SkyRide Local 'Ride with a Star'

If you're fairly confident on your bike and ready to broaden your cycling horizons, our Steady rides are ideal. At a comfortable pace, and possibly with some modest hills along the way, rides take place on mainly quiet roads with plenty of sights along the way. Rides are between 6 and 20 miles long, at a moderate pace of between 7 and 10 miles an hour. Come join us as we discover the Medlock Valley and the greenery of east Manchester. From the National Cycling Centre, classed as ‘The Medal Factory' for training many successful GB athletes, we cycle through Clayton Vale, once a land fill site but over three decades nature has taken over and made the area into a beautiful haven for wildlife. The area became a designated Local Nature Reserve in July 2006. From there we meander through the lanes of Medlock Valley until we get to our furthest out point, Daisy Nook, a popular destination in the past for Victorian afternoons out where families would picnic by the river, walk by the canal and along Crime Lake and visit one of the refreshment facilities and that is still the case today. It's a climb out of Daisy Nook up to Woodhouses Village, a picturesque place overlooking the whole of Manchester and Salford from its lofty position. It's a quick descent all the way back down to Clayton Vale and back to the NCC. Schedule 1100 Welcome 1130 SkyRide Local 1330 Lunch 1430 Q&A 1500 Tour of the Velodrome 1530 Depart