Technical Information

Fiddle with your bits @ SRAM , Shimano , Hope .
Tweak that suspension! Tim Flooks , Manitou , Fox Shox , Mojo .
Find your way... Garmin , Multi Map , Memory Map .

Weather

Guess how many mm of mud you will be covered in by Sunday Afternoon. Met Office , Accuweather , MetCheck .

Shops

Support your local bike shop and buy your stuff at Alpine Bikes. There is also Edinburgh Bike Co-op.
A BMX and repair shop in Aberdeen centre: 20Twenty
For mail order, you could try Chain Reaction or Wiggle who don't charge postage.

Routes

Local Stuff - Neep Rides.
Forestry Commission Mountain Bike Portal - All the Scottish Forestry Commission Routes in one site.
Highland Wildcat Trails - Mmmm! Golspie!
mtbroutes.com - routes all over the place
Upper Deeside Access Trust - A charitable trust created to promote sustainable access to the Upper Deeside area

Local bike club's web pages

GASP - the Grit Munchers!
Moray Mountain Bike Club
blazingsaddles - The guys from Yorkshire who we met with at Robbie's stag in Mabie

MTB Websites

Singletrack magazine has a good forum, as does
Bikemagic
Descent-world -Best UK based downhill site, race results, interviews etc
Pinkbike Canadian website with some great downloadable NorthShore videos
MTBVideos A UK Site featuring some of your favourite rides
Pete Fagerlin - great helmet cam footage and pictures from USA and also Norway
Airtight mtb pages - on BBC website devoted to alternative sports in Scotland
WeightWeenies - masses of info for weight obsessed bikers, frames, bits, everyting, nice Superlight
MTBR - More reviews than you can shake a stick at!
MBUK - The magazine
WhatMountainbike - The magazine