I had decided to lead this year’s Christmas recovery ride in December. I had then hoped for a crisp winters day. On the morning of the ride, looking out of the window at the murk and the drizzle the thought “do I have to lead this ride?” sprang to mind. I reminded myself that there …
Phil Allum resisted the lure of the Bake Off final to ride his bike. He writes as follows :- The leaves are falling and the nights are definitely drawing in, but MBSwindon are still getting on with it on the Wednesday night rides. It was lights on from the start this week and within 20 …
Words by Tim Norris Photos by Tim Norris and Sarah Bailey I was nearly late for the start of my own ride – the result of having an extra biscuit with my tea and slightly underestimating how long it would take me to ride to the start However, when I arrived everyone else seemed …
Chris Hopkinson writes: At 6.15 on Saturday morning I was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. I’d hardly slept a wink due to a trapped nerve in my shoulder giving me some grief and it now seemed like the wife had very kindly shared her cold with me. I’d rebuilt the full suss …
Lovely Richard Ford led the Clatford Clatter ride – here’s what he thought of it: “Lots of rain the week before and the threat of more rain on the day meant that I was not expecting a great turn out. I was still slightly disappointed that only four other riders turned up at West Woods …
Writeup by Phil Allum The Forest of Dean is always one of our most attended rides. This is because there really is something for everyone there, see http://www.fodmtb.com/ for details of what’s there. See also our previous ride reports. So on a nice dry, mild Good Friday, a massive gaggle of MB Swindonites had gathered, …
Saturday, Sunday, video, photo gallery. We visited Mudtrek in February and October 2012 plus there was a ladies visit in August. On top of that there was the Matt Page training weekend. A group of us spent the Thursday and Friday working on the Mudtrek skills park in pretty bad weather conditions. Various riders turned up on Friday …
Ride report: Mudtrek weekend March 2013 (with video) Read More »
This is Tim Norris’ ride report on Phil Allum’s Bronze Age Epic ride. You can read more of Tim’s biking and other stuff on his blog. The day began with a breakfast of porridge, raisins and a banana. This was a nice bit of fuel for the ride ahead and helped to warm me through …
This was a two day trip to Shropshire. We stayed at the Shropshire camping pods. These were conveniently next door to the Station Inn where we had our evening meals plus cooked breakfast each morning. There’s also the Blazing Bikes shop and Shropshire Outdoor shop on site. The pods have everything you need: walls, a …
Ride report: weekend trip to Long Mynd, Eastridge & Hopton Read More »
By Nigel Gregson This was the first ride organised under the heading “Novice Plus”. The idea behind this is to offer a slightly longer distance but still with the novice-friendly ethos. This was also the first ride that I’d lead and in total 16 people met at Barbury Castle on a grey but reasonably warm day. …
Ride report: Nigel’s lovely jubbly jubilee ride 3rd June 2012 Read More »
