The Not So Dirty Dozen!
Ride Date: 12/06/2016
Distance: 22 Miles
Climbing: 2700ft
Route: White Edge > Curbar Edge > SheepSkulls > Lady Canning's > Devil's Elbow
Riders : Jake, Matt, Deley, Carro, Basil, Duncan, Darren, Dave, Steve, Ian & Paul +1
Lot's and lot's of rain leading up to this ride he me expecting a mudfest rather than the dry trails expected in June. Matt had the plan for the route, sprinkling in some new options to last years route and also a visit to Ride Sheffield's crowd funded trail at Lady Canning's Plantation. We had a new record turn out for a Sunday ride with a full 12 expected. We grouped up just below The Grouse at Froggatt and set off up a new bridleway Matt had found, up on to white edge where it became apparent that the previous week's rain wasn't going to be a problem, with the trails fairly dry bar the odd puddle. We swiftly moved along white edge with only a puncture break, then along Baslow edge and a blast along the superb Curbar Edge, with just the obligatory photo stop. First bit done in just over an hour.
A bit of road took us back past the cars and back up the first bridleway of the day, this time forking left and onto White Edge Moor before dropping back to the road before climbing over Totley Moor and dropping down the excellent, but very sketchy walled descent into SheepSkulls, for some ultra flowy, bermy fun and a play on the jumps for those that had the skillz! We now had a bit of leg work over the remainder of Totley and onto Houndkirk moor up to Lady Canning's for the Blue graded trail that get's better the faster you ride it. From here it's the mega fast blast back along Houndkirk and down the aptly named Jumble Road, before everyone's favourite Devil's Elbow, a beast of rocks & roots where good line choice is essential to keep the flow. Plenty of smiles and talk of near misses at the bottom.
Unfortunately, the Devil bit of Devil's elbow is the push up back out of it (there's got to be an easier way, surely) This pretty much finished everyone off and just left a roll back along the road with the bonus, but moist descent from the hunting lodge down to the cars. There was a slight delay as we lost Carro somewhere on Devil's Elbow & the pint in the grouse was very well deserved.
An excellent ride all in, weather wasn't too bad with only a bit of cooling drizzle, a record turn out and some fantastic descents, very well ridden by everyone, especially Ian, Steve & his two lads, who had only really ridden trail centres before this ride.
Distance: 22 Miles
Climbing: 2700ft
Route: White Edge > Curbar Edge > SheepSkulls > Lady Canning's > Devil's Elbow
Riders : Jake, Matt, Deley, Carro, Basil, Duncan, Darren, Dave, Steve, Ian & Paul +1
Lot's and lot's of rain leading up to this ride he me expecting a mudfest rather than the dry trails expected in June. Matt had the plan for the route, sprinkling in some new options to last years route and also a visit to Ride Sheffield's crowd funded trail at Lady Canning's Plantation. We had a new record turn out for a Sunday ride with a full 12 expected. We grouped up just below The Grouse at Froggatt and set off up a new bridleway Matt had found, up on to white edge where it became apparent that the previous week's rain wasn't going to be a problem, with the trails fairly dry bar the odd puddle. We swiftly moved along white edge with only a puncture break, then along Baslow edge and a blast along the superb Curbar Edge, with just the obligatory photo stop. First bit done in just over an hour.
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| Carro "Flicks The Bird" on White Edge |
Unfortunately, the Devil bit of Devil's elbow is the push up back out of it (there's got to be an easier way, surely) This pretty much finished everyone off and just left a roll back along the road with the bonus, but moist descent from the hunting lodge down to the cars. There was a slight delay as we lost Carro somewhere on Devil's Elbow & the pint in the grouse was very well deserved.
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| Standard "arty" shot of the lads on Curbar Edge |
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