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https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/create-from-activity/2010415020

Try that @PaulW - hopefully the Garmin works now. I might try Adam's suggestion, there must be an easier way to upload these things!

Morning All,

I've been watching the weather a bit but it does look dry-ish tonight (hopefully!) so here's a route for tonights Mountain Bike ride.

Please make sure you've got decent MTB lights, it'll be dark when we get back, and are dressed for the rather grey weather.

It's a new route, a variant on something I did Sunday before last. A good mix of off-road mountain biking and a faster return home along the lanes.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/create-from-activity/2010415020

I hope the link works, but have uploaded the GPX file also :-)

I'm more or less out of holiday now so it'd have to be a weekend but I would love to do this.

Hi @Garry.Bayford Sorry, it's been a manic week and I somehow missed your post. I had cancelled the event as no-one seemed interested, you're the only person to express any interest in 3 such events so far :-(

[Also, I inadvertently planned it for the same weekend everyone is off to the Velo Birmingham event., which probably hasn't helped.]

There are still the following:

Thursday 28th September - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Thursday 12th October - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Saturday 21st October - MTB Gran Fondo - Time TBA

...and I am going to do a few more over the winter months.

Regards,
Phil.

I'm in 😊

No worries @AdamPool, I'll go and have fun even if no-one else comes! I just wanted to make sure I was coming up with the right sort of ideas.

I will organise a few more local rides over the winter, and see how it goes.

@PatH Actually what you wrote was very good - I just confused the word "Gear" which produces a list of golf clubs (none of which I own!) with the symbol for a gear * but once that minor confusion was over it all worked well.

Wouldn't be a bad idea to have a "how to" guide somewhere, I think.

Thanks John. Maybe I've just been unlucky with dates. Hopefully the remaining events will soon be in the club diary on the website, which might help going forward.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/16359138

Hopefully this works... Enjoy, @PaulW! :-)

Aha! Thanks @PatH, this must be the only course ever to take longer to set up than to ride!

Thanks @PatH I've got as far as Step 5, but can't find the Gear icon for step 6? The word "Gear" on the side menu just gives me a list of golf clubs! Where have I gone wrong?

I don't @paulw. I've no idea how to make a route in Garmin, I must be doing something seriously wrong because I can't find any way to do so :-(

Thanks Jeff, appreciate the feedback :-)

Evening All,

I have the weekend of the 23rd/24th put aside for a day trip to one of the forests for some single track mountain bike rides. This could be Cannock, Swinley, Thetford etc.

I can do either Saturday or Sunday, depending on what people prefer.

I didn't get any interest in the last MTB day trip so I'm hoping that by leaving the details open I might get some comments. Please do let me know what you think, even if you're completely uninterested and I'm barking up the wrong tree. I won't know unless I get feedback.

Many Thanks
Phil

Afternoon all

Details of Thursdays Mountain bike ride.

To make a change from the last couple, which have been quite mountain bike focused this one is better for cyclocross, gravel bikes etc and mainly track and bridlepath based with a fair bit of minor roads.

Somewhat controversially, I started the route in Winslow to take advantage of some trails I haven't used yet for Swan events.

So, there's a meet at 7pm at the Swan Leisure Centre as usual, a ride down the A413 cycle-path for some quick mountain bike miles, and then an indirect route heading back to Buckingham. Estimated time 2 to 2.5 hours all in.

GPXs for the route from Winslow to Buckingham, and one for Buckingham down the cycle-path to Winslow (if needed) are attached.

Please make sure you have suitable lights on your bike (and make sure they're charged up/have good batteries etc).

Hope to see you at the Swan Leisure Centre at 7 on Thursday!

No worries @PaulW.

Me too @JohnnyG, @AdamPool but I'll be there before 7.

P.

Evening all,

Thursday's mountain bike ride is a loop around Hillesden, Padbury, Adstock, Thornborough and back in to Buckingham. It's a bit more off the wall than the others so far but should be quite fun.

Please make sure your bike has lights, as it's getting darker sooner these days...

Hi all,

I'm going to cancel this due to lack of intetest.

Hi All,

after last week's wet weather I've decided to add this Thursday as a date to the MTB rides and try again.

The route is below in GPX.

It's the same one as we would have ridden last week, had the weather been kinder, down past Lenborough almost to Hillesden and then west to loop around Lenborough Wood and and back through Gawcott.

As usual, please tick the box at the top if you're interested.

Thanks
Phil.

Hi @paulS - is it possible to put these dates in to the club calendar?

Thursday 24th August - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Saturday 26th August - Trip to Thetford Forest 8am - 1.30pm
Thursday 31st August - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Thursday 14th September - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Saturday 23rd September - Trip to Swinley Forest 8am - 1.30pm
Thursday 28th September - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Thursday 12th October - MTB Evening Ride 7pm -9.30pm
Saturday 28th October - MTB Gran Fondo - Time TBA

Thanks :-)

Me too :-)

Hi @JohnnyG, tricky one - if I do it on a Sunday then it clashes with the club rides. What does everyone think? I can do the Sunday instead, if people prefer?

Well, I was the only one daft enough to turn up, and got soaked, so I gave up early
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No worries mate, thanks for the reply but I've copied it in to OS Maps by hand and made my own gpx now.

I think it might be somethong to do with my edge touring not being very sophisticated, I can't upload any of your routes, but I have a good workaround now anyway.

GPX for the route here...