Our idea for a Bonfire Night Ride was to get up onto the Ridgeway early evening in the hope of catching some distant fireworks over Swindon, Wantage, Lambourn etc. whilst having fun on the bikes. Our departure was slightly delayed as one of our riders forgot his front wheel, so had to rush back home […]
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Our Forest of Dean trips always seem to draw a decent crowd. There is a lot to offer with the Verderer’s trail, the original Freeminer’s (FODCA) trail plus the downhill runs and then loads of off-piste single track. See ride photos from August 2011 for more ideas. See also thefod.co.uk. We met at the Pedalabikeaway
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Maps Photo gallery This was a weekend trip to Dorset. We stayed with local rider Nikala. Saturday 29th Oct – Isle of Purbeck We met up at the Sandbanks Ferry for 10am. This chain ferry crosses the entrance of Poole harbour straight onto the Isle of Purbeck. It isn’t a real island, it’s part of
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This was an evening event at Hargroves Cycles in Swindon with a 15% discount on all items, a prize raffle plus free beer and food. Industry experts from Cube and Specialized, Bianchi, Lezyne, Scott and Fishers were on hand too. Various Wiltshire cycling clubs including Swindon Road Club, The Swindon Wheelers and Swindon Tri Club
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See race reports from Bristol Bikefest 2011 and Oktoberfest 2010. More photos in the Oktoberfest 2011 bonus photos gallery. This was a big one for MBSwindon! We’d entered 34 riders into various categories. All were 8 hour races: Male solo: Simon Morgan 1 Male solo: Gary Lee 2 Female solo: Kim Mazzucca 3 Mixed pair:Julie
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This was a recce ride for the Bristol Okotberfest ride (see 2010 Oktoberfest photos). Maps Video Photos The trails at Ashton Court were recently re-opened after being rebuilt. The old trail didn’t stand up well to the level of use and in the wet turned into a mud pit. The new trail is completely surfaced
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This was our second fund raising curry night (See the photos from last year). The Bombay Lounge restaurant (at Peatmoor) and Swindon Link magazine offer community groups, charities and good causes the chance to raise money whilst enjoying a great curry. The owner Hanif donates all profits from the night to the club. We also
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Map Video Photo gallery We were all uncharacteristically early for this ride and actually set off within about ten minutes of the published start time. We had fifteen riders, mainly from MBSwindon, with some extra riders from the “Unfit riding club”. Ex-local Mike Hickey had devised a route for us. After leaving Church Stretton the
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This was one our regular Friday night trail rides at the Croft Trail. See our events calendar for similar rides. The Big Adventure Store were there with some Exposure demo lights. They also had a load of other kit for sale. The Big Adventure Store offer MBSwindon club members a discount – see our full
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