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Ride Report written by Tom Scott. We arrived at Cannock Chase following an uneventful drive in the Big Blue Bus. The weather on the way up had been glorious sunshine so we were expecting a nice dry day… We met up at the Birches Valley Forest Centre, home of Cannock Chase MTB trails as well […]
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The Hargroves Cycles demo day took place at the Croft Trail in Swindon. The event was busy right from the start with bikes being taken round the trail all day. The photographs are from late afternoon when it started to die down. The weather was great again and the trail was in top condition, a credit
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After the success of the 2013 Hargroves Demo Day they are back with more bikes for you to try in 2014. “We are delighted that this is the dourth year that we will be holding the Hargroves Cycles MBSwindon Demo day on the 4th May 2014 at the Croft Trail.” Facebook event page. Terms and
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Photos from the Cotswold epic ride. Read the write up on MBTom. There will also be a write up from Tim Norris. The ride started from the bike path car park. This is near the Egypt Mill hotel and restaurant. We had 18 riders for this tough bank holiday ride. Two finished early due to mechanical issues,
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This is a bit of an epic. It’s just under 60km and 1000m of ascent in the south Cotswolds. It takes in some great trails around Ozleworth, Wotton, North Nibley, Dursley, Kingscote and Nailsworth. A few parts are common to the Nailsworth It ride. See the write up from the recce that Tom and
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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
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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
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The MB Swindon Gravity Team took part in Round 1 of the Red Kite Gravity Enduro on the 26th April. Here team members Mike Brazier and James Scott tell us how it went: Mike Brazier With Red Kite Events supporting the team this year we were invited along to their first enduro, with racing across
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This was a low key trail tidy session. We started out by blocking a potential short cut on Piper’s hill with branches. The step jump then received a tune up. After that we removed some neck level wire from an old fence that was a bit close to the trail down near the triangle. We
Trail build report: tidy up, new line and triangle exit Read More »
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,
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