This was one of our irregular midweek evening rides. After a whole load of rides over the ridgeway this time we paid a visit to Spirthill trail. We got a few laps and then called at the Check Inn in Wroughton. See our 2010 ride report for more information about Spirthill.
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This was a ride organised by Swindon Road Club as part of their off-road series. Several MBSwindon members were present. We followed a 34 mile route from Coate Water (out and back). The route took in the well known Barbury Castle, the old railway to Marlborough, a quick foray into Savernake and then bridleways to
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MBSwindon were supporting this charity event by sweeping the route (removing signs and making sure that no one was left behind).
Sweeping report: Castles MacMillan ride 2011 Read More »
See the race report from Oktoberfest 2010. MBSwindon had two teams of four and one pair taking part in the Bristol Bikefest 2011. Both teams got off to a good start with lap times below 32 minutes including the Les Mans start. The fast team did as well as 21st (out of approximately 90 teams)
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Malvern Cycle Sport are a club who cover all aspects of on and off road cycling. They are British Cycling affiliated, as are MBSwindon. I went along to find out more about their core mountain biking skills training. The club were running three sessions: one for children, one for adults and one as women-only. The
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This was an evening ride that we did round the Wansdyke loop on 1st June 2011. OS Map, GPX. See previous Wansdyke ride report.
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Club ride in the Quantocks. Bing map of Quantocks route.
Photos: The Quantocks May 2011 Read More »
The Erlestoke 12 was formerly known as Set2rise and was organised by SPAM biking. It offered 6 or 12 hour options for singles, pairs or teams of four. MBSwindon entered two teams of four in the 12 hour relay category. After the first lap we had one team in 8th place and the other in
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by Jodie West What a day! We booked good weather and it delivered for us!!!! Seven MBSwindon ladies all met at the Cwmcarn carpark. This was to be the first time at a trail centre for at least 4 of them. I think there were some initial nerves even though some didn’t like to admit
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The Western part of the ridgeway provides 43 miles of tracks and bridleways over rolling hills (Ridgeway website). Originally we were going to ride out and back from Overton but the pub down there let us down so we decided to use our reliable local, the Check Inn at Wroughton. The plan was to go
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