Our first proper ride of 2012 and what a great turnout! There were over 20 of us, some very regular attendees, some less so. There were also a good number of new faces seeing what we’re about. Great to see all of them. After the usual banter and getting ready (including waiting for Andrew W […]
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This was an unofficial ride at Ashton Court (we advertise these last minute rides on Facebook or twitter). See the ride report from October 2011 for more information about the main Nova trail loop including maps and video. We did a loop of the existing Nova trail and then tried out the new Yer Tiz
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This was a Christmas ride at Crychan Forest organised by Red Kite Events (10% discount on guided rides and coaching for club members). The route started from Llanwrtyd Wells, home of the Ale Wobble. We did some other routes in the area on our MIOWEOW ride earlier in the year. We started out by riding
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This was a ride organised by Dirt CC, a club based near Bristol. See the DiRT CC Website and Facebook page. We’ve been on some rides with them before (photos from Forest of Dean November 2010). We did a lap of the Verderer’s trail. This is a great trail and like a lot of blue
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About fourteen of us met at Foxhill the day after Boxing Day for the now traditional “Recovery Ride” where we try and motivate people to get back out there and work off some of the Christmas indulgences. The ride set off along The Ridgeway before dropping down to Lambourne and past Sheepdrove Organic Farm. We
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The SPAM winter challenge is an annual mountain bike enduro that’s held on MOD land near Erlestoke. There’s a choice of 25,35 and 50km routes (16,22 and 31 miles respectively). We had around 10 riders at the event in the 50 and 35km routes. Our fastest, Jerome, did the 30 miles in 2h 27m, with
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This was a netball match against local team The Delta Reds. We arrived at the Dorcan Netball Dome fully expecting to be given a good thrashing (ooer). The Delta’s didn’t know about our best kept secret weapon though: he’s tall, he’s a bit bald, he lounges around near the net and once he has the
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See our ride report from Jan 2011 plus our Afan trail guide. Maps: OS, GPX, mapmyride By Tim Norris I am new to this and I am not fit! So why did I decide to make my first ride with MB Swindon the gruelling 40km double trail loop known as W2 in the Afan Valley?
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The Real Ale Wobble is a two day mountain bike event in Llanwrtyd Wells in mid wales organised by Green Events. The 2011 Real Ale Wobble followed the same route as the 2010 event. This was slightly shorter than in previous years but used all of the best bits. Maps Real Ale Wobble route 2010/2011
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Swinley Forest is a great mountain biking area near Bracknell. This was the location for our second ever club ride back in April 2010. Local guide (Steve Dunn) took us on a 20 mile ride that took a lot of the good stuff. He’s a member of Berks on Bikes (I think). We had 18
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