MBSwindon arranged the route, marshalling, sweeping and clearing for the Prospect Hospice big ride in 2014. The club were responsible for the route in 2013 and 2012 and marshalled the 2011 event. The photographs show the route being marked on the Saturday as well as riders on the event. Some feedback we received: “Deffo worth it…did the …
MBSwindon are once again planning the route, marking, marshalling and sweeping for this charity event. If you would like to help then please visit the Facebook page for volunteers. The event is organised by the Prospect Hospice – entry is available via their website. See the 2013 photos and preview video. The event will start and finish at …
Prospect Hospice Big Ride 2014 (MBSwindon volunteers) Read More »
Fancy trying out some new bikes for free? MTB demo day at the Croft Trail on Sun 5th May. Photos from the Prospect Hospice Big Ride 2013. MBSwindon organised the route, marking, clearing and sweeping. We got great feedback from the riders. Rob Twitchell: “brilliant ride guys, well thought out and well marshalled.” Ray Stevens: …
Sunday 28th April 2013. Long/Medium: Registration from 10am for 10:30am start. Short: Registration from 11am for 11:30am start. The event will start and finish at the Nationwide Building Society pavilion at the Croft Park in Swindon. Telephone entry available until 3pm on Fri 26th April via 01793 816154 ( Online Entry now closed). The Prospect Hospice Big …
Prospect Hospice Big Ride 2013 – Charity Event in Wiltshire Read More »
The Prospect Hospice Big Ride 2013 is a charity off-road cycling event that takes place on Sunday 28th April 2013. Event info including online registration. Register before Thursday evening! Long: 49km, 610m, OS Map, GPX. Medium: 42km, 500m, OS Map, GPX. Short: 20km, 210m, OS Map, GPX. www.bikehike.co.uk – a great way to create and view maps. Also see the 2012 …
Online entry is now open for the Prospect Hospice big bike 2013 event. This charity fund raiser offers 20, 40 and 50km routes that make the most of the local area. About the event. Link to the Prospect Hospice entry page. Help publicise the event by downloading and sharing the poster.
This was a short build session. The entrance to the alley section was resurfaced after being hammered by the recent Prospect Hospice ride. Jon Proudman was cycling past and stopped to help. The alley was surfaced in Oct 2010, exit mods on 5th Dec 2010 surfaced Jan 2011 and the final link in Dec 2011. A fence was built on Piper’s hill next …
Trail build report…alley surfacing and some fence work Read More »
These are photos from the team marking out the route and from the event itself on Sunday 22nd April 2012. Route maps here. Photobucket photos of riders on the long route here. Full size photos also on Flickr. A group of 9 volunteers spent several hours on Saturday marking out the routes. Our luck was …
Photo courtesy of Siobhan Boyle from the Swindon Advertiser. This is a fund raising cycling event organised by The Prospect Hospice. Last year we helped by marshalling and sweeping the event. This year MBSwindon Club are planning the routes. There will be a fairly easy 24km (15 mile) option suitable for most bikes and a …
Photo courtesy of Siobhan Boyle from the Swindon Advertiser. Elevation plots are shown on the Map My Ride map links below. Click on an image to access the map. Big Bike Ride 2012 event info. Short (24km/123m) Medium (40km/268m) Long (50km/335m)
