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shepherdjack
25-05-2004, 14:59
HI,

I HAVE LIVED IN SHEFFIELD SINCE SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND HAVE ONLY JUST MANAGED TO GET MY BIKE DOWN FROM CUMBIRA!! I AM NOT ACTUALLY A STUDENT YET, I AM TAKING A GAP YEAR BUT WILL BE GOING TO SHEFFIELD UNI NEXT YEAR!!

I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYONE OUT THERE (MALE OR FEMALE) WHO FANCIED MEETING UP FOR A RIDE EITHER IN THE EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS, POSS GO FOR A JAR OR TWO AFTER!?

I USED TO DO A BIT OF TRIALS AND SOME JUMPING BUT WOULD BE UP FOR JUST GENERAL RIDING REALLY!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED POST ME A REPLY OR DROP ME A MAIL ON

shepherdjack77@hotmail.com

CHEERS

JACK

hudu
26-05-2004, 18:25
Thursdays at 6pm Bike Track @ Bolehill Recreation Ground at Crookes.
Dirtsociety BMX and MTB club....if you still got the odd jump in you.
Kids of 6 up to old geezers 40+.

daevh
03-06-2004, 10:18
Hudu,

have they changed bole hills recently?

spotted this pic on your website and its looking very different to last time i went (which will have been ages ago now...).

http://www.dirtsociety.com/B-H-04-f_2.jpg

looks like they've fillled the middle in and the jumps look smaller :(

Conor_Boyd
04-06-2004, 15:46
i clicked on that image link not really knowing what to expect...

my god - that is a serious jump spot. have to go there at some stage. im really crap but what the hell

would be rude not to ;)

...any more places that are good?

slh73
04-06-2004, 20:06
Theres the Chainbreaker trails, at the bottom of Twentywell Lane ( link (http://www.extremesports.ltd.uk/wheretoride/chainbreakers-trails.htm) ). Theres also a mini downhill BMX track type thing in Wincobank ( link (http://www.extremesports.ltd.uk/wheretoride/wincobank-bmx-track.htm ) )

hudu
06-06-2004, 19:43
The bolehills has had a recent re-vamp and re-surface for the summer. We have built a new mini track in the centre for nippers/beginners. Well worth a visit, so much stuff to ride for all abilities. And we've mad most stuff much bigger!
Club nights thursdays at 6pm as I mentioned - plus we have a round of the Midland Region Series up there on 4th July.

LOads of places to ride around Sheff. The Wincobank one is another one that I built too. Message via the dirtsociety site for details.

:thumbsup:

Conor_Boyd
07-06-2004, 11:05
so is it all bmx then at these places or are there a some mtb bsx riders in there? im an mtb man myself so was wondering about the etiquette.

does everyone get on ok?

hudu
07-06-2004, 11:17
Its all good.

Lots people tend to ride both, myself included. Much prefer the bmx though, far more dangerous! :D

Conor_Boyd
07-06-2004, 11:22
yeah... was watching some of the bmx riders in the devonshire ramps a while back and they are pretty insane. there is something about hitting a ramp / drop at about 30mph that is my bag though :)

hudu
08-06-2004, 10:36
..,35 mph will come in useful on a few of the Bolehill jumps....:P