Peaty’s Steel City Downhill – This Weekend

"This year's Steel City Downhill will be awesome. It's such a great atmosphere for spectators and riders combined – get up here and give the racers a cheer, sample the great food and sink an ale" – Steve Peat

This Saturday will see 300 racers and over 3000 spectators gather in Grenoside woods, attracting mountain bike fans from across the country. The sixth Steel City Downhill will be bigger and better than ever before as it's Peaty's last race season before his retirement from competing in World Cups. His #LastOrders.

From midday, riders will set off from the start ramp at 30-second intervals, flying down the trail at high speeds with a second opportunity to beat their time later on in the afternoon. With entrants from kids to Grannies, World Cup racers to first-timers, the event really is one of a kind.

This year we are going all out with food and drink stalls. Including Street Food Chef, Nether Edge Pizza Co., Bradfield Brewery, Whirlow Hall Farm, Adventure Cafe and the Bean Rover. Add music and entertainment throughout the day, plus it being free of charge, it's a great day out. Just bring a noise maker to cheer the riders down the hill with and savour a great festival atmosphere that the whole family can enjoy. We have a long list of exhibitors to keep you entertained including our own merchandise stall with the raddest Tees' and Hoodies known to man thanks to TADO.

We're out to raise as much money for the trails as possible so please bring plenty of cash to buy our merchandise, it all goes back into the woods. Please also bring as many friends and family as you can.

After the race we're all off to the New Barrack Tavern on Penistone Road where each racer will receive a free pint of Bradfield Ale to celebrate and commiserate with all our mates.

Parking

If you are driving to the race you must park in our official car park. Parking anywhere else, in the public greno car park or on the road, jeopardises the running of the race on the day and in future. Please be responsible and tell others if you see them. We want to keep running this race!

Parking is in Farmer Jack's field, at Hall Head Farm on Woodhead Road, the entrance will be clearly marked. It is marked on the map above by the car and the closest postcode is S35 7DS but don't rely on it for a Sat Nav. Do not try to come in the exit, it is a one-way system.

Parking is £3 per vehicle and offsets the loss of hay earnings from damage to the grass in the field. The car park opens at 7am it will close for entry at 3pm. It's about a 10-minute walk to the start of the track from here. Please remove your car as soon as possible after the race.

Auctions

This year we have a great frame donated by SantaCruz UK to auction off to swell the trail building fund. We just need you to buy it! They have given us a Santa Cruz Tallboy frame with Fox CTD shock. This is currently for sale over on Ebay. Please bid generously, this is a very good cause.

ALSO!

Sixth Element has donated a Carbon Wheel Set for us to auction off. They will build a brand new carbon wheelset to your specification in any wheel size and width. This is an amazing offer as they retail for £900 with Hope hubs and Unidirectional weave Toray T700 Carbon Rims, enhanced with 3K weave around the internal spoke bead. These are also on sale over on Ebay…get bidding!

Tombola

This year we will be running a tombola for a large selection of prizes. Tickets will be only £1 with a star prize of £250 of JE James vouchers. Every race sponsor will also be providing a prize for the prize pot, so there will be lots to choose from.

Prizes

If the racers finish in the top 3, they will receive a great prize from one of our sponsors.

Lads

Ripper – The Cycle Barn
Juvenile – Expert bike repair
Youth – Bike Garage
Junior – Joystick
Senior – Polaris
Master – Hope
Veteran – Hop Hideout

Lasses

Senior – Polaris
Master – THE Industries
Veteran – Bike Rehab

Pro-Elite

Pro-Elite – Leighton vans a £500 prize purse Pro Ladies – 60Sticks a £500 prize purse

Every winner will get a medal made by Sheffield Legends TADO.

Aline Coaching are giving away a day's coaching to our most mid-pack racers. One lad and lass will receive expert tuition to improve their race performance to try to get you on the podium next time.

Totally Insured are giving away £200 to the rider with the best crowd pleaser over the 'Jolley Gap Jump' at the top of the track.

JE James have donated a £250 voucher which will go to our 200th overall placed rider. Everyone gets a chance to win!

This year's racer goodie bags will be packed like never before:

• Hook It Products have kindly donated a custom race mudguard for every racer. Let's hope we don't need them on the day.
• There will be a bottle of Beer from Bradfield brewery
• Clif Bar is giving one of their delicious and nutritious out to every racer.
• Biketrack.org , who built the track in the first place, are giving away a custom water bottle to every racer
• You will also receive a SCDH stem Cap!
• Eighteen Bikes are kindly giving all our hard working marshals a goodie bag to take home.

First run race times:

12:00 – Rippers
12:07 – Juvenile
12:12 – Youth
12:18 – Junior
12:27 – Veteran Ladies
12:33 – Master Ladies
12:41 – Senior Ladies
12:49 – Veteran
13:15 – Master
13:45 – Senior
14:10 – Pro-Elite

To keep up to date on all things Steel City you can visit Steelcitydh.com and follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

The race is run as a not for profit event, with all funds raised from the race going directly back into the trails in Greno Woods and to support mountain bike projects around the city.

For a taster from last year's event follow this link.

See you in the woods… don't forget to buy Peaty a beer to Celebrate #lastorders!