Cycle Network in the Drumochter Pass, past Culloden battlefield, and ends in the capital of the Highlands, Inverness.

Classification: Challenge ride Distance: 217 miles

Lochs & Glens South

There are lochs and glens, plus miles of coasts and forests on this route north from Carlisle. It takes you along the beautiful Solway Coast, over the hills of the Galloway Forest , and to the beaches of Ayrshire, before heading into Glasgow. The route offers something for everyone with a variety of easy and challenging cycling, both on and off-road.

Classification: Challenging Distance: 214 miles

Newton Stewart Circular

This is a challenging but extremely rewarding ride in the heart of Dumfries and Galloway, where the beautiful landscape, attractions and fascinating history more than compensate for the steep climbs.

Classification: Challenging Distance: Approx. 47 miles