Russell’s Bicycle Shed

Making Active Travel Easier

What to do about the punctures

AdviceRussell CuttsComment

If you ride a bicycle its one of the first pieces of maintenance you learn, and by far its going to help you more than any other in the long term; how to fix a puncture. Regardless of the type of bike you ride if you have pneumatic tyres you'll get punctures there's not much you can do about it but there are things you can do to reduce the number of punctures you get.

Where will you go....

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Travelling by bicycle can be exciting, the daily commute can be transformed into a mini adventure; you can take your bicycle to places you wouldn't normally see in the car and certainly not on the bus. Bicycles have the power to transform your day from the regular and mundane into the exciting and varied.

In Sheffield there are lots of opportunities to take the scenic route to work or just discover some new roads, its great if you are house hunting! If you don't believe me why not try it.

When you take the alternative route you find things that maybe you had heard about but never bothered to look for when you were in the car. Cycling gives you the opportunity to discover these places. There are lots of nooks and crannies like this in Sheffield, you can discover them all by bicycle.

Kelham Island and Neepsend is just one of those places. We all know it for the excellent beers and pubs it has but do you know what else you can find down there. Well you'll find art galleries and museums, there are huge open spaces with rabbits aplenty and herons fishing on the river, there is a kayaking club and now there are cafes and restaurants with award winning food and drink. Yellow Arch Studios makes music to your ears and you can listen to new bands practice in empty spaces all around. If you follow some of the streets to their supposed end you'll find narrow alleyways that take you somewhere new. The history of the area is frozen in bricks and mortar all around you while new developments grow up out of the ground. Take the car and you'll barely experience anything, do it on a bike and you'll be able to take in the whole vista.

Cycling is your ticket to a new experience and a new adventure, why not give it a try: click here.

Amphifest 2015

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Every year the great people at Friends of Sheaf Valley Park get together and organise an awesome event. We've been having a stall there for the last 2 years and we love it. Amphifest this year looks like it will be an even bigger and better event than the last few years.

There'll be music, dancing, food and even a coconut shy. We'll be there offering help and advice and doing some on the spot repairs.

The fun begins at Noon on Saturday 5th September behind the Railway Station!

SHEFFIELD HALLAM GRAND PRIX -

EventRussell CuttsComment

British Cycling Elite Circuit Series:
Sheffield Hallam Grand Prix

To give you a taster of what you can expect tonight, here are just a few photographs from a previous event.

Top three spectator tips:

  1. Try standing on the apex of a bend (for a short while): you get a real sense of speed.
  2. Lots to see; so, walk around the circuit clockwise: you will always be facing the action.
  3. Taking photos?  Get low and high, but be very careful, don't put yourself or the riders in danger - they will be moving at quite-a-lick.

Fingers crossed the weather will be fine tonight and it will be wheel to wheel action.
Photography courtesy of our friend at studio | P O L Y M A T H I C.

© ALR / studio | POLYMATHIC 2014/15