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This is for the chap asking why there aren't many MTB clubs.
Let's list what we DO have.
I'm in Southampton and I'm in two:
www.newforce.org.uk (New Forest & Winchester/Southdowns mainly)
www.dorsetroughriders.co.uk (Dorset & Purbecks - base Broadstone Leisure Centre)
Over to YOU.
Looked at the Dorset rough riders website when we had a holiday down there, looks great, wished I lived there rather than muddy Northants 🙁
I'm in (south) Leeds and ride with this lot.
http://www.badbrainsmbc.co.uk/forum/
Overall a decent bunch.
I ride with Loughborough Students CC and race for PedalPower/Cycling-Nutrition.com.
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HalfwayupMTB
www.halfwayupmtb.co.uk
Manchester mountain bikers & the boggies, pretty much most of the uk covered bar surrey hills.
[b][i]T[/i][/b]unstall and [b][i]R[/i][/b]endlesham [b][i]O[/i][/b]ff-road [b][i]G[/i][/b]roup, in Suffolk.
In my area (Surrey / Berks / Hants borders)
Berks on Bikes
West Drayton
VCGH (road club but with active MTB section)
Tunnel Hill Trolls
Muddy Moles
Last two aren't really clubs, but are loose collectives, so no committees or meetings, but they do have forums and organised regular rides
I'm with these http://www.thewoollybacks.co.uk/content.php best bike related thing i've done!
Glentress trailfairies- practically a riding group, sometimes we dig oles.
The Artist Formerly Known As TBC Night Rides
Random People Wot Northwind Has Met At Races.
[url= http://www.gmbc.org.uk ]Glasgow Mountain Bike Club[/url]
But, I'm moving to Sheffield, so recommendations for that area would be greatly appreciated.
I'm in Malvern Cyclesport http://www.bc-clubs.co.uk/malverncyclesport/ - the club with the best riders in the country (literally).
I am in one at Bolsover, Derbyshire 🙂 http://www.bolsoveranddistrictcyclingclub.org.uk/abouttheclub.htm
Not really a club, more a group of mates but: Combe Raiders 😀
There is at least two that I know of in Fife; the [url= http://www.meediesbikeclub.co.uk/ ]Meedies[/url] and MukyRiderz - the latter active on Facebook.
http://sussexmuddyarse.wordpress.com/
Not just a damn fine bike club for all ( well, most) of your trail needs in sussex and surrey but there is cake too 8)
+1 for Glasgow Mountain Bike Club
[url= http://www.castlebikes.co.uk ]Castle Bikes[/url] in Caerphilly have a proper club.
I'm in the local one, [url= http://www.moraymountainbikeclub.co.uk/ ]Moray Mountain Bike Club[/url]
Oh and Fanylion, but we don't talk about that 😉
Lincolnshire - Louth Area Mountain Bikers (LAMB) www.louthnet.com/LAMB
[url= http://www.dvatc.co.uk/2010/ ]Derwent Valley All Terrain Club [/url]
Based sort of just south of the Peak District/Derby area!
Could stw maybe have a clubs tab on the top. Clubs could be submitted, vetted then linked up on a google map by location. Like the trails bit. Just a thought.
Cow
+1 Cow 🙂
[url= http://www.flickr.com/groups/1561972@N24/pool/59872857@N06/ ]MBRO35[/url] - not a subs paying club but a very decent bunch who like to rides their bikes.
+2 Cowman (biased as I do membership for one)
Cowman - Member
Could stw maybe have a clubs tab on the top. Clubs could be submitted, vetted then linked up on a google map by location. Like the trails bit. Just a thought.Cow
I am not sure you could vet the guys I ride with ( it's like herding cats organising a ride) and as much as I hate change, that's a fine idea.
BucksMTB friendly, inclusive and not just limited to Bucks.
Bigfoot Cycle Club, based in Hayes , South London - road and MTB - next MTB ride this Sunday in Surrey Hills
http://www.bigfootbikeclub.org
GBUK 😀
Brownbacks
www.brownbacksracing.co.uk
[url= http://www.mtbberkhamsted.co.uk ]MTBBerkhamsted[/url]
Have had the best of laughs , some great outings, get our arses out in public and it usually ends up with a pint or 2
The 4 Seasons MTB
Not so much a club but a decent bunch of folk who like riding bikes in beautiful North Wales:
http://northwalesmtb.proboards.com/
Plenty of photos and advice to tempt you to gods country 😉
Lanarkshire MTB Club
[quote> http://sussexmuddyarse.wordpress.com/
Not just a damn fine bike club for all ( well, most) of your trail needs in sussex and surrey but there is cake too
i can second this when i lived in Brighton went on some really good rides with these guys, very friendly.
cyclesupreme (Doncaster)
[url= http://www.stirlingbikeclub.org.uk/ ]Stirling Bike Club in Stirling[/url] although the roadie contingent dwarf's the mtb section. More schism's than a bunch of north African terrorists...but a lot nicer apart from the 29ers.
Las Vegas Institute of Sport.
We're not really a MTB club, more of a collection of like minded people who enjoy athletic endeavour and enjoying ourselves 🙂
[url= http://kingleyvalemountainbikers.ning.com/ ]Kingley Vale Mountain Bikers & QECP Trail Collective[/url]... not 'a club' but we have a forum to organise rides and trailbuilding - and we even have shirts for our racers.
Not so much a club but a decent bunch of folk who like riding bikes in beautiful North Wales:
http://northwalesmtb.proboards.com/
Definitely a friendly bunch. Always made welcome even though I'm a very irregular rider.
leeds/ wakefield border, ride 2 or 3 times a week with badbrains mbc.
also spend a bit of time with the tribe mbc (lancashire ...boo 😉 )
www.sillygrin.co.uk
Beds and Herts area
Bit different here in Oz to do any event you need to join MTBAustralia and that gets you a club membership
Cradle Coast Mountain Bike Club - very broad range of stuff going on (the one I joined)
Launceston Mountain Bike Club (full of xc racers) - the local one
Hobart Dirt Devils - Bit of everything and organisers of the big social rides around
asterix - Member
Wakerley Wheelers
Me too.
(East Midlands / West East Anglia)
[url= http://www.warringtonrevolutionmtb.co.uk ]Warrington based riders here[/url]
+2 Glasgow Mountain Bike Club
Occasional honorary member of team bulb end and last remaining original member of crazybonesgoosefacepirate bike club, although this club now boasts two or three very part time associates..
Edinburgh RC
Website:
http://www.edinburghrc.co.uk/about/mountain-bike
Facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/464211216923229
http://www.readingctc.co.uk/offroad/
Reading CTC - we ride in the west Chilterns, east Berkshire Downs and Loddon Valley
Robertsbridge Rough Riders in East Sussex - not official, just a Facebook page and a bunch of mates ( about 20-30 all in)
Not really a club but founder member of The Clent Duffers (TM)
Las Vegas Institute of Sport.
Every time I ride past someone in an LVIS jersey I think "I wonder if that is Clubber."
+1 Loughborough students CC
Around where I live (not where I study) I don't belong to a club but there is [url= http://www.treadsmtb.co.uk/ ]Treads MTB club (northants)[/url] and then there is [url= http://www.catsmbc.com/ ]CATS mountain bike club (Market Harborough)[/url]. Tempted to join CATS as they seem like nice guys from the people I've seen at races and talked to the shop owner.
[url= http://www.summitmtb.co.uk ]Summit[/url]
Spent the morning marshalling kids races in my local wood (Lott Wood)
Central scotland - based in stirling
Stirling area mountain bike mudders we have pretty much done every trail center in scotland this year (doing inners again tomorrow) but next year we are off to morzine
its a facebook group with over 105 members although only 10 ish hardcore regulars.
our local trails are dumyat, minewood, north third reservoir and cambusbarron woods
anyone more than welcome to join! even if your futher away and just fancy joining us on a trip if it takes your fancy
On facebook. 9Zero Freewheelers
Based in Ballater. Started by the brave lads of Ballater fire station
Every time I ride past someone in an LVIS jersey I
think "I wonder if that is Clubber."
You should ask 🙂 I'm 6'5" which will help narrow it a bit.
Founder of the infamous Aberdare MTB from the BikePark Wales teaser videos. A Facebook based group follow us on Twitter here @AberdareMTBclub
we love our bikes, we love banter, we love riding
ATGNI (All The Gear No Idea). Yorkshire and North East based group..
http://www.allthegearnoidea.net/
Always a good craic!
Friendly forum of riders in the south east:
www.sketchymtb.co.uk
www.pmba.org.uk more of lobbying body than club, got over 100 members now.
+1 for Malvern Cyclesport here too
Was in Edinburgh Road Club back in the late 90's/early 00s then moved to Stirling Bike Club (when I moved house).
Currently devoid of any clubs and have been for 5 or 6 years now since moving to the Lakes and being Billy no Mates 😉 Not actually found a suitable replacement for the reprobates in Stirling as of yet!
Founder of the not at all infamous Mynydd Du MTB, a facebook based group. I hope that you can't follow us on Twitter anywhere. You will however find us enjoying life in the hills of South and Mid Wales. And other places too- North Wales, Scotland, Alps, Iceland and England too.