DH practice day Saturday 20th
Hey All,
This Saturday there will be a downhill specific spin in preparation for EPIC’s NPS round on the 28th.
The plan is to meet at Yellow House at 9.30 and drive down to Cloon for about 10. This spin requires no fitness to speak of but be warned, the course is quite technical, so some love for descending is essential. There are two great DH tracks down here so its an easy enough push to the top for a choice of two great descents!
Safety Aspects:
- You DO NOT need a down hill specific bike, your usual XC bike will be able to handle it fine.
- All of the drops and jumps have a ‘chicken run’, this is a way around the potentially dangerous obstacle.
- Bring any safety gear you have, none is essential to ride but it gives extra confidence if you have it.
This would be a great spin for anybody trying to quicken themselves when the trail points downwards. (i.e. just about everybody I think!) We will be doing the same bit of trail over and over so you are bound to speed up by the end of the day! There are also some nice starter jumps and drops to practice on.
Please send me a mail if you can offer or need a lift. stephen_scrivener~AT~yahoo.co.uk
Cheers,
Steve
January 16th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Any plans for a non DH ride?
January 16th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
non-dh ride also happening.
10am yellow house. going to hellfire/masseys.
January 18th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Any driving directions for cloon on Sat?
January 18th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
If your coming from kiltiernan, i think you turn right and go up the hill for about 3 or 4 miles. You can follow me from tallaght if you want, i probably wont get TOO lost.
January 18th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
or you could just go to the yellow house and follow someone who knows where they ar going
January 18th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
shane, thats sounds like the best plan. But be nice to get have directions just in case get separated in traffic.
Also I can take one other person.
January 18th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Cloon driving directions
People are actually driving down?
January 19th, 2007 at 10:53 am
yeah if we are going to be wearing armour etc, as i and others are , plus trying to bomb around the course, i hope i will, we dont need to be saving energy or worrying about getting home on a damged bike with a damage body…its a DH day…
January 20th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Not to make people envious or anything but that was quite possibly the best craic EVER!!I am still buzzing! Absolutely brilliant. I can quite definately say that the new bike is broken in after that.
So whos racing next Sunday? The course is brilliant. Flows so well and everything is floatable (you don’t have to pull up much off the jumps/drops) Come on people! If today is half as good as the actualy race, its going to be monuMENTAL
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 pm
i prob wont be racing, but well done man u were flying, as was oisin..i have a bit to go yet but i am defo getting a bigger bike and i will get good on that track with some practice, its such a class spot epic did great work…