After the success of our night ride on 23rd April we’ve organised another one. A evening/night ride at Croft Trails. Hopefully the weather won’t change and we’ll get the chance for 2/3 laps of the trail in dry conditions. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. [...]

We’re going to take advantage of the light evenings and get on with some work on the new Red section. This is coming together now: The basic woodwork is in place. One of the bridges is finished. The berms have been laid out. We’ll probably get on with the berms and bench cutting the trail [...]

MB Swindon May News There’s lots to talk about this month with plenty of bike-related activities occurring in the near future. Santa Cruz Demo Evening See here for more details. Free Training The free mountain bike training courses have proved extremely popular with many dates being fully booked up. However, we’ve still got some places [...]

Five of us met up in Cwm Carn car park for a 10am start. Gary, Pete, Phil, Tom and Tony. It was dry but the ground was a bit wet in places so some of the steep sections were a bit tricky. I’ve ridden a lot of trails and still think that the climb at [...]

Cwmcarn is one of the big name trail centres in Wales. It’s also the closest, being just North of Newport. There’s a cross country loop as well as a downhill track. It is possible to join the two together. We’ll probably do the whole XC route this time though. Meet at 10am at the Cwmcarn [...]

Google Streetview went live for Swindon a few weeks ago. We had a look for signs of the trail and found this rider. We’re looking forward to the day that the main map aerial photos show the trail.

A evening/night ride at Croft Trails. Hopefully the weather won’t change and we’ll get the chance for 2/3 laps of the trail in dry conditions. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. A great chance to be given a guided tour of the trails if you’ve [...]

I’ve been sorting through the various maps of the trail from the last 18 months. I’ve got a few more to come that show the various design ideas we considered for sections of the trail. Maps are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92961862@N00/sets/72157623898753336/. Did you know? “The route is approximately 5.2km long. The site has a perimeter of 2.3km, [...]

Four of us (Phil, Pete, ***** and Tom) spent the day finishing stage one of the woodwork in the new Red section. Pretty much every single part of this has been built from recycled parts. We’ve now got a slightly higher section at the end, built up on 2 piles of logs. There’s an escape [...]

We’ve been working on the new Red section for a few weeks now. It’s starting to come together: The berms are taking shape. We’ve moved a fair bit of the woodwork into position. The bridges are coming on too. Our aims this weekend are to finish the woodwork, to bench cut the entrance and exit, [...]