The unsurfaced sections of the trail were so bad last week that we’re probably going to do a virtual ride this week. i.e: skip the riding and go straight to the pub. If by any chance it has snowed on then we’ll probably be riding it. Meet in the car park for 7:30pm as normal […]
Friday night ride + trail build Read More »
Christmas Party 2010 We’re having our Christmas party on Wednesday 15th Dec 2010 at Mario’s Italian restaurant in Old Town. Location map. Make your selection from the “Christmas Party Menu 2010 – 3 courses for £14.95” menu. Book by emailing Jodie at mbswindon.co.uk with the numbers you require and menu choice. Jodie will then email
Brechfa trails are located in Wales not far from Llandovery. In total there’s 51km of surfaced trail broken down as follows [google map distances]: Derwen trail Green: 9.2km (5.7 miles) [9.5km] 506m Derwen trail Blue 4.7km (2.9 miles) [4.5km] 307m Raven Black route 18.5km (11.5 miles) [18.4km] 725m Abergorlech Red route 19km (11.8 miles) [18.3km]
Club ride: The Brechfa Monster Read More »
The unsurfaced sections of the trail are very muddy at the moment. So bad that you stand a good chance of not being able to pedal once the mud collects on the bike. The best way to help fix this problem is to come on our build days. We estimate that another 8 days of
Trail is very muddy Read More »
An evening/night ride at Croft Trails. All welcome of any ability level – no one gets left behind on our group rides. Novice Friendly group starts a few minutes after the main group. This is a great chance to be given a guided tour of the trails if you’ve never been before, and a chance
Croft Trail Evening Ride Read More »
Anyone who visits the trails in South Wales will tell you how good the Drop Off Cafe at Glyncorrwg ponds is compared with those at Afan Forest and Cwm Carn. Sadly, the Drop Off as we know it is closing with the last day of operation being Dec 15th 2010 according to owner Ian Luff.
Drop Off cafe at Afan is closing Read More »
Progress so far We’ve been busy surfacing sections of trail as described in our development plans from August 2010. The map below shows the areas that have been covered so far. Yellow sections are unsurfaced or need resurfacing. Red sections are existing surfaced areas. Black sections are parts that have been recently surfaced. The table
Trail build progress and plans Dec 2010 Read More »
It was another cold day with snow and ice on the ground. The sun was shining though. After Chris dropped the power barrow off then Phil and myself used the last of our remote gravel pile to do a small modification to the trail. This was on the straight section just before the start of
Trail build report: Sun 5th Dec 2010 Read More »
The sun was out but the temperature was still hovering around zero when six of us met up at Barbury Castle having completed our first challenge of getting up there in the cars (except Andrew who parked in Old Town and cycled up). After allowing plenty of time for anyone else struggling with leaving their
Ride report: Ridgeway (cold) 4th Dec 2010 Read More »
This will be lead by one of our qualified mountain bike instructors, Rafe, and is intended specifically for novice riders or those who want to build their confidence. Any other riders are welcome to come too, but the pace will be set for the new riders. Meet at the Barbury Castle car park for a
