It’s the Macmillan Castle ride – up to 50 miles of mud and sweat which raises around £40,000 a years for the Macmillan Cancer charity. As in previous years, members of MB Swindon provide marshal and sweeping support for the Castles Bike Ride. We need a lot of volunteers to ensure the event runs smoothly […]
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It’s the Macmillan Castle ride – up to 50 miles of mud and sweat which raises around £40,000 a years for the Macmillan Cancer charity. We provide Marshals and sweepers for this event and we need a lot of them, so please sign up on the Facebook event or email info @ mbswindon.co.uk to help and
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Video interview with Rafe at the event. The MacMillan Castles Rides is an annual, charity off-road cycle event. As in 2011 we swept the route. i.e.: rode round last to make sure that no riders were still out. We had our first incident in the car park at the start where a big wheelie ended
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See also the Prospect Hospice Big Ride April 22nd 2012. The Castles Bike Ride is a charity event with a choice of three cross country routes: approx. 10, 20 and 30 miles (16,32 and 48km). It starts and finishes at the Croft Sports centre in Swindon and uses the Marlborough Downs. Google map of start
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MBSwindon were supporting this charity event by sweeping the route (removing signs and making sure that no one was left behind).
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Not a mbswindon club event, but a must-do for all local mountain bikers and for a worthy cause, Macmillan Cancer Support. Ride report from 2010 Castles event. See their website for more information: http://www.castlesbikeride.co.uk/ This year MBSwindon have been asked to ride the route after the main event to make sure that there are no
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This looks like a great event. Afan has some of our favourite trails, including White’s Level, Skyline, The Wall and the original Penhydd (9ft.com) routes. More information. Start location on Google Maps. More information on the Tynaen Theatre (Theatr). GPS map of Afan Monster route.
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This is an annual ride over the ridgeway, starting and finishing at the Croft leisure centre in Swindon. See the Castles ride website for more info. MBSwindon had several riders present who covered all three route lengths. Pete and Kat, Phil, Tony, Chris, Simon, myself (Tom), plus two known recent recruits whos name escapes me,
Ride report: Castles 6th June 2010 (Macmillan charity ride). Read More »
Not a mbswindon club event, but a must-do for all local mountain bikers and for a worthy cause, Macmillan Cancer Support. See their website for more information: http://www.castlesbikeride.co.uk/ We want to enter a large team for this because the largest team of finishers wins the event. If you would like to ride as part of
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