MAD biking menu this week
For your delight and delectation....
Saturday:
Long spin with Fergal and Steve.
Meet at Yellow House at 8:50am as we'll depart 9am sharp, weather is going to be good.
Pace will be fast, there will be places along the way for people to opt-out if they like.
ph:087-792-7730
Saturday:
Fun spin with Ollie, Ben and Martin.
Meet at 10am at Ballinastoe carpark
Finish: 2pm
note: Shout really loud if your coming and also if you need a lift!
Sunday:
Shane Lavelle is hosting a fun-paced spin on Sunday at 8am:
- Meeting at hellfire at 8.00am
- Starting with a quick warm up lap of Hellfire,
- Then spinning up through the back of Cruach,
- Then on to Prince Willies and Finally…………
- A quick loop of Massys, (Legs and time permitting!)
ph: 0863195936
On Tues night there will be a fast-paced spin at Leadmines.
Meet in the car park of Palmers Golden Ball pub at 7pm.
On Thursday night, weather permitting it will be a special Dixie Night Dash up 3 rock.
Race starts at 7:30pm sharp from Fairycastle, this is quite a technical route, especially at night so only really suitable for experienced night riders.
No concrete plans for the weekend yet as I may be doing the last DH NPS of the season down in Waterford, possibilities are a long spin on Sat then an afternoon-special Dixie Dash with a spin afterwards.
I'll post an update before the weekend.
Get out on those bikes!!!!
Fergal
Saturday:
Long spin with Fergal and Steve.
Meet at Yellow House at 8:50am as we'll depart 9am sharp, weather is going to be good.
Pace will be fast, there will be places along the way for people to opt-out if they like.
ph:087-792-7730
Saturday:
Fun spin with Ollie, Ben and Martin.
Meet at 10am at Ballinastoe carpark
Finish: 2pm
note: Shout really loud if your coming and also if you need a lift!
Sunday:
Shane Lavelle is hosting a fun-paced spin on Sunday at 8am:
- Meeting at hellfire at 8.00am
- Starting with a quick warm up lap of Hellfire,
- Then spinning up through the back of Cruach,
- Then on to Prince Willies and Finally…………
- A quick loop of Massys, (Legs and time permitting!)
ph: 0863195936
On Tues night there will be a fast-paced spin at Leadmines.
Meet in the car park of Palmers Golden Ball pub at 7pm.
On Thursday night, weather permitting it will be a special Dixie Night Dash up 3 rock.
Race starts at 7:30pm sharp from Fairycastle, this is quite a technical route, especially at night so only really suitable for experienced night riders.
No concrete plans for the weekend yet as I may be doing the last DH NPS of the season down in Waterford, possibilities are a long spin on Sat then an afternoon-special Dixie Dash with a spin afterwards.
I'll post an update before the weekend.
Get out on those bikes!!!!
Fergal
Labels: spins
posted by Fergal @ 11:56 p.m.
25 Comments:
At 4:07 p.m.,
Morgan said…
I assume that attending the Dixie (night)Dash will earn us valuable Club Champs points?
At 5:54 p.m.,
Fergal said…
yep, if you finish it......
At 6:27 p.m.,
Ciaran said…
im not used 2 nite rides just yet...only been out on 1 ride
any other way i can earn points on a nite ride
At 6:46 p.m.,
Conor said…
Count me in for Dixie Darko!
At 7:02 p.m.,
Stephen said…
What does hopping off the TTOT in the dark earn you? You should do it Fergal :) Then you'd be cool on another level (and I would lose my closest competition so far!!)
At 7:10 p.m.,
Martin said…
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At 7:14 p.m.,
Martin said…
man I feel the love! mutual admiration! ;-) it is a beautiful thing, lol!
At 10:59 p.m.,
Fergal said…
sounds like a challenge for sure, I'll see how brave I feel Thurs night, anything to put a points gap between us!
I'll have to move that stupid landing ramp first though - no idea who built it but it's just totally wrong - who needs landing ramps? land like a man on the flat eh Stevie ?? or don't land at all....
Great spin tonight in totally perfect conditions up Leadmines and Barnaslingan.
First time out in 2 weeks for me and was feeling it, a few spins should sort the mojo....
I've lost count of how many of us were out, all the names...there was Cait...and there was ....me! wow!
Cait suffered an over the bars stunt while daring to adjust her Lumicycles while descending at high speed down the back of Barnaslingan - crazy girl! she was grand though.
All wasn't lost though as we signed-up 1 new member - welcome Kelvin, and Aynnesley (bet I spelt that wrong -sorry man, send me your application form and I won't spell it wrong again)
Good to see people getting out on their bikes.
Hopefully see some more bikers on Morgans night spin in the park tomorrow night.
There's also the MAD Dixie night Dash on Thurs, which will be followed by a more sedate spin if people want to come along, the Dash will be finished by 7:45 or so, and we will be heading back up toward the aerials at approx 8pm (when last rider finishes)
Fergal
087-792-7730
At 10:53 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
I'll be around on saturday for an good length spin if you need helping hands.
As for earning points on a night spin in other ways Ciaranimus..... bribe people with Jaffa cakes.
At 7:20 a.m.,
Ciaran said…
hehe i think im going to resort to that option? so lads u also like fig rolls ?
At 9:34 a.m.,
Fergal said…
Morgan, did you finally receive divine inspiration from the papal cross and get down those steps last night?
wow there were deer everywhere, actually got bored rustling them coz it was like shooting fish in a barrell, they were making this weird hocking/snorting noise though....I left them alone if they were doing that - they sounded a bit vexed, especially the big horny/antlery ones....
At 6:55 p.m.,
Stephen said…
"especially the big horny/antlery ones...."
Was sexy Tom around or what was going on? Who's been messing with my deer!?! Must be that old deer time of the year again...
At 12:22 a.m.,
Fergal said…
well, it was more of a procession than a dash tonight but I think people still had a decent spin.
Signed-up 2 new members tonight (it's great when people come up to you from out of nowhere and shove envelopes of money into your hands - perks of being the secretary I guess, I must spend the money on a nice chainsaw before Paddy invests it in expensive women)
anyway, welcome Annesley and Keith - 2 lads that definitely knew how to ride an mtb - great to see lads - ye were flying tonight, and doing the TToT at night was also worthy of respect, at least you knew the route now so you can go full tilt the next time.
Fairy to 2rock was definitely softer and slower than expected but still fun to see Morgan and Ciaran go over the bars in the exact same spot....and that was just the start of Morgans woes...
Rock n roll was so perfect and fast tonight, MADjestic was exactly that, I got rid off the first plank jump and used the rocks on the far side of the big mound so you now have the speed to jump it or you can roll off the rocks on the far side, think it's better this way
Continued on to the TToT, the big jump before it was perfect, nice level landing and then over the TToT, was going to drop it but someone has made a hefty landing ramp that's just all wrong - too steep and short - will need to do something with it...
and then just before the ferny descent most everyone headed off, myself Keith climbed the fireroad and did half of rock n roll, then hopped-up onto the new bit of trail I cleared on Monday.
We then headed up the fireroad toward the aerials and I split-off down no-dabs and diverted onto the new section I cleared, it's really fast - I recommend it to everyone, climbing it will be tough....
this trail spat me out onto the fireroad, then I climbed the muddy lane and took the trail down to the bottom of the fireroad.
Instead of heading over to the boneshaker I took the snakey-bermed run down to the road - it was absolutely fookin deadly, another rarely used trail that is amazing, 'specially on a big travel bike.
and that was that!
The forests were really warm tonight - it was weird, like under-trail heating
fair play to those who came out tonight:
Cait, Morgan, Ciaran, Keith, Annesley, Michael.
5 points each, and additional 5 points to Micheal and the 2 new lads for doing the TToT
how much are you selling the Blur for Morgan?
At 3:24 p.m.,
Tom Heavey said…
Why waste money on a trailer...
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/gallery/silly/horse_driving.jpg
At 4:22 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
did any of yee mods not get my post about another saturday spin for those people who can't get lifts to b/stoe?
i sent it out yesterday.
At 6:05 p.m.,
Fergal said…
I'm no mod you hairy fecker, I'm a ROCKER!!!!!
At 7:30 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
well modrocker, basically my post said that there was gonna be another spin at 11am at taylors for the people who couldn't get a lift to b/stoe, i was gonna do fairy castle, woccas and masseys, but its probably too late for people to get organised.
if people are interested either comment here and i'll check tonight, or ring me, otherwise i'm staying in bed!!
the hippy.
087 6449353
At 6:27 p.m.,
Fergal said…
that was a really good spin today, in fact one of the best I've been on in a while.
Just myself, Steve and Cormac, though we ran into Martins Martin-less (!!!) group in b'stoe and it looked like they were rightly enjoying themsleves - as we were - cycling on the fireroads .... fireroads can be fun and technical when approached in the right way...isn't that right Ollie, Karl, Ashling & friends?
Anyway, great to see ye getting out on your bikes and taking full advantage of the weather
Us three met at the YH but decided to drive to Crone as the trip over the top of 3rock/Willies is getting all too familar these days...
Up the long winding climb from Crone to the gate, then flying along the singletrack until my puncture, quickly fixed then off again.
Then down the switchback steps to the river and up the far side, over the wall and along the real XC marathon style trail, challenging, long, misty and technical - this is what MTBing is all about, then onto the sleepers/boardwalk - admittedly I was rattling going along them as the back of the bike was twitching like crazy, stopped quickly to check the wheel wasn't loose etc then on again and down the stepped-part (spooky at speed!) and over the style.
Turned left then down the trail - thanks to Coillte who've wrecked a really nice descent there, the big feckin' gaylords, regardless we
engaged skill level 7 on the skill-ometer and made it most of the way without a dismount.
Then instead of staying left we turned right up the path towards the light - continued along then saw a pile of walkers on a hill over looking Lough Tay (I think)
Scoped out that area and saw a potential for a summer spin next year,
also noticed that the sleepers continue to this section - all stepped-down and steep - looks pretty tough but I think Steve and myself will be giving it a go next time 'round...
Then went into b'stoe, up the fireroad a tiny bit then right up the double track and joined the pog/nps course.
This wound us nice and etchy and fastly thru the trees and along the wall in the forest.
Followed the nps course along the fence and just kept the boot down - such a great course - swooping and dropping and climbing - really well designed.
Then out onto the fireroad until we discovered some 'new trails' we aren't allowed talk about.
I was very impressed by the end of the last few berms leading back to the car park.
Cormac picked up a near-mortal injury along the way but he just about survived.
Then along the road to Djouce, had a quick chat with Oz from EPIC who we then followed down XTC - an awesome experience as expected.
Then down switchbacks which were in perfect condition after Robins great repair jobs
After that along the fireroad for a small bit then dove down steep and fast to the right and along a new bit of trail for me - Steve asked me if i was "ready" - "err... for what?" I wondered; then we dropped down this steep rooty bank and to the river - nice one Steve
Dropped down into Powerscourt for egg mayo sambos, tea, coffee and what have ya and then out the gates, and then of course Steve WOULD have to sprint up the killer-steep hill and I WOULD have to give chase, so that bit of eejit-ery got us back to the cars in no time.
...and that was it ... and I'm still smiling...
At 6:57 p.m.,
Martin said…
fri night = blur = sat afternoon
At 9:57 p.m.,
Ollie Castle said…
Tut tut martin for drinking to much you missed an awsome spin. Cant say ours was as epic's as fergal's but a good crack any how.
At 4:22 a.m.,
Stephen said…
You're some legend for one legend, Fergal........ And as for Ciaran C, he should be club president. A new super bread of savage. Like a super savage accept savager. Hes like lance without the drugs...
At 7:01 p.m.,
Ciaran said…
and do you know what helped me ?
jaffa cakes. god bless the stuff :)
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