Ride report: Bisley Sun 14th Aug 2011
Route map: OS | GPX.
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Ride report: Spirthill (novice friendly) 13th Aug 2011
See ride report from 2010 for more information about Spirthill Trails. A few more photos from June 2011. This was a novice friendly ride and we eventually found 14 riders once we all met up. We did two laps plus a few bonus loops of our favourite section. We also spent a long time trying
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Race report: Sleepless in the saddle 2011
Sleepless in the Saddle is another of the big MTB race events. Others include Mountain Mayhem, 2412 and Bristol Bikefest. MBSwindon had an official team in the twenty four hour team race. There were also several other teams with club members in them. The route was just over 8 miles of mainly singletrack round the
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Ride report: Cleeve Hill 31st July 2011
We met at the Craven Arms pub in Brockhampton at 10am. (They don’t have a website. Contact is GL54 5XQ 01242 820410 see the good pub guide too). The sun was shining and temperatures were already high. James Scott was taking us on a tour of the best bits of Cleeve Hill. We’ve seen James
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Photos: Bontrager Twentyfour12 (24 12) 2011
Maps | Photo gallery The Bontrager twentyfour12 (24 12) is a relay race using an 8 mile route round Newnham park near Plymouth. It’s sponsored by the component manufacturer Bontrager. The course is open from midday Saturday to midday Sunday, allowing a 24 hour race and two 12 hour races. We put in two teams
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Ride report: marshalling Prospect ride 2011
MBSwindon club organised the marshalls and sweepers for the 2011 Prospect Hospice ride (The Big Ride). This involved working with the route designers and the Prospect Hospice to ensure that the event went to plan. Earlier in the year we swept the 2011 MacMillan Castles Bike Ride. It was slightly brighter and warmer than the
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Ride report: Wyre Forest + Clee Hill weekend
Photos from the previous visit. We stayed at the Hopleys Camp Site on the edge of Bewdley. View Larger Map
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Ride report: Morzine & Portes Du Soleil trip
This was a trip to the Portes Du Soleil region in the French Alps. See our articles Biking in the French Alps and part 2 – Deux Alpes and Megavalanche. We drove out using a ferry booked with Norfolkline (now DFDS) from Dover to Dunkirk. It took about 9 hours non stop. Easiest with two
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Ride report: Ridgeway Epic 3rd July 2011
This epic ride combined two of our favourite routes: 1 – a 27 mile loop from Swindon to Avebury and back via the ridgeway and the White Horse trail 2 – the Wansdyke loop taking in Morgan’s Hill and the Cherhill Monument. (Previous ride report another ride report, OS Map, GPX file). In all this
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Photos: Swindon bike festival 2nd July 2011
MBSwindon had a stand at the CTC Swindon Bicycle Festival, held in Lydiard park. We had a lot of fun on the electric bikes brought by the E-Motion electric vehicle company. The burger photo is plastic and was on the Change 4 Life stand (something about fat content). The juggler kept everyone entertained. It was
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