This was a Christmas ride at Crychan Forest organised by Red Kite Events (10% discount on guided rides and coaching for club members). The route started from Llanwrtyd Wells, home of the Ale Wobble. We did some other routes in the area on our MIOWEOW ride earlier in the year. We started out by riding [...]
This was a ride organised by Dirt CC, a club based near Bristol. See the DiRT CC Website and Facebook page. We’ve been on some rides with them before (photos from Forest of Dean November 2010). We did a lap of the Verderer’s trail. This is a great trail and like a lot of blue [...]
About fourteen of us met at Foxhill the day after Boxing Day for the now traditional “Recovery Ride” where we try and motivate people to get back out there and work off some of the Christmas indulgences. The ride set off along The Ridgeway before dropping down to Lambourne and past Sheepdrove Organic Farm. We [...]
Last year we had the belly buster ride on Boxing Day. This year Rafe’s leading a recovery ride the day after boxing day: bank holiday Tuesday December the 27th. The ride starts at a specially negotiated late time of 11am from the car park at Foxhill. Location OS Map, GPX. Distance: Got a 13 mile [...]
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 [...]
The SPAM winter challenge is an annual mountain bike enduro that’s held on MOD land near Erlestoke. There’s a choice of 25,35 and 50km routes (16,22 and 31 miles respectively). We had around 10 riders at the event in the 50 and 35km routes. Our fastest, Jerome, did the 30 miles in 2h 27m, with [...]
Fetish Pronunciation: /ˈfɛtɪʃ/ an excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing Seems a pretty appropriate name for a bike shop that hopes to cater for your two-wheeled obsession in any flavour: Offroad, Road and everything inbetween. Fetish Bike Company offers a new approach to cycling retail with premium clothing, nutrition and [...]
We’ve got a new club discount for MBSwindon club members (you can join online using Google Checkout. Epic Bleed Solutions provide cost-effective alternatives to manufacturers’ own hydraulic brake bleeding kits. They have a wide range of kits to suit the plethora of different hydraulic brake systems that are available. To get the discount on your [...]
The SPAM winter challenge is a mountain bike enduro that’s held on MOD land near Erlestoke. There’s a choice of 25,35 and 50km routes (16,22 and 31 miles respectively). According to SPAM the route isn’t overly technical and you can take it as fast or as slowly as you like. Bertie Maffoons bike shop will [...]
The 2011 MBSwindon Christmas party is being held on the Saturday before Christmas eve at the Check Inn in Wroughton. This is a great opportunity to use the special party photo again (look to the right). Price will be £25 per person for 3 courses plus coffee/tea/mince pies and menu is as follows: Starters Honey roast parsnip [...]
