Tom Scott will be leading this Novice Friendly ride around the Chiseldon area including a ride up Smeathe’s Ridge to Barbury Castle. Riders of all abilities are welcome to this ride, which will be a good introduction to mountain biking in the local area. No kids or dogs. We aim to be back at Coate […]
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MB swindon Member Anthony Holmes joined Tom Scott’s Barbury Bun Run on Sunday 14th July. Here’s Tony’s report. “Fourteen of us met up at Barbury on a slightly grey Sunday for Tom’s easy ride to Avebury and back. His pre ride briefing was quite succinct – “We’re going to ride to Avebury, have a bun
Tom Scott will be leading this local ride from Barbury Castle down to Avebury and back. The ride is not technical, so may be suitable for novice riders, but a reasonable level of fitness will be required (especially on the way back!)
Words by Chris Macnamara As a 40-something chubby Scots lad who’s lived in Swindon for the last 27 years, I’ve got the right to say: the town is no oil painting! However, get literally one mile from its most popular leisure site – Coate Water – and it’s as if you were in a different world.
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Note: This event has been changed from June 1st to June 15th. Warning: This is a very long ride, participants should have a very good level of fitness and stamina to cover the distance and climbing. If you can comfortably ride a hilly 50km (30 miles) off road route then you should be able to
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Whilst a lot of the club will be racing at Erlestoke, this will be the exact opposite. A nice, comfortable, novice friendly loop from Barbury Castle, intended to be taken at a very relaxed pace. Taking in some great views across the downs of North Wiltshire, we’ll gently head down to Ogbourne Maisey, before taking
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Have you ever fancied riding off road at night? Then this is the ride for you. Phil Allum is leading this ride along a nice and easy route which most people will be familiar with, but which will look totally different in the dark! From the Croft Trail car park, we will head off and
In line with MB Swindon tradition, we will be running the ever popular Christmas Recovery Ride on the 27th December 2013. This is a great way to burn off some of the Christmas excesses and get yourself out of the house. The route will take in some of our local ‘must ride’ locations, including the
Ever ridden all day – literally?! To mark the shortest day of the year, MB Swindon is holding a day long ‘Dawn to Dusk’ ride along some of its favourite local routes. Both rides are novice friendly, and you can decide whether to do a morning, an afternoon or a whole day ride. If you
Words and photos by Richard Ford Surprisingly, this was the first MB Swindon ride since February to start from Barbury Castle. I rode from there a lot in the summer and the planned ride was a slightly longer version of one of my favourite evening loops. I was the first person to arrive at 9:30am,
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