Mountainbiking Association of Dublin

Thursday

• Race/race training - MAD Club course - Outside Ticknock car park 7.30pm. Everyone welcome including other clubs! Please leave your cars outside the gate.

Saturday

• Early Spin - Massies and Hellfire - 7am (Shane Lavelle)
• Martin’s Fun Ride
  Meeting:- Taylors for 10am
  To:- 3rock - 1/2 way up FC and onto WW - to Woccas - over to wet Tibradden - down Boulderdash - through Pineforest - blast down Masseys trail (conditions in this section are fine) - Taylors (pint of Miwadee and packet of king crisps!….. ).
  Duration:- 3hrs hrs max
  Fergal’s gang are more than welcome to join us for the tibradden and boulderdash decents if they like (more bodies flying through the air and you will get to see Ben doing his Spiderman 2 impression down boulderdash!! that’s a treat!)
• Fast Sat spin - Taylor’s pub at 830am.
  Map to Taylor’s pub

Sunday

• Connacht XC League, Clarenbridge Co. Galway. Stephen Scrivener will be doing this. Please contact him for race details.
• We’re going to do a fairly long spin around Crone and Djouce. Pace will be constant - ‘awesome to savage level’. We will meet at Crone car-park at 10am. Map here - http://iol.ie/~imra/map_location_crone.html . If you have a lift to offer then please post a comment on the website blog.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Nigel

0879335403 poloholemint@gmail.com

The 2007 race season is finally upon us with the K-Capital Cup starting next week (March 11th) in Kilruddery. If, like most of us, you haven’t been intensively training since November there are a couple of last-minute opportunities to get up to speed. EPIC will be running another night race in Leadmines this Thursday (handicapped, so everyone has an equal chance of winning). Then on Sunday Round 4 of the Connacht XC League takes place in Clarenbridge Co. Galway. I’d encourage everyone to try a race or two this year - it’s an opportunity to ride in different locations, it’ll make you fitter and of course it’s a lot of fun.

a near perfect imprint of my watch on my wrist! Seriously though, i’m very lucky as it could have been a lot worse especailly if i hadn’t worn my helmet as i landed head and face first.

Thanks for all the messages etc … will reply when i get a chance but it turns out i’m highly non ambidextrous so it’ll take some time. Paddy

*** EDIT ***
more photos now up here

The rumours are true! Paddy, MAD bean-counter extraordinaire, was knocked off his bike in an incident on his way to work last Tuesday morning.

Ticknock car park

Taylors pub

Palmers Golden Ball pub

Kindlestown

Yellow House

Gala Shop

Get Exorcised!!!

Your club secretary is assuming the role of Father Damian Karras
from the Exorcist in order to banish impure non-savage spirits
from your mortal souls!
The ‘Ceremony’ starts at the unholy hour of 8:30 at Taylors on Sat 24th Feb
Father Karras will hear your confessions on the skeleton-rattling Boneshaker.
Woeful penance will be laid upon you if you are suspected of
attending bingo instead of training hard!!!
Despite the obviously evil theme, “zombie bikers” will suffer if they try this one.

Roars of evil laughter!!!!
Arrggghhh - ha ha ha!!!!!

so, there you go now, a nice fast spin on Saturday morning,
I could have simply said that and not terrified people with all this scary malarky
but that’s just not the MAD way…..

toodle-doo!!!

Give yourself a lash!
1.5hr Screamin’ Demon spin meeting at Taylors 8:30am.
Meeting up with the improvers spin at 10am.
Flog yourself and love it.

Our planned “intermediate” ride last weekend was cut short by unexpected weather conditions. We’ll be giving it another go this Saturday instead. We’ll be departing from Ticknock car park at 10am for a ride up over Three Rock and down to Leadmines. This will be a fun spin so you don’t have to be super fit, however we will be riding some technical trails (up and down) so you should be comfortable with that. You can find a Google Earth map of the route here.

The fourth and final round of the winter DH league takes place this Sunday. Fergal and Steve are now experienced racers so we expect them do do us proud. The race is open to everyone but a full face helmet is required.

Some of us will be riding down to watch the race and give support. Leaving the Yellow House at 9am (pace: awesome) we’ll head over Three Rock to Prince Williams Seat and around the back of Cloon. We’ll return via Glencree and Cruagh.

The final round of the Winter DH league is on this Sunday. If you were spectating at the second round, i’m sure you saw how much fun it is! This round is in Cloon once again with the same course. There is nothing unrideable on this course. Although there are two jumps, both of these have chicken runs around them.

Believe me, you will never feel your heart beating so fast or as much adrenaline pumping until you are listening to your start beeps on the opening gate. It is an experience everybody has to try! Espcially in Ireland’s Premier Mountain Bike Club!

Please let me know if you want to participate and I can give you an idea of what goes on at these races. All information about the day can be found here: http://www.irishdh.com/2007news/newsfeb07winterleaguepreview4.htm
Full face helmet is compulsary to enter, however, don’t let this put you off as lenders are easy to come by.

Please let me know if your interested : stephen_scrivener@yahoo.coDOTuk - 0861653925

Really guys! Would be brilliant to see some more MAD jerseys at this, I know loads of you would love it!!

Steve