Feeling inspired by all the women racing at Peaty’s Steel City DH and at Stilettos on Wheels, Jacquie from Over-Ride CycleWorks is going to be running some women’s only rides. I will leave it to her to tell you more….. (more…)
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Over-Ride Ladies
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Peaty’s Steel City Downhill – so much fun, it should be illegal…..
Start line nerves…. Another Steel City downhill and, crikey, The Force was strong in this one. The Dark Lord Himself, Darth Peaty had issued an ultimatum to the weather gods and, intimidated, they’d capitulated with a month of dry weather prior to the race. Day after day, racers practiced, interrupted occasionally by the Ride Sheffield trail fairies a’fettling and a’shaping, beautifying the berms and tidying the transitions. Come the day, the pessimists of the Met Office were proved wrong yet again as the sun shone and the track stayed snuff dry all day.
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Sheffield Moors Partnership consultation – Mountain bikers have their say
For most Sheffield MBers, the Peak District’s moorland is sacred ground for the brilliance of the riding but it’s also an internationally important eco-system and the Sheffield Moors Partnership (SMP) has been formed to ensure that it is managed as well as possible. (more…) -
Staying on the right track
While the debate of where you should be able to ride will continue to rage; there is no escaping the fact that if you want to stay on the right side of the law there are specific rights of way where we can and can’t go.
This isn’t going to be a lecture on where you should be riding, but we have had a request from the Wildlife Trust asking for riders to stay of a particular footpath on Blacka Moor and stick to the bridleways around Wimble Holme Hill (more…)
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Bolehills Dig Day
Legendary riding spot Bolehills is currently undergoing a period of rejuvenation at the moment with a dedicated crew working hard to restore the BMX track as well as creating an amazing pump track too.
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Green Lane Research – Help Wanted
It seems quite apt given what is going on with Stanage Causeway at the moment; but we have been asked to help someone with a bit of research on green lanes. If you have a spare few minutes please fill in the questionnaire. We are hoping to get some useful feedback from the survey too. More information below….. (more…)
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Stanage Causeway Resurfacing Fiasco
Stanage Causeway after the latest work – and there’s more to come…. Thanks to ever vigilant Ride Sheffield volunteer Sue Duke, a worrying situation has been brought to our attention on Stanage. Derbyshire County Council (DCC) have begun to resurface the ancient causeway that runs down from Stanage Edge to Dennis Knoll.
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Seven Trails for Seven Hills?
A happy Ride Sheffield team digging at Grenoside woods…. These are exciting times to be a mountain biker in Sheffield. We have some of the best natural trails in the country and a buzzing scene too, not that I’m biased or anything. Add to that lovingly hand-crafted trails at Grenoside Woods and Parkwood Springs, a superb new pump-track in Totley, the upcoming Steel City Downhill, venerable venues like Bolehills and Wharncliffe and it’s difficult to come up with another British city that can hold a candle to Sheffield’s all round mountain biking brilliance.
Imagine however, if this was just the beginning. (more…)
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Research Project on Blacka Moor Management
We have had a request for a bit of help from a final year undergraduate currently writing a research project on Blacka Moor. As a lot of you out there will have a good knowledge of Blacka, hopefully your knowledge can be put to good use. More info below….. (more…) -
Trail Work In Greno Woods
Things have been a little quiet on the trail repair and construction side of things for a while as conditions have been rather sub optimal for getting the job done! But with weather improving its time to dust the spades and mattocks down and get back out their and get digging! (more…)
