What we did this summer

& Last Saturday Club

It’s been a right busy summer! We’ve been taking bikes and the ‘Not Shore’ obstacle course all over - including Heeley Festival, Lowedges, Cliffhanger, Ecclesall & Wheata Woods, Parkwood Springs, York, Bradford and Liverpool. That’s all as well as Last Saturday Club at Greenhill Park and Meersbrook Park. We’ve really enjoyed riding with loads of folks and are looking forward to a last few sessions in half term before the bad weather comes in.

I’d really like to thank Barclays Spaces for Sport and the CTC, amongst others, for continuing to support us to deliver free sessions to the young people of Sheffield.

It's Last Saturday Club at Greenhill and Meersbrook on 24th September, and we hope to see you there. 11:30am Greenhill, 2:30pm Meersbrook.

Make sure you’re on our mailing list to find out about the free events running in half term – email bmx@heeleydevtrust.com for details or to get on the list. On your bikes!

It's Summer, Let's Ride:

It's the summer holidays and we've got a programme of rides to get involved with.
This includes free guided Mountain Bike Rides for 8-13 year olds, but you must book on for these. Email bmx@heeleydevtrust.com soon for your place.


Dates:

30th July: Last Saturday Club
11:30-13:30 at Greenhill.
14:30-16:30 at Meersbrook


1st August: Ecclesall Woods Mountain bike ride
10:00-12:30: Introduction to basic techniques and trails.
13:00-14:30: Intermediate session - further trails and techniques.
Please email or call to book.


9th August: Wheata Woods Mountain bike ride
10:00-12:30: Introduction to basic techniques and trails.
13:00-14:30: Intermediate session - further trails and techniques.
Please email or call to book.


11th August: Wheata Woods Mountain bike ride
10:00-12:30: Introduction to basic techniques and trails.
13:00-14:30: Intermediate session - further trails and techniques.
Please email or call to book.


14th August: Lowedges Festival, Greenhill Park.
North Shore, Games and Skills session. 12:00 - 16:00


27th August: Last Saturday Club
CANCELLED due to staff shortages.


24th September: Last Saturday Club
11:30-13:30 at Greenhill.
14:30-16:30 at Meersbrook


Please call or email bmx@heeleydevtrust.com to book onto the mountain bike sessions.


For any of the sessions, you need to fill in a consent form.
You are allowed to bring your own bike and helmet.
We'll bring bikes, helmets and everything else.

Hope to see you there!

Ride this Easter:

We're running three sessions next week at Greenhill and Meersbrook, and we want you there on a bike!

We'll be running North Shore sessions as well as lots of games and maybe some sessions in the skate bowl (Meersbrook) and on the ramps (Greenhill).

All the sessions run from 12pm til 4pm. You need consent forms. We'll bring bikes, helmets and everything else.

Dates:
Meersbrook:20/4/11 Weds
Greenhill: 21/4/11 Thurs
Meersbrook:22/4/11 Fri

And don't forget Last Saturday Club is coming up in a couple of weeks - 30th April.
11:30-13:30 at Greenhill.
14:30-16:30 at Meersbrook


Lovely video below:
Local lads in Sheffield, with some lovely cameras and riding.
Well worth checking them out on Vimeo - lots more local vids.

Learn & share BMX Skills for the next 5 weeks @ Meersbrook Bowl.

Come along and work on dropping in and pumping round the bowl as well as some games on the tennis courts.

3pm while 5pm. Tuesdays. Starting on 22nd Feb, running through til 22nd March

Who knows, you could be as good as Drew Bezanson soon:

SIMPLE SESSION 2011 - Drew Bezanson from JC Pieri on Vimeo.

Seen on Prollyisnotprobably.

ReCycle Rides is back this month

It's the return of ReCycle Rides including Last Saturday Club this month. It's been a busy, snowy windy time the last few months and we've not managed to ride that much.

We've secured some more funding to run activities at Meersbrook and Greenhill this spring and hope to run lots of stuff through the year.
To receive up to date information, please sign up to our mailing list at the bottom of the site, or email ed - bmx@heeleydevtrust.com

Everything we're running is free and open access. We're running four events in half term, come and give it a go.

Programme:

Tues 22nd Feb: After School BMX Club 15:00-17:00
Bike Club focussing on BMX riding in the bowl,
but all welcome as long as you can ride
without stabilizers.
This is running Every Tues for 5 weeks!
Come to get your bike skills.

Weds 23rd Feb: Meersbrook North Shore and BMX day 12:00-16:00
Half term event with North Shore obstacle course
Come see if you can ride the course. Also
playing games on the tennis courts and just
having fun on bikes.

Fri 25th Feb: Greenhill North Shore and BMX day 12:00-16:00
Half term event with North Shore obstacle course
Come see if you can ride the course. Lets
have fun on bikes.

Sat 26th Feb: Last Saturday Club.
11:30am-1:30pm: Greenhill LSC in Greenhill Park
2:30pm - 4:30pm: Meersbrook LSC in Meersbrook Park
Last Saturday Club - Last Saturday of the Month.
Give it a go!



And here's something we won't be trying. This month Bienve Aguado performed the first ever double front flip on a bike. Worth a look:

ReCycle Launch Elements

We've launched a new venture this week - Elements: The Sheffield Mountainbike School

We're teaching adults the elements of mountain biking and running guided rides around the Peak.

To find out more, check out our new flyer for it here:

http://bit.ly/fZxdXm

And, in case anyone needs more videos of playing on bikes, here's more Danny Macaskill. Sure sponsership is doing him well...

It got cold!

Weather's really drawing in now, and the woods are just a bit too wet to ride the mountain bike - difficult to ride and you'll really damage trails riding them now. Best to wait til it gets a bit drier, or freezes. Instead, I've been going out on the BMX to Meersbrook and Millhouses, and the road bike into the Peaks.

Half Term: We had a great time working with folks in Greenhill, Parson Cross and Meersbrook over the school holidays, and looking forward to starting up BMX clubs again in the new year.
It's just too wet and cold at the minute to run the club, as we'd probably have to cancel it.
BUT, you can still ride your bike! Gloves and a beanie hat under your helmet will go a long way.

Sign up to our mailing list at the bottom of the site, if you haven't already.

While it's raining, time to watch some videos of people riding, and to sort your own bike out with a service.

Enjoy:

Danny MacAskill's new video:


And some Dirt Jumping from over the pond:

Half Term with ReCycle Rides:


We've got free events running in half term, and want you to come ride with us.

We've got some BMX and more general bike skills sessions running, and we're also taking our North Shore course out and about. Come and have a go! We'll be taking bikes, helmets and pads, or you can bring your own. Come and try out your skills!
Please note change of time for Meersbrook Last Saturday Club.

Programme:

Tues 26th: Parson Cross BMX Park

13:00 – 15:00 BMX Park skills and bike games

Weds 27th: Meersbrook Park North Shore

12:00 – 16:00 North Shore obstacle course

Fri 29th: Greenhill Park North Shore

12:00 – 16:00 North Shore obstacle course

Sat 30th: Greenhill Last Sat Club

11:30 – 13:30 BMX park skills and games

Sat 30th: Meersbrook Last Sat Club

14:30 – 16:30 BMX park skills and games

Now, video of the month for me is some homegrown talent. Check this out. The video is beautifully shot, features some excellent riding by Tom Kilkoyne. Other than being a bit compressed, seems like a pretty flawless edit...

Tom Peters' 'Bike Stunts'

LSC Cancelled!

I am really sorry to say that, due to staffing problems, we will not be able to run Last Saturday Club this weekend. We will be running the October LSC as the last one of the year, and also will be putting on events in half term.
Sorry to do this to you, we hope it won't happen again.

ED

PS: in the meantime - have a look at this!
Seen on FixedGearBlog


EMBED-Cool Freestyle Tricks On Lame Bike

BMX - Chapeltown and a video:

We were down in Chapeltown at the weekend, working with loads of kids running a best trick and time trial competition at Charlton Brook. Thanks to the Friend of Charlton Brook for asking us to come along, and to all the riders who got involved.
We saw some amazing skills and tricks, reminding me of a video I saw on the tube last week:


Beautifully smooth natural looking riding, and ridiculously good tricks. And one of the best shot bmx videos I've seen in a long time. Check it out! Anyone out there got their own videos?