This was a solo trip to some trails in the North of England on a bit of holiday I took after a work trip. I thought it would be worth writing a review of them. See our trail centre map for more trail locations in the UK. Friday 24th Sept 2010 – Kielder Saturday 25th [...]

This is a cross country race in the Forest of Dean. Riders can select 1, 2 or 4 laps. More information on the Royal Dean Forest Riding Club website.

This looks like a great event. Afan has some of our favourite trails, including White’s Level, Skyline, The Wall and the original Penhydd (9ft.com) routes. More information. Start location on Google Maps. More information on the Tynaen Theatre (Theatr). GPS map of Afan Monster route.

An evening/night ride at Croft Trails. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. Novice Friendly group starts a few minutes after the main group. This is a great chance to be given a guided tour of the trails if you’ve never been before, and a chance [...]

Fox Flux helment, RRP £69.99. Price for MBSwindon club members at Hargroves Cycles in Swindon: £56.

Hargroves cycles are officially opening their Swindon shop on Wednesday 22nd September 2010. The doors actually opened a few days ago, but Wednesday is official. Craig Surgy from Hargroves said “We plan to hold 155 bikes at any one time. This includes Brands such as Specialized, Cube, Scott, Felt, Ridley, Bianchi and more.” “We have [...]

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 [...]

I spotted this today: The Corrective, part of CC-CC (Cheltenham and County Cycling Club), are building a downhill route in some woods at Bushcombe. They’ve also got a Facebook group. Check out the photos, it looks great.

Friday 17th September Another 20 tonnes of crushed limestone was delivered at 3pm. I then had a few hours spare before the weekly evening ride round the trail (see events page for details of next ride). I decided to make further progress on my litter sweep. I filled 5 sacks in about 2 hours. Most [...]

We’ve built a lot of new trail this year. Before winter sets in we need to surface some existing sections to ensure that they survive the winter. The aim will be to reinforce several bits of Piper’s hill (1 on the map) with rubble before the probation service move a load of chippings in for [...]