After a bit of a rest in June we’re now ready to get started on the new Red section. This is the area with the biggest hill on the trail and it should be really swoopy when finished. See here for the proposed layout. So far we’ve marked it out with wooden poles and cleared [...]
A evening/night ride at Croft Trails. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. This is a great chance to be given a guided tour of the trails if you’ve never been before, and a chance to see the improvements if you have. Lights may be needed [...]
Friday night ride and BBQ. Our regular Friday night ride is being followed by a BBQ at the trail. See you down there. Build weekend Things are shaping up for the build activity this weekend. We’ve got 35 tonnes of the Grey chippings being delivered on Saturday morning, plus we’ve hired a 1/4 tonne power [...]
We’ll meet at 6:30pm in the car park. It stays light until after 9pm, so we can get 2 or 3 hours in. After a bit of a rest in June we’re now ready to get started on the new Red section. This is the area with the biggest hill on the trail and it [...]
Red Planet bikes are the nearest shop to the Croft Trail. They hold a ride every Tuesday night, starting from the shop. Google map of shop location. From their site: All you have to do is pitch up at your favorite bike shop between 6pm and 6.30pm every Tuesday night with your dancing shoes on [...]
We’re always interested in hearing from people who want to help run the club. All the core members got involved via a gradual process of increasing involvement. The structure is a collective with a bit of benign dictatorship to speed up the decision making process. The motto is “get on with it”. There’s loads of [...]
Cwmcarn is one of the big name trail centres in Wales. It’s located a few miles North of Newport. There’s a 14km (8m, 13km according to Google map) cross country route called the Twrch trail as well as a 1.4km downhill track. Both trails have around 400m of descent. The cross country route is steep [...]
Thursday 8th July: Phil, Mr Anon and Jack spent the evening finished off the new log over the bomb hole. This has been thoroughly tested and is just narrow enough to make riders think a bit. Thursday 15th July 2010: Mr Anon cleared out the area after the log feature. Months ago we spent several [...]
This will be a slow and steady lap of the cross country trail at Cwmcarn with plenty of stops along the way – no one will be left behind. Ideal for anyone relatively new to mountain biking or who hasn’t been to a Welsh trail centre before – though all abilities are welcome to join [...]
