Wednesday Night Ride - Beginners
Beginner pace night ride next Wednesday (24th). It’ll be very easy - just around the Phoenix Park - but it’ll allow people to get used to riding offroad in the dark and make sure their lights are up to scratch. We’ll meet at White’s Gate entrance (near Farmleigh) at 7.30pm.
There will be steps, a few nice trails and a bit of messing about in the furry glen! (sounds saucy!!)
Martin (mail/post back if your up for it! and to see numbers)
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:06 am
What kind of lights would be needed?
Would a standard LED do?
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 am
There won’t be any street lighting so effectively it’ll be completely dark. You need lights that are bright enough to see where you are going. I managed fine with a 2.5watt Cateye halogen light like this one for ages but generally people are using 10w+.
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
http://www.abc-of-mountainbiking.com/info/night-mountainbiking-safety.asp
decent lights will help, it is very dark in spots and pads can come in handy too as I’ve found out!!
4 signed up so far ! come on ppl!!
January 22nd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
You can probably count me in too Martin. See ya then
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Hello. Newcomer here. Have been on one other ride with MAD (one of the thursday night race training nights a few weeks back) and would like to come along to the ride tomorrow night at Phoenix Park. Does that make me participant #5? Inga
January 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
no problem! but don’t forget the lights!
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Count me in too - see you there
January 24th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Dont forget thurs night race at three rock meeting at ticknock car park at 7:00pm..not sure where we will be racing prob the DH track?MAD club course its great way to get fit…Volunteer timekeepere always welcome…might even make sone momet tru bribery etc..
January 24th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
“sone monet tru” eh Tom? Shane - he’s starting to talk like you - what the hell does that gibberish mean?
January 24th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
yeah twas a bit hurried, less haste more pace..
am i was trying to imply that one might receive financial recompense, in the form of bribery, if they were to were to falsely and favourably,record measurements of the length of time one of us cyclists were circumnavigating the mad club course, not that one would condone such behaviours….
January 24th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
deep man, that’s deep…….
January 25th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Good turn out last night in the Park about 10 if I remember right! with 2 newbies! a lap of the park and the regular stepping!
Think fun was had by all, eventhough the trail was like poridge in sections!
January 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
still waters run deep, very deep……
.deeper……..
beep,beep
January 25th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
10 people on a night ride??
good job lads
Have we had that many before?