saturday/sunday spin

[erykkartman]

Hi all

I'm quite new in to this and i would like to join mad team so i was wondering is any spin coming on saturday or sunday , of course that one where i can go :)

thanks a lot and let me know

[paddyobrien]

hey, details going up soon on this weekends plans, but they're not suitable for beginners unfortunately as the pace will be fairly fast and the sunday one will be an all day long afair.


If you check back in a few weeks there should be more beginners spins kicking off then.


Paddy

[erykkartman]

thanks a lot paddy will check

but maybe some hints ? any nice loop around 30 km ??? any idea ?

[Scrivo]

How long have you been biking erykkartman? The Saturday spin will not be very long or fast I imagine. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but you could tag along on that and we can show you our trails on 3 Rock.


Check the www.madmtb.com for details

[blackkrusty]

Hello!

i'm not completly a beginner and i would like to join you

saturday morning at the yellow house.


Is it possible to come directly by bike as i have no car ?

Thank you and i hope see you on saturday ;-P


Yohan

[Scrivo]

Hi Yohan,

Yes it is possible to ride to the yellow house. Directions are here: It is only about 4 miles from the city centre and just a quick spin to the trails.


See you in the morning, I'll be the one on the freeride monster named Jim ;)

[erykkartman]

Hi


Im not like completly beginer, i was cycling for few years but last year i havent had time so i have done only fewe spins over last year( plus i was cycling to job back and forward 5 days per week around 6km) i know is not much and unfortunatelly i have no condition.

I know 3rock was there 5 or 6 times in last few weeks, so i know a little bit about it:)

is it 10.00 am on sat ??? i will try to make it but tell me what time are we gonna be back at ??? have to be back home around 3 pm is it possible ???

[ollietrex]

Think the single speed might come out tomorrow....

[paddyobrien]

steve, it still disturbs me that you gave your bike a guys name! I'll hopefully have the enduro with me tomorrow to save my knees and shoulders from the beating they get on the hardtail.


Errykartman person .. read the front page .. its says 2pm!

[Barrydanzig]

steve is going for a ride on jim?


can't say i'm not disurbed.

[paddyobrien]

i know .. he should at least have called it Britney or something!

[Scrivo]

Think about it, Jim lives in my shed with Claudia. The two of them live a very happy life together (its mostly physical, all about the sex with Claudia tbh) So you want me to have lezzers in my shed? ............................ You may have a point Paddy.... ;)

[blackkrusty]

Hi Scrivo!

thankx for the confirmation, so i'll join u tomorow morning.


for my part, hadn't yet named my race 200, but will think about it ;-P

bye

[Conor]

I thought Claudia was gone!?!

[Scrivo]

Claudia is the eternal skinny xc bike. She'll live on forever......

[paddyobrien]

Great spin today but man am i feeling it now, wrecked! Feckin blessed with the weather too

[jackieo]

Great spin today lads! .....ouch!!

Thanks for the support/encouragement etc!

...and just when I was starting to think I was gettin fit......

:(

[paddyobrien]

yeah, you cheated on the way home!

[Conor]

Down with that sort of thing! Although credit to Jackie and Ash for completing their first savage spin. I think we managed 60kms,and I enjoyed almost every one of them.

[ollietrex]

Yep great spin... Some nice new trails that I have never done before and also some very painful climbs up the waterbars to maulin but worth it for the single track.


Came out at about 63km on my Garmin in the end so nice distance ride. Good to get back doing some distance after all the racing that has been going on lately.


And yes lots of cheating on the way home...

[Barrydanzig]

how do you cheat on a spin?


i'll assure you, there was no cheating on the training spin richie and myself did.


cycling up rock and roll is nice, very technically challenging with those rooty turns, but glad to say we managed them all! the fireroad climb from the mad club course to the aerials is a thoughy, especially when its done twice. very good practice for the next race, the legs were burning when i got home!

[Richie]

Yeah, not a bad old run out today - but you'd have to call it a semi-anti-fun spin. Might head out on Tuesday about 6pm to do more of the same - looking good weather-wise too!

All bruises and cuts are coming up a treat also :-)

[ollietrex]

If any one wants the route from today they can download it from


http://www.mtbguidebook.com/routeFiles/3_Rock_Prince_Willies_Maulin_Djouce_13-04-2008.kml


Or view it on google maps at:-


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fwww.mtbguidebook.com%2FrouteFiles%2F3 _Rock_Prince_Willies_Maulin_Djouce_13-04-2008.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=53.215079,-6.227188&spn=0.194896,0.6427&z=11

[Sean]

I'd be quite interested to know how exactly one might "cheat" on the way home?

Does it involve anything to do with internal combustion?

[Scrivo]

I was going to say they cheated by taking the Enniskerry way home instead of the slog over the Featherbeds but looking at Ollies GPS, I think he went through there.


Holding onto someone?

[Oisin]

No we went back the Enniskerry road. I went on ahead so didn't notice the cheating but there was talk about bungy cords and pulling people along for adventure races and things - maybe thats what was going on?


There were a load of goats crossing the road at the scalp. Jumped right out in front on me. A car nearly hit them as well. Madness.

[jackieo]

Apparently holding onto someone's arm on the way home on a training spin, constitutes cheating! Sorry Lads must have missed that one in the MAD Terms and Conditions and Code of Ethics!


Not that I asked, Alex offered....and we weren't aware it was a race home!

Jaysus won't do that again!

[paddyobrien]

ah bless .. you're so easy to wind up! (and yes .. section 3, paragragh 5)


;-)


And it wasn't a race home, except for a race against the cold and the iceblocks that were my feet at that stage.


Jaysus steve, if taking the road home is cheating then call me a cheater every time!

[diamondG]

fair play to you for taking on that spin, its a savage one alright!

Looking out at that sunshine yesteray I was raging I missed out

[paddyobrien]

well as long as you enjoyed cutting the grass .. it did sound exciting alright!

[Ash]

Yep, it was a great day out,furthest I've ever cycled I think, plus there were snowball fights and everything :o) Not sure I'd call myself a savage yet though, a lot more work to do on the uphills to keep up with ye!!

[Fergal]

sounds very romantic to me - lezzers in sheds, frisky goats, "arm holding" in the Featherbeds...

looks like you missed out on more than just a spin, Diggler Diamond!

[BertyTrek]

hi folks

This is the end of my visit to Dublin, we have just left the Dublin Port this morning and we are sailing to Glasgow and now i'm recovering my legs for this fantastic savage mtb weekend. i'm very grateful for your support and the way you receive me in your group, the spin we did yesterday was awesome i need to stay more fit to do that but finally i did it ( thanks for the suport of the ladies, nice talking riding with them) and the guys for waiting for me.Like i said yesterday you are so lucky of have that nice mountains close home and those funny singletracks after cicling in many places around the world i have to say that Dublin is the best place i've ever ride.

Thaks again for this brilliant weekend and if you're planning to travel to spain expecially to Galicia let me know and i'll do my best to help you in anything i can. This is my e-mail bertymar@hotmail.com and my phone number is +34609808099

In the future I hope to visit Dublin and ride with you again but more trainning jajajajajaj Thanks for all

See you and take care

BertyTrek

[jackieo]

Great to have you along Bertie, glad you enjoyed the day!

And if you've not been scarred for life after the epic spin, do come along again if you're ever back in town! :)