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team road.cc Sheffield rideout report

Last Sunday’s team road.cc rideout in the Peak District was full of fun, fiendish climbs and flapjack to finish

road.cc headed north to Sheffield for the latest team road.cc rideout, and what a ride it was. The crew from the city’s Decathlon store laid on some superb hospitality and a truly stunning route out into the Peak District.

The clocks went back and it was a cold start, but not for long, not once we’d meandered our way out of the city and straight into the first climb of the day, all seven miles of it!

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Once in the Peaks, the autumn leaves created some stunning scenes as we climbed and descended, through picture postcard villages – thankfully going down Winnats Pass rather than up it.

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The final climb of the day, Stanage, took the best part of 40 minutes, but led to to an eight-mile descent into the city, where we headed back to Decathlon’s in-house cafe for a bit of a refuel and the now legendary road.cc Schwag Grab™.

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The Decathlon crew laid on a great route – thanks Mick! – and top notch ride leading and pace-setting skills from Jamie. And a special shout out goes to Pete for his life-saving homemade flapjack – these southern softy legs were starting to take a hammering from all those climbs!

If you like the sound of this, why not join us next time? You’ll get first dibs as a team road.cc member – check out other benefits here.

As part of the tech team here at F-At Digital, senior product reviewer Stu spends the majority of his time writing in-depth reviews for road.cc, off-road.cc and ebiketips using the knowledge gained from testing over 1,500 pieces of kit (plus 100's of bikes) since starting out as a freelancer back in 2009. After first throwing his leg over a race bike back in 2000, Stu's ridden more than 170,000 miles on road, time-trial, track, and gravel bikes, and while he's put his racing days behind him, he still likes to smash the pedals rather than take things easy. With a background in design and engineering, he has an obsession with how things are developed and manufactured, has a borderline fetish for handbuilt metal frames and finds a rim braked road bike very aesthetically pleasing!

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stomec | 8 years ago
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Thanks to everyone involved for a great day out!

From the Decathlon staff getting up early to serve us coffee to the road.cc team and the riders, this was a fantastic ride in the Peaks, even if the final climb almost broke me. 

 

Please keep up the good work!

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