Steve from Hargroves Cycles is taking us on this interesting route in uncharted territory on Walbury hill near Hungergford. He’s promising around 21 miles and 790m of ascent. Steve says: “entirely off road, the descents are generally very fast, there is one technical one with loose off camber chalky corners. The climbs are quite stiff […]
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Crispin Doyle is taking us on this tour of Epping Forest. Terrain is a mix of rooty forest singletrack, can be really tight and techy, the odd hard pack fire roads and leafy forest floor. Not too hilly but there will be a few lumps. Gets really muddy. Meeting at 11am at the visitor centre
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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
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UPDATE2: We’re doing the regular loop. Ground conditions are not good. UPDATE – We’re going to go on an alternative xc route with some technical options, lead by local ride John Purchase. Still meeting in the Cwm Carn car park. Special late start of 11am. Pre-Christmas club ride at Cwm Carn, just over the
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Club ride at the ever-popular Cannock Chase trails. Photos from the 2010 visit. Meet at 10am in the Birches valley forest centre near Rugeley (WS15 2UQ). Google map. It’s 84 miles from Swindon and Google maps reckons on just over 2 hours to get there. Official trail map. View Cannock Chase 08/05/10 in a larger
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Mudtrek describe themselves as “the ski chalet for mountain bikers”. They are located in Wales near the Brechfa trails. See the ride report from our Febrary trip to Mudtrek. Previous visits to Brechfa: April 2011 and December 2010 plus our Brechfa trail guide. The approximate plan is: Arrive Friday evening and drink beer (some might
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A range of MBSwindon branded kit is now available via our new online shop at Spreadshirt.
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Sharon says: LADIES………….. I have booked Mudtrek at Brechfa for the first weekend in September (Friday 31st Aug – Sun 2nd Sept) apologies if this does not suit everyone, the people who own/run Mudtrek are going on their hols in september and I thought October may be a bit wet! Anyway, I have booked 6
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Hit The Hills offer fully catered mountain biking weekends at various locations around the UK. They have a fully trained chef who works with locally sourced ingredients. They offer club members a 10% discount on bookings – see our full discount list. We’ll be visiting the Peak District for the weekend of Friday 11th –
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Due to popular demand after a stonking ride in November then we’re going back to Swinley Forest. This is a great mountain biking area near Bracknell. Once again we’ve got local rider Steve Dunn to show us all of the good stuff. He’s a member of Muddy Moles. We’re meeting at 10am in the main
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