After the success of the 2013 Hargroves Demo Day they are back with more bikes for you to try in 2014. “We are delighted that this is the dourth year that we will be holding the Hargroves Cycles MBSwindon Demo day on the 4th May 2014 at the Croft Trail.” Facebook event page. Terms and […]
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Photos from the Cotswold epic ride. Read the write up on MBTom. There will also be a write up from Tim Norris. The ride started from the bike path car park. This is near the Egypt Mill hotel and restaurant. We had 18 riders for this tough bank holiday ride. Two finished early due to mechanical issues,
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An evening/night ride at The Croft Trail. 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
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Maps / Video / Photo gallery If you like the look of the DH trails then keep an eye on our gravity team and their Facebook page for info on uplift days and dh evening sessions. It was almost two years to the day since our previous visit to the Quantock hills. Six of us met in Holford car park on a
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Robin Steward moved from Swindon to Taunton last year so he’s had a good chance to explore the trails in the Quantocks. We did a club ride there two years ago to the day: photos. Start at Holford Car Park, 10.30 prompt. Part One. 90min XC to Triscombe Part Two. Lunch and general hooning about.
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We really enjoyed the Erlestoke 12 race in 2012 and 2011 (see the 2011 photos and video). It’s back for 2013 and at the same great venue; a wooded hill on land owned by the MOD near Salisbury plain. There’s a choice of 12 hour and 6 hour races plus categories for solo, pairs, teams of
Erlestoke 12 race 2013 from SPAM Biking Read More »
The Spambiking Erlestoke12 event takes place on MOD land near the Erlestoke prison. It’s one of our favourite locations. It provides a lot of interesting singletrack. The 2012 route followed a similar layout to previous years albeit with some minor modifications. The bomb holes at the top of the hill were still probably the best
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An evening/night ride at The Croft Trail. 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
Croft Trail evening social/ride Read More »
I love mountain biking. I love yoga. So I was excited when Facebook spewed up an advert for “a mountain biking yoga weekend”. I liked the idea so much that I booked a place before reading the details. Probably. It was organised by Mountain Yoga Breaks – see their website, Facebook and Twitter pages. I’ve been riding for over a
Mountain yoga breaks – Elan valley mountain biking weekend. Read More »
Hargroves Cycles bring you the 2013 QECycleFest. Named after the venue of Queen Elizabeth park, home to the QECP trail collective. There’s a 4 hour enduro race on the Saturday evening followed by a demo day on Sunday. There’s also a road sportive on the Saturday if you’re that way inclined. See the 2012 photos for an
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