Mountainbiking Association of Dublin
Ireland’s Premier Mountainbiking Club™
Charity Bike Ride
01 year ago
There is a charity bike ride on this Sunday 30th January in aid of the Irish Cancer Society organised by Niall Davis over at www.biking.ie We would encourage everyone to come along to support a really worthwhile cause. This is also an opportunity for any potential MAD members to come along and meet members of the club for a spin.
Details as follows:
A fun mountain bike ride to celebrate the lives of those who have battled Cancer.
January 30th 2011: Charity bike ride at Ballinastoe Mountain Bike Trails in Roundwood, County Wicklow. We will assemble at the entrance to the trails at 09.45, where we will depart at 10am. There will be groups to suit all levels of fitness and ability. After the spin we will return to The Coachhouse in Roundwood village for complementary tea, coffee and sandwiches.
Donating
Entry is free and Biking.ie will be accepting donations for the Irish Cancer Society throughout the day. You will be able to donate before the event at 09.45, after the event at 12.30 or in the Coachhouse at 13.00.
Registering
Please register your interest by contacting us.
info@biking.ie / +353 (0)83 434 6992
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171098132923232
Directions
GPS Coordinates 53.107217, -6.217489
From Kilmacanogue (on the N 11) take the R755 to Roundwood. After approx 9 km, turn right at Djouce Golf Club and continue for 1km to the next junction. Take a left turn and continue for 100 meters. The trail and car park is on your right hand side.
More info here
Two MAD National Champions
01 year ago
Congratulations to Ryan Sherlock and Richie Close who became National XC Marathon Champions last Sunday. The event was hosted in Ballyhoura by MBCC. Ryan won the Elite race with a time of 03:19:51 , while Richie took gold in Masters with a time of 03:28:47. Also well done to Oisin Boydell who came 2nd in the Masters category with a time of 03:32:09. Ryan is now National Champion in both road (Hillclimb) and offroad (marathon) disciplines.
Check out Ryan’s and Richie’s blogs for insider views of the race. You’ll find the full results here and more discussion in the club forum.
Last Day of Introductory Series
11 year ago
Our Autumn MTB introductory series is drawing to a close this weekend. You can still register if you’d like to come along on this spin – details will be emailed mid-week. Anyone wishing to continue riding with MAD afterwards will be invited to join the club – we’ll be available to answer any questions you may have on the spin or you can email committee@madmtb.com.
MTB Introductory Series Autumn 2010
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Our much-anticipated MTB introductory course is starting this month. Over three weekends we’ll introduce riders to off-road riding and the trails. The dates are as follows:
- Saturday September 11th
- Saturday September 18th
- Saturday September 25th
We require everyone to register for the course beforehand – please use this form and ensure your details are correct. We’ll email locations and times to registered riders a few days before each spin. There is no charge for the course but everyone will have an opportunity to join MAD afterwards.
Check out the information on the site and if you have any further questions please email committee@madmtb.com.
Ticknock MTB Information Evening
0PUBLIC INFORMATION NOTICE
The DUBLIN MOUNTAINS PARTNERSHIP and COILLTE are hosting a public information evening about the proposed mountain bike trail system in Coillte Ticknock and Ballyedmonduff forests.
Details of the routes and plans for the area will be on show and managers will be available to discuss the project.
Date: 22nd July 2010
Time: 4.00 – 7.30pm
Location: Ticknock forest car park
www.dublinmountains.ie
www.coillteoutdoors.ie
XC NPS Course Update
11 year ago
The MAD NPS crew have been busy all this week planning the season finale to the 2010 NPS.
From laptop programming to branch-lopping, all is going to plan! The bit of rain up on 3Rock this week is expected to have very little effect on the course we have designed and built for the race.
We have trimmed a few minutes of the original lap time by removing some climbs, accelerating/re-aligning some of the singletrack sections, and raking and smoothing out as many sections as we can.
Our intent is to provide the fastest and most fun course of 2010, and that you don’t even remember the climbs – just all the fun stuff! We are incorporating one of the driest forest sections in the whole of Ireland – Rock n Roll! This unique area never gets affected regardless of the weather and is currently dusty dry, a few slower corners have been by-passed to speed-up this whole section.
The open mountain/double track sections have had water channels cut-in and any puddles have been drained off down the hillside, we’ll also will be walking the course on the Saturday with mattocks and spades in hand to tend to any sections. (more…)
MAD NPS Course Preview
0The course is approximately 6.2 km long, taking about 28 minutes on a test lap for a fast Master (as ridden by test pilot Oisin ‘Bomber’ Boydell from Pronghorn Racing in dry conditions).
Start out on a short section of fireroad up from the carpark, then left and up the wide track and weave through the rooty short forest section and out onto the main ‘Strada Bianca’ fireroad. Hammer along this in the big ring, thinning-out the pack and trying to get a good lead on your opponents before slipping right and down the chute to ‘MX’.
Along MX, up the sharp short kicker and down the super-swoop, pop off the little jump at the bottom and on the gas again through ‘Back Breaker’ (digging this section nearly broke us!). Blast through the wide path and boost up the bank and into Rock n Roll!
Weave your way through this twisting fast & very dry forest, then out and up the short kicker of ‘Blue Oyster’ and onto the main fireroad climb. Crest the climb then left at the barrier and over the large slabs, left and along and down through the super-fast ‘T-Connector’ and warp down the sandy singletrack into upper ‘Rock n Roll’. (more…)
MAD Presents NPS Final Round
01 year ago
The Mountainbiking Association of Dublin presents the final round of the 2010 cross country NPS on the 4th of July on Three Rock Mountain, Dublin. This will be an amazing race on a true MTB course featuring brand new superfast trails, courtesy of MAD Singletrack Engineering Dept. This race is also the fourth and final round of the 2010 Leinster XC League. Stay tuned for a course preview.
You’ll find further details of the event here - http://www.madmtb.com/nps2010
MAD Podiums at Dunmore NPS
01 year ago
by Morgan
in race report
Dromara CC held the penultimate round of the XC NPS last Saturday and there were some great results in what some riders felt was the hardest race of the year so far.
Mel was first in Elite Women
