March gets underway with a ride led by Gary Yeates. Although not technically difficult, the distance of this ride will require riders to have a reasonable level of fitness. The details of the route are yet to be confirmed, but will include a stop at the cafe at Avebury. This event is also open to […]
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Words by Neal Middlemore, pictures by Phil Loebl & Andrew Weaver The date: 18th August 2013 The time: 09:00 The route: Croft Trail > Marlborough > West Woods > Avebury > Croft Trail We left Croft at about 09:15, so just a minimum of faffing; we may well have broken Tim’s formula! We had twelve
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MBSwindon organised a barbecue and social evening at The Croft Trail. There were a few laps of the trail completed and a lot of eating. The weather was very kind to us.
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We checked the Prospect Hospice Big Ride 2013 long route out on Saturday and found that it was rock hard and dry! Event info. Route maps.
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Swindon Town Council, through Swindon Travel Choices, want to get more people cycling, and so have commissioned a series of three short programmes about cycling around the town. MBSwindon was invited along to talk about the volunteer-built Croft Trail as well as mountain biking in and around Swindon. The resulting film can be see on
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Sharon will be leading this ride at our very own Croft Trail. This is a 5.5km novice-friendly loop with some more challenging options for the more experienced ride. There will be a picnic and cakse too – bring food to share. See the ride report from the women’s ride in April at the Forest of
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Jodie West Well what a day! Our busiest ladies day to date with 14 riders at one point – fantastic. Three quarters of these were newbies to our ladies group too which was fab. I do hope we see you all again very soon. Like all previous ladies days I booked the good weather –
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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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This was an event organised with Red Planet bikes. They brought along 11 Santa Cruz demo bikes. We had around 20 people who took test rides over the three hours. It was great to be handed a new bike and told to go and ride it. Thanks to Red Planet bikes. They have a demo
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