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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Saturday had been a sunny spring day. Sunday was different; it was raining at 10am when we arrived. Phil and myself (Tom) made a start on the berm for the triangle entrance. As the rain turned to sleet and then snow we were cheered by the arrival of John Speed. We moved the last of
Trail build report: Sun 4th March – triangle entrance and resurfacing Read More »
We did a lot in 2011 – see the build diary round up. The plan for early 2012 is to finish the new triangle section (bottom right in the map below). This will add around 950m of new trail including two new bridges, some rock features, an optional elevated wood section and a load of
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These special artistic effects were produced by using a very low spec camera on a phone (Nokia C1-01). It was finally looking like spring on Saturday morning at 9am when Brandon Hire delivered the compactor (whacker). Jez brought the tools round and I kept myself entertained fixing the puncture on one of the wheel barrows
Trail build report: Sat 3rd March – gravel shifting and resurfacing Read More »
We did a lot in 2011 – see the build diary round up. The plan for early 2012 is to finish the new triangle section (bottom right in the map below). This will add around 950m of new trail including two new bridges, some rock features, an optional elevated wood section and a load of
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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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Earthline delivered 20 tonnes of type 1 limestone to the car park today. This is going to be shifted on the upcoming trail build day (our trail build days are always listed on the events page). It’s going to be used to finish of the triangle entrance and for resurfacing jobs (west side of pitch,
Trail build report: 1st March 2012 – 20 tonnes delivered Read More »
This was a weekend trip with Mudtrek – the bunkbarn ski chalet for mountain bikers (club discount). Some of the party arrived at Friday lunch time and did a lap of the Gorlech Trail at Brechfa (see our trail guide). By Friday evening we had ten people present. Nicky was still out on a night
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The 2012 AGM was held at the Check Inn in Wroughton near Swindon. Event page. MBSwindon Review Feb 2012 Quick History lesson Started in Sept 2008 with originally Phil and Tom, soon joined by Rafe with Land Rover. October 2009 Website launched. Club started in Feb 2010. Trail Build 2010 We surfaced 57% of
By Sarah Selwood “Waiting for Sarah ….” The sun was shining, the trails were dry and Phil Mayger, Club Chairman was joining us as an honorary lady! The ride was led by myself, Sarah Selwood, with Sharon Bassindale, newly appointed Ladies Officer, helping me along on my maiden voyage; and help I certainly needed! We
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