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 – Local

• – ‘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.
• – ‘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.
• – Dig day dates, news and directions, for the now official DH tracks in the Forestry Commission owned Wharncliffe Woods.
• MTB Sharp Peak District Route Files – About 30 Peak Districts routes in Memory Map (.mmo) and Tracklogs (.trl) formats (which requires commerical software), with a few .gpx files that can viewed with Google Earth.
• – A local Internet based business located in Hathersage specialising in a wide range of outdoor goods, including biking suff. You can view products in their Hathersage showroom before you buy online. With a 5% discount available to Monkeyspoon users.
• – Bike Repairs in Hathersage by Hike Bike & Ride. You may recognise some of the staff…
• – ‘Ride the Peak is a group open to all with like-minded interests in maintaining and enhancing mountain biking in the Peak District.’
• 18 Bikes – The bike shop in Hope, opposite the Woodrofe Arms, at the back of the little courtyard.
• – 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.
• Derwent Cycle Hire – Dont have your own bike? why not hire one from the Fairholmes visitor centre and explore the Upper Derwent Valley.
• Bolsover & District Cycling Club – MTB & Road Club from North East Derbyshire with a fairly extensive website.
• Facebook Group: Sheffield MTB Access – Representing access interests for Sheffield’s Mountain Bikers
• Facebook Group: Mountain Biking in the Peak District – A group dedicated to riding in one of the UK’s biggest national parks; The Peak District.

Mountain Biking – General

• Disfunktional Dirt – ‘Representing Yorkshire Freeride & Dirt Development’ – News, videos and a forum.
• DHP England – ‘Bike community & apparel’
• – 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.
• Fearingout – A MTBing blog by riders from the Macclesfield area.
• UK Downhill Venue Locations Map – This Google Earth KMZ file, host by Southern Downhill, show a map of locations for Downhill facilities in the UK. Be sure to read associated info and check the information is up to date as some venues are race only and access agreements for places may hav
• – Pearce Cycles Race Page – Has all the details for the Pearce Cycles racing events over in Shropshire.
• – Canadian site 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.’
• – A Downhill and Freeride Mountain Biking Guide for course video’s, news, reviews, technical documents, and user gallery. With a post of 3 excellent videos every friday.
• 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.
• – One of the best online MTB shops, for all of your biking needs.
• – 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.
• – 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.’

Media

• – ShAFF (Sheffield Adventure Film Festival) 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.
• IMB – International Mountain Bike Magazine – A free online mountain bike magazine published every two months. You don’t need to download it, you view online in a great flash based system.
• 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 group of filmmakers, photographers, and mountain bikers who have made three epic mountain biking films: The Collective, ROAM and Seasons. All of which are now available on DVD. Random Fact: Seasons features a scenic shot of WinHill in the Peak District.
• Rip TV – A site streaming extreme sports programs, including Drop In tv. Content changes every 48 hours.
• Stund – A five episode pro video available completely free and downloadable.
• – This website has lots of cool mountain bike clips, Enjoy! They also stream live coverage of DH World Cup rounds.
• – A channel on Vimeo, a video sharing site, with videos about Mountain Biking in the Peak District.
• MTB Cut – Short videos from the world of mountain biking, covering recent events and other interesting clips.
• 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 Vimeo – Our videos on Vimeo, under the user name of Monkeyspoon.
• Monkeyspoon on Youtube – Our videos on Youtube, under the user name of MonkeyspoonMTBing.

Useful Stuff

• Mountain Weather Peak District Forecast – A detailed text forecast of Peak District whether conditions for high ground.
• BBC Weather Hope Valley – The BBC’s weather forecast for the Hope Valley/Sheffield area. They might not get it right, but it gives us something to complain about when we’re getting soaked.
• 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 Maps – Planing on getting an Ordnance Survey map? Why not get a waterproof one that lasts ages!? Monkeyspoon users can get a 10% discount by simply using the search box on Tracks page.
• – Hopefully this is the only time you’ll see these guys, they are all volunteers and rely on charitable donations to operate.

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