How to donate to The Ride Sheffield RADmires Fund!
A few people have asked if we can make it simpler to donate to Ride Sheffield, so we’ve had a read up on Paypal buttons to get things sorted for everyone! Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2015
It Was Alrad On The Night – Winter Social
Five years? Five years?!
Photo: Sue Duke
Yes, Ride Sheffield has been going for five years and last night’s Winter Social was, as much as anything else, a celebration of all the things Sheffield’s mountain bike community has achieved. And a good proportion of Sheffield’s MB community were there to share in that celebration and, of course, the cake! Continue reading
RADmires – New Crowd Funder Announced
It’s official! At last nights’ 5th Birthday Meeting, we announced our latest Crowd Funder:
RADmires
After the massive success of Lady Cannings we are at it again, this time at Redmires, which sits between Stannage Edge and Sheffield City.
First a little recap of what we achieved Lady Cannings:
– First and currently only crowd funded mountain bike trail in the UK, possibly the world.
– First dedicated mountain bike trail to be built in the Peak District National Park
– Over 14,000 runs down in 14 weeks since it opened on Strava alone
– £75,000 raised between crowd funding, local business donations and Go Outdoors major contribution to complete Phase 1 and the additional trails to be built in 2016. Continue reading
The Only Way Is Ethics….
Should Ride Sheffield impose a voluntary ban where trails have become badly eroded, even if the erosion is not entirely the fault of riders? John Horscroft examines the issues…. Continue reading