Sarah Selwood will be leading this ride round the purpose built trails at Ashton Court and Leigh Woods. They’re all graded blue with options for trickier bits. This means that they offer something to everyone. The Nova trail in Ashton Court was rebuilt and opened for October 2011 whilst the Yer Tiz trail in neighbouring [...]
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 [...]
Mudtrek describe themselves as “the ski chalet for mountain bikers”. They are located in Wales near the Brechfa trails. See our ride reports from April 2011 and December 2010 plus our Brechfa trail guide. The plan is: Arrive Friday evening and drink beer. Do an epic ride straight from Mudtrek on Saturday with Jason, their [...]
Local gourmet Coffee and cake supplier Coffee Gang will be at our trail open day on the 1st of April and the Hargroves Cycles demo day on the 6th of May.
The MBSwindon club annual general meeting and review. It’s being held a the Check Inn at Wroughton who are offering a beer and curry deal for £5. We’ll be eating once the AGM is finished. To book food then please contact chris @ mbswindon co uk. Last year the meeting took just under 45 minutes [...]
After the success of his Castle Combe ride then Kristian has devised another novice-friendly route. This time it starts from the edge of Swindon and moves into little visited territory for us; towards the Cotswold water park. Mouldon Hill is planned to be the Southern end of the Swindon and Cricklade railway. Photo from paul.scott [...]
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 [...]
A new discount for MBSwindon club members! Leisure Lakes bikes are offering 15% off at their Cheltenham Store. See our full list of club discounts.
Offer for MBSwindon club members on production of valid membership cards. General service for £30 + £10 for a bike wash to remove winter grime Includes the following: Brake adjust Gear adjust Check hubs Check Bottom Bracket Check wheels are tensioned and trued Inflate tyres Nut and bolt check Lubricate Chain and cassette de-grease and [...]
By Robin Steward. Since planning this ride I’d had concerns that it would be nothing but a mud bath with driving wind and rain making it a difficult slog. Well, I needn’t have worried: the best kind of winter had finally arrived with crisp snow and a sunny blue sky. Despite the mercury being entrenched [...]
