75-year-old penny launches Cairngorms e-bike project

An intrepid cycling pensioner has launched the Cairngorms Electric Bike Project – a first for Scotland – giving a whole new meaning to the term “pedal power”!

Penny Weir from Aviemore, has undertaken some pretty challenging cycle rides in recent years including cycling coast to coast across Canada – some 4,000 miles – when she was 70 as well as more recent biking adventures in Africa.

On Wednesday 10th July, accompanied by the E-Bike Project Officer Mike Dennison and Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) Convener Duncan Bryden, Penny test rode an electric bike from Aviemore to Glenmore and around Loch Morlich.

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