The Chairman and The Quest for the Holy Trail ‘NEW PICs’
Please find below a ride report from the Club outing to the Quantocks on Sunday by Phil Miles. Please note before you read on that neither Phil or any members of the SPAMBiking Committee mean any offence by publishing the below article, and the only person(s) that Phil ... read more.29/04/2008
Red Planet Demo Day – 11th May
Red Planet Bikes at Swindon are having an Off Road Demo Day on Sunday 11th May, starting at 10am. They say all their brands will be available with a fleet of bikes to take for a 40 minute spin near Barbury Castle. They would like people to book (up to 3 bikes per rider)... read more.25/04/2008
SPAM Members 'discover' first Wiltshire Crop CIrcle of 2008!
By Clare Oatley
Now, some of you will know about my connection with a local Crop Circle Group, and some of you may not have done until now, but will avoid me from now on - but imagine mine and Jo's excitement as we approached Avebury early on Saturday morning... read more.
21/04/2008
SHOCK HORROR!! PHIL MILES DELCINES FREE CAKE!!
Saturday afternoon saw Stefano and I heading for Wales for the opening round of the Merida Marathon series in Builth Wells, despite the weather forecast that had put a few people off. We arrived in plenty of time for me to put up my tent, meet up with Mike (a Transalp, ... read more.20/04/2008
Trailquest has surprise Winners
Mark Wadman did the club proud today with an excellent 'Trailquest' type event. 15 club members turned-up at The Churchill (sadly not open) and the sun shone. Teams of 2 (well one team of three) were provided with maps of the northern edge of the plain. 13 ... read more.
13/04/2008
New Members lead ride in terrible weather - where were most of the SPAM members !
Despite the torrential rain and siberian winds, Pippa and I decided that no-one else would be crazy enough to get out of bed and join us so we were prepared to 'go it alone'! Alas, bionic Mark Bayada ... read more.18/03/2008
Set2Rise - Entries now OFFICIALLY OPEN!
Now with confirmed sponsorship from CHARGE BIKES, SPAMBiking in association with TORQ, Gorrick and the Marin Dusk til Dawn, bring you the first 12 hour overnight enduro to hit Salisbury Plain. Saturday 17th May offers a demo day kicking off at midday, organise... read more.04/03/2008
SPAM Donate to CLIC
Following on from the success of the Winter Challenge the Club were able to donate £2000 to the charity CLIC Sargent. This donation will help provide care and support for children with cancer.A big thank you must go out to all those who took part in the event en... read more.
30/01/2008
Riders Wives (!) - From Dusk til Dark
Yeah - it's not what you think - but we thought it would make you look!
After missing out on the Devizes ride last weekend, Jo and I were determined to get out this weekend (new year's resolutions and so on), so we made a date - Saturday after lunch. No... read more.
14/01/2008
The Official Winter Challenge Report! - Clare Oatley
I'm not going to go through the whole course and try and convince you that I have any idea what you riders experienced yesterday (you can read that in Dave Robinson's report 'My Winter Challenge' below), but from an organisers point of view I would just like to say t... read more.
31/12/2007
My Winter Challenge – Dave Robinson
When I first saw the intended route for this years Winter Challenge I was a bit disappointed and started to think that I would marshal and not ride. I fully understood the reasons for the route but thought that with all that tarmac it would not suit me at all. I rode th... read more.31/12/2007
The Damp/Dirty Dozen
The forecast was for gales last week-end and it was certainly wet & windy Saturday morning. So would I get anyone turning up for my advertised 'easy' ride? Julian turned up in his car saying that there was no-one at the village hall and why don't we wait 5 minutes a... read more.10/12/2007
Teaching old dog new tricks?
I recently went on a mountain bike skills day with Helen Powell of www.GetMountainBiking.co.uk and thought I'd better write something about my experience.The first thing Helen did was to check my b... read more.
18/11/2007
Out in the dark
I've become quite a regular night time rider this Autumn and have had some great rides. When people ask what is it about riding in the dark it isn't easy to put into words the attraction. We were blessed this year in having a very dry Autumn and the riding condition in ... read more.18/11/2007
Dusk til Dawn – Pete Williams reports
Dusk til Dawn is my favourite race, its also one of my favourite films but that's got to do with being with a bunch of friends watching what seemed to be a normal Tarantino movie turn into a very over the top vampire fes... read more.
17/10/2007
Three in one – Club ride Exmoor 14th October 2007
Exmoor in October. The norm for this time of year is rain and strong winds, but following this years wet summer we are having a very pleasant Autumn. So last Sunday we 6 club riders had arrived in good time for a 9:30 start (all apart f... read more.15/10/2007
Xtreme Terrain Festival – Hawley Lake Surrey, Saturday 21st September 2007
Having seen a competition to win places at the above event in 220 Triathlon magazine, I thought I might enter. For my sins I actually won one of the seven available places so headed up to Hawley Lake, near Camberley in Surrey, with some trepidation. It wasn't lost on my... read more.09/10/2007
Cheddar Bikefest 2007
Once again a small group (well 12) SPAM riders braved the climbs and descents at Broadway House for the Cheddar Bikefest (to be fair one of our team was an ex-member drafted in to fill a team and arrived cutting the Winter Challenge number board from his bike). The even... read more.09/10/2007
Slippery when wet
You'd have thought that after our damp summer we bikers would be used to slippery conditions, but with September being very dry I suppose we acclimatised quickly back to dry condition too well.Why this preamble? Well I led a ride through the woods at Shearwater/Longleat... read more.04/10/2007
Fantastic weather for a BLAST
384 riders took on our 2007 'BLAST'
and our course
designers have once again proved that Salisbury Plain has more to offer
than just long dull hard tracks. More climbs were included in this
route than ever before, and some extra wooded sections o... read more.
20/09/2007
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