We met on a crisp morning at the Coate Water car park. The route followed a well worn path up Sustrans route 45 via the curly-wurly bridge to Chiseldon, past the Three Trees Cafe and along the cycle path towards Ogbourne. Phil decided that Smeathe’s ridge was probably a bit too much of mudfest, so […]
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Photos from the local ride for local people. Route map OS Map, GPX. See www.bikehike.co.uk for a great way to create and view maps.
Ride photos: Local ride for local people 25th Nov 2012 Read More »
The Real Ale Wobble provided my introduction to epic riding back in the early 2000s. It was wet, muddy, cold and exciting, with several hundred riders all making the most of the situation. For many years a similar route was used from Llanwrtyd Wells (the home of bog snorkelling and man vs horse) up to
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The Cannock Chase trails are located between Cannock and Rugeley near the M6 North of Birmingham. Chase trails website. They’ve been built and maintained by volunteers. Rather like our very own Croft Trails in Swindon. There are two main trails: Follow the Dog This is the main loop and is approximately red grade. The Monkey Trail This is
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This was the third MBSwindon trip to Mudtrek in 2012! We originally called round in late February and the ladies visited in August. We keep going back is because it’s an ideal venue for a mountain biking weekend. Located in countryside near the Brechfa trails Mudtrek offers catered accommodation in 2 converted barns, one day of
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This year we entered 24 riders: Solo: Neil Gibson F Pair (4 hour PM): Kate Bevan, Meridith M Pair (8 hour): Simon Morgan, John Speed Race team: Lee Morgan, Dion Thomas, Stuart Selwood, Pawel Kotowski Mixed up: Polly Eldridge, Phil Mayger, Chris Bevington, Pete Gowland The MBSwindon 3: Gary Lee, Gary Yeates, Tom Stickland M5:
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Photos from our fund raising curry night. Prize winners list here. Raffle list. There were also bonus prizes from Fetish bike company and Hargroves (large bag with extra items in it).
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By Stefan James Link the main ride report. I turned up at the rendezvous having no idea what to expect. From the comments on the website and facebook group I was expecting about half a dozen people, but there ended up being fourteen of us. I often cycle with my five year old; this was
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By Gary Palmer I woke up on Saturday morning to the sun shining through my window. What a relief, off to Uley. With 14 eager cyclist in the car park of the Crown Pub, if only they knew what was coming. It was smiles all round as we took off. I must make a note
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By Tim Norris Ten of us gathered at the elusive car park half way up the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir valley a little north of Abergavenny (South Wales) – for an epic ride that certainly lived up to expectations of being tough on mind and body (event description). I’d spent the previous week on Facebook revealing my
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