stroud | Mountain Biking Swindon

Hills and Thrills

Post author:Steffan James
Post published:July 7, 2019
Post category:Events / MBSwindon Event
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Gary Palmer leads this epic ride in the Stroud area. This will be a big day in the saddle, with a beauty of a climb at the end. There will…

Haresfield Challenge

Post author:Steffan James
Post published:June 15, 2019
Post category:Events / MBSwindon Event
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Gary Palmer will lead this challenging ride in the Stroud area on June 15th. The ride will start at the Shortwood Car Park, near Haresfield Beacon. The route will be…

Going back to my roots

Post author:Rafe
Post published:March 26, 2016
Post category:Events / MBSwindon Event / Uncategorized
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We will be starting at Shortwood car park, (this is not Shortwood football club Nailsworth) The route will be about 15 miles, lets see how we feel, we might want…

Painful Painswick 2

Post author:Steffan James
Post published:October 3, 2015
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Gary Palmer will lead this ride which will revisit a route the club rode in March 2013... and it's a cracker! The distance and amount of climbing involved means that this ride…

A Good Weekend to Ride Your Bike

Post author:Rafe
Post published:October 2, 2015
Post category:Announcement
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We've had a dry week and the forecast for the weekend looks good. While it's not quite summer it does offer a good chance to get out on your bike before…

Slippery When Wet

Post author:Steffan James
Post published:February 21, 2015
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Gary Palmer is leading this challenging ride which will include some nice single track, bombholes, slippy roots and some tasty climbing. The distance will be about 17 miles and should take about 3.5…

Gary’s Hills of Plenty

Post author:Steffan James
Post published:July 6, 2014
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Gary Palmer will be leading this 21 mile ride across the badlands of Stroud. The ride is 21 miles long has 2400 ft of climbing. There are some rocky descents…

Ride report: Stroud ride

Post author:Rafe
Post published:February 8, 2014
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After several weeks of rain and with storms forecast then things were looking promising for this ride. The route promised several fun descents and few sets of steps - see…

Step by Step we Nailed the Ride (Tom’s “Nailsworth It ride”)

Post author:Rafe
Post published:September 15, 2013
Post category:Ride Report
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By Tim Norris - copied from his blog. After 6 hours of riding and around 1200m climbing (occasionally on foot) we finished what turned into an epic ride at around…

Ride report: Painful Painswick with Gary Palmer (+ Video)

Post author:Rafe
Post published:March 2, 2013
Post category:Ride Report
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By Gary Palmer. Photos by Tom Stickland, Gary Palmer, Gary Yeates and Pete Toop. I got to the leisure centre car park in Stroud at 9.30 ish and there were…