Stroud night ride
Some long exposure photographs that I took on a random ride near Stroud one evening in August. Taken with my trusty Canon S90. Short video of some steps
2012
The Big Bike Bash 2012
The 2012 Big Bike Bash is aimed at the keen mountain biker or the happy amateur and has more riders, prizes, bands, and beer than ever before. The cross-country racecourse is 3.5 miles of twisty single-track that includes river-crossings, a boardwalk and a unique Lake Jump. Book here.
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Hargroves sale launch (club member offer)
Hargroves Cycles have an exclusive MBSwindon club offer. Visit the store on the 17th August for the sale launch from 5pm until 7pm – it opens to the general public on the next day. There’s also some special offers on bikes at the moment: Specialized Carve Expert 29er £1300 now £1100 Specialized Carve Pro 29er
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Ride report: UK Bike Park uplift day
UK Bike Park is located near Blandford Forum in Dorset and there are several tracks on offer including 4X, blue, red and black graded downhill runs. We paid £25 for a full day and got around 20 runs in. The car park and HQ/cafe are located at the top of the hill and the trails
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Ride report: Brecon gap 12th Aug 2012
This was a mid week ride organised by Tony Holmes. There was a fair amount of rain falling when we gathered in the Pencelli camp site and it turned that I was not alone in looking for excuses not to turn up. Once we were moving then the trip started to seem like a very
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Photos: Olympic big screen + Watt bike challenge day
This event was held at Wharf Green in Swindon town centre on Saturday 11th of August 2012. There was a mountain bike obstacle course which we ran, loan bikes, a 100-seat tiered stand to view the race, information stalls, Wii games in the truck-lounge area, and Watt Bikes. Swindon Road Club, Swindon Cycle Speedway, British
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Ridgeway from Barbury Castle
Nigel is leading this ride over The Ridgeway/Downs. A little longer than our Novice Friendly rides, but in no way an epic. As usual Nigel will regroup when necessary to make sure everyone gets looked after and no-one is left behind. Meet at Barbury Castle for 10am ready for a 10:15am start. Google map of
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UK Bike Park DH uplift day
UK Bike Park is located near Blandford Forum and there are several tracks on offer, from a 4X track to some pretty decent DH tracks – Steve Peat held a training day there for his team a few months ago. The website mentions most/all scary features on the trails have chicken runs so all abilities
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Olympic XC racing big screen + Watt bike challenge
The Cross Country Olympic races will be shown live on the Big Screen in Wharf Green, Swindon town centre on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August. Google map of location. Saturday will play host to a live cycling display too. There will be a bunch of mountain bike obstacles, a 100-seat tiered stand to view
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Croft Trail evening ride
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
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