This event is based at Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales and offers a 55km off road route. More info on the Red Kite website. Discount available on accommodation. Email tom at mbswindon co uk for details. MBSwindon event facebook page. Some write ups from similar events: Elan Valley Challenge, Devil’s MTB 2013 and 2012. See some […]
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First ride of 2014? what better way to shake off the last of the Hogmanay effects from your head than to join the MBSwindon wolfpack for a session at Ashton Court and Leigh Woods? Now most of us are very familiar with Ashton Court and will not require a leader, so this is more
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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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Although this is not an MB Swindon event, there are usually quite a few of our members who take part. This is a well organised cross country event held at Erlestoke, Wiltshire. SPAM biking organise various events throughout the year including the Erlestoke 12.This one, the SPAM Winter Challenge, has three distances to chose from,
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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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In line with MB Swindon tradition, we will be running the ever popular Christmas Recovery Ride on the 27th December 2013. This is a great way to burn off some of the Christmas excesses and get yourself out of the house. The route will take in some of our local ‘must ride’ locations, including the
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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Ever ridden all day – literally?! To mark the shortest day of the year, MB Swindon is holding a day long ‘Dawn to Dusk’ ride along some of its favourite local routes. Both rides are novice friendly, and you can decide whether to do a morning, an afternoon or a whole day ride. If you
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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Using the Urban Round loop as mapped by Swindon Borough Council, which takes in part of Route 45, this route is a mixture of purpose built cycle tracks, old railway lines and road. A decent set of lights is required as there are some sections with little street lighting (mainly the old railway line sections).
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