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View Article  We’re very pleased to welcome Patrick Lamont from The Bike Fitters to this year’s Touro. Patrick is originally from this part of the world, and is now part of a specialist bike fitting team operating throughout the UK. He came in to Touro HQ to demonstrate how it all works and put me through…

View ArticleAs the saying goes, we have some good news – and some not-so-good news. But happily, it’s mostly good news. It’s been quite a journey, but we’ve now reached agreement on the future for Tour O The Borders. After much consideration of responses, and in recognition of the inconvenience experienced in some areas, we (the…

View ArticleThank you for your support!   Hi Touro People, Here’s a somewhat overdue update on what’s happening with Tour O The Borders. We also want to thank everyone who filled in our post-event survey, wrote comments of support or contacted councillors etc. It has genuinely made a difference.  We subsequently shared your support with Scottish…

Meet Cat, our Touro Ambassador and overall amazing rider. Read more about her amazing journey below!

This year we’re following 3 riders with very different Touro ambitions and reasons for taking on the challenge.

So. 9 Big Sleeps to go…and during the best summer we’ve had in Scotland in a while, I’ve managed to nail ‘no wetsuit’ swimming.

When you ride with a group you not only have a responsibility of keeping yourself safe but also that of your group. Not used to riding in a group?

Either way, they are difficult to avoid when you are out on the road and lets face it the Touro route has a few of them.

So, since my last post I’ve actually managed to do some bike riding, which I’m pretty pleased about. And I’ve sussed out what I think might help me along the way…. 

Well, I guess you can always pop on your turbo trainer for an alternative session, but as I said last week, you just cannot replace riding outdoors.