If riding woodland singletrack, dropping into bombholes and sliding around in rooty gullys aren’t your thing then move along now as this is not for you. If that sounds like the sort of ride that will get your motor running then read on. After a successful and surprisingly good recce of the ride today I […]
Over the last few years, the club has run regular midweek rides over the winter, known as the Urban Round. Last year, we managed to keep the Wednesday night routine going throughout the year, moving from tarmac loops of the town to off-road Ridgeway rides. We’re hoping to do the same again this year, starting with
First off-road evening ride of 2016 Read More »
We will be starting at Shortwood car park, (this is not Shortwood football club Nailsworth) The route will be about 15 miles, lets see how we feel, we might want to do some bits twice. There will be single track, bomb holes, drop offs, road links and of course a nice bit of climbing. If its not
Going back to my roots Read More »
Paul Allum will be leading this week’s ride starting from John Lewis Car Park. This is the last urban round before the clocks change and we head back off road. The Urban Round is a novice friendly ride utilising Swindon’s cycle path network. The route is mainly off road and mostly mud free. The idea being that
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In July 2015 we asked you to complete a survey telling us all about your experience of being a member of the club, what you think we do well and what you think we could do better. We were pleasantly surprised by the results with 94% that think we are good or excellent and over 97% think
MB Swindon Strategy Development Workshop Read More »
Tom Scott will lead this novice-friendly ride along some of the classic MTB routes around Barbury Castle. The route will be 12 -15 miles, depending on the conditions. There will be some climbing involved, but no one will be left behind. There are no planned cafe stops, so be sure to pack a drink and a
Barbury Novice Ride Read More »
The warm(ish), wet winter has taken it’s toll down at croft trail, so much so that we’ve a lot of maintenance to do before we move into spring / summer. Many hands make light work, any time you can give is fully appreciated be it for the day or just an hour. Bring a mug
Trail build / maintenance day Read More »
Tom Scott will be leading this week’s ride starting from John Lewis Car Park. The Urban Round is a novice friendly ride utilising Swindon’s cycle path network. The route is mainly off road and mostly mud free. The idea being that riders can keep their fitness levels up during the winter without getting plastered in mud. The ride
Update from Debbie on the plans for the evening: Ladies, just an update and a little more info before Friday evening. You don’t need to bring your bike, I shall be supplying one road and one mountain bike for you to work with and some spare wheels to practice tyre changes on. If you have a
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This week’s urban round is led by Paul Allum. Meet in the John Lewis car park ready to start at 7pm. If you haven’t been on the urban round before, it’s a ride around the edges of Swindon, used as a way of maintaining some level of fitness over the winter months. The route is
Urban Round 9th March Read More »
