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[BertyTrek]

Hello riders. Do you remenber me? I come from Spain and i`ll arrive to Dublin the 10th of April. I´ll be there for four days. Could i join with someone who ride that weekend? i´d like to ride for those paths you have in three rock, Fairly castle, wicklow way, etc you know better than me which are the best places for mtb i accept all recomendations you make me.

Thanks for all

BertyTrek

[ciaranc]

Sure I'll Join you as i haven't been on a proper club spin in ages .[sorry lads]

I could show you round 3 Rock/Ticknock if you are interested .

Leave a comment here and we can sort something out

[BertyTrek]

Hi cianrancorson

It´s ok for me, i have free from friday trough sunday, which days can you ride? I´ll be in dublin centre, where can we meet? because i have to look on a map for the directions. I´ll try to ride the tree days (if Dublin mountais are not to hard.......) if you can ride more days or there are more people to ride that weekend let me know.

Going to Glendalough for paths outdoors is possible or is too far from Dublin?

I´ll try to do my best rides in that weekend

BertyTrek

[paddyobrien]

Hey Berty,


I'll be working during the week but can take you out as discussed before on saturday and sunday. Maybe a shorter spin on saturday and a long long one on the sunday if that works for you?


The best place to meet would be the yellow house pub in rathfarnham .. about 5km from the city centre.


There is a google map link on this page


http://www.madmtb.com/club-rides/


We can organise the time etc closer to the day, but we normally start at 10am.

[Conor]

I'll join in on that too. I was thinking of doing 3Rock to Powerscourt that weekend anyway. I'm getting borred with all this serious race "training" so a blast on the Trance is in order.

[BertyTrek]

Hello Paddyobrien and conor

Nice to see you again in the forum, it´s ok for me what you propose, at the first time i do not have any problem with the time to meet. In the long spin i understand we ride morning throug afternoon, i mean we need to carry some food for the trip like sandwich, energy bars, etc, i need to preparate all this thinks. anyway like you said next week we specify all that stuff. i´m going to check the map link to make sure i`ll find it. It will be nice to meet a lot of bikers to make a memorable weekend.

see you soon, and thanks for your help

[Sean]

Hullo chaps,


Just be aware that there's the Wicklow Way Ultra and half marathons on that Saturday (12th) so there'll be approx 100 runners between Prince Willies and Lough Tay moving at variable speeds and unlikely to be happy about being run over by a gang of bikers....


Sean

[paddyobrien]

damn fit people always spoiling everything for us fun types!!


no worries though .. we're planning the long spin for the sunday so unless they have some serious stragglers we should be fine. And any runners still on the course at that stage may be dead so we can just cycle over them!!


Heartless ... me .... never!!


Berty, yep for the sunday long spin you should count on bringing food and water/drink to keep you goign for 5 or 6 hours at a decent enough pace. Whatever that means for yourself. For some its 3 bottles, for others it requires a refueling tanker half way along!! We'll come back on the road so there will be shops to buy food and drink to get you home

[Conor]

Also bring 10euro or so for a chocy bar and some REALLY bad coffee in Powerscourt!

[BertyTrek]

do not worry about that i am always ready for the war? My camelback is full of food, water and tools i do not want to be missing in combat, however i think for those rides i will try to keep the weight because this forum seems to be plenty of training people jajajajaaj

[paddyobrien]

ah yes .. but training is all relative, personally i've been training to survive not training to win!

[ciaranc]

SO i guess 10 at taylors conor ? Hi Berty Trek Take the road out of the city centre and i will meet you there at Taylors Three Rock Pub . So if you get lost you can text me on 0857647868 and we'll sort something out .

[BertyTrek]

i'm agree with you paddyobrien, many years ago i've trained thinking no pain no gain but now a days i train to enjoy of the outdoors and myself, my pulsometer (i think is the same name in english) doesn't come with me for two years.

i still go for work by bike and ride outdoors three times a week........if my daughter let me do it of course and along the year my club (Club ciclista Ferrol) organizes some long spins around Galicia (Spain) i think is similar than your club because we have some sections of rally, freeride and DHX. Hopefully a lot of young people has joined us last year and we have many people sopporting us and talking about mountins the height in Dublin is similar than Galicia. I don't know too much of history but i think we came from the vikings like you jajajajaja.

See you my friends

BertyTrek

[BertyTrek]

hi ciarancorson, i'm going to check that direction, i carry my gps so i think i wouldn't have problems to meet you. Let me check

[BertyTrek]

Hey ciarancorson, check this link:


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=14500572939432087479,53.268935,-6.263022&saddr=tolka+quay+rd&daddr=Taylors+Three+Rock+Pub+%4053.268935,-6.263022&sll=53.350141,-6.196976&sspn=0.096525,0.2314&ie=UTF8&ll=53.311801,-6.231308&spn=0.096612,0.2314&z=12


Is here where we will meet?

[BertyTrek]

I'm here agan Ciarancorson, Paddyobrien said that the best place to meet is in yellow house pub in rathfarnham, i looked for it in the google maps and this is the link:


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=2542533289448072728,53.296568,-6.285682&saddr=tolka+quay+rd&daddr=The+Yellow+HouseWillbrook+Road,+Rathfarnham, +Dublin+14+%4053.296568,-6.285682&sll=53.336818,-6.237831&sspn=0.048278,0.1157&ie=UTF8&ll=53.311801,-6.233025&spn=0.096612,0.2314&z=12


It is closer from Dublin than Taylors Three Rock Pub, isn't? i guess it will be better to meet some of us in Yellow house pub and continue to Taylors Three Rock Pub to meet with Ciarancorson. What do you think?

Paddyobrien is the link correct with the direction of the yellow house pub?

I prefer that some of you organize the place and the time to meet and i'll follow your directions.ok?

[diamondG]

Hi Berty,


yes the links to Taylors and The Yellow house are correct.


As Paddy says, The Yellow House is a better place to meet, it is a little bit closer the city centre (maybe 5 kms) and easier for you to find. We will pass Taylors pub on the way to the trails, so we can meet other people there also.


Paddy suggested 10am, so if that suits you then its a plan.


what kind of bike are you bringing with you? Is your main interest cross country?


There are alot of nice trails nearby, so it should be good!!


Paddy is probably in the pub at the moment, training :)

But he will confirm the time and place later.


Graham


pd: bring a rain jacket with you on the spin, the weather can change very quickly here, and get wet and cold.

But don't worry, we still cycle in the funny weather ;)

[BertyTrek]

Hello diamondG thanks for check the links, the time you decide it's ok for me. My bike is a Trek Fuel 90 and cross country it's ok for me and my bike we are thirsty of mud, rocks, roots........... whatever expect roads :)

The weather is not a problem for me because in Galicia we have a lot of rain too, i think not too much as ireland but enough. i'll bring my rain jacket.

[paddyobrien]

hey berty,


Yes we can meet at 10am next saturday 12th of april (just so no one is confused!!)


My phone number is +353 86 6087046 and my email is paddyobrien@gmail.com so you can call me if you have any problems, or email me before if you need to. We can stay on the local trails on saturday and then do a much longer spin on the sunday (and on sunday you will have no problem finding the pub to meet us at)


See you next weekend

[BertyTrek]

ok, that's right for me, 10 am on saturday. I am sure it'll be a great experience to ride with you.

See you soon

BertyTrek

[BertyTrek]

One question, two friends would like to come with us next saturday but they'd like to know how many kilometers are we going to do and which is the level of that spin. At what time more or less will we finish?

[paddyobrien]

hey berty .. maybe 25 to 30km from the yellow house and back.About 8 each way on road and the rest off road. We should be back at the yellow house at 2pm at the latest

[BertyTrek]

ok then they will come on saturday, for the long trip on sunday they won't come but i'll be there.

ok guys see you on saturday morning

[ciaranc]

Hey Berty ,I just found out I'm working on saturday instead of sunday this weekend but I'll try to go cycling with you on sunday instead if your interested .

Ciarán

[paddyobrien]

ciaran, we're doing a big long savage spin on sunday. Will announce the details later or tomorrow, but everyones welcome who can keep up (i'm not that fast or fit anyway) and there's loads of drop out points as usual, though most require about 20km on the road home

[ciaranc]

I think i might do it to about cloon and turn back, my fitness is only recovered because of two massive road cycles

thats ok lads right ?

[BertyTrek]

Hello i'm here in Dublin and i'm ready to ride this long weekend, yesterday i have visited the center of Dublin, specially the temple bar where i spent several hours drinking Guinness :) i think i plenty of beer for this year. Good live music and good meal in "the caverne". today the weather is cold i hope it will be better tomorrow if not we'll be a little wet but no problem about that.

Well guys see you tomorrow at 10

[Barrydanzig]

cold weather?


this is good weather for us!

[BertyTrek]

jajajajajaj

ok i belive you, but my wife is at the beach with my daughter this weekend in Spain.

[ciaranc]

unfortunaley i wont be able to to go out biking as i have a mix between laringitis and sore throat, sorry paddy for the inconvience

[BertyTrek]

sorry for that ciaran i hope you will be better,like i said before the weather is getting cold but after some kilometers we'll be warm i'll take some photos and share in this forum.

Bertytrek