Cycling Huntly - Huntly Development Trust
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Hosted by Huntly Development Trust
Facilitators:
Tim Bowden
Donald Boyd
Dave Simpson
Share Huntly Cycle Survey results
Find out what’s already going on in and around Huntly
Discover Huntly’s cycling history
Discuss what next?
June-September 2013 (Bike Week to Huntly Hairst)
Over 110 responses
53% male, 47% female
47% live in Huntly itself, 19% within 5 miles
41% aged 31-50; 22% aged 51-70;
20% aged 13-18; 6% < 12
11% aged 19-30; 0% > 70
Full results available at
www.huntlydevelopmenttrust.org
A snapshot of what people said….
Most people own a MTB (62%) and/or a road bike
(42%) – but a wide cross section
Even split from unused to daily use
Mostly used for pleasure and general fitness
Almost 1/3 use the bike to get to work
¼ use it to do shopping
10% to get to school
5.54 (Scores in all the boxes)
What makes it good:
Quiet roads & streets
Scenery/landscape/views
Variety of (circular) routes & terrain
Forest tracks (Bin, Gartly Moor, Battlehill, Clash, Mungo)
What makes it bad:
Lack of cycle only paths/routes
Traffic level & speed
Driver behaviour
Road & path conditions
Interaction with A96 and A97
Top 8 actions to improve the situation:
1 Cycle paths separated from other road users
2= Cycle lanes painted on the road
2= Development of safe routes to school
4 Local routes with downloadable/printed maps
5 Local waymarked off-road cycle trails
6 More cycle parking in the town centre
7 Regular local guided rides on-road
8 Regular local guided rides off-road
Outcomes
I would cycle more often (62%)
I would encourage others to cycle (55%)
Importance
Quite (41%) or very (53%) important to Huntly’s future
Develop & promote Huntly & District
as a cycle destination?
92% yes
The Bike Shack
Open for repairs, and sales of second hand bikes, taking donations too
TGS Mountain Bike Club
After school club with qualified leaders
Huntly Autospares
Now 60% of in store stock cycling related
Organised Rides
Just the one at present developed after 2013 HBW, but more to come?
Bike Hire
The Huntly Nordic & Outdoor Centre has a number of Giant Mountain
bikes in various sizes for half day and daily hire
Huntly Bike Week
2014 sees this annual event in it’s third year
Ming the Merciless
Well-established annual run and cycle event
Breaking news! – Huntly rickshaw – Darren
…..
Did you know…
Huntly once had it’s own cycle race track?
It was on the Market Muir and was used like an outdoor velodrome for
circuit racing
Huntly once boasted 4 bike shops?
40 Duke Street - 14 Bogie Street - 3 Duke Street - 2 Square
The Huntly Express once had a cycling column?
Every week around the turn of the previous century (1900)
Huntly used to have it’s own cycling club?
Strathbogie Cycle Club – Huntly Cycle Club – Strathbogie Wheelers
Club
There is much more meat to the cycling history of Huntly, progressing research
and collecting photos, stories and memorabilia and producing a
booklet/exhibition could be a possibility
Is there enough interest in moving forward?
Is anyone willing to put themselves forward to help
develop further?
What ideas are there out there?
If positive, how do we move forward as a group?
* Photos: FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Confirm sufficient interest to move forward
List of potential projects
Identify interested individuals
Schedule next meeting(s)
Happy Cycling!
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