Northern Grip, a Festival of MTB

Mar 22, 2016 at 6:20
by Northern Grip  
Northern Grip a Festival of MTB 2016

Northern Grip - a festival of MTB is on July 23rd-24th in Ramsbottom, Lancashire. A party in the Pennines to celebrate everything that’s great about riding mountain bikes. Riding during the day. Entertainment throughout the night. Plenty of excellent food and drink. Hills, thrills and bellyfuls.

THE RIDING

There will be riding during the day. Some waymarked, some on-a-map, some DIY. All taking in the best that the hills around Ramsbottom have to offer. We’re especially pleased to say that we’ve got the National Trust on board with the event and they’ll be opening up some usually off-limits trails for riders during the festival. There'll be no racing, no timings. Just riding for fun and thrills. Well, there might be the odd challenge trail thrown in… maybe. There will be surprises thrown into the riding… definitely.

Northern Grip a Festival of MTB 2016

AFTER THE RIDING

This is the USP of the event. This is the thing that other bike events often lack. It's not called a festival for nothing. After the riding is when the celebrating and socialising begins. What are we celebrating? Simply, the mountain bike and everything it bring into our lives. Music and food will be a strong focus for the festival. Local bands, local food, local drink. Ramsbottom has all of these in abundance and it's this aspect that's as big a draw to the area as the terrain and riding is.

There'll also be film screenings, trade stands, bike clinics, Q&As with interesting bike bods and much else besides. This entertainment side of things will be taking place inside the Ramsbottom Civic Hall bang in the heart of town. Easy to find. Good sound system. Handy film screen. Licensed.

Northern Grip a Festival of MTB 2016

WEEKEND TIMETABLE

Friday 22nd July:

Join in the opening pre-party in one of Ramsbottom finest independent pubs with DJs from Manchester's Funkademia.

Saturday 23rd July:

We will have a full day of MTB themed activities in our Festival Hub on Saturday, starting from 10am and running through to the small hours. There will be:

- Chat and debate with industry bods and extraordinary riders
- Showcases and demo bikes from Kona, Cotic, Giant and Sonder Bikes from Alpkit
- Trade stands and pop up shops
- On-site mechanics from our friends at Cooksons Cycles
- Exclusive MTB films
- Bike set-up tips from the pros
- Proper Northern food and drink (you'll deserve it)
- Great live bands
- DJs from Manchester's Funkademia club night

Throughout the day we'll be encouraging you to get out into the hills and ride your bikes (or a spanking new demo of course) where some special events will provide the perfect excuse to stop for a breather.

Sunday 24th July:

Breakfast will be available back at the Festival Hub, then a Big Group Ride, showcasing more of the area's riding to wake you all up and shake it all off.

TICKET INFO

Tickets are limited to approx 200 people. Tickets are on sale now priced at £25.00 via northerngrip.co.uk The first 50 ticket buyers will receive an exclusive goodie bag full of cool schwag from the event sponsors, the exhibitors as well as some 'I Was There' Northern Grip merchandise.

SPONSORS

Team JMC - “With a shared passion for the joys of mountain biking and the fabulous riding available around Ramsbottom, Team JMC is proud to be the headline sponsor for Northern Grip 2016. We are really excited about the event and looking forward to hitting the trails, eating cake and drinking beer with everyone.”

Kona - “"Kona UK are delighted to be supporting the inaugural Northern Grip MTB festival. With bikes, beers and riding on awesome trails with amazing scenery this is the perfect event for Kona. We will be in the event village with our latest bikes and out on the trails… swing by and say hello."

Alpkit - “An opportunity to spend time with like-minded folk, to ride bikes, to talk about bikes and to drink good beer and proper food. We’re looking forward to new trails and showing folk what we’ve been up to at Alpkit and Sonder.”

National Trust - "We are excited to be supporting Northern Gripl. We are opening up some great trails for the weekend and we look forward to meeting and chatting with MTBers about their experiences cycling on or through the Holcombe Moor and Stubbins Estate."

Northern Grip a Festival of MTB 2016

RAMSBOTTOM?

Location, location, location. It's rural but not remote. It's got wild spaces but it doesn't take ages to reach. Or get back from. The town’s long gone industrial heritage has left a network of tracks and trails over the adjacent valley sides and fell tops. It's got loads of bars. A healthy amount of interesting independent shops. Plenty of excellent places to eat - Ramsbottom is getting a reputation as something of a foodie destination. It's a town that thrives on putting on events. Rammy residents love to welcome people into their town. The real mystery is why it's taken so long for there to be a mountain bike festival based there!

www.northerngrip.co.uk


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6 Comments
  • 5 0
 Just Booked two tickets, sounds awesome! live right here and its obviously my local riding spot. can't wait to see an organised event here.

#shackwrap
  • 3 0
 In the pic, the lunch of champs, pie and what looks like flumps. Every backpack needs a safety kazoo as well ???? This looks like fun!
  • 2 0
 They're definitely Jelly Babies, making it even better!
  • 2 0
 Wat is the riding like around the festival? And links to any videos to help encourage ticket buying? Smile
  • 2 0
 The local riding is brilliant, if you can get with some locals to find the "off the beaten track" decents. The "on the beaten track" stuff is good too.

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