Phil Allum’s popular ride returns for the third year in a row. Starting out with the first half of Croft Trail (Britain’s finest urban singletrack), this will head out towards the Malborough Downs, taking in some of Phil’s favourite climbs (there will be a fair bit of climbing on this route) and downhills. Terrain will be […]
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Tim Norris will be taking us to a new location for MB Swindon and a ride to push you if you have been finding Novice rides a little too easy. This relatively straightforward ride around an ancient wooded area of the North Wessex Downs with some great views, features some well surfaced bridleways and cycle
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22 & 23rd August will host round 4 of the Mondraker Enduro Series near Llanwrtyd Wells, Mid Wales. The riding there is some of the best around, so why not come on up and see what it is all about? The Mondraker Enduro Series is fast becoming the series to race due to the stages
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Due to the first trip getting sold out very quickly and some people missing out, we’re going back to do it all again! BikePark Wales is the UK’s first full scale mountain bike park in the heart of the South Wales valleys, built by riders for riders. If you have not heard of the place
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Tom Scott will be leading a 15 mile novice friendly route from Barbury Castle. Some hill climbing will be involved, but the ride will wait for the slowest rider. If 15 miles isn’t enough for you, you can ‘super size’ your ride by meeting Tom at the Coate Water cafe at 9.00am and riding from
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Tom Scott will lead this week’s midweek ride. Meet at the cafe at Coate Water ready for a 7.00 o’clock start. Midweek rides are usually up to 20 miles, lasting about 2 to 2.5 hours (all depending on the speed of the riders in the group) and are novice friendly. We’ll probably be out beyond sunset,
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Words by Steffan James Photos by Darren Pettit I arrived in Wantage just before 9.00 to give myself time for an on-the-day registration for the 50km ‘Half Marathon’. This proved a quick and easy process, which left me with plenty of time to return to the car park and get my bike set up,
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Tom Scott will lead this week’s midweek club ride. Meet at the cafe at Coate Water ready for a 7 o’clock start. The ride will be around 15-20 miles, lasting 2 – 2.5 hours, depending on weather and the pace of the group. To be on the safe side, bring lights as they may be
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23 July: This ride has now been cancelled. Apologies for the short notice. For those that missed last year’s The Pond’s, The Pit and The Punchbowl ride led by Tim, now is your chance to have a go. And this revisit to Blaenavon promises to be bigger and better. A longer ride to the start
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Words by Phil Allum Photos by Paul Allum Way back in May 2012, MB Swindon did a great ride in the Mendip Hills led by Tom Stickland with some local knowledge coming from a chap called Antony, a member of the Bristol Trails Group. I remember the ride well; a good route with
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