Sheffield's Tour de Bradfield

You don’t have to be the next Bradley Wiggins, but you’ll need to know your way around a bike and be fairly fit to take part in our Challenging rides. If you’re comfortable riding with other people and fancy a fresh challenge, these rides are perfect for you. They start at around twenty miles long, and are paced at between 11 and 12 miles an hour. Don’t forget to bring your climbing legs as today we are going to tackle some of the same roads and hills that will be used in this year’s Tour de France! Starting out from the Cycle Circuit at Forge Valley Community School we will make our way down to Malin Bridge before starting the gentle climb up to Dam Flask reservoir, which is popular on the weekends with cyclists and runners alike. A quick trip through Low Bradfield will bring us to Agden Reservoir which we will skirt around as we climb our way up to Mortimer Road where we can pick up part of the 2014 Tour de France route.  We will be rewarded for all our climbing efforts with some of the best views in Sheffield as we take a little breather before we turn back and head towards Sheffield via High Bradfield. From High Bradfield we will enjoy the fruits of all our climbing with some well-deserved downhill freewheeling before we start our last ascent up to Hill Top.  As the name suggests there is some climbing to do here, but we will not only be rewarded by the views here as we can take a small detour via 'Our Cow Molly' to treat ourselves to an Ice Cream!  Don't forget to bring some money to help you replenish the calories you will have burnt off, you will deserve it. From here it is pretty much all downhill on our way back to the Cycle Circuit at Forge Valley Community School and the end of our ride.