The Red Kite Events cross country race series runs throughout the winter. These are 2 hour races using mtb trails plus tracks in mid Wales. More info on the Red Kite website. Series 1 (Oct, Nov, Dec 2013) use a short course. Series 2 will be longer. This event takes place at the Coed Trallwm trail […]
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This is a one day course with Wolverest group that provides a certificate in basic first aid. It is based at their training centre in Swindon. Read our first aid story to see why training can really make a difference. It will cost £40 per person inclusive. Meeting at 9:30am at the Wolverest Training school. 21 Cherry
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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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Photos from MBTom.co.uk. The Real Ale Wobble is a well known annual mountain bike event that’s organised by Green Events. Several hundred riders set out into the wilderness of mid Wales and return several hours later covered in mud, wet, smiling and after visiting several beer stops en-route. We had four riders from MBSwindon there (Gary
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Phil Allum will again be leading this epic ride around some of the spectacular Bronze Age scenery in North Wiltshire. A return to Silbury Hill for another classic XC ride with big views across the Vale of Pewsey. Taking in parts of the Wansdyke, this ride will involve a fair bit of climbing and as
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Sharon Bassingdale has arranged to host a ride at Croft with the ladies from Malvern Cycle Sport. Sharon will lead the group on a full guided tour of Croft highlighting and explaining the obstacles followed by a number of full on laps. Of course all of this will be followed by tea and cake
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The Real Ale Wobble is a great event in mid Wales that combines mountain biking with beer stops. See the write up from 2012. MBSwindon Facebook event page. Enter the event via the Green Events website. There are a few places on the sofa at Tom’s parents’ house. Also: Neudd Arms Hotel The Drover’s Rest Google
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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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Our target for the day was to fix potholes and resurface patches of trail using material that had been shifted the previous day. Once again, it was a nice change to concentrate on fixing bits of trail rather than fix bits of trail. There is a light at the end of the tunnel – the trail
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Sharon will be leading this ride around the Swinley forest trails. Swinley forest provides some of the best singletrack in the area with wide variety of terrain for all abilities, personally its one of my favourite spots in the south of England; there is something for everyone here from gentle forest trails through freeride areas
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