We spent a week at a chalet in Venosc (part of Les Deux Alpes) and a week in Morzine with SkiMorzine (Portes Du Soleil). We had around twelve riders each week and four did both weeks. I make that twenty people in total. A highlight of the first week was riding the Megavalanche route in […]
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Words and pictures by Tom Scott A fine morning beckoned which brought out riders in their droves. Twenty-four of us (eventually) set off from Coate Water at 10.15. The first casualty of the day was the long-suffering Mrs Scott whose recently-fitted chain was too long, leading to gear selection problems (it was me who cocked
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Words by Steffan James / Photos by Tom Scott This ride was billed as a step up from the Club’s popular novice-friendly rides, extending the typical 15 miles to 20. The ride started in a car-park a couple of miles from junction 13 of the M4, which was very much ‘in the middle of nowhere’
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This was my third trip to the Bontrager Twentyfour12 race. See the pictures from 2012 (rain) and 2011 (dry). This has always been a favourite 24 hour event what with the interesting routes round Newnham park, the various marshal dj zones, the packed event village and the overall slight madness of the event. Over the last three years
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by MBTom. The Savernake sizzler was a road sportive organised by Giveitsome, a recently formed local events company. Three route options were available: 35 miles (rare), 65 miles (medium) and 90 miles (well done). All started and finished (hopefully) at the Milton Lilbourne village hall. Since I’d wanted to do the 80 mile off road
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With a heatwave on our hands it was an ideal chance to ride the route that Bigfoot MBC had wanted to show us on our previous excursion with them back in November 2012. At that time the year of wet had wrecked the trails. Conditions had still been heavy going in March when we’d ridden
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We enjoyed our previous trip to Bredon hill so much that we had to go back for me. We had eight riders raring to go at Beckford village hall at 7pm including some more from Malvern Cycle Sport. The UK heat wave had given us another excellent summer’s evening. We followed the same route as
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Copy of a blog post by Tim Norris. The ride was originally going to be lead by my mate John, but it ended up being co hosted by HalfWayUp MTB. This was a good thing as we got the best out of a larger pool of local knowledge. These guys live in the midst of
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Maps, Videos, Photo gallery Intro by Tom Stickland We had over twenty riders at the Mondraker Exmoor gravity rally 2013. This event was based at the National Trust’s Holnicote estate on the edge of Exmoor and was organised by Shred magazine. A completely new route was used in 2013. See photos from the 2012 event. Saturday
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Epic Wiltshire Woods and Skyline Ride By Tony Holmes This ride came with a warning – a long distance and many hills with no stop until the Divine Café in Cherhill. It also turned out to be the hottest day of the year so far. In other words: a challenge. Thirteen riders set off in
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