Mountain Goats MTB Club




  
    
    
      Welcome...........
      
Mountain
      Mayhem time again....I try out the Wolverine look as my beard gets shaved
      off, Amy models her new, just fitted front forks (video coming...) before
      joining the RAF ladies team as a surprise team member, Craig
      enthusiastically starts the grind up the Kenda Klimb, and the Retrobike
      team member shows us what we used to wear, and ride. Good fun, I think we
      did 22 laps and IT WAS MOSTLY DRY!!!! so whilst there were muddy sections,
      we didn't need mud tyres - now that's a first. Waiting for the results to
      be posted to see how we did but a big thank you to the team of Marcelle,
      Mark, Graham, Craig and me (I made up the numbers...). Well done to Amy
      too for doing her first night riding ever at this event, and putting in 3
      laps and enjoying it too! Photos here.
      
Rides are organised  every
      weekend on Saturday. The
      rides start at 8:30 am from the car park in
      Nelson (follow the link on the left for a
      map) and cover most parts of the Valleys, with forays further afield to
      the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains, Forest of Dean and  Mid Wales.
      The Forest Enterprise tracks at Cwmcarn and  Afan Argoed are often
      visited, and we  organise trips to North Wales to sample the Coed-y-Brenin,
      Nant-yr-Arian and Bettws-y-Coed routes during the summer months. 
      The Club attends various organised events
      every year, and provides
      support to club members thanks to the help of a Sportlot grant which has
      allowed the Club to purchase a set of bike tools and a pop-up gazebo to
      allow bike servicing in the dry, whatever the weather. If we've gone
      camping to the event, we have a club barbeque the evening before the race
      and have a good time.
      The Club has also  organised longer
      trips to the Lake District (Tim Woodcock's Lakeland Loop), the Sierra
      Nevadas in Spain (check out the excellent  http://www.switch-backs.com
      to see where we went), Morzine/Les Gets and last year we went to Les Arcs.
      We try to offer a varied mountain biking experience
      that means the weekend ride is most definitely the high spot of your
      week.....why not come along and give it a go?
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      View from High Street, Lake District
      

      Top of the Rhondda

      
      

      The
      Black Mountains
      

      
      
Enjoying a snack,
      Coed-y-Brenin
      
River
      crossing, Sarn Helen Roman Road
The
      Sierra Nevadas, Spain