North Bristol Mountain Bike Club

Bristol Mountain biking and around Ashton Court, Leigh Woods

North Bristol Mountain Bike Club

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  • A bristol mountain bike club for riders from all over Bristol and the South West of any age no matter where you live come along and have a fun ride. The club is completely free with no joining fee or membership, we just love riding mountain bikes with like minded people.We ride XC,trail and DH all over the UK and abroad. Local rides are generally at Ashton Court and Leigh Woods on a Sunday morning meeting at around 09:00am in North Road as we all have families so we can still be back around lunch time and earn some much needed brownie points? We also try and get at least 2 evening rides a week if and when we can. Have a look around the site and ig you like what you see then join the forum and post if you fancy a ride.

  • No Fees - no contract, just fun Lots of fun Learn the local trails Weekend and evening ride Get advice on bikes, biking gear and bike maintenance(we have been around MTB for such a long time we have already fallen in all the pit falls)

  • We also organize rides over the bridge to sunny South Wales to some of the trail centres, weekends away and also in Europe. It’s not all riding, we will be organising social events as well, and we have our website so we can chat, plan and share our photos.

  • No Drop means no rider gets left behind. Ride leaders endeavour to accompany the slowest rider(s) in your group, so the slower riders do not feel abandoned. No one gets abandoned. No Pressure means that all rides are fun, relaxed trail rides. If you feel the need to walk a section of trail because you're not ready for it, no one will force you or make you feel inadequate for not riding above your level.

  • No Ego! means every rider is treated as an equal, no matter what their level.

  • All riders, new and active members, newbies and experts, represent Mere Mortals on that ride. This enables other members to ride in a non-threatening way

 

  • Our main ride time is a Sunday. Depending on what we did the weekend before, we decide where to go some time the following week and advertise this on the web site. The new club will set out to include one major ride every 4 to 5 weeks, or more if the demand is there. These rides can be anywhere from South Wales to Ashton court or the Quantocks.

  • The weekends between major rides are normally spent on local rides, Ashton court, Leigh woods or even Cheddar. The longer rides start around 8.00am to 9.00am and usually finish plan to arrive home around 3.00pm. This year our midweek ride is normally on a Wednesday or Friday night around 6.00pm - 7:00pm to give everyone a chance to get home from work and climb into bike gear. These rides, because of the obvious time restrictions, are usually concentrated around the Ashton court and Leigh woods area. We don't set targets for ride times but do try to get back home for about 9.00pm in the lighter summer nights. We cover anything from 5 to 20 miles, depending on the mood of the group. The slowest man always dictates the pace and we never leave anyone behind. Occasionally we interrupt these rides with practice or fun "test" sessions over a particularly difficult or unique obstacle for a short period.


We meet at Leigh Woods Car Park if we are going to Ride Leigh Woods or Ashton Court. Normal meeting time for a Sunday ride is 9am. We do ride evening rides during the week but then meet at the rangers station off North Road as this Car Park has it gate locked.

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