By Chris Hopkinson Today was all about the less glamorous side of trail building: fixing and making good. I arrived on site at the same time as Paul. We recognised a few cars in the car park but nobody was in sight. Just as we were about to head off on a search, David Stone […]
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Tom Scott will be leading this week’s ride starting from John Lewis Car Park. The Urban Round is a novice friendly ride utilising Swindon’s cycle path network. The route is mainly off road and mostly mud free. The idea being that riders can keep their fitness levels up during the winter without getting plastered in mud. The ride
Unfortunately, as soon as we made plans to attend this, the event sold out! Have a look at http://www.wentwood50.co.uk/ and consider signing up next year. In the meantime, here are the other events the club would like to have a presence at this year: Hargroves QE Cyclefest Queen Elizabeth Country Park 14th and 15th May 2016 http://www.qecyclefest.co.uk/ http://www.mbswindon.co.uk/hargroves-qe-cyclefest/ Go
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Update from Debbie on the plans for the evening: Ladies, just an update and a little more info before Friday evening. You don’t need to bring your bike, I shall be supplying one road and one mountain bike for you to work with and some spare wheels to practice tyre changes on. If you have a
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This week’s urban round is led by Paul Allum. Meet in the John Lewis car park ready to start at 7pm. If you haven’t been on the urban round before, it’s a ride around the edges of Swindon, used as a way of maintaining some level of fitness over the winter months. The route is
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This week’s urban round will be led MB Swindon’s most prolific ride leader(it’s official!), Tom Scott. Meet at Covingham shops for a 7pm start. The route is basically a loop around the outside of Swindon, almost entirely on cycle paths or minor roads. The ride is about 20 miles (basically a ride around the edges
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Please note that due to room capacity limitations we require you to notify us of your intention to attend. Please email info@mbswindon.co.uk by 23:00 Friday 26 February. Please remember that to be able to vote on items at the AGM (constitution changes, committee elections) you will need to be a valid MB Swindon member. So
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Tim Norris will be leading this novice friendly ride from the Smallgrain Picnic area. The ride will take in some haunts visited by the club before including Morgans Hill, Roundway and the infamous bomb hole. The ride should last 2 hours approx (subject to mechanicals etc) with some options to play on some new trails
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We’re off for some laps of the trails at Cwmcarn, so why not join us? If you have not been before then have a look here for all the info you can digest: We’ll be meeting in the trail centre car park for a 10am start, so faffers arrive early! On the approach road take
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If by some sort of miracle it stays dry between now and Wednesday evening we’ll think about riding some of the off road urban routes around town. If not we’ll do the standard urban round leg spinner. Charge yer lights, wrap up warm and remember – winter miles = summer smiles!
