Mountain Goats MTB Club




  
    
    
      Welcome...........
      
Local
      riding this week, so left to right  Chris attempts to hide in the
      undergrowth so we can't see if his new Cube Fritzz has cracked yet...then
      he styles it up at the top of the Mountain Ash downhill, followed by Steve
      jumping the big rocks at the start and even I get a picture this week as
      well! Photos
      here
      see Steve use his compact saw, summer is on it's way as the caterpillars
      were out and about, and there were some great views into the distance off
      the top of the Gethin downhill. Fun day out! The Gap next week, going from
      Talybont so come along for another superb South Wales classic ride.
Also
      Chris Aylward 
      and a number of others have been arranging a ride from 
      Bangor
      to 
      
      Cardiff
      
      to raise money for the charity 'Afghan Heroes'.The trip will start at 
      Bangor
      - Dolgellau - Cwmystwyth - Llangors - 
      
      Cardiff
      
      covering 220 - 225 miles over 4 days. He's been training around 5 nights a
      week to get to some decent fitness to give the ride the best attempt he's
      got! Links to his facebook page and online donation form are below so give
      him some support...b
      
      
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=nf&gid=388171975102
      
      
      
       to
      search facebook the group is called 'Trans Wales Bike Ride For Afghan
      Heroes'
      
      Anyone
      and everyone are more than welcome to join us on the ride from start to
      finish or even join up on the last day from Llangors / Merthyr / Nelson to
      Cardiff where we will he have a few drinks and celebratory munch to finish
      the ride. He would much appreciate your support if you can help.
       
      
      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