Ride Sheffield

Category: News Update

  • Lady Cannings Update

    RideSheffieldHeaderLadyCanningsMorning all. Just quick “we’re still doing this” post about Lady Cannings. Thanks so much to everyone who’s contributed so far, we really appreciate it. And if you haven’t yet, get £5, £20, £100, £1,000, whatever you can afford into the account via paypal or via internet banking to the Ride Sheffield account using the following details:

    RIDE
    SHEFFIELD
    40-31-02
    91574205

    Account is with HSBC.

    Or you can donate via Paypal. The address for Paypal payments is ridesheffield@gmail.com

    If you’re new to Ride Sheffield, and don’t know what the hell I’m on about, we’re organising the first the ever UK crowd funded mountain bike trail in some woods near Sheffield and the Peak. All the info is here: https://ridesheffield.org.uk/projects/lady-canning%E2%80%99s-plantation-mtb-proposal/ (note that the map is now out of date) (more…)

  • Ride Sheffield approach Derbyshire County Council again…

    So we’re heading back to DCC after their less than positive response to our first letter… Below is the second very nice approach from Ride Sheffield to try and get DCC to talk to us about works they plan to do. We’ll also look to try and get members who live in Derbyshire to support this by contacting their councilors if this one gets a similar response to last time!
    Letter if you’d like to read it here!
    DCC Letter 2

  • Aline Mountain Bike Coaching

    drop-480x400With the summer riding season in full swing, the sun shining on most days and trails in the best condition they have been in for a couple of years, you may still find yourself getting a little frustrated with your riding. Dry trails speed your riding up, trails suddenly feel looser, turns get harder to hit right and even those sections you promised yourself you would clean “once it dries out” still seem a little out of your grasp! (more…)

  • Sheffield’s Trails Under Attack!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ABcjk1xQ0FI

  • Going for a Wiggle in Wigtwizzle…..

    What a great name for a piece of woodland – Wigtwizzle, I love it already and that’s before the fine folk of Sheffield City Council build a brand new bridleway through it.  Where’s Wigtwizzle you might ask, as I did when Ride Sheffield HQ sent me on a mission to check out the proposed route for the new trail.  Well it’s here and I had the pleasure of walking the new route just as summer officially ended and the heavens opened.  However, who cares about being soaked to their underpants if it means we’re going to get a new trail. (more…)

  • AGM: Update

    CIMG5249While we have always had a big meeting in the run up to Christmas, that serves as a bit of a social and quiz; as well as us letting you know what has been going on and giving you a chance to chat to people from the SCC ROW team, Eastern Moors, Wildlife Trust etc. We have also held an AGM for the past two years ever since we became a constitutionalised organisation. While this has always been a more low key event, we thought that as there is a lot more going on with Ride Sheffield we would do a little more this year. (more…)

  • Response from Derbyshire County Concil to our letter

    So following the post below about our approach to DCC we have now had a response from them. As expected it’s not exactly positive unfortunately and we’re currently thinking how best to try and move forward with this. Any sensible suggestions then please let us know!

    Lots of other councils do consult on works, especially large/important ones so it is clearly possible to do so and I think the work we have done with Sheffield City Council shows that it can be very useful.

    We’ll continue to keep you all informed as we try and get something moving with DCC.

    DCC response

  • Cliffhanger 2013 – With Added Biking

    Cliffhanger_logo_new_2013This weekend is the Cliffhanger festival; and this years is set to be bigger and better than ever. Add in the amazing forecast for the weekend a beer tent and its all looking good for an awesome weekend!

    This year see’s even more biking added to the programme and even gives you the opportunity to race too! Here are some of the highlights for you…. (more…)

  • Cycle To The Cinema

    428651_127465494117009_1043773576_nThere are a lot of cool bike related things going on in Sheffield at the moment, new races, new bike themed cafes and the rather excellent Cycle to the Cinema….. (more…)

  • Ride Sheffield approach Derbyshire County Council

    Following the work that Derbyshire County Council carried out on Stanage earlier this year with very little consultation prior to the work being carried out we felt it was right to approach DCC officially to request that they use Ride Sheffield to communicate and consult with mountain bikers on future works and general rights of way matters. (more…)