Ride Sheffield

Category: News Update

  • Shore-Lines Supports Ride Sheffield

    shorelines-logo-smallWe are pleased to announce that Shore-Lines, the Sheffield based independent rider owned distribution company specialising in Canadian mountain bikes, components and accessories. Is our newest supporter. Shore-Lines has been a supporter of the scene in Sheffield for a number of years now and has always been on hand to provide us with prizes and goodies for various events since we started. But they have been keen to do more for a while (more…)

  • Trail Days

    Hard at it on Devil's Elbow
    Hard at it on Devil’s Elbow

    A core part of Ride Sheffield’s work has been getting out and working on the trails, from Public Rights of Way to the MTB trails that we have developed over the past few year. We have always had a great response from the local riding community; it has also gone a long way in improving relations with other user groups and landowners too. (more…)

  • Lady Cannings: It’s your trail, name it!

    Photo: Richard Baybutt
    Photo: Richard Baybutt

    It’s now 3 months since the trail in Lady Cannings opened and we hope that you remain as blown away by it as we are. From the grand opening, the joy of the first ride (and how it keeps on getting better the more you ride it) and most importantly the feedback from you on how much you love the trail. It’s great to know that it is as good a ride for toddlers on their first ride as it is for Olympian’s and former World Champions!

    But the best thing about Lady Cannings is that it is there because of the generosity and hard work of the riding community. We really can’t thank you enough for making it possible for Bike Track to deliver such an awesome trail in Sheffield City Council’s woodland. Not only does it mean we have a great bit of trail, your crowd funding brought in Go Outdoors who will very generously make the full loop  a reality. Not only that but it provides a template for what can be achieved not only in different parts of the city, but the country too. (more…)

  • Keeper of the Peak – they seek him here, they seek him there….

    Whoever he is, wherever he is, he’s a wise man that Keeper of the Peak.  His recent blog post encourages riders in the Peak District to do the right thing, tweet trail conditions, help fellow riders avoid the gloop and, maybe, try riding somewhere new that is more sustainable. (more…)

  • Greno Woods: Temporary Trail Closures

    DSC_0173Starting on Monday 28th of September for a period of about 12 week, Sheffield Wildlife Trust (the land owners) will be carrying out a number of woodland management operations in the area.

    Details of exactly which trails are closed at any one time will be available on site. Alternatively, riders can contact c.doar@wildsheffield.com or r.mosley@wildsheffield.com for updates. Trails will be opened at weekends whenever possible. (more…)

  • OpenMTB – Welsh Access Campaign

    OpenMTB, the new national voice for mountain bikers that Ride Sheffield was instrumental in setting up, has been campaigning hard for better access to Wales’ rights of way network. Latest news is that numerous bikers converged on the Welsh Parliament on Weds 23 Sept to lobby members of the Welsh Government. (more…)

  • OpenMTB – a National Voice for a Growing Sport

    sayhi7Simple pleasure mountain biking. Take a couple of wheels, a frame, brakes, add some great landscape and, in the words of the late, lamented George Cole, the world is your lobster Terence. No matter how hard the manufacturers try to complicate matters with different wheel sizes, wireless seat posts, fancy materials and lurid colours, it’s still just a bike, a transport of delight. (more…)

  • Lady Cannings Trail is now open

    Photo: Richard Baybutt

    The wait is finally over! This Tuesday Steve Peat and Annie Last joined Ride Sheffield, Go Outdoors and friends to officially open the Lady Cannings Trails on the edge of Sheffield. From the cutting of the ribbon to well past sunset it was then  christened by the riders who have all dug into their pockets to raise over fifteen thousand pounds; making the UK’s first ever crowd funded trail a reality. And given the buzz up on the trails it has been a resounding success! (more…)

  • Rushup Edge Fiasco Drags On And On And On……

    Rushup Rubble
    Rushup Rubble

    By now, I’m sure most Ride Sheffield members have noticed that Derbyshire County Council, (DCC), has produced a report detailing the fall out from the Rushup Edge protest.  If you’ve failed to read much beyond the first page, I fully sympathise for it is not, as they say, a right riveting read. (more…)

  • Lady Canning’s Trail – A Model For the Future?

    Steve and Annie do the honours!
    Steve and Annie do the honours!

    I’ve been all of a flutter since the opening of the Lady Canning’s trail.  My first reaction was, phew, at last!  After all, it’s nearly two and a half years since Cy Turner first thought of crowd-funding the build.   (more…)