Three Edges - A Peak District Gravel Bike Classic!
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- čas přidán 16. 02. 2023
- A Classic ride in the High Peak! The route starts near the Fox House Pub, on the Hathersage Road. (A6187) SK 27022 80530. It is a mixture of gravel, tracks, open moorland and quite roads. Towards the end it traverses three amazing grit stone edges, Froggatt, Curbar and Baslow. The views are stunning. It does require some off road skills, I would class it as an intermediate ride.
I found this route on the Sigma Sports website: www.sigmasports.com/hub/guide...
Link to Komoot: www.komoot.com/tour/103253983...
Strava GPS: / strava
Music Credit: Chunk - Quincas Moreira
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You inspired me to make a couple of journeys up to Derbyshire last year, and I can see me making some more this year. Thanks Julie, great video 👍🏻
Thank you so much for your positive comments
Awesome Julie, it's a special part of the world up there!
Thanks. Its a great place and a great route. Cheers for commenting.
Thanks for the kommute will give this one a blast, cheers
Jim ( from reiver)
Enjoy and thanks for commenting . Won't see you this year. I never got an entry :-(
Awesome video, some of the really nice bits of the Peak District.
Thank you
Thanks for sharing this, will definitely do this ride soon.
You’re welcome
Thanks for sharing Julie Its now on the to do list. Very much appreciated
You will love it. Gary you are most welcome.
Thank you for your video. I have not been this way for a long time and have ridden most of it. I started riding here on holidays in the early 80's on a Holdsworth touring bike, did it all on 27 1/4 tyres. Back then the Long Causeway was rocky and horrid to ride so we used to go down from Stannage Pole on the bridleway through Stannage Plantation to the road below. I used to be able to ride that bridleway without putting a foot down.
Lol! Thats fantastic . The Causeway has been flattened eh? I used to use it as a bit of 3 Peaks training - a bit of riding plus carrying.
Sounds like you were a 'Rough Stuff' rider ! Respect. Thanks for your great comments.
@@JuliePhelanExplore Yes I was a rough stuff rider and still ride off road like that today on a standard road bike with mudguards, carrier, saddlebag and lights. I really must make time this year to ride your route I'd love it especially a coffee stop at Longshaw lodge.
@@autisticlife thats brilliant. I must admit I find riding gravel relatively easy but this is a woman who has ridden Paris Roubaix on her road bike etc..... we have a good skill set eh? However you can ride all this rough stuff so much quicker with bigger tyres. I am about to fit some 45mm tyres to my Camino and I'll be up on the mtb routes lol !
I acquired a gravel ebike last year and live in SW Sheffield so have started watching your videos. I have been along the Houndskirk Road and found the stones pretty chunky in places, which made for interesting riding on 38mm tyres. I guess that’s the PD for you! The second or third time I went along it I put a tear in the front tyre hitting one of those chunky rocks edge on. So I am all ears about where else to go!
I think one of the issues is your bike will be much heavier than mine because it’s an e-bike. Also you are probably heavier than me so on 38mm tyres it will be much easier for you to bottom out on rocky terrain. I wonder if you could use wider tyres?
Based on what you say you could park on the Thornhill Trail; ride up to LadyBower and Holden Reservoirs and ride round.
Further south, in the White Peak you could ride on the High Peak Trail; Monsal Trail plus the Tissington Trail . Have a look at the video list. There’s a simple High Peak loop. Need anymore help please ask. :-) Have fun.
Subscribe to the Sheffield Gravel FB group. They may be able to suggest some easier gravel near you. I am wondering about The Trans Pennine Trail?
@@JuliePhelanExplore Those are good points about weight. I am pretty heavy these days! I replaced the 38mm tyres with knobblier 42mm tyres which is the maximum the bike can take. It’s slower on the road but a bit better on the really chunkier stuff. Perhaps I need two bikes…
@@jeffroberts6865 well people say the number of bikes we need = n+1 :-) I have 45mm tyres on my Camino and I love them. I can ride where ever I like. I have bikes with narrower tyres if I want to be a ‘speed merchant’ . Good to talk to you.
Great video as always Julie. I personally love going up Giant’s Causeway to Stanage Pole and then back down to Redmires and then a cheeky descent through Wyming Brook 🚴🏻💨
Thank you . Must admit I usually ride the Causeway the other way round.
Another cracking video. must get over there this year
May be I should come over to you?
@@JuliePhelanExplore Betws Alpkit 26th
@@gwynwrex see you there
great video Julie of Derbyshire .
Thank you so much
The wife and I rode pretty much the same route towards the end of the summer. Some tricky sections there well done.
Its fab eh? I was a former Pro/elite mtb rider in a previous life, so I can take it in my stride. I used to ride ridged mtb all winter .
@Julie Phelan we are both new to Gravel bikes last year so still finding our footing.
@@Ecoroof1986 just looked at your channel. Nice! You just need the right shoes lol ! I love a bit of running, myself. Thats the non- competitive me.
@Julie Phelan 😂🏃🏻♀️🏃♂️. We love the bikes. Did our first race on them a few months ago at Sherwood Pines forest. Got another one in Cannock chase next month. We watched your vid there for reference before we did a recce
@@Ecoroof1986 thats brillant
Always a joy to ride up there along the edges, it's clear you share that joy 🤣. It's my go to ride from the door, or park near Curbar gap if I'm feeling lazy or short on time. I nearly always go the opposite way along Froggatt as a result. It also makes more sense on a full susser that way as it's DH 🤣. Respect for the gravel riding. I also detected a bit of love for Houndkirk. It's like the Peak District superhighway. I just released a video showing some of the more MTB focused trails up in the area.. check it out.....if you want to obviously. 👍
You are a kindred spirit! I love a bit of riding which engages the brain too! How lucky are you to live so close. Yep I love Houndkirk lol ! I think i did get a bit carried away there lol ! Last Sunday there were runners, walkers , motorbikes , cyclists ..... Its ace . Thanks for commenting. May just see ya up there sometime. Take care.
@@JuliePhelanExplore you'll be whizzing past on your racer 😜
@@MTB_Derbyshire lol
Is that first trail supposed to be so rough? Great ride! 👍
Its not bad really . Thanks for your fab comment.