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MOUNTAIN
BIKE TUITION & LESSONS
Ridelines
(Mountain Bike Tuition) Ltd
Office address: 33 Miller Street, Innerleithen, EH44
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Contact Andy Weir on:
Email andy@ridelines.co.uk
THE
CLAN STUNT TEAM
MB7 Ltd
Office address: Raecleugh Stackyard, Westruther, Berwickshire,
TD3 6NH ||
Contact Iain Withers
Tel: 07866 776640
E mail iain@mb7.com
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in 2005, we've positioned ourselves nicely in the
midst of Scotland's biking heaven. After winning the
Tourism innovation Development Award in late 2005
we are continuing to build on our business successes.
At the helm
of MB7 is Iain Withers, who grew up on Scotland's
trails, before they invented berms and drop-offs (shortly
after they invented trees).
Iain finally
hung up his fixie and delivered his last courier package
in Edinburgh in 2004 and began MB7, the cycling business
that runs The Clan. He has taken part in and enjoyed
pretty much every form of cycling (except unicycling)
and in 2008 was promoted to 'sad dad' trying to keep
The Clan behaving well. Tricky.
Iain Withers
is continuing to run The Clan and is still known as
Mr MB7, Withersy or Sad-dad depending on how you know
him.
After six years
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| Andy
Weir who has been around from the early days of MB7
has started RIDELINES (Mountain Biking Tuition) Ltd to take forward the
mountain bike tuition, lessons and guiding business from Spring 2011. He's
still known as Nice Guy Andy and Daddy Weir.
Andy worked
as Iain Withers' right hand guiding man for six years
at MB7. Firstly as their chief mountain bike instructor
and then running the tuition and guiding side of the
business.
RIDELINES picks
up where MB7 leaves off.
RIDELINES will
be taking bookings for all MB7 scheduled courses.
So if you have already booked with MB7 your session
will now be executed by RIDELINES. We are, after all,
the same people!
RIDELINES are
firmly based in the Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders,
only 4 miles away from Glentress Forest and a few
crank turns from Innerleithen XC and the superb downhill
trails.
RIDELINES has
a number of personally selected, fully qualified freelance
mountain bike guides who work with us providing courses,
tuition, coaching, guiding, corporate experiences
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IAIN WITHERS
Managing
Director, Tutor, Guide. SMBLA Mountain Bike Leader
After a long stint as
a bicycle courier in Edinburgh, Iain returned to the borders
to run MB7 Since a child, Iain stayed in a cottage at the
bottom of the driveway into Glentress, regularly riding
his bike in the forest before mountain biking trails had
hit Britain. He began mountain biking in 1990.
Iain loves all types
of cycling, but mountain biking is his passion. He has raced
Downhill, Cross Country and endurance but now prefers a
more leisurely style of riding a bike. When he isn't guiding
he might be running 'The Clan' display shows the length
and breadth of the country - bringing trials love to all
and sundry or planning the next EPIC event in a forest near
you. Either that or he'll be in the middle of nowhere, scouting
new trails that may or may not exist.
Iain runs 'The Clan'
and has some very big biking event projects in the pipeline.
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ANDY WEIR
Tutor,
Guide. SMBLA Mountain Bike Leader
Andy W joined the MB7
ranks in early 2006. As an ex-Edinburgh bicycle courier
and more recently a Mountain Bike Ranger for the Forestry
Commission, Andy knows a thing or two about climbing hills.
Point him at any slope and he'll give it a go. Andy is
far too modest to admit it, but he is probably one of
the most easy going, and easy to get along with, people
you are likely to meet.
Andy has led many MB7
groups since 2006 and specialising in epic days in the
saddle We've finally convinced him to give up city life
for the forests of the Tweed Valley and Andy now lives
in Innerleithen four miles away from Glentress Forest.
He spends his spare time collecting firewood to keep warm
during the winter and enjoys rigging up his bike trailer
and exploring Scotland and Europe.
From Spring 2011 Andy
runs RIDELINES
(Mountain Bike Tuition) Ltd offering mountain bike
guiding, coaching, lessons, corporate, family and short
breaks.
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STANLEY YAU
Business
Development & IT
Stan
has been involved in MB7 from the start. Stan runs his
own successful IT company, WellDataTech,
but has still found the time to act as MB7's IT guru.
Stan has come on board recently to develop the corporate
side of the company, whilst dragging us reluctantly into
the 21st century with gadgets aplenty. Its Stan's fault
that your emails can reach us when we're in the middle
of the forest or hidden away in mountain bothies.
In
return, Stan has been dragged into the biking world by his
heels. Not that he is particularly ashamed of his shiney
new Klein Attitude. Since the birth of MB7, Stan has joined
us on many scouting missions, although he always seems to
find the trails that peter away into nothing.
Not
that we can blame someone with the navigation skills of,
well of an IT guru.
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