Club

MBSwindon is a friendly and non-competitive club, with recognition from Swindon Borough Council and other official bodies. The aim of the Club is to promote mountain biking, training and fitness to members via this website and organised events. The club caters for all abilities, and we make sure that no one gets left behind on our rides.

The club also manages the Croft Trail, overseeing all the hard work that goes on there as well as pursuing other areas of funding for the trail (which currently relies purely on donations from riders and is desperately short of funds).

As a member of MBSwindon, not only will you be supporting local mountain biking, you will also gain the following:

Club Benefits:

  • Local, organised rides
  • Trips to places further afield, such as Wales, Forest of Dean, Swinley Forest
  • Access to a 3rd party liability insurance scheme (please see the CTC section below for more details)

Club Discounts:

Shops:

  • Red Planet Bikes – 5% discount on parts and accessories
  • The Big Adventure Store:
    • 5% discount on bikes or 10% of the value of the bike in goods
    • 5% discount on electrical goods (e.g. Garmin/Polar heart rate monitors)
    • 10% discount on all other items in store unless they are already in a sale

Training & Holidays:

  • Bike Alp – 5% discount for groups of 4 or fewer, 10% discount for larger groups taking a mountain bike holiday in the French Alps (only 1 person needs to be a member)
  • Emmy Hoyes @ Lily Bank Farm Cottage -  £19 off her beginners or intermediate MTB skills courses (£60 instead of £79, Emmy also does superb B&B and one-to-one sessions)
  • Get Mountain Biking – 15% off any course (not valid with any other offer or any vouchers/tokens)
  • Spirt Hill Trail – Years membership for £25 (instead of £30) and/or discounted rate for groups of 8+ riders (to £2.50 per rider)

Sports Related:

  • Miles Holloway Osteopath – 25% discount on initial consultation (£30 instead of £40), with follow-up treatments £30
  • Therapy 4 Sports – 25% discount on massages, free injury consultations and £5 entry to yoga classes

Others:

  • GB Plumbing Services – 10% off plumbing & bathroom services
  • Skurrays – £29.99 MOTs and free membership to their vehicle accident management scheme

Club CTC Affiliation:

In addition to joining MBSwindon, you are able to join the CTC through us at a significantly reduced rate. Instead of the the usual £36 you can join for just £12 in addition to your MBSwindon membership, saving you £16. This means that you’ll also get:

  • Third party insurance with liability up to £10 million
  • A CTC membership card giving access to a wide range if discounts and benefits (excluding access to CTC’s legal, touring and technical helplines)
  • The Weekly CTC email newsletter, “Newsnet”
  • The CTC have an online shop with 10% off for CTC members, as well as discounts with other retailers. These discounts – in addition to the local ones that we’ve arranged ourselves – mean that you could potentially save the membership fee many times over, and that’s before you take the insurance into account.

Obviously we hope you’ll all join and support mountain biking in the area.