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 […]
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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”
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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
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Return to three trails article Saturday 25th Sept 2010 – Hamsterley Hamsterley trail maps. Google map of routes. I started out by following the Red trail. This follows a wide path from the car park and not much happens for the first mile or so. After crossing the road it was a big climb up
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Return to three trails article. Friday 24th Sept 2010 – Kielder Kielder is heavily promoted on the Visit Northumberland Website as a premium mountain bike location. When I arrived at the castle car park I was a bit confused to find no reference to the Lonesome Pine trail. There was plenty of information about the skills
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See Real Ale Wobble 2010 ride report. See Real Ale Wobble 2010 ride report.
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Photos Video Maps and history Real Ale Wobble I’ve just got back from an awesome weekend at the Real Ale Wobble in Llanwrtyd Wells (mid Wales). I did the route three times in two days. Real Ale Wobble 2010 photo gallery. The Real Ale Wobble offers a choice of cross country routes through the Cambrian
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Previous ride report from the Forest of Dean in September 2010 (novice friendly). This event was organised by DiRT CC club (DiRT CC Website, Facebook group). They’re a group of mountain bikers from Gloucestershire. They’ve got a similar attitude to MBSwindon; keen to enjoy riding rather than a bunch of bike bores or fitness nuts.
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We’d heard a lot of good things about the Cannock Chase trails so were keen to go and find out what they were like for ourselves. The trails are located between Cannock and Rugeley near the M6 North of Birmingham. Chase trails website. There are two main trails: Follow the Dog This is the main
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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,
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