Any one know of any MB clubs/groups in Sheffield that like going down hill more than going up, more off road than on preferably.

All ideas are welcome.

jon

Search this area as there's been a few threads of this nature.

If I were you I'd head out Wharncliffe way and hitch up with any people you see in there. Most groups of riders welcome another couple of wheels on the route.

You can finish the ride off with a swift pint in Grenoside or Oughtibridge too :)

Thanks man, been up there before and thought it was excellent kinda fearing getting lost up there though as it is so huge.

Wharncliffe is suprisingly easy to find your way around, believe it or not.

If ever you get lost in there, just head downhill till you get to the railway track, then turn left along it and keep following it till you get to Oughtibridge village!

The track runs all the way through, pretty much along the bottom. There only one bridge over it and a couple of tunnels under it, so you're unlikely to ever be lower down the hill than the railway.

There is a good route set out in the woods that you can follow, marked out by posts with ring markers on them, or small signs with arrows on them.

The black run is a good treck round the woods, and its fairly easy to follow the route.
If you're out there on a Saturday you'll never travel far without seeing other riders, so ask them where the good trails are and they might show you some of the other cool stuff off the beaten track. :thumbsup:

There's a really great, non-technical descent that starts at the top corner of Wharncliffe Chase at the very top of the forest, goes over and then under two railways, and finishes off in Deepcar - brilliant for hardtail/short travel DHing!

Its at the very far end of the woods - and its a bit quieter than the Oughtibridge end, so you come across fewer walkers/horses on the trails too, which is a bonus!

Its about 3/4 minutes from beginning to end, with little pedalling, and it makes a change from the usual Wharncliffe super-rooty technical, rock-garden filled DH runs!

I'm rabbiting on now, but I really love the place! I spent most of my teenage years riding bikes and building trails down through those woods :)

try www.freeride-uk.co.uk 'tis a sight for local mountain bikers.

Thanks Jack I will have another try up there, see what I find, didn't realise there was some north shore style trails up there guess I didn' go deep enough off the beaten track, thanks for the advice.

Willman your link doesn't work... found a bit of info about wharncliffe on a free ride site though, thanks.

"it makes a change from the usual Wharncliffe super-rooty technical, rock-garden filled DH runs!"

AHHH i still feel the pain ;)

theres loads of stupid stuff as well as some good xc stuff,ive met loads of bikers from miles and miles away out for a day on the trails there,as well as the local riders,
as said ,say hi to someone and ask if you can tag along ,

and if you see a "dale" with green tyres and a sweating to death bloke on board give him a shout !...its prob just me :D

see ya over there ,

JJ..:D

Evening,

Your idea of biking sounds good to me......If you've found any clubs can you let me know please? Otherwise if you fancy a ride PM me.

i have got a new bike it is good and i like biking

I'm off to the swiss alps on saturday to enjoy some of the finest trails ever known to man! Take the lift up, 1000 metres of down at my disposal, take the lift up etc.

I'll be up for a ride upon my return...

wot bike you got i have a trek

A giant XTC2 2003 model. Its lovely - nice and light. Tho the bottom bracket is soon to break I think.