Phil Allum’s ride report:- The Thriller in the Hills is a local route we’ve done a few times now. It was originally conceived as a way to link lots of fun bits together; namely Rickety Bridge, Rockley, Ladder lane and the infamous Croft Trail. Something must of sounded appealing as we had a great turnout of […]
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Words, video and pictures by Gary Lee Chamonix was to be the destination of this year’s MB Swindon summer Alps trip. Planning started shortly after last year’s very successful trip to Andorra with the same company Singletrack Safari because we enjoyed ourselves so much. On the Ultimate Alps Week we were promised epic all mountain
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Words and pictures by Tim Norris. While having a clear out of old MBR and MBUK magazine, my son and I cut out all the route guides and I “filed” them for future use. Spotting a ride in Wiltshire I immediately began to think of using it as a club ride. Some research into the
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Words by Steffan James Photos by Darren Pettit I arrived in Wantage just before 9.00 to give myself time for an on-the-day registration for the 50km ‘Half Marathon’. This proved a quick and easy process, which left me with plenty of time to return to the car park and get my bike set up,
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Words by Phil Allum Photos by Paul Allum Way back in May 2012, MB Swindon did a great ride in the Mendip Hills led by Tom Stickland with some local knowledge coming from a chap called Antony, a member of the Bristol Trails Group. I remember the ride well; a good route with
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Words & Photos by Debbie Davies Having recce’d this ride on three occasions in beautiful weather with wonderful long distance views and wildlife abounding, it was a shame that the morning of the event itself was looking somewhat less promising. Worse still, it was threatening to get much worse. Five ladies and myself gathered outside
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Words by Phil Allum With the Forest of Dean being one of our closest trail centres, we normally do one or two club trips there each year. If you have never been before, then take a look at www.fodmtb.com and www.pedalabikeaway.co.uk for what to expect. Our meeting point is always the Pedalabikeaway centre at Cannop.
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So round 3 took us back to Crychan Forest. We stopped here for a round in the 2014 series, when the stages contained lots of rocky tracks and some bits of freshly cut trails. Would the balance still be heavily in favour of the existing rocky tracks? Or have the Redkite Team been slaving away
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Words and Photos by Gary Yeates A grand total of eight of us met up at the Ellendune car park, a mix of the ‘old faithful’ and a couple of riders (Mike and Daryl) who I hadn’t ridden with before. We set off with little ‘faffing’ and headed along Wroughton High Street for our ‘warm
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Words by Tim Norris Photos by Tim Norris and Sarah Bailey I was nearly late for the start of my own ride – the result of having an extra biscuit with my tea and slightly underestimating how long it would take me to ride to the start However, when I arrived everyone else seemed
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