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  • Digging the Devil 2.0

    Here are the rescheduled plans for the work on the bottom of the Devils Elbow. We are planning to be out digging quite a bit this year, with this and the work on Wimble Holme Hill and very shortly up to Greno to finish off the work up there. But for now the Devils Elbow…

    If you are a regular down the Devils Elbow, you might have noticed that a couple of holes have appeared. It was always going to be hard for the original work to cover all the right bits, so we are going to help out with a bit of remedial work (more…)

  • Wimble Holme Hill Dig Day – Part The Second

    Keep your eyes peeled for details of an upcoming dig day on Wimble Holme Hill. All being well we’ll be putting the finishing touchs to the trail as there have been a number of volunteer days involving other groups. Should be a really good day.

  • Blacka RAG Meeting – Feedback

    Si Bowns has a little report on what is happening on Blacka at the moment…

     

    At the end of November, I attended the Black Moor Reserves Advisory Group (RAG) meeting, along with John Horscroft and Henry Norman. For once mountain bikers had a decent representation at a meeting. John posted a quick writeup HERE, but now that the minutes have been circulated – I’ve put together a few more words. (more…)

  • Digging the Devil

    If you are a regular down the Devils Elbow, you might have noticed that a couple of holes have appeared. It was always going to be hard for the original work to cover all the right bits, so we are going to help out with a bit of remedial work
    (more…)

  • Wimble Holme Hill Gets a Makeover

    There’s nothing I like more than an energetic dig day, but sitting in the car park on Blackamoor with the wind howling like a banshee, my enthusiasm hit a low ebb.  For one delicious moment I wondered if I was going to get away with it and that no one would turn up but I was ignoring Ride Sheffield volunteers’ well known hardiness.  At the appointed hour the cars rolled up and the team assembled wearing a who’s who of outdoor clothing manufacturers kit.  When the Eastern Moors Partnership team turned up bursting with enthusiasm, I knew the game was up. (more…)

  • Blackamoor Reserve Advisory Group Meeting

    Blackamoor Reserve Advisory Group Meeting

    No, trust me, it’s much more interesting than it sounds…..

    Blackamoor is arguably home to some of the best MBing in the Peak and Ride Sheffield was well represented at the latest Reserve Advisory Group meeting with Si from http://www.18bikes.co.uk/, Henry and me in attendance.  These meetings are an opportunity for site managers Sheffield Wildlife Trust to both take soundings from those who visit and to inform them of what is coming up.  (more…)

  • Ride Sheffield Social is well, sociable!

    Henry Norman grabs a great prize!

    Ride Sheffield’s second open meeting was once again standing room only as the local mountain bike community turned out in force.  The Lescar public house is rapidly turning into one of the local scene’s spiritual homes and the big turnout was rewarded by appearances from a number of people whose decisions affect our riding on a daily basis. (more…)

  • Ride Sheffield Social

    Next monday the 26th of November will be our third social night, it’s going to be at the Lescar on Sharrow Vale road and will be starting at 7.30pm

    It kicks off with a bike jumble, so bring along any old parts that you no longer have use for and brush up on your haggling skills, it also gives you time before th meeting kicks off ay 8pm

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  • Motocrosser’s in Greno

    Thanks to the hard work by the Wildlife Trust, biketrack.org and all of the volunteers who have being going up every month to work on the track; Greno Woods circuit edges nearer and nearer to completion. With a bit more work to be carried out on the third DH, a link to be added in by the Wildlife Trust, a bit of a tidy and then the signs will be going up. (more…)

  • Parkwood is Open!

    After over five years of hard work by Jon Dallow, the city council, Dan Cook etc; that culminated in a couple of months of hard digging by biketrack.org that was then followed by a couple of months of checking the trail, filling out paperwork, putting up signs, more paperwork, carefully explaining why it’s not open yet, completing risk assessments and jumping through a few more hoops……… Parkwood Springs MTB circuit is now officially open! (more…)