Gary Palmer’s ride report: – This ride came about after Ed led a certain rough bunch of mountain bikers called the DirtySaddles around 50 acre wood on a cold wet spring night earlier in the year, I thought this would be great for the MB Swindon guys, but the chance of me finding my way […]
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The Bristol Oktoberfest is another one of our big race events. Last year we entered 28 riders as solo riders, pairs, teams of 3 and teams of 4. Everyone is encouraged to get involved – it’s a lot of fun even if you doubt your race credentials. The venue is also used for the Bristol
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Ashton Court is the home of the Bristol Bikefest and Oktoberfest events as well as being a good introduction to trail centres. Ladies Captain Sharon Bassindale and Club Gopher Simon Oxlade will lead seperate groups of Ladies and Gents around a couple of laps of the Nova Trail and Oktoberfest course, then go for a
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The Bristol Bikefest is one of our big race events. Everyone is encouraged to get involved – it’s a lot of fun even if you doubt your race credentials. See the photos from last year. The venue is also used for the Bristol Oktoberfest (see our Oktoberfest 2013 write up). If you would like to
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The Bristol Oktoberfest is another one of our big race events. Last year we entered over 30 riders as solo riders, pairs, teams of 3 and teams of 4. Everyone is encouraged to get involved – it’s a lot of fun even if you doubt your race credentials. The venue is also used for the
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Our Ladies Officer Sharon will be leading a ladies-only ride at the ever popular Ashton Court and Leigh Woods trails in Bristol. All the trails here are graded blue, with optional trickier bits – basically this means there is something suitable for every level of rider. Meet in the car park at the golf course (map here)
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We had 23 riders taking part in the 2013 Ritchey Bristol Bikefest. Things got off to a good start when we arrived at 2:30pm on the Friday and were able to bag a spot for our two gazebos right next to the transition area and the podium. Not so good was the rain that fell for
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The Bristol Bikefest is one of our big race events. Everyone is encouraged to get involved – it’s a lot of fun even if you doubt your race credentials. See the photos from last year. The venue is also used for the Bristol Oktoberfest (see our Oktoberfest 2012 write up, also write up from Bikefest June 2012, Oktoberfest
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Bristol Bikefest is one of MBSwindon’s big events of the year, a 12-hour team enduro race around the Ashton Court trail in Bristol. While the event does attract some serious teams, it is also a welcoming and friendly event for all levels of rider to try and the club enters a number of teams of
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Sharon will be leading this ride round the purpose built trails at Ashton Court and Leigh Woods. They’re all graded blue with options for trickier bits. This means that they offer something to everyone. Meet at the main car park (Google map) for 10am for a 10:15am start. The Nova trail in Ashton Court was
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