Tagged: Mountain-Biking

Mountain Biking in the Dyfi Forest 1

Mountain Biking in the Dyfi Forest

My brother Brad was staying with us for the weekend and wanted to do some mountain biking. So, rather than take him out onto the waymarked trails of the nearby trail centres I thought I’d take him for a ride through the Dyfi Forest to give him a taste of the Dyfi Enduro. Saturday was a pretty...

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MTB Video from Brechfa

Rather than working today, Dave, Pete and myself met at Abergorlech near Brechfa for a ride around both the Gorlech and Raven Trails. It turned out to be a great day out with some really good riding. The trails there have matured well and were riding fast. They weren’t too wet or muddy either which...

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Bontrager 24/12 Video 2011

I’m still waiting for the official Bontrager 24/12 video to come out as they were filming all weekend and usually produce something quite slick, but I took  my GoPro HD around with me and got some footage of the first lap or so. I’ve already written a race report from the Bontrager 24/12 which has...

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Bontrager 24/12 Race Report

We’ve just got back from a week away which all started with the Bontrager 24/12 MTB race in Newnham Park, near Plymouth. We had a good drive down from here, although the weather wasn’t great and as we got nearer to the campsite the weather actually became atrocious with driving rain loads of spray on the motorway...

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Getting Ready for the Bontrager 24/12

This seems to be becoming something of a recurring theme for me… I sign up for a race, prepare badly, get injured and always have plenty of excuses before the big day. This time it’s no different but everything is a little more exaggerated than normal. First up, for some reason at the end of last year I decided...

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There’s Blueberries in them there Hills

It was a pretty miserable weekend here, cold, wet and very windy. Usually not a problem for me as that would make for perfect windsurfing weather, especially during the summer when the water is warm. I was therefore pretty grumpy as I couldn’t get out to play thanks to the torn ligaments in my ankle....

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Bike Bits

I’m still out of action due to torn ligaments in my ankle. I didn’t do the Lake Bala swim on Saturday as I thought it was best to rest it so that I’ll hopefully still be able to do the Bontrager 24/12 MTB race in a couple of weeks where I’m supposed to be ‘racing’...

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Marshbrook CRC MTB Marathon – Race Report

Hopefully you’ve already read my post about our camping weekend in Shropshire. We were there so that I could do the Marshbrook round of the CRC MTB Marathon series along with my brothers Jay and Brad. I also met another friend, Darren there who was riding it too. Darren, Jay and myself had signed up...

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A summer’s evening ride

We had a lovely Mountain Bike ride last night and it was nice to see a number of new faces on the ride as well. We met at our usual spot near to Angler’s Retreat. As well as myself, there was Pete, who is now a regular rider having started riding with us last year,...

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