
Reframing MTB 2025 Full Schedule
Tickets for Friday are on sale here.
Saturday and Sunday are both free to attend.
The inspirational Reframing MTB Conference is back for 2025, visiting Bristol on the 7th and 8th of March. Tickets are now on sale here.
Co-hosted this year by local trail group Ride Bristol, Reframing MTB aims to make mountain biking a better, more inclusive, sustainable, and fun experience for all.
On Friday, the 7th, we’ll gather the mountain bike community to hear from inspirational speakers and dive into workshop sessions together to share expertise and explore ideas. In the evening, we’ll get the chance to head out for a ride and enjoy some of Bristol’s famous nightlife.
Saturday, the 8th, is open to the public and will take us outside to the trails where we’ll meet the volunteers who put in the spade time and community leaders who help to introduce mountain biking to others.
We’ll leave feeling energized for progress and with a set of commitments that we can all incorporate into our approach.

FRIDAY:
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Welcome
10.15 Session 1: Creating mountain bike environments that appeal to more people
Speakers include Aneela McKenna (Mór Diversity) and Bex Barona and Chloe Taylor (Gowaaan MTB), with final speaker to be announced.
Workshop: What a diverse and inclusive mountain bike environment means to participants and how to achieve it.
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Session 2: Working towards a stronger mountain bike sector
Speakers include Andy Davies (Dean Trail Volunteers), Kate Thoday (Recreation and Cycle Ranger, Forest of Dean, Forestry England) and Dom Ferris (Trash Free Trails).
Workshop: Developing positive partnerships to support organisations and initiatives who activate communities and make mountain biking happen on the ground.
14.45 Coffee Break
15.15 Session 3: Promoting sustainable mountain biking
Speakers include Benjamin Billet (European Network of Outdoor Sports), Harry Brook (Patagonia UK) and Manon Carpenter (Reframing co-host).
Workshop: How to promote and support sustainable mountain biking, from industry to riders
17.00 Finish
SATURDAY
9.30 – 10.30 Difficult Questions about Inclusivity group ride and discussion.
Co-hosted by Project FIAS (Fi Spotswood) and Perform Unbound (Scott Cornish, neurodiversity expert)
10 – 12.30 Ride Bristol Trail Maintenance Session.
Open to all, join us to help maintain Bristol’s trails or gain an insight into how community trail builds happen.
11 – 12.30 Trail Training Workshop
The UK MTB Trail Alliance and Campbell Coaching will run a trailside session to explore and workshop the trail maintenance training needs of trail associations, informal trail groups and bike parks.
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Free for Trail Maintenance volunteers, £10 for everyone else.
13.30 – 14.30 Build A Community Around Your Trails, With Ride Bristol and UK Trail Association
A ride, discussion and workshop sharing insights from Ride Bristol about how to build community.
13.45 – 15.30 Bristol Shredders Trash Cat Ride
A family-friendly, litter pick and treasure hunt aimed for kids and parents.
13.45 – 15.30 Try MTB For The First Time Session, With Pedal Progression
A taster session with free bike hire with our friends at Pedal Progression, perfect for anyone that wants to give MTB a shot for the very first time.
15.00 – 17.00 Bristol Showcase Ride
A fun, no-drop, social ride to show you around the best of Bristol’s trails. Hosted by Ride Bristol.
We’ll finish at The George pub, near Ashton Court, for a beer.
We’ll also host a fun, informal social on Saturday night in Bristol for anyone who’s staying over.
SUNDAY
Forest of Dean (Bonus Day)
09.30 – 10.30 Adaptive Trails Workshop
A short adaptive trails workshop, using the variety of trails the Cycle Centre has on offer, many of which have already been made adaptive bike friendly. We’ll look at different examples of trails, trail features and pinch points and discuss approaches and techniques that you can take away and apply to your own trails to make them accessible to adaptive riders.
11.00 – 12.00 FoD Showcase Ride-and-Talk
DTV’s Andy Davies and FE’s Kate Thoday will give us a ride-and-talk tour of the Cycle Centre’s trails, bringing to life some of the things they covered in Friday’s conference, showing how collaboration between DTV and FE has produced one of the best and most inclusive MTB destinations in the UK.
12.30 – 15.00 Social Ride
A social ride that will take in some of the highlights of the Forest of Dean’s many trails, finishing up mid-afternoon.
Travel, Accommodation etc.
Talks and workshops on Friday 7th are at the MShed, starting at 9.30. If you only attend one day of the show, Friday is the one.
MShed is near Bristol Temple Meads train station, central to the city and near our trails.
There are plenty of budget hotels near the MShed, including The Bristol Hotel, Travelodge Bristol Central, YHA Bristol, Harbourside Hostel, Radisson Blu, Ibis Bristol Centre.
If you’re driving, there is nearby parking in Millennium Square, College Green or The Grove. There is detailed ‘getting here’ info on the MShed website here.
You will be able to store your bike at the venue on Friday so you can bring it with you, ready to ride on the Saturday. Please bring a lock, but the bikes will be kept on a large balcony right outside our 2nd floor conference venue and away from the public.
If you’d rather hire a bike for the Saturday, you can do this by contacting Pedal Progression direct.
Saturday’s fun will be based around Ashton Court, Bristol’s volunteer-maintained MTB trails. Head to the top Ashton Court carpark area – ask Google maps for ‘Pedal Progression’
2025 Reframing MTB Conference
The 2024 Reframing MTB event report gives a summary of what to expect for 2025. The report is available online here.
Tickets for Reframing MTB 2025 are now on sale here.
You can also sign up for email updates from Reframing here.
And you can follow Reframing on Instagram and LinkedIn.