Barbury Bun Run
Tom Scott will be leading this local ride from Barbury Castle down to Avebury and back. The ride is not technical, so may be suitable for novice riders, but a reasonable level of fitness will be required (especially on the way back!)
Barbury Castle
Ride Report: Wednesday Night Urban Rounds
Words by Chris Macnamara As a 40-something chubby Scots lad who’s lived in Swindon for the last 27 years, I’ve got the right to say: the town is no oil painting! However, get literally one mile from its most popular leisure site – Coate Water – and it’s as if you were in a different world.
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Wiltshire Woods & Skyline Epic 2014
Note: This event has been changed from June 1st to June 15th. Warning: This is a very long ride, participants should have a very good level of fitness and stamina to cover the distance and climbing. If you can comfortably ride a hilly 50km (30 miles) off road route then you should be able to
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Phil’s Friendly Frolic
Whilst a lot of the club will be racing at Erlestoke, this will be the exact opposite. A nice, comfortable, novice friendly loop from Barbury Castle, intended to be taken at a very relaxed pace. Taking in some great views across the downs of North Wiltshire, we’ll gently head down to Ogbourne Maisey, before taking
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Novice Night Ride
Have you ever fancied riding off road at night? Then this is the ride for you. Phil Allum is leading this ride along a nice and easy route which most people will be familiar with, but which will look totally different in the dark! From the Croft Trail car park, we will head off and
Recovery Ride
In line with MB Swindon tradition, we will be running the ever popular Christmas Recovery Ride on the 27th December 2013. This is a great way to burn off some of the Christmas excesses and get yourself out of the house. The route will take in some of our local ‘must ride’ locations, including the
Dawn to Dusk 2013
Ever ridden all day – literally?! To mark the shortest day of the year, MB Swindon is holding a day long ‘Dawn to Dusk’ ride along some of its favourite local routes. Both rides are novice friendly, and you can decide whether to do a morning, an afternoon or a whole day ride. If you
Ride Report: Back to Barbury
Words and photos by Richard Ford Surprisingly, this was the first MB Swindon ride since February to start from Barbury Castle. I rode from there a lot in the summer and the planned ride was a slightly longer version of one of my favourite evening loops. I was the first person to arrive at 9:30am,
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Back to Barbury
Richard Ford is leading a novice-friendly ride from Barbury Castle. Starting at Barbury the ride will head along the Ridgeway to Rockley, taking in a couple of nice bits of singletrack and some optional drops along the way. From Rockley we will head to Ogbourne St Andrew and then St George. Finally we will tackle
Ride Report: Bring a Coate
Words by Tom Scott Photos by Fluffy Stockings Twelve brave souls gathered for a ‘Novice Friendly‘ ride of some 20 miles along the Ridgeway. I planned this ride for 3 reasons: 1) As a recce for the Dawn to Dusk ride on 21st December, 2) Because my previous Western Ridgeway ride had taken the
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