Race Day Information

Everything is now set for Peaty’s Steel City DH 2015. Here’s what you need to know:

Schedule – Saturday 2nd May

7:00 – Official car park Opens
8:00 – Registration opens in event car park
8:00 – Course open for on foot inspection (no riding)
9:00 – Course open for Practice
10:00 – Registration Closes
11:20 – Practice Closes
11:30 – First Race run begins
2:30 – Second race runs begin
5:30 – Podiums and Prize Givings
7:00 – New Barrack Tavern for beers and cheers

What you will need to race

Photo ID to Register. No ID no race. .
If you are under 18 a parent or guardian to sign you in. You can not ask a friend to sign you in.
A Full face Helmet to race in.
£3 for parking in the official car park
£10 for RAD SCS T Shirt (if you want one)

Your bike must:

have 2 working brakes.
have bar end plugs in both sides at all times.
display the race number board at all times when on course. Modifying the board, by cutting or other methods, is not permitted.
be in good working order.

Map

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Parking

If you are driving to the race you must park in our official car park. Parking anywhere else, in the public greno car park or on the road, jeopardises the running of the race on the day and in future. Please be responsible. Parking is in Farmer Jack’s field, at Hall Head Farm on Woodhead Road, the entrance will be clearly marked. It is marked on the map above by the car the closest postcode is S35 7DS but dont rely on it for a Sat Nav. Do not try to come in to the exit, marked with a man, it is a one way system. Parking is £3 per vehicle and offsets the loss of earnings from hay from damage to the grass in the field. The car park opens at 7am it will close for entry at 3pm. Please remove your car as soon as possible after the race.

There will be no camping in the field this year.

Registration

Race registration takes place at Peatys Van in the car park. If you are under 18 you will need to bring a parent or guardian to sign you in and take responsibility for you. This year you will need Photo ID to sign on. No ID no ride. This is to ensure you are who you say you are, if you’re not, you will invalidate our insurance and we may not have a race in the future.

You need a full face helmet and gloves to race in. You will not be allowed on track without both. We would strongly recommend gloves, knee pads and other body armour if you have it. All other protective equipment, including but not limited to elbow pads, spine guards, neck braces etc are strongly recommended but are not a requirement. You will also need bar end plugs.

It is about a 5 minute ride from registration to the top of the track, this will be marked with signs. It takes about 20 minutes to walk all they way down to the finish. Check out the course on the way.

The Track

The track is fun but challenging and is suitable for all levels of riders which will keep you on your toes and grinning from ear to ear. Spectators will be able to see large stretches of the track, so make sure you bring your friends and family along. Also, make sure they bring some noise makers and cheer on all riders, there’s nothing worse than quiet crowds

There are significant features on track which you must be mindful of, a gap jump in the top section before the heath and the same large drop in to the bomb hole that was the finish to last year’s race. We recomend walking the track before you ride it, especially if you haven’t ridden it before. Please take care on your first run down and all significant features will have a B-Line option around them for the race. You will need to complete two full practice runs before you can race. The track length is around 1:30-2:30, with a dedicated and easy Fire-Road push up back to the start. We have been asked not to ride up the push up track as it is part of the Sheffield Round Walk.

Practice runs from 9:00 until 11:20. There will be nearly 300 riders trying to practice at the same time so please, be considerate and DONT BE A DICK. Leave plenty of room and if you catch someone up, don’t start yelling, ‘get out of the way’. Anyone caught doing so will get slapped with ‘knobhead’ sticker. Be warned and be nice. Its riding bikes, its fun.

It suits mid travel trail bikes rather than full on DH rigs. Peaty has won the race on all wheel sizes bar a fat bike.

Timing

Professional timing for the race will be provided by the Pearce Cycles team. There will be a split time and a speed trap.

You get two runs and only your fastest time counts.

Exhibitors

On the day the finish line bombhole will be filled with lots of stands selling and promoting their wares; they are all listed here. There will be opportunity to buy Steel City DH, ThisiSheffield, Bolehills and Ride Sheffield merchandise from our stand as well at the all important Raffle tickets.

We have several food and drink vendors to keep you fed and refreshed, so please bring some cash. They all donate to the race fund so please support them all as much as you can.

Competitions

This year we have more opportunities to win.

Cotic are putting up a Soul275 frame for the winning raffle ticket.

Aline Coaching are giving away a days coaching to a 4th place finisher in the lads and lasses senior category to try to get you on the podium next time.

Trail Addiction are giving the rider finishing 73rd a free weeks holiday.

Totally Insured are giving away £200 to the rider with the best crowd pleaser over the ‘Jolley Gap Jump’ at the top of the track.

Totally Insured are also giving away £100 each cash to the fastest lad and lass through the speed trap.

Prizes

If you’re racing and you finish in the top 3, you will receive a great prize from one of our sponsors.

RIPPERS – Wide Open DH
JUVENILE – Bike Garage
YOUTH – Flare Riders Co
JUNIOR – Hope
SENIOR LADS- Hook It Products
MASTER LADS- Polaris
VETERAN LADS- Bluegrass
SENIOR LASSES- Flare Clothing
MASTER LASSES- Polaris
VETERAN LASSES – Eighteen Bikes

FASTEST LASSES – 60Sticks – £500 Prize purse

PRO-AM – Avanti Conveyors – £500 Prize purse

Every winner will get a medal made by Sheffield Legends TADO.

This years racer good bags will be packed like never before.

Hook It Products have kindly donated a custom race mudguard for every racer. Lets hope we don’t need them on the day.

There will be a bottle of Beer from Bradfield brewery

Clif Bar are also giving one of their delicious and nutritious out to every racer.

This plus a custom pint pot to remember the day by.

The Cycle Barn are kindly giving all our hard working marshalls a goodie bag to take home.

Raffle

We will be running a raffle again on the day with a host of great prizes. Tickets will be only £1 with a star prize of a Cotic Soul275 Frame worth £499. Every race sponsor will also be providing a prize for the raffle pot, so there will be lots to choose from.

The Raffle will be drawn at the race but not announced to save time. Winners will be notified after the race and will need to pick up the prizes from Hunters Bar in Sheffield.

Auctions

This year we have a great frame donated by SantaCruz UK to auction off to swell the trail building fund. We just need you to buy it!

They have given us a Santa Cruz Tallboy frame with Fox CTD shock. This is currently for sale over on Ebay. Please bid generously, this is a very good cause.

See you in the woods

Thats the lot. If we’ve missed anything or you’d like to know more, please hit us up on email steelcityseries@gmail.com