Archive for October, 2010

News late October 2010

Oct 23rd 2010 Uncategorized

MB Swindon October News Update By Phil Mayger Curry Night Our Curry Night was a great success! We have yet to hear the final total raised from the sale of curry on the night, but we raised £220 from the raffle alone! Congratulations to all who won a prize, and thanks to everyone who came [...]

Croft Trail Evening Ride

Oct 22nd 2010 Events & Local Event & MBSwindon Event & Novice Friendly

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 [...]

Race report: Bristol Oktoberfest 16th October 2010

Oct 18th 2010 Ride Report

We all survived the 2010 Bikefest. We entered: 1 x 8 hour team of 4 1 x 8 hour team of 3.5 1 x 8 hour team of 3 1 x 8 hour double 2 x 4 hour doubles (mixed) 1 x 8 hour solo female The results for the 8 hour teams were 16th, [...]

Ride report: Ashton Court, 50 Acre & Leigh Woods (Bristol) 10th Oct 2010

Oct 17th 2010 Ride Report

Ashton Court + 50 Acre Wood + Leigh Woods This ride was intended as a recce of the Bristol Oktoberfest race route in Ashton Court. We also planned on visiting 50 Acre Wood and Leigh Woods. See Bristol Trails Group for more information. We met at 10:31 in the golf course car park. It was [...]

Road ride – Severn Bridge Sportive

Oct 17th 2010 Events

This is a 100 mile road ride from Castle Combe Circuit, over the Severn bridge into the Forest of Dean and back via Gloucester. There’s also a shorter route. Severn Bridge Sportive website.

Bristol Kona Oktoberfest 2010

Oct 16th 2010 Events

The Kona Bristol Oktoberfest is an 8 hour relay race round Ashton Court in Bristol. A reasonably fit team will usually manage around 12-14 laps. Entry for this event is now closed. http://www.bike-fest.com/oktoberfest/.

Croft Trail Evening Ride

Oct 15th 2010 Events & Local Event & MBSwindon Event & Novice Friendly

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 [...]

Build report: Fri 15th Aug 2010

Oct 15th 2010 Croft Diary

We had 60 tonnes of chipped limestone and 10 tonnes of mud delivered to the trail (20 to triangle, 20 to Piper’s hill and 20 to car park). Our supplier Earthline used their 10 tonne truck to drop the material inside the site very close to where we planned to use it. This will save [...]

Hargroves Offer – Portable pressure washer

Oct 13th 2010 Special Offer

Mobi V15 Portable Pressure Washer RRP: £99.99 MB SWINDON MEMBERS: £79.99! Available in the Swindon branch of Hargroves cycles for MBSwindon club members until 20th October 2010. List of previous special offers.

Eating report: Curry night Mon 11th Oct 2010

Oct 13th 2010 Ride Report

This was a fund raising social night. The Bombay Lounge restaurant at (Steve) Peatmoor and Swindon Link magazine offer community groups, charities and good causes the chance to raise money whilst enjoying a great curry. Lounge owner Hanif Robani committed all of his profits on the night from the restaurant, take-aways and home deliveries to [...]

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