This is the links page where you will find links to other cool sites we like or find useful.
Feel free to add any relevant links as a comment.

Mountain Biking

DHP England – ‘Bike community & apparel’

Disfunktional-Dirt – “Representing Yorkshire Freeride & Dirt Development” – Regular MTB news and Wharncliffe info.

North West Riders – Riders from Oldham, info on Buckstones.

Fearingout – A MTBing website run by riders in the Macclesfield area.

“Information about mountain biking in the East Midlands and Peak District and also some other bike related stuff!” – They have some good XC routes and some funny crash videos too.

Wharncliffe.info – Dig day dates, news and directions, for the now official DH tracks in the Forestry Commission owned Wharncliffe Woods. Also see this detailed guide to the No Human course on nohuman.co.uk.

Ride the Peak – “Ride the Peak is a group open to all with like-minded interests in maintaining and enhancing mountain biking in the Peak District.”

Woodbine Cafe- A biker friendly cafe, located in the centre of Hope. A welcome place to stop on long riders and get a pint of tea and talk to other riders.

A local Internet based business located in Hathersage specialising in a wide range of outdoor goods, including biking. With a 5% discount available for all Monkeyspoon users. Discount Code only displayed to logged-in Users.

“dedicated to addicts of the downward pull” – Race report and general articles, as well as a forum with a lot info relevant to riding in the Sheffield area including Wharncliffe and the Peak District.

A great chat forum with many boards, for things like general stuff, kit, races, media and buying & selling. A great source of info for biking.

For all North Shore news, great website, huge links section.

‘moredirt aims to become the total resource for UK mountain bikers, providing one of largest UK mountain bike trails directory, along with local bike shops, reviews and accommodation listings.’

The Cycling section of the All-Out Sport website, with links to many great mountain biking sites. – ‘All-Out Sport is a social sports website that introduces you to activities you’ve probably never thought of.’

One of the best online MTB shops, for all of your biking needs.

TF Tuned Shox – They Providing Tuning, Service and Sales of mountain bike suspension covering all the major manufacturers After dealing with these guys i have been extremely impressed. If you ever need advice they are more than happy to help.

Park Tool Repairs – This website has a “extensive library of repair instructions” which cover the majority of mountain bike repairs making it a great place to start, before you take your bike to bits. Their tools ain’t bad either.

Pearce Cycles Race Page – Has all the details for the Pearce Cycles racing events over in Shropshire.

Ride to Roam – “putting the case for increased access to the countryside for cyclists”

Media

ShAFF features a variaty of films about outdoor aventure actives, including mountain biking. It’s a yearly event held around the end of February at Showroom cinema in Sheffield. Our short film was shown there in 2008.

The Collective – A group of film makers who have made three epic mountain biking films: The Collective, ROAM and Seasons.

Stund – A five episode pro video available completely free and downloadable.

MTBCUT.TV – Short videos from the world of mountain biking, covering recent events and other interesting clips.

This website has lots of cool mountain bike clips, Enjoy!

Rip Tv – A site streaming extreme sports programs, including Drop In tv. Content changes every 48 hours.

No that isn’t a misprint, I’ve got no idea how to pronounce it but I do know anyone can upload video files for free and there are loads of videos on there for lots of extreme sports as well as MTBing.

Xtreme Downhill Racing make some great short movies of regular guys doing their stuff down the mountain side, and cover many of the races in the Midlands and Welsh borders area. They’re also on Youtube and Myspace.

Wideopen Magazine – A decent free to download online bike magazine. Focusing on race news as well other areas of UK mountain biking. The magazine is released every few months in PDF format and the blog is regularly updated with news.

A cool freely downloadable online bike magazine. It has pictures for the previous season sent in by people. Currently located here.

Flipper ~ Mountain bike photography – Loads of great mountain biking pictures by a proffesional, including pictures from a lot of world cup rounds and other DH and 4X races.

Monkeyspoon on Youtube – Our videos on Youtube, under the user name of MonkeyspoonMTBing.

Useful Stuff

Peak Cycle Hire – Offering hire of On-One 456 mountain bikes, as these guys don’t have a shop you can arrange delivery and pick up of the hire bikes. Check the website for details and costs.

Derwent cycle Hire – Dont have your own bike? why not hire one from the Derwent visitor centre and explore the Upper Derwent Valley.

BBC Weather – The BBC’s UK weather forecast. Also check their Hope Valley forecast. They might not get it right, but it gives us something to complain about when we’re getting soaked .

Met Office Weather – It’s also worth looking at the Met Office weather forecast as it gives a slightly different perspective on things.

OS Get a map – THE maps to get you around the countryside, this online version of Ordnance Survey’s maps shows a small window but it gives you an idea of tracks, distance, elevation and ‘the lie of the land’.

Aqua3 – Planing on getting an Ordnance Survey map? Why not get a waterproof one that lasts ages!?
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