W2 is the White’s Level trail plus the Wall (sometimes known as WW2 so bring your camo kit and rifles). That’s two trails for the price of one. See out Afan trail guide including a google map of the trails. The ground at Afan is very gritty and wears brake pads out quickly, so make …
Six month’s of trail building compressed in a video. This was during a time when a lot of trail was surfaced with limestone chippings in order to make it all weather. Direct link
These photos of the MBSwindon ladies only ride were taken by Jo Page. The event was on 20th November and used the Verderer’s trail in the Forest of Dean. Fair play to Jo: these were taken with a Fuji J10, a super-compact. I owned one myself before moving over the Canon S90. The majority of …
Ride report: Ladies only Forest of Dean Nov 2011 Read More »
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 …
Unofficial ride report: Crychan Forest with Red Kite events Read More »
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 …
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 …
