Lots to say, no time to say it!! The final grass corner was the absolute bomb!!! So much fun was had paddling across the final centimetres… the cheers for all were deafening. The biggest cheer of the night though went to Kel Parkin, who in her first Dual race made it to the small final and smashed it… unlike her fella… Sam. Keep trying Sam, I’m sure Kel’s got some tips for you!
Nick Hamilton
Howard Street Dual 2018 – Saturday March 10th
The ultimate form of head to head mountain bike racing returns to Sheffield City Centre on the 10th March to celebrate the Outdoor City Weekender. The devilishly difficult Howard Street Dual course will pitch the best riders against each other and the resulting spectacle will surprise and delight seasoned race fans, families of all ages and unsuspecting passers by. To enhance the drama this year we will be racing in the dark; once the sun goes down the course will be lit up making the elbow to elbow action even more entertaining.
Made possible by Sheffield City Council the riders will race from the top of Hallam Square, across the front from Sheffield Hallam university’s main building and on down to the bottom of Howard street. They must negotiate a series of features sendable by the best and rollable by all. It mixes man-made constructions with street furniture, flat grass corners and custom wooden features. Last year the finish fadeaway and infamous chaos corner claimed many riders winning ways.
Winter Dual Round 3 – If pictures tell a thousand words what do videos do?
Another instant classic, endcliffes grip turned to grease in the space of 3 runs leaving the action sideways and shoulder to shoulder. The ridge line track features one very big right hander which is engineered to bring riders in to very close proximity and the shutdowns, shoves and blatant takes outs flowed
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WINter dual – Round 2 – Parkwood the Christmas special
Two weeks ago conditions for Dualling were ideal, this week, they were god awful. We know it’s winter, we know it’s supposed to be cold and wet and dark and miserable. But does it really have to do all 4 at the same time?
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Do yourself a favour, watch this production from deep in Sheffield Woodlands and our unique Peak. Sit back, be inspired and remember the joy you felt when you first dicked about on bikes
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Baybutt vs Capper, in the first leg. Photo: Rob Shaw
Where is your Happy place? Winter Dual Round 1 – 2018
On Wednesday night I was reminded that mine is in the woods, on my bike, racing dual with a great bunch of mates old and new. I had a massive smirk on my face all night. I felt at home and content, pushing bright orange leaves aside with my tyres, blinded on my push back up by the lights positioned to illuminate our sideways journeys down the hill.
As the first race of the series there was a lot of catching up to do and lots of new friends to meet. Everything is word of mouth, friends of friends, no Dicks. Last year’s winter series was another classic with a great battle for the top step of the podium and Dave Camus victorious for the first time. Lower down the table new racers were making their mark with Rob Shaw getting hooked and never missing a race. The Pearson’s both fought back from poor starts to finish Tim 2nd and Chris 4th with a Monk breaking both his cherry and the top 5. Jake was 3rd. What happened to Will Swinden? Well as we have learnt over the years, the key to doing well in the overall is mainly just turning up. Will forgot that.
Howard St Dual – This Saturday
We know you love mountain bike racing and this Saturday Dual Slalom racing will take over the streets of Sheffield. The most exciting form of mountain bike racing is going to be the centre piece of the Outdoor City Weekender.
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Steel City Dual Slalom: The Howard St Dual – Saturday March 18th
The most exciting form of mountain bike racing comes to the streets of Sheffield to celebrate the Outdoor City Weekender on the 18th March
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SS16-01: Baybutt Memorial Gravity Race
After a year’s hiatus I cannot tell you how good it was to blow the dust off the summer series and get the crew back together. Although short, this series will be perfectly formed and was kicked off in style; The Baybutt Memorial Gravity race. This is so named as Richard Baybutt was so inspired by the first time he raced Grav Bikes that he has dedicated far too many hours, called in many favours (big up Matt Bowns!) and came out with his own dedicated UberRad gravity bike. He just needed a race to prove his worth.
Do you even podcast Bro?
If you listen really carefully you can hear Nick talking alongside his BlueSteel Partner in crime, Adela Carter, about how BlueSteel strength and conditioning came to be
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