We’ve got a campaign to surface and reinforce some existing sections to ensure that they survive the winter. We’ll be working on various sections that need filling in, plus maybe doing some work on our new triangle loop (6). We’ll have the power barrow so we won’t be wasting time pushing wheel barrows around. We […]
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There was still snow and ice on the ground when we started at 9:30am. It did feel a bit warmer though and it wasn’t raining. Chris dropped the power barrow off and I (Tom) was on my own for a few hours. I decided to move some rubble on the top of Piper’s hill but
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We’ve got a campaign to surface and reinforce some existing sections to ensure that they survive the winter. We’ll be working on various sections that need filling in, plus maybe doing some work on our new triangle loop (6). We’ll have the power barrow so we won’t be wasting time pushing wheel barrows around. We
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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
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Hargroves cycles have launched their new website. The online store has a discount scheme: Bronze: When your order history reaches £100, all prices will automatically include a 5% discount on your future purchases. Silver: When your order history reaches £250, all prices will automatically include an 8% discount on your future purchases. Gold: When your
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Codename: Urbane ride. We met at the Sun Inn car park (Google map of start location) for 7:15pm start. After fixing a puncture and fitting the rear light to my bike we finally started. We followed the Urban Round route. This is a 16 mile (25km) off road route around Swindon mainly on tarmac paths.
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Codename: Urbane ride. We’re going to follow the Swindon Urban Round route. This is a 16 mile (25km) off road route around Swindon mainly on tarmac paths. Meeting at 7pm in the Sun Inn car park (Google map of start location) for 7:15pm start. We’ll be having beer at the pub afterwards. This ride should
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Five of us started from Old Town in Swindon at 9am.This added 15km each way to the route. We met up with the rest of the group at Foxhill car park by 10:30am. It was a frosty day but we were prepared for the cold. We soon got going on the ride. It was a
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A ride over The Ridgeway to near Wantage being led by Rafe. There are two distances/start locations: 25 mile route from Foxhill (Google map marker – look for a car showing the MBSwindon banner), 10am start. Cycling over to meet… 15 mile route from White Horse Hill (Google map marker), starting when the long route
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By popular request an all women ride day took place at the Croft Trails. It was a bitterly cold day with some snow on the ground. This didn’t deter the seven riders who turned up though. Women’s officer Jodie West led the group on a few laps of the trail. “I really enjoyed the “ladies”
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