Unofficial Wed night ride 11th May 2011
Photos from one of our unofficial Wednesday evening rides.
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Ride Report
Ride report: Wellow
by Chris Hopkinson Ten of us made the journey to Wellow in what was the first proper rain we’d had for months. I knew it was going to be a good day because the second I opened the van door and put my foot on the ground the rain stopped and the clouds parted. When
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Photos: Hargroves Cycles demo day at Croft Trail
This was a mountain bike demo day organised by Hargroves Cycles and held at the Croft trail in Swindon. We’d had several dry weeks which had finally ended on the Friday night. Saturday night had seen a lot of rain too, so we were concerned that Sunday would be a wash out. It started out
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Ride report: unoffical Wed night ride 27th April 2011
This was another of our unofficial evening rides. We advertise these on our Facebook group or forum. Bing map of route.
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Ride report: Salisbury Drove Road 25th April 2011
This was a recce ride that Phil and myself did for a future club ride. We stole the idea from a handy set of laminates that one of club members had and then improved it by adding more bridleways and less roads. We started from the car park on Win Green. The track down from
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Ride report: Wansdyke 24th April 2011
This was a bonus ride that Chris and myself did on Easter day. We found a great bit of down after Knoll Hill (near Cook’s Plantation). This has a load of roots plus a few mounds that allow some air. We called in at the Waggon and Horses at Beckhampton for lunch. OS Map, GPX.
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Ride report: Alan & Jodie’s Mayday Welsh adventure (videos)
This was a three day camping trip to mid Wales, organised by Alan and Jodie West. See the original event page with route suggestions. We were treated to a Royal wedding bank holiday weekend of bright sun with no rain at all. This followed on from the previous weekend which had been a late Easter.
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Full trail video (Go Pro Headcam)
Lee Wright made this video showing a complete lap of the trail. This was on our April open day. A full lap of the Croft trail. from Lee Wright on Vimeo.
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Photos: Trail open day 23rd April 2011
The open day was an opportunity for people to find out about the MBSwindon club, ride the Croft Trail and have a social. We had a barbeque plus a large selection of cakes on hand. The day went really well with a steady stream of interested new riders and one who paid cash to join
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Ride report: Wyre Forest April 2011
Our previous Wyre Forest trip was voted as one of the top three events from our 2010 ride calendar. The reason for this is that the Forest offers a lot of natural single track, several steep descents, rocks, drop offs, rooty sections, narrow paths along steep hill sides and swoopy bits. Once again we were
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