Summer Social 2017 Ride
On Saturday we celebrated Cafe Adventure’s second birthday with a summer ride. Full image gallery is on our facebook page.
Trail news
Latest updates about our local trails.
Lady Cannings MK2
Reopen after winter hibernation, the boys at Bike Tracks (trail builders) have given the trail a revamp.
Designed as a blue grade trail that is fun for all to ride. Pump, Jump or roll the features it is a great trail to improve technique and build confidence. Located on the border between Sheffield and the Peak District. It is ideal to be used as part of a wider peaks/Sheffield loop.
We will be adding a route from the shop to the example routes page on the website. With the second phase of the trail developments to look forward to in the future. Thanks to Ride Sheffield, Bike Tracks and Sheffield City Council
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Cut Gate Conversations – MTB Advocacy
Today Peak District MTB, Keeper of the Peak and Ride Sheffield launched Cut Gate Path: Collaboration, Consideration, Conservation, Action? To be blunt, I think this is brilliant.
Mountain Bikers taking ownership and leading to find a solution. Cut gate is the jewel in the Peak District trail offering, we mountain bikers are leading the call for its protection and preservation. Being on the front foot, speaking with other users to see what can be done.
Mountain biking advocacy in the UK has historically been miles behind representation from other trail users, we are after all a very young sport.
Written by people who have seen what was happening and decided to do something about it. This document raises some very valid problems and concerns but also talks about solutions.
What is needed now is for it to be spread to as wide as possible. We are proud to have been supporting this project from the start. And are excited to see it progress.
Bridleway Maintenance 2016 – Peak District MTB
As many of you know, we are active within the Peak District MTB digging team. We are organising, and taking part in the dig days.
Jeff has put together a great summary video of this year’s work. If you want to get involved get in touch or send us an email to James@peakdistrictmtb.org
Canadian Adventure 2016, Whistler Mountain Bike Park
As some of you may remember I closed the shop in August 2016 for 2 weeks whilst I was away on holiday. I used the time off to tick off something on my to-do list. Visit Canada more specifically Whistler and the world-renowned bike park.
Whistler Mountain Bike Park, featuring a selection of trails from our two-week trip there this summer Trails include Top of the world, Ride Don’t Slide, Original Sin, Freight Train, Duffman and Lower Whistler Downhill.
Music by Vukovi – Animal
Bridleway Maintenance on Gores
PDMTB volunteers work to clearing drainage and improve the bridleway trail Gores near Ladybower and Derwent in the Peak District. And even get in a bit of riding on it too. Peak District MTB are an advocacy group that aim to improve, preserve and promote mountain biking access within the Peak District National Park. Join us or find more information on our dig days at: peakdistrictmtb.org
Climbing Hope Cross on E-Bikes
We’ve spent years descending the Hope Cross bridleway (aka The Beast) in the Peak District. Now we try climbing it on electric mountain bikes.
Peak District MTB Mudguards
We think this is something of an of win-win. Keep the mud out of your eyes and help to protect the trails that we all love.
Our new Peak District MTB front mudguards are now available from Bike Garage, Bamford and Cafe Adventure, Hope.
Only £9 (all profits are to go towards trail maintenance)
Whinstone – Cutthroat Maintenance Project 001
If you have ridden a Mountain bike in the Peak District chances are that you have ridden this route. The section in question is less than 2km in length cutting across the moors above Ladybower. It forms part of the Derwent Edge loop. But due to various reasons over the years the character and nature of it has changed. Once a narrow ribbon of rocky singletrack, it has widened in part due to its popularity. Not just with bikers but also walkers. Lack of any active maintenance has lead to a spreading of the Bridleway, there other factors at play but enough of the sad stuff.
http://monkeyspoon.com/tracks/track-whinstone-cutthroat
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I have been involved in local MTB advocacy for around 10 years now. In that time a larger maintenance project by a private contractor has been on the cards for the Whinstone Lee tor section. As part of Peak District MTB, I and others have been carrying out maintenance on many local bridleways. With landowner/PDNPA/DCC support these jobs have focused on simple tasks such as removing surface water, repairing erosion and stopping path spread. Simple jobs with the aim of keeping the character of each bridleway the same as it has historically been. Ultimately keeping them fun to ride but making them more sustainable. We started doing this work under the watchful and vastly experienced eye of Martin Sharp. A local PDNPA ranger who has countless years of experience on the Pennine bridleway and routes across the park.
This repair job is somewhat larger than anything else we have attempted before, and we are limited in the scope of what can be done. We have started working on the route at his time of the year in a attempt to have a defined line sorted before spring. Hopefully seeing some of the above will have inspired you to get involved. If it has get in contact or keep an eye on the Peak District MTB facebook page for upcoming dig days.
Lady Cannings & Big Moor
It isn’t often we have to get the map out. But will the opening of the new blue grade trail in Lady Cannings plantation it was time.
Connecting up the short 1.4km loop into a much wider loop worked well. We started from Fox House heading over Houndkirk, a few laps of Lady Cannings before dropping down through Blackamoor. Onto the newish bridleway down big moor. Up onto Rowsley lodge onto Baslow edge and then along to (Via the Ice Cream Van) Curber/Froggat Edge. Normally at this stage, you can pass through Longshaw estate, but due to logging works, we headed straight up the road.