Riding Wharncliffe Woods on the enduro bikes – some of the best MTB trails we’ve ridden in the UK! The home trails of Steve Peat just outside Sheffield and the Peak District.
Natural gnarly trails with loads of jumps (some big ones!) and some Canadian style rock slabs and features. There are two woods in this area – Wharncliffe and Grenoside. Grenoside is where Steve Peat’s Steel City Downhill track is. We didn’t venture over to that side on this ride – that’s for another time! There were so many MTB trails packed into this forest, it was incredible. Many interlink and share exits.
This spot is especially popular for downhill riders as there is plenty geared towards the big bikes with everything still looking doable on all bikes dependent on rider preference of course. A decent gradient on all trails made it ideal for us on the enduro rigs. Fairly fast and some rough techy sections on the descents. There were some old school downhill trails in there too – pretty severe looking with some big gap jumps!
Climbs were pretty short as the descents aren’t long but the trails were long enough you could get some flow going and didn’t feel they were over too quick. Absolutely loved it! I believe (from what I can see) the trails are maintained by Ride Sheffield. Amazing work clearly goes into these trails and if you ride here then check them out :).
Heres james’s channel for more wharncliffe and sheffield action
https://youtube.com/@James_Dev321?si=tvwGrBZtk0XoIBGX
Good morning it’s been such a long time since I did done a video I’ve been missing it so much so welcome back and we’re at Deep car behind me is war Cliff Woods where me Clint who’s holding the camera thank you Clint and Sumo is going
To be here in a minute are going to be riding today I’ve never ridden War cliffwoods Sumo and Clint have and our buddy James is normally a war Cliff boy come couldn’t make this ride but I’ll stick a link in the description to his channel so go and check him out so yeah
Today is going to be an absolute War Cliff day do I dare say it I mean there is some dodgy stuff in war Cliff as I said I’ve never ridden it before myself but the boys are going oh that’s some big stuff last time Sumo ride rode this
Woods he came off and dinked his bike big dent actually I’ll stick a picture maybe here somewhere of the dent so today’s Beast of choice is the focus I’ve now done two rides where it’s not broken so breakages have been this little top cap broke so the handlebars were flopping
Around um we’re on the V2 plate the second V2 plate so dare I say it today we’ll carry on the recent trend of no breakages fingers crossed I went to the woods because I wish to live deliberately to front only the essential Facts of Life and see if I could not learn when
It had to teach and not she’s when I came to die discover that I had not Moved so this is Alec and pora or whatever is Go clean space my eyes are watering yeah boy End then so that was my first run in war Cliff Woods and loved it some really nice little techy bits little jumps bit sloppy so in the summer that would be a completely different ride but yeah loved it the wood because I wish to live deliberately to front only the essential Facts of
Life this is no nags as you can see up there let’s get into it no nags Box H what a [Applause] b it’s feeling gritty gritt yeah yeah it’s getting tricky tricky get getting tricky in here we going through the she want to turn a we just to be we just to be outside out we just want to be outside we just want to be
Outside yeah there’s nothing more PR than to be yourself we living our dreams like there’s nothing else we just want to be outside we just want to be out the Shop Talking to myself I like to P myself nowhere else to way we just let it all out we just let it all out we just yeah we just I don’t know about you but I just feel I just feel like I got to let it all out we just want to be
Outside we just want to be outside we just want to be outside we just want to be outside there’s nothing more free than to be yourself we live in our dreams like there’s nothing else we just want to be outside we just want to be outside we just want to be
Outside we just want to be outside we just want to be out just to be into the Rock Garden watch your toes When on yeah boy let them see the TR have fun put they down relay the road burning behind me hi but these me of you betray me this is lovely It Just and I’m with my Mind you don’t to know what I find so me and Clint were supposed to do the big rock drop in war Cliff Woods but we actually took the wrong turning so we’re just riding back up now to do it again so yeah Heard lots about this big
Rock drop seen it as we rode up so we’re going to go and ride it now oh it’s just in the background there if you can make that Out delayed pleasure apparently this is called delayed pleasure apparently me I got the now all gu might Me in I See R down the RO bur behind me hi Slipped out on That slips out on there guys you see tire mark straight in takeing Me no rain with the sun shine can’t wait till around just R to be wasting time wasting time with you dream that just pass me by if I’m late baby I don’t mind I’d rather wasting time wasting time we Ain nobody going to love you like I Do yeah Boys so we’re just heading back up from the big rock then we continue all the way up see what else we can find but yeah first impressions of warning there’s some uh tricky bits here love it Clinton got a pedaling rable that Clint speed speed looks like the line is up that rock
Yeah oh [Laughter] up right man that was too much shock all that no don’t I put that on firm as well let’s go even firmer not that firm there we go yeah I think so it’s all right down here Sumo yeah y over the rock we reckon crunch what he’s down there
Ah looks like the trail goes up there look up The Rock oh yeah hell okay yeah another version two plate gone try and put that in my pocket that was all right that was make it bomb prooof h sh it is yeah it will never do
Any justice on camera it never does no that not yeah there not quite enough roll on it yeah I think I think sketchy as hell but I think that’s all right let me just that’s right we’ll get there start that Runo and where’s the trail let’s put a stick where is
It I know no that’s I want to be that side of it that’s the running no I got a massive stick ready he hey boys Yeah Boy y s your F though yeah probably going fire proper bottom bottom though it was and that was on pretty firm a full firm
That yeah yeah that needs to be a bit more well it might be [Laughter] now you going no so not oh Clint’s hung all right yeah there we go you’re a married man good job you don’t use them anymore now the excitement of Clint coming off is over the band that holds
My tray has disappeared as well as the rest of it as we know from earlier on in the video but Focus this is piss poor it’s getting quite Annoying oh the trail goes up so you must ride It I’m going to sketchy on the way down there the stick to the right just here Sumo oh love it How are you doing enjoyed it oh I’ve never done that one before yeah go for it mate if I go right there can I make It Yeah all the way Up clang of pedal pleas send you off I love this bike well that sump Pera is just driving me Nuts Hi Yeah There we go so my first wary ride done and dusted camera ran out so there’s not all the footage of the ride down which would have been great cuz Clint had another over the bars episode um but yeah coming down from the cracks really good fun sloppy some nice
Little pop offs really really good fun what was your highlight Clint uh probably you falling yeah how many times once I think that I all it twice three times did I fall twice yeah you at that tree that oh yeah you’re right I did yeah yeah so
Twice it’ll probably edit that out but I’ll edit this out but no really really really good ride um yeah broke the focus again but it is to be expected it will come back next time Stronger Yeah yeah thank you for watching please like comment and subscribe and head over to James’s
Channel for more warning action cuz he loves it here see you on the next one
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Nice one boys. I recognised most of it, shame about that Focus.