2009 September | Dirty Bikers

Marin Trail – Killer of Hopes and Dreams

6. September 2009

The early September 2009 ride took us to the Marin Trail, near Betws-y-Coed, North Wales. The sub-title top the ride was Pete’s Big Birthday Bash, to celebrate Pete’s 35th birthday, but he was to rename it as we’ll soon discover. From the car park, there’s a short single-track trail through the forest that leads to [...]

Marin Trail – Gwydyr Forest

6. September 2009

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Marin Trail Summary Trail Name: Marin Trail Location: Gwydyr Forest, Betws y Coed, North Wales Distance: 25km – 16 miles Climbing: 450m Time: 2 – 4hrs (nearer to 4 hrs) Bike Trail Grade: – Difficult / Red Suitable For: Proficient mountain bikers with good off-road riding skills. Surface Types: Steep and tough, mostly singletrack with [...]

Inaugural Meeting

2. September 2009

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The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Dirty Bikers Mountain Bike Club was in July 2009. For no reason, other than Bamford and Alan had decided upon the location, we met at Llandegla, North Wales. As is the norm for those wanting a decent ride, we met at 9am .. strike that, we planned to [...]

Mark Taylor

2. September 2009

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Member Profile for Mark Taylor Real Name Mark Taylor Dirty Biker Nickname Capt Slow Member Since July 2009 Bike Trek 8500 Hard Tail Favourite Piece of Kit Camelbak Riding Level Intermediate Most Likely to Say Where’s the bacon butties? Least Likely to Say Can we do that again Riding Style Puffs and Pants Favourite Ride [...]

Llandegla

2. September 2009

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Llandegla Trail Summary Trail Name: Llandegla Trail Location: Llandegla Forest, North Wales Distance (green): 5km – 3 miles Distance (blue): 12km – 7.5 miles Distance (red): 18km – 11 miles Distance (black): 21km – 13 miles Time: 1 hr – 4hrs, depending on route Bike Trail Grade: – Something for everyone; green, blue red, black [...]

Welcome to Dirty Bikers

1. September 2009

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Welcome to the brand new, just out of it’s packaging, smells like a new car, type of cliched sort of stuff, website! This is the online home for the newly formed Dirty Riders mountain bike club. The idea is for us to have a place to keep track of where we’ve been, what we did, [...]