2023 marks a decade of the Batch Burner, showcasing the best of the Long Mynd’s mountain biking trails and some Shropshire Hills secret spots, challenging riders to a grand day out with around 48k of trails and up to 1200m of climbing while raising funds for a rural School.
We are proud to offer mechanical support to riders on the day, route planning, marking along with a whole load of guidance to play a small part in making this event a classic for the mtb calendar and raising over £70k over the past decade for Norbury School.
The 2023 event will take place on Saturday 10th June, with 450 riders departing at 10am, entries go live with British Cycling on Sunday 29th January. As ever, we will be on site from 8 and out on course to pump up your tyres and fix your gears to keep you rolling.
A small shop big on service, based in Lawley Village, Telford. We are proud to be a rider focused shop with some great British brands such as Genesis, Ridgeback, and Ragley along with rider focused brands like GT, Cannondale, Transition and Orbea.
Established in 2010 by Allen & Kate, based at the foot of the Long Mynd in Church Stretton we pride ourselves on being a small shop that’s big on service. Proud to be independent we have refined our bike brand mix to represent the rider owned and rider driven cycle brands. Cycle companies that focus on creating great quality bikes that put a smile on your face avoiding the big corporations with shareholders to please. Opening in Telford in 2016 and completeing the move in 2017 offering the same service in this growing community.
Our cycling community is paramount, so we do what we can to give a little back. That’s why we are proud to play a key part in delivering the Long Mynd Batch Burner MTB challenge event since 2013. We also work in partnership with National Trust to arrange regular trail maintenance sessions and promote safe and considerate cycling on the Long Mynd. We offer regular shop MTB rides, Ladies only Breeze rides plus a Junior rippers MTB ride during School holidays. We regularly get involved with delivering cycle maintenance training for DofE and youth and School groups.
