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 [...]
We’re having a big push down at the trail this weekend. It’d be great to see you. Just turn up anytime and say hello. No special skills required. Tools provided. Stay as long as you want. You’ll find us by the number 3 in the map below. Otherwise just walk round the trail until you [...]
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 [...]
We intend to have a series of rides that are advertised as “Novice Friendly”. We’ve added a description of this to our club pages. We’ve also formally split our Friday evening rides so that a “Novice Friendly” group will start a few minutes after the main group. We’ve got several weekend rides at the Croft [...]
MBSwindon had a news item on Total Star Radio at 6pm this evening. It was a result of winning the “most innovative club” at the 2010 Swindon and Wiltshire Sports Awards, something we’re very proud of. Try listening at 7pm – they tend to run the same news stories on the hour. They’re on 107.7 [...]
This was an event organised by Sustrans (the cycle eco warriors). It offered a 56 mile route (90km) and a 26 mile route (42km). It used a mixture of Sustrans off road trails, roads and some cross country on bridleways. The event started at the Create Centre in Bristol with over 150 riders registering between [...]
This was a bit of a low key build day; we had a big push coming up the next weekend (Sat 18th Sept 2010 & Sun 19th Sept). Phil and Mr Anon fixed some of the sign posts in place. We’ve had a long term problem of a few sign posts being pulled out of [...]
Tonight was the prestigious Wiltshire & Swindon Sports Club Awards and quite remarkably for a club that’s only 7 months old, MBSwindon won the award for “Most Innovative Club”! The award was presented by Phil de Glanville a former rugby union player. I know I’ve recalled it before, but there really was a conversation between [...]
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 [...]
MB Swindon T-Shirts and Hoodies are now available to order thanks to the guys at spokeshirts. We’ve arranged it so that you order direct from them, and they handle the whole thing from start to finish. Rafe and I have used them a few times and we felt they were the perfect people to approach [...]
