We’re back at Croft on Wednesday for more laps of the trail.
This a very relaxed ride, going round the trail, stopping to practice features on the way of wanted.
Everyone is welcome and this is a great introductory ride if you’re just starting or coming back to mountain biking.
You must bring a helmet, but you no longer need lights 😊
Also thoroughly recommend insect repellent – the midges are back!
Meet in the Croft car park at 5.45pm
Continuing the series of ‘Get Into MTB’ rides that we have been doing at the Croft Trail, we’re going on tour to Swinley Forest!
We will start by riding around some of the fire roads (wide tracks for vehicles), followed by the short Green trail. After this we will move onto selected sections of the Blue trail as everyone progresses in confidence.
This ride is aimed at people who are competent cyclists but are new to mountain biking, those who would like to increase their confidence on trails, and anyone who fancies joining us to explore some of what Swinley Forest has to offer! The ride will be at a very leisurely pace.
Please note that this will not be a coaching session, but is instead a guided ride around sections of the forest trails.
The Swinley Bike Hub team run an excellent series of ‘Bubbles’ rides for women every month, including one a week after this ride on Sunday 12th August. These are very welcoming and highly recommended, and would be a fantastic way to discover more of the forest trails with a very friendly group of ladies. Check out the ‘Swinley Women’ Facebook page for more info.
Helmets and a serviceable mountain bike are ESSENTIAL.
Club membership is encouraged but not required.
We’ve been off on hols for a few weeks, so before things get back to normal, we’re going to make this one a bit of a bash!
We are going to be begin with a family ride, doing laps of the trail. So bring your kids (who remain your responsibility at all times) and we will be going round from 4.30 for about an hour.
After that we move on to the regular style session, starting with a lap of the Blue trail to warm up, then sees what people want to do next.
And as it’s the end of summer, we’ll thrown on some snacks and drinks to celebrate too, so come and join us!
This a very relaxed ride, at an easy pace, with lots of opportunities to develop and practice skills. Everyone is welcome and this is a great introductory ride if you’re just starting or coming back to mountain biking.
You must bring a helmet, but you don’t need lights 😊
Also thoroughly recommend insect repellent!
Meet in the Croft car park at 4.30pm for the family laps, 5.30pm onwards for adults.
We will start with a lap of the Blue trail to warm up, then sees what people want to do next. The options will be to head over the motorway to Wroughton for a couple of laps of the new pump track there, do a practice trip up and then down Ladder Lane, or just more laps of Croft.
This a very relaxed ride, at an easy pace, with lots of opportunities to develop and practice skills. Everyone is welcome and this is a great introductory ride if you’re just starting or coming back to mountain biking.
You must bring a helmet, but you don’t need lights yet 😊
Also thoroughly recommend insect repellent!
Meet in the Croft car park at 5.45pm
This a very relaxed ride, at an easy pace, with lots of opportunities to develop and practice skills. Everyone is welcome and this is a great introductory ride if you’re just starting or coming back to mountain biking.
This week we’re going to do some skills demonstrations and practice, using the features of the trail. We’ll cover the basics you’ll need for tackling technical terrain – front wheel lifts, unweighting the back well, climbing and descending safely.
You must bring a helmet, but you don’t need lights, yet.
Also thoroughly recommend insect repellent!
Meet in the Croft car park at 5.30pm for a 5.45pm start
