Robin Steward moved from Swindon to Taunton last year so he’s had a good chance to explore the trails in the Quantocks. We did a club ride there two years ago to the day: photos. Start at Holford Car Park, 10.30 prompt. Part One. 90min XC to Triscombe Part Two. Lunch and general hooning about. […]
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Words by Captain James Scott This felt like an even longer journey than to Innerleithen! A new location for me and the trails were expected to be midway between the pedally Afan and the DH of Innerleithen. A fairly easy loop of 20km with 500m climbing meant there was indeed a nice mix of fitness
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James – 57th from 142
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We really enjoyed the Erlestoke 12 race in 2012 and 2011 (see the 2011 photos and video). It’s back for 2013 and at the same great venue; a wooded hill on land owned by the MOD near Salisbury plain. There’s a choice of 12 hour and 6 hour races plus categories for solo, pairs, teams of
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The Spambiking Erlestoke12 event takes place on MOD land near the Erlestoke prison. It’s one of our favourite locations. It provides a lot of interesting singletrack. The 2012 route followed a similar layout to previous years albeit with some minor modifications. The bomb holes at the top of the hill were still probably the best
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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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I love mountain biking. I love yoga. So I was excited when Facebook spewed up an advert for “a mountain biking yoga weekend”. I liked the idea so much that I booked a place before reading the details. Probably. It was organised by Mountain Yoga Breaks – see their website, Facebook and Twitter pages. I’ve been riding for over a
Mountain yoga breaks – Elan valley mountain biking weekend. Read More »
Sunday 19 May 2013 saw the 2nd Round of the Southern XC Series at Crow Hill. The majority of the course was in the woods with lots of tight single track, and several boggy sections that caught out a number of racers. Anna raced first in the Elite Female Category. All the women started
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Hargroves Cycles bring you the 2013 QECycleFest. Named after the venue of Queen Elizabeth park, home to the QECP trail collective. There’s a 4 hour enduro race on the Saturday evening followed by a demo day on Sunday. There’s also a road sportive on the Saturday if you’re that way inclined. See the 2012 photos for an
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