A ride report with a difference as it’s from the ride leaders point of view… Words by Tim Norris: It was about 9.30am, and I was early as usual waiting at the Divine Cafe for the rest to arrive. I only live a 5 minute pedal away but I get a little anxious the morning […]
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Words and Photos by Richard Ford Despite the the weather forecast the night before being for fog, I woke to brilliant sunshine. Leaving a sleepy Swindon behind I drove past an army of joggers in Wroughton and then on to the ride start point in the Vale of Pewsey. Despite arriving 30 minutes before the
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Words by Ben Mitchell Photos by Jonny Proudman – see more at Jonny’s Oktoberfest Flickr page You can also read reports by MB Swindon’s XC Race Team and the Gravity Race Team Friday afternoon, 5pm. Time to rush out of work, quickly fill my car full of all the cycling and camping paraphernalia I can
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Words by Phil Allum On Sunday September 21st, we took a trip to Cwmcarn to ride both of the XC trails, Cafall and Twrch. Twelve riders set off to ride Cafall. The climbing being mainly singletrack keeps it interesting enough, but once up, it’s the coming down which makes it all worth while! Everyone really enjoyed it, especially
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Words and photos: Debbie Davies So the day starts at Barbury Castle car park with Sarah , Caroline, Sharon, Kat, Kaye, Iryda and myself and the usual discussions of what is the best coat to take . We leave those tyre pressure conversations to the men. An overcast sky greeted us as we set off
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Words by Tim Norris Photos by Hazel Ross and Ania Zielnik This weekend I finally got around to taking some friends (from Calne and MB Swindon) on a bike ride I have been planning for ages. I had a visit last year to Blaenavon and worked out a loop around the Blorenge and
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Words and photos by Tom Scott Eleven riders converged at Manor Farm in Marcham for the Oxy Morons ride. A mixed bunch, 5 MB Swindon members, 2 reprobates from MMB, 2 from Witney club and a couple of newbies. We made our way to Abingdon for a cafe and puncture stop and then rode around
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Words by Tim Norris Photos by Tim Norris, Rob Jones, Rupert Upton & Mark Pulleyn It was a last minute addition to the calendar and I will admit to being a little concerned that I would be riding on my own, so when 10 people showed I was very pleased indeed. We met at
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Words and pictures by Gary Palmer I’d been looking forward to this one – a nice gentle amble through some nice Cotswold scenery. It did have a few issues; firstly, the funny people in lycra decided to start their Sportive at the same place that i had decided to start, and then Princess Anne goes
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MB Swindon member Anthony Holmes organised another weekend away at Wales’ finest: Mudtrek. Here’s his report: “Nine people finally assembled at MudTrek on the Friday evening. Tom of course chose to be different and arrived at about 0830 on the Saturday morning. His final message from the previous evening being “I’m having a lie down”!
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