00:00 Hello my name is Mark Fancy, I'm the director of the convention here in South Yorkshire.
00:04 I'm best known for being three time world medalist for Forrest Gump.
00:08 So we're here at the Park Hill Uprise today.
00:12 It's the second time I've done this event and it's a little bit different to Olympic track cycling.
00:18 It's very much a fun and community event and today I'm taking part in the Folding Brompton Challenge.
00:24 So very simplistically you've got to build your Brompton at the bottom of the hill
00:28 and then race it up the cobble climb as fast as you can.
00:31 Last year I was absolutely rubbish because I was still working out how to fold a Brompton
00:36 but I'm very much looking forward to it and it's a great event.
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01:14 My name is Adam Simonite, I'm the event organiser for Sheffield Urban Title.
01:19 We've been running events on the Park Hill since 2017 when the redevelopment was started.
01:25 So we've managed to do a course that went all the way through the site.
01:29 Obviously development has happened so we've had to adapt with the site.
01:32 So we've got this hill platform which is a great entry level race for people who want to try cycling sport
01:38 or maybe want to race it more.
01:41 We've got a lot of different categories, so we've got Brompton category, we've got younger juniors,
01:47 and we've got juniors and adults.
01:49 So it's all about having a good time and we've got a lot of good active travel routes to get to the site as well.
02:01 Tell us a little bit about the race, one of the fun races.
02:05 One of the fun races, so the fun races, we run the races, it's like a not for profit.
02:11 So we have two local charities that we work with which is around Sheffield
02:16 and also Work Limited, which is a health and health charities, which is a charity that's come up in England
02:21 just to get another foot up in life as well.
02:25 So it's a roundabout, sort of work with local people, you know, the stronger young people coming out of the care system.
02:31 And Work Limited offer children with disabilities opportunities to get into workplaces and start work.
02:41 And what other races, people dressing up in fancy dress?
02:44 Yeah, so the Brompton race is traditionally like, it's about business suits and looking smart.
02:51 Obviously we've got a bit of a cloudy sky today, so we'll see what we get.
02:55 But yeah, they really do make an effort and you do have to make a physical effort on those bikes,
02:59 So Peter Cobb will need to do well.
03:00 So it's a pretty tough race.
03:01 - It's a price.
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