New to mountain biking? Haven’t ridden a bike since you were a child but fancy giving it a go again? Want to improve your fitness? Jason Rodger is arranging a series of beginner mountain biking rides to help people who are just starting out to improve their confidence and fitness so that they can join the club’s novice friendly rides. This ride will be […]
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Gary Palmer is leading this challenging ride which will include some nice single track, bombholes, slippy roots and some tasty climbing. The distance will be about 17 miles and should take about 3.5 hours. Although this is a relatively short ride, Gary stresses that the distance does not reflect the effort required to complete it! If conditions are good,
Words and Photos by Gary Palmer The weather in the week previous to this ride had been – to say the least – a tad wet, so i knew the ride’s title was spot on. However, the sun was shining beautifully on the day. The car park was packed. What are those dog walkers like
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Words by Tom Scott It was with trepidation that I approached this ride. For one thing, I had badly sprained my wrist the weekend before on the recce. I was also kind of dreading having too many people turn up, as I had 16 yesses and 29 maybes on the Facebook event. However, as we
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Tom Scott will be leading this 26 mile 385 yards ride around Swindon. The route will be part cycle track, part road, part gravel… and of course a bit of mud. Although longer than the average novice ride, this ride will be at a steady pace, will not involve too much climbing and very little
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As a prelude to Valentine’s day, show your love for your mountain bike by joining John Crocker for a novice friendly ride. We will start at Coate Water, ride up to Barbury, down Smeathe’s ridge and back to Coate along the old railway track. If the group decide, we can have a coffee break at
Ania Zielnik will be leading a ladies’ ride in Swinley Forest on February 1st. The plan is to ride blue/red trails and maybe do some off-piste in Crowthorne Wood if it’s not too muddy. There are some hills and some technical stuff, but the ride will be at a steady pace, stopping as and when people
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