On the Friday afternoon I rode the trail and the noted the location of any remaining potholes. After two years of pot hole filling I knew that our helpers were really looking forwards to a nice change and spending the day filling holes. Jez was particularly excited about this and kept texting me to ask […]
This is a review of Four4th lights. Who does not like night riding? If you live in the UK and want to ride all year round you really have no option but to embrace it, which means you need to make an investment in some lights. Now at this point I will lay my cards
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We’re going to use a stockpile of material from the February build day to fix a section of trail and we’re also going to remodel a section to give us a new jump. Facebook event page. There’s been great progress at the trail over the last few years. See the build diary for details.
Words by Tom Scott It was meant to rain! I had been out the previous night doing voluntary work finding homes for countless needy pints of beer, so I decided to drive to Foxhill for the start rather than riding from home. I arrived to see 14 mountain bikers all togged up and ready for
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Words by Phil Allum So the first enduro race of the year (26th March 2014) for the Gravity Team; round 1 of the X-Fusion/Enduro1 series. This first round being held at the Forest of Dean. For those not in the know, the gravity enduro format is normally one loop of around 20-30km, with 5
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The Croft Trail has existed in Swindon since mid 2008 (see the history). Over the years the route has been adjusted and new features built. A dedicated group of volunteers have worked in their spare time to create the trail as it is today. All of this has been recorded in the trail build diary.
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This was a low key trail build day. On the February build day we’d shifted 20 tonnes in record time and ended up with stock piles of material in strategic locations round the trail. The plan for the day was to finish and open the wood section in the triangle. This had been almost finished
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We’ve got some stock piles of gravel from the previous build day. These will be used to fix various pot holes round the trail. We’ll also be working on the wood work in the triangle (continuing from last time). Facebook event page. There’s been great progress at the trail over the last few years. See the
An evening/night ride at The Croft Trail. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. Novice Friendly group starts a few minutes after the main group. This is a great chance to be given a guided tour of the trails if you’ve never been before and a
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An evening/night ride at The Croft Trail. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. Novice Friendly group starts a few minutes after the main group. This is a great chance to be given a guided tour of the trails if you’ve never been before and a
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