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Ride report from Gary Palmer All those days my neighbours had been wondering what I was doing in the back yard had paid off, the sun dance had worked. Although a bit chilly it was going to be a nice day, it had been dry for over a week so I knew the trails would
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Phil Allum’s ride report:- The Thriller in the Hills is a local route we’ve done a few times now. It was originally conceived as a way to link lots of fun bits together; namely Rickety Bridge, Rockley, Ladder lane and the infamous Croft Trail. Something must of sounded appealing as we had a great turnout of
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James Scott of the MB Swindon Gravity Team gives us another report of the weekend’s racing. Round 3 of the Red Kite / Empire Bikes Enduro and it was another cracker. This time around the loop was shorter coming in at around 23km and 900+metres of climbing (if you rode the stages in order). The
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Words and photos: Debbie Davies So the day starts at Barbury Castle car park with Sarah , Caroline, Sharon, Kat, Kaye, Iryda and myself and the usual discussions of what is the best coat to take . We leave those tyre pressure conversations to the men. An overcast sky greeted us as we set off
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By Stefan James Link the main ride report. I turned up at the rendezvous having no idea what to expect. From the comments on the website and facebook group I was expecting about half a dozen people, but there ended up being fourteen of us. I often cycle with my five year old; this was
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By Tim Norris Ten of us gathered at the elusive car park half way up the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir valley a little north of Abergavenny (South Wales) – for an epic ride that certainly lived up to expectations of being tough on mind and body (event description). I’d spent the previous week on Facebook revealing my
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We had a head start because all 20 tonnes of material had been shifted on the previous day. We also had a new delivery option: Chris Bevington brought a trailer to tow behind his Hi-Lux. We set off for the triangle and split into two groups. One group concentrated on an adjustment to the trail
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Our plans for the weekend were to repair the section on the north side plus topping up various areas of trail that either had pot holes or had suffered over the wettest summer in 100 years. The section on the north side was one of the oldest remaining areas, having been surfaced in early 2008
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UK Bike Park is located near Blandford Forum in Dorset and there are several tracks on offer including 4X, blue, red and black graded downhill runs. We paid £25 for a full day and got around 20 runs in. The car park and HQ/cafe are located at the top of the hill and the trails
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