Ride Sheffield

Author: John Horscroft

  • Winter Social VII

    Happy mountain bikers!

    I can’t believe it! Seven Winter Socials? Have we really been going that long?
    Once again Ride Sheffield was lucky enough to have a crowd of enthusiastic mountain bikers turn out to hear the latest news, drink fine Sheffield beers, grab some great raffle prizes and prove that they’re sad bike nerds in the quiz.

    As usual, we were fortunate enough to have a lot of our greatest supporters in the room including John Dallow from SCC, Danny Udall from the Eastern Moors Partnership, Roy Mosley from Sheffield Wildlife Trust and Mike Sanderson from GoOutdoors. Without these guys, the Sheffield mountain biking community wouldn’t have made the enormous progress it has over the last seven years. (more…)

  • We Couldn’t Have Done It Without You….

    It’s been an amazing couple of years for Ride Sheffield, busy and yet incredibly satisfying. (more…)

  • Be Nice, Say Hi, Episode 324….

    Make sure you’ve got plenty of midge-repellent they said. Don’t worry, I said, I’ll be covered from head to foot, barely an inch of skin showing. Show’s how much I know. (more…)

  • Rider Down! What to do if you need to call out Mountain Rescue….

    This article explains why it’s often essential to call Mountain Rescue if a casualty needs to be recovered from a remote area…. (more…)

  • Lady Canning’s – Just a little Something to Keep You Occupied….

    Unwrapping the Outdoor City’s latest trail
    Remember when we were struggling to knock the Lady Canning’s Blue Steel trail into shape after it had been all but obliterated by the forestry gang? Remember how it seemed to take forever? Remember how we said that owing to the crap weather, we’d had to put a hold on building phase two? (more…)

  • Ride Sheffield Trails – How You Can Help

    Finally, some proper spring weather and Lady Canning’s Blue Steel trail was absolutely buzzing at the weekend. All ages and all abilities enjoying a beautifully crafted trail – just what we wanted when we originally came up with the idea. (more…)

  • Save It For Summer!

    Keep singletrack single and keep smiling!

    “Summertime and the living is easy, bikes are jumping and the stoke is high, your riding’s pinned and the trail’s good looking, hush now dude, don’t you sigh….” (more…)

  • J E James RADmires Bike Raffle Is Back!

    Roll up, roll up! If you’re planning to contribute to the RADmires Fund, you have another chance to win a bike, courtesy of J E James. (more…)

  • Ride Sheffield Winter Social Goes Down A Storm

    The Ride Sheffield Winter Social at a new venue and the weather decides to come over all biblical. Will anyone turn up?

    I guess we really should have more faith. The Sheffield mountain biking community isn’t going to be put off by head high floods on Abbeydale Road, they love a challenge. So much so that something like a hundred hardy souls made it to The Holt which, thankfully, catered admirably to the gently steaming horde as they dried out prior to the meeting proper.

    Fortified with chilli and a refreshing pint of Magic Rock, everyone tuned in as Henry Norman outlined just how much Ride Sheffield volunteers have achieved in the last year and big plans for the future. (more…)

  • And Now A Word From Our Sponsors….

    It's a great place to ride, let's look after it....
    It’s a great place to ride, let’s look after it….

    Hi there, it’s Dad here. Oh, you didn’t know that was my new nickname? Yeah, I posted something on Facebook the other day that fell firmly into the ‘no-shit-sherlock’ category and was both taken to task for preaching to the converted and called Dad. (more…)