Cycling club Sheffield Urban CX is holding its Park Hill Uprise race this weekend.
The event will welcome all cyclists from commuters, club riders, junior cyclists and even the Bromptoneers.
The short course incorporates challenging hills in a v-shaped route with competitors having three chances to secure a winning time.
Adam Simmonite, Events Manager for Sheffield Urban CX, has headed the competition which will take place on Saturday.
He said: “We like to think obviously you come along as a family and everybody can have a go in the race. It’s quite an inclusive experience.
“With the events obviously being in the heart of the community we want to give back to that community and this is an ideal opportunity to allow us to do that.
“We don’t run them to make money, we run them to raise awareness of the area and how amazing Sheffield is and like I said, just bring the community together and develop that cycling community.”
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Sheffield Urban CX had to cancel their last two hill climbs because of low numbers, with 40 riders currently signed up to this weekend’s competition.
With the support of local business Westfield Health, the group have covered all their running costs for this weekend’s race and will donate 100% of the entry fees to charity.
Roundabout and Woodhead Mountain Rescue are the two charities which will receive 50% of the fees each.
Emily Bush, Roundabout Fundraising Manager, works with the community to support homeless people in Sheffield.
She said: “We are so grateful for the support of people in our community. Events like The Park Hill Uprise are not just helping to raise vital funds to support homeless young people across South Yorkshire, but they also raise awareness for our services for those who need them.
“The donation from this event and everyone taking part will benefit the 350 young people that we work with across South Yorkshire every single day”
In preparation for the event on Saturday, local volunteer group Good Gym Sheffield banded together with Sheffield Urban CX to clean the cobbles and make the streets race-ready.
Tom Mutton, Area Activator of Good Gym Sheffield, incorporates exercise and volunteering to help organisations across the city.
He said: “Essentially what the group does is we meet every Monday evening at the Showroom cinema and we run to other charities and other local community based organisations.
“In Adam’s case we were scraping back all the overgrown moss and grass that had encroached on the cobbles for the race.
“It’s nice to be able to support them because obviously they’re raising money through the proceeds to go to two very worthwhile charities.
“We’ve worked with Roundabout as well on various different projects. That’s how we got involved really and hopefully we can get involved if it happens again next year and we might have some people potentially go along and view the event and marshal or just support in any way they can.”
The event is part of Sheffield’s Festival of the Outdoors which has been running throughout March.
Registrations for the Park Hill Uprise are open until the morning of 25 March.