We're 18! Posted on 17 July 2024 0 We are 18! Well, yes - we're 18 Bikes, but what we mean is that we're 18 years old this year. Seems only fitting to have a bit of a celebration, so we're inviting everyone to join us for food, festivities and bike rides! We'll be at Hope Sports Club from midday, with rides starting at 2 followed by food and beers till 10pm We'll be doing mountain bike, ebike and gravel rides, details below! Food to be confirmed but beer from Intrepid Brewing Company and tunes from A57 Audio We've set up a Facebook event, you can sign up to that to keep up to date with the plans, or keep an eye on this blog post which we'll update too. Hope to see you there! Timings on the day - 12pm 'til close, bar with 2 draught beers from local brewery Intrepid. Bar will be by the pump track, which is now open! All proceeds will go to support Hope Pump track's crowdfunder. - 2pm onwards, choice of MTB and gravel rides (details below) - aiming to be back 5-6pm - 3pm onwards, tunes from a selection of super talented DJs (us). No requests. ;-) - 6pm 'til close, hot dogs, salads and more. Food will be at the Sport Club pavillion. Again, all proceeds go to Hope Pump Track The rides; See below for details of each ride. As well as the main Facebook event for the party, we've set up separate Facebook events for each of the 3 rides. Please sign up via the links to help us to have an idea of numbers on the day! 18km MTB ride - 18.8km/500m climbing - Hope to Castleton on the road/Broken Road/Mam Tor/Edale/Jaggers/Hope Cross/Roman road - Mountain bike terrain, but all bikes/ebikes welcome - Steady pace, regrouping at gates, no-one left behind! - Click here for the route - Please sign up to the Facebook event if you're coming, helps us to manage numbers! Click here! 18miles MTB/Ebike ride - 30km/750m climbing - Roman Road/Beast/Rowlee farm/Hagg Side/Fairholmes/Sheep shed/Derwent Edge/Thornhill - Mountain bike terrain. Intended as the Ebike group ride, but all welcome! - Steady pace, regrouping at gates, no-one left behind! - Click here for the route - Please sign up to the Facebook event if you're coming, helps us to plan numbers! Click here! 36km Gravel ride - 36km/850m climbing - Pindale/Tideswell moor/Wheston/Hucklow/Abney/Shatton - Gravel route, but all bikes welcome! - Steady pace, regrouping at gates, no-one left behind! - Click here for the route - Please sign up to the Facebook event if you're coming, helps us to plan numbers. Click here!