We had a display stand at this event held in Lydiard park on Sunday 27th June 2010. It seemed quieter than the previous year, but we still found it worth it. We had a few people sign up to join the club and met some riders who use it. Our ever faithfull member, Betty (mannequin) […]
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On Monday 21st June 2010 we had an evening ride and BBQ at the Croft Trails in Swindon. We had a good turnout helped by the good weather. We did a few laps and then got on with the serious business of some face stuffing.
Photos: Solstice evening ride and BBQ 2010. Read More »
We had our biggest turnout yet: 18 riders showed their sub-beginner abilities* in another 3 lap tour of our trail. We’ve defintely proven how much fun the trail is and how much speed can be carried around in the dry. After several months of Friday night rides I’m still enjoying it. The trail is about
Ride report: Friday 4th June, biggest turnout yet. Read More »
Great Swindon Bike Ride 2010. You might have heard that the Croft Trail is going to be used as a sideshow in the Great Swindon Bike Ride on Sat 19th June 2010. The initial brochure advertised a timed 2km loop at £2 per lap (or £6 for unlimited laps). The Trailbreak website still shows this.
Croft Trail at the Great Swindon Bike Ride 2010. Read More »
This is an annual ride over the ridgeway, starting and finishing at the Croft leisure centre in Swindon. See the Castles ride website for more info. MBSwindon had several riders present who covered all three route lengths. Pete and Kat, Phil, Tony, Chris, Simon, myself (Tom), plus two known recent recruits whos name escapes me,
Ride report: Castles 6th June 2010 (Macmillan charity ride). Read More »
We had the biggest turnout yet, with 13 riders. Conditions were as good as it gets; totally dry. As usual we did three laps of the trail. We tried out the new jumps on the almost finished Red section. They work really well. The new berms near the pond work too, as does Pete’s climb.
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This was an event organised with Red Planet bikes. They brought along 11 Santa Cruz demo bikes. We had around 20 people who took test rides over the three hours. It was great to be handed a new bike and told to go and ride it. Thanks to Red Planet bikes. They have a demo
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Afan trail guide including maps and route lengths. This turned out to be quite an epic ride. Present were Pete Ratcliffe, Gary Lee, Andy Weaver, Phil Maygor, Rob Fairbrother and myself (Tom). We did all of Whites Level in the morning, including the Black loop. The drop on this showed up the limitations of my
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Five of us met up in Cwm Carn car park for a 10am start. Gary, Pete, Phil, Tom and Tony. It was dry but the ground was a bit wet in places so some of the steep sections were a bit tricky. I’ve ridden a lot of trails and still think that the climb at
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See our photos, videos and maps from 2011! Six of us met up at 10am. Swinley Forest is near Bracknell which is about an hour away from Swindon. Alan took us on a guided tour of the various man made trails in the area. Conditions were a bit boggy. The surfaced sections were fine, and
Ride report: Swinley Forest Sun 4th April 2010. Read More »
