Tues 30th Nov Night Spin

Well now for this weeks xc dh training spin we are going to play it safe due to the snow and do our spin from a place that most people should be able to get to, all going well. So we'll meet at lamb Doyle's pub at 7.20, I'll defiantly be there so don't worry about it being cancelled, depending on numbers and conditions we'll set the spin from there. If for some reason you can't drive up to lamb Doyle's you could park at Taylor's/3 rock bar and cycle up from there, just make sure you're at lamb Doyle's for 7.20 as it won't be a night for hanging around. See ya there.

EPIC DH – DH Session Cloon Sunday 5th December

We are have a DH day in Cloon on the 5th December, 10:00.  DH bikes, or whatever you happen to have.  Trying to get everyone out so if you are about try and make the effort to come along.  It is ideal for newbies or anyone who wants to give us the once over before deciding to sign up. We will be on both tracks, sessioning sections and doing full runs. 

If you have any questions e-mail or text Sean (seanherlihy38@gmail.com / 0879854445).

Saturday Morning Spin - Ballinastoe

Bruce is heading to Ballinastoe this Saturday for 10:00 for a beginner / improver all mountain spin.
If you are interested just text him on 0868215321.

MBW Skills weekend

 This weekend the lads in Moycullen bike works and crew have put in a mammoth effort to offer a fun weekend of biking, from pump track and giant air bags on Saturday to short Xc races on Sunday it should be a cracking weekend so go on over and support the lads for their efforts.

Here's a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aRrGnimwQU

Pics

Info
Pump Track and Air Bag Extravaganza presented by Elevate Promotions and Moycullen Bike Works. Sessions all day Saturday and Sunday.
Competition Saturday from 4PM under lights.
Mud and Mayham pdf check it out click here
Deranged airbag DISCLAIMER
LF8 PUMPTRACK Membership


Event Schedule
Pump Track and Air Bag – Moycullen Industrial Estate
Saturday 11 AM til 9PM (competitions after dark)
Sunday 11 AM til 4PM
This is organised by Moycullen Bike Works and Elevate Promotions
Pricing
Pump Track only: €10 annual membership- download the above
Airbag: €25 per day or €45 for both days – download the above

If you are under 16 you must have a signed parental consent form or you will not be allowed to participate.

MTB Coaching – Rosscahill
Saturday – Two hour sessions probably starting at 10AM.  Sessions for beginner, intermediate and advanced. 

MTB Race Sunday 28th – Rosscahill
Race trail will be marked out on Saturday.
Connacht League Race – nearly all singletrack.  Sign on at 10AM, racing from 11AM.
No parking at forest entrance – please follow signs.

See ya all there

Tuesday 23rd night spin

So for this Tuesday's xc Dh training spin we will be heading to the leadmines for a blast around there. Meeting at the Golden Ball/Palmer's at 7.20. See ya there.

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st Nov spins

If your looking for something more relaxed for Saturday Bruce will be going to Ballinastoe for 10.00 for a lap of Dafyds, you're more than welcome to join him if you want. If your not sure who Bruce he'll be the fella wondering around the car park looking a bit lost.
Then this Sunday we are planning on doing a longer XC style spin. If you have look at the training info link you'll see we are running in a four week cycle where every week the spin gets a little harder then after the 4 one it goes back to easier again all the info is in the training section. Anyway so this week is week 4 so we are stepping it up a bit, now the pace won't be savage but the length will be longer but we have planned the route so there is plenty of opt out points so come along and do as much or as little as you want. We'll meet at Lamb Doyles pub at 10.00 Sunday morning, with a general plan of up 3 rock over 2 rock up price willies in curtlestown/cloon and back around, there is plenty of options for extra bits so we'll see how people are on the day.
See ya there.

Tuesdays Nights Spin Report (What a cracker)

Well I won’t normally do spin report for Tuesday night spin but I think it would be rude not to after a spin like that. Personally that was some of the best craic I’ve had on a bike in a long time. I got there to find people everywhere so thinking that there was a few clubs out together I parked up, got my bits and went down to a few of the crowd. We it turned out that everyone there was there for our spin, I think it must have been near all of the new club, a total of around 20 people. Anyway we started off with a loop of Kindletowns which was a bit sloppy but still riding well, there were lights everywhere it looked as if we were charging in to take over the forest. We regrouped in the car park and made our way over to the glen of downs. We headed for the tunnel trail first. Climbing up into it Cummins took to the front like a man possessed. We started into the downhill section and this is where the madness begun. It was dry and the track was covered in pine needles, so it was fast and drifty. Cummins was out front, with me after him and Greg and young Gav behind, we where having great craic lashing down the hill then Cummins get stuck in one of the berms so I had no choice but to plough into the back of him which freed him from the berm and got me stuck. Knowing I was about to get ram raided by Greg and Gav I was in a panic to get my bike of the tree but in the process just ended up hitting Greg with it a few times instead. Anyway I cleared the back log and we drifted our way flying down the hill to the end of the trail where Cummins entertained us by falling out of the forest into a gorse bush. Once we had everyone down we pedalled back up to the top for the fast decent from the octagon ruin thing. I started off at the front for this one again the track was dry and covered in leafs and riding quicker than ever. Flying down the track to where I was caught out by the off camber right hand kink thing that I had warmed everyone about, realising that there was no way I was making it I preceded off into the under growth, where I was over taken by Greg and Cummins who had been behind me. I managed to get back in behind them and play catch up. The track was riding so well the speeds were flat out, it was some buzz. The tight left hander at the bottom took us by surprise and near took us out but we showed it in the end. We regrouped again at the bottom and after some whammies on the way up continued up to the half way junction and took a right. We had a bit of a 4X race down the main trail and in to the steep section where all the lines were for the taking. Looking back up from the bottom there were lights zigzagging all over the place and some just coming straight down, it was mad. With everyone down safe we continued down to the main car park again but before we set off Al had warned me there where some trees down so I was keeping the eyes peeled. We came across the first one which you could ride under and found that the next few where the same, well for most. I stopped at the bottom where there was some giggling about someone nearly getting flattened by a tree, thinking this was the usual spin talk I didn’t think much of it until Bren came down looking slightly pale. It turns out that the talk was actually true, Bren was coming under one of the big trees when the tree decided it didn’t like him and start to slowly drop onto him. Getting out from under it the tree preceded to fall slowly onto his bars, which he managed to get out, then down onto his front wheel jamming it into the ground. With the help of 3 people Bren got his wedged bike out from under it unhurt. Injury by slowly falling tree would have been a new one for us so thankfully all he ended up with was a good story to tell his kids. We cycled on through the car park where Cummins had his best fun of the night by finding a few couples cohorting in their cars, the poor fella was very excited after that, never mind what the couples thought of the whole experience. Well we pedalled back up the top where on the way a small group of lads got excited by the tail wind they had and started sprinted up to the top but unfortunately the tail wind didn’t last until the top so it killed a few of us in the process. Back down the fast decent and right into the forest and back towards the car but not before ‘Pop apart Paul’ popped his knee out and back in again while trying to go too fast. All in all a deadly spin with a great group out. 

See ya next time 

(God I’m sick of typing)

Tues 16th Nov night spin

Right so folks this Tuesday we'll be doing our night spin from Kindlestown, Wicklow at 7.20. Again this spin is an XC style spin aimed at getting the fitness up for downhill, so a bit of pain going up and lots of speed going down. See ya all there.

13th Nov Spin (Chances of the 14th too)

This weekend the offroad AGM is on down in Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh Co. Wicklow. We'd recommend that anyone that has a interest in how the sport is run should attend this, there no point in giving out about how things are done if you're not attending this, it's your chance to give your opinion. Anyway democratics aside it's also a good chance to go out and have some craic.

So on for spins;
Saturday at 10.00 at Lynham's Hotel there will be several spin for different abilities. Some of the best riding is to be had down this part of the country so I'd highly recommend it.

Sunday (All depending on how well the celebration go the night before) there maybe a spin at 11.00 again from Lynham's hotel. Now the pace for this I'm sure will be relaxed as there will be a few delicate people around.

Also at
19:00 – Prize Giving for XC & DH NPS & Leinster XC League (There will be finger food etc).
21:00 – MTB videos and a few drinks. (Ronan Kavanagh aka Flexo will be selling copies of his excellent 2010 DH season video)

So come down to do some biking, give your political views or just have the craic.
See ya there.

More info here
http://www.irishxcmtb.com/

Epic DH meeting 11th Nov

Hello all,
I know there are people out there that have questions about the new Epic DH move so next Thursday, November 11th at 7.30 in lamb doyles pub we are going to have a meeting about Epic DH. Basically we will just go through the plans we have so far and try answer any questions you might have. So if you want to know more or have ideas you’d like to put out there come along.
Thanks

Tuesday 9th Nov spin

This Tuesday we're back to this fitness lark, so we are meeting at Djouce at 7.20. If you look at our training page link we are aiming these spins to a training schedule so if you are thinking of training for next years downhill season you'll really want to be getting cracking by now, if you leave it too long others will just be too far a head so don't hesitate, if you have some fitness come out and build up on that with us. See ya all there on Tuesday.

Rostrevor Spin Report.......Good times

Well with all the talk of hurricane Tomás we weren’t sure what the day was going to hold for us but it wasn’t to be, we turned up at Rostrevor to a lovely sunny, but cold, start to the day. After hanging around the car park for about half an hour it was clear to see that a lot of people were happy to see us come up for a spin, with about 25 or 30 people showing up just for us………Maeve Baxter was kind to offer her guiding services for the day, but I think she even got a scare when see saw the numbers out. 

And up and up we go

Well we set out up the fireroad that most of us are more use to getting up lifts on rather than cycling up, and it wasn’t long before we were missing the transit vans badly. We continued up going past the start of the two downhill tracks and on towards the upper car park, before we hit the car park we turned up in the forest to take on some savage never ending climbs that finally brought us out onto the top of the mountain. A small bit of a hike a bike and we were ready for some downhill, well after Bruce decided to finally break his hanger, they were going to leave him for dead but decided that since most of the next bit was downhill that they drag him along. 

Look at the happy head on him.

Starting off the top of the hill we were down and up some grassy slopes where we then regrouped before one of the funniest decents you can get. Flat out down this wet grassy, steep, pumpy track that would challenge anything Glendalough has, by the end of this several peoples brakes had faded and a ditch at the bottom was a good catch net.

Some deadly people

We continued down in a forest sections which had a great flowy fast sections with nice catchers in the corners where everyone came out smiling at the end. At this point we found a replacement hanger for Bruce so while he fixed that some of us cycled back up to redo the end section of the track we had just done. 

    Siliva being attacked by the jacket mosnter.

                                              

  Oh It's okay it's just Kamil

                                                      

After that we headed around the side of the hill where we found with a nice steep hike a bike which set us up for our next nice bit of downhill. After that people seemed hungry for more so off pedalling up the hill we went again.

After a quick stop near the top, and Sean trying to push this frosty bars on people again we headed off to do the last decent of the day a fast, rooty, ruff  track that dropped us just below the main car park, all in all about 3 hours and a great day out on the bike was had. Thanks again to Maeve and co for the grand tour. We’ll be planning a few similar spins to this before Christmas so stay tuned. 

Some more pics

   Happy out

 

 

 

                                                                  

Sunday 7th Nov Spin

Right folks this Sunday we are heading to Rostrevor for an grand tour all mountain spin. It’s deadly up there for it so bring a pedaly bike, tubes, mutitools, & any other bits you think you might need, you need to be self sufficient for this. Meeting in the main car park at 10.30 on Sunday Morning. Just note this is an all mountain spin and not a downhill one so be prepared for a small bit of pain.