This was an event organised by Sustrans (the cycle eco warriors). It offered a 56 mile route (90km) and a 26 mile route (42km). It used a mixture of Sustrans off road trails, roads and some cross country on bridleways. The event started at the Create Centre in Bristol with over 150 riders registering between […]
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This was a bit of a low key build day; we had a big push coming up the next weekend (Sat 18th Sept 2010 & Sun 19th Sept). Phil and Mr Anon fixed some of the sign posts in place. We’ve had a long term problem of a few sign posts being pulled out of
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Red Planet bikes are the nearest shop to the Croft Trail. They hold a ride every Tuesday night, starting from the shop. Google map of shop location. From their site: All you have to do is pitch up at your favorite bike shop between 6pm and 6.30pm every Tuesday night with your dancing shoes on
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MB Swindon T-Shirts and Hoodies are now available to order thanks to the guys at spokeshirts. We’ve arranged it so that you order direct from them, and they handle the whole thing from start to finish. Rafe and I have used them a few times and we felt they were the perfect people to approach
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Sustrans Big Cheddar Adventure 2010 This is a ride from Bristol to Cheddar and back organised by Sustrans. “Starting from the CREATE Centre in Bristol city centre, choose from two different routes heading into North Somerset. The Nailsea loop is a challenging 29 miles, or take the full on Cheddar loop at 56 miles which
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We’ve been doing a lot of riding. Wyre Forest Ridgeway North Wales bank holiday weekend Forest of Dean novice friendly ride We’ve attracted some more media attention. Some web site additions: UK trail centre map Article on bike lights Mountain biking in Les Deux Alpes Croft trail videos We’re putting in 5 teams for the
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Red Planet bikes are the nearest shop to the Croft Trail. They hold a ride every Tuesday night, starting from the shop. Google map of shop location. From their site: All you have to do is pitch up at your favorite bike shop between 6pm and 6.30pm every Tuesday night with your dancing shoes on
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Hargroves cycles will soon be opening a showcase cycle store in Swindon. They promise many leading brands including Specialized, Cube, Bianchi, Felt and Scott. They plan to “give Swindon the ultimate cycle shopping experience”. Founder Peter Hargroves said “we are very excited to bring the Hargroves Cycles brand to Swindon. This new venture is our
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We’ve just found out about the Black Canon Collective, a trail buidling and riding club based at Longleat (Google map showing Longleat Forest). The club is self funding and it costs £25 to join. See Black Canon joining instructions for more information.
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See our page about “Novice Friendly” rides. Sunday 5th Sept 2010 This ride had an amazing turn out, with 30 riders in the Pedalabikeaway car park at 11am. About a third of these were true novice riders, the rest obviously just fancied a ride in the forest. We used a fair amount of the family
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