Five of us started from Old Town in Swindon at 9am.This added 15km each way to the route. We met up with the rest of the group at Foxhill car park by 10:30am. It was a frosty day but we were prepared for the cold. We soon got going on the ride. It was a [...]
A ride over The Ridgeway to near Wantage being led by Rafe. There are two distances/start locations: 25 mile route from Foxhill (Google map marker – look for a car showing the MBSwindon banner), 10am start. Cycling over to meet… 15 mile route from White Horse Hill (Google map marker), starting when the long route [...]
By popular request an all women ride day took place at the Croft Trails. It was a bitterly cold day with some snow on the ground. This didn’t deter the seven riders who turned up though. Women’s officer Jodie West led the group on a few laps of the trail. “I really enjoyed the “ladies” [...]
We’re going to meet down at the trail for 1pm and spend a bit of time on Piper’s hill and also surface a bits near the pile of gravel down there.
Due to popular demand we’ve organised an all women club ride at the Croft Trails in Swindon. Regular club rider Jodie is going to lead a few laps round the trail and we’ll have a few other female club members on hand. Laps will start approximately every half hour from 11am until 12:30pm. All of [...]
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 [...]
This is a very interesting project. Some keen bikers have bought 106 acres of woodland near Llangynog in North Wales and are planning a permanent downhill and freeride course with full time uplift. They hope to have the first phase open by the summer of 2011. Revolution Bike Park website. Revolution Bike Park Facebook group. [...]
MBSwindon club members get 10% off all full price products including bikes and accessories and 25% off all servicing (labour only) at Hargroves. Special Offer! Innovations tyre repair and inflation wallet kit. RRP: £17.99 MBSwindon member’s price: £14.39 Available in the Swindon branch of Hargroves cycles for MBSwindon club members until the end of 7th [...]
I’ve added a few more uplift day links to the UK mountain bike trail location map. The Taff Buggy is run by MIJ Downhill events with selected down hill days. See their uplift days page for booking information. Pearce Cycles in Ludlow, Shropshire run a number of downhill days at Bringewood, Bucknall woods and Hopton [...]
Return to three trails article Sunday 26th Sept 2010 – Gisburn I’d known about the volunteer built trails at Gisburn for a long time, via their facebook page. “The 8″ is an 18km Red and Black grade trail in the Forest of Bowland. Google map of Gisburn Trails. Trail info. Another trail map. When I [...]
