Comments on: Final Round Winter DH League http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/ Ireland's Premier Mountainbiking Club™ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steve http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4553 Steve Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4553 Jesus, thats rubbish Marko... You didn't miss much from me I can tell you. Rode really poorly. Ah sure i'm only learning I suppose. Thanks for the support anyway though! <br/><br/>So when we all gonna see this big rig? Come on lads, join the big bike club! All the cool kids have one :) Jesus, thats rubbish Marko… You didn’t miss much from me I can tell you. Rode really poorly. Ah sure i’m only learning I suppose. Thanks for the support anyway though!

So when we all gonna see this big rig? Come on lads, join the big bike club! All the cool kids have one :)

]]> By: Mark C http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4543 Mark C Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:30:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4543 sorry i missed the race to shout and spin over yesterday morning, was at Rathfarnham for 8.45 when the missus called, she needed her driving licence for her first lesson at 9.30, which on on my desk in work....in Santry, after a very quick drive round the M50 and back to the Blanch i got it to her for 9.20, all my M50 karma points have been spent, i'll be drivin very slow from now on. anyways ended up cyclin up to 3 rock on my own and met Ronan and Brendan headin out, was still going to Cloon at this stage, but after a climb up to the aerials, my heart wasn't in it and i showed the lads round that trail near the club course, back up to the aerials where the two lads went in the direction of Fairycastle and I was off down the boneshaker for a very slow walker infested descent, good fairly quick spin overall though sorry i missed the race to shout and spin over yesterday morning, was at Rathfarnham for 8.45 when the missus called, she needed her driving licence for her first lesson at 9.30, which on on my desk in work….in Santry, after a very quick drive round the M50 and back to the Blanch i got it to her for 9.20, all my M50 karma points have been spent, i’ll be drivin very slow from now on. anyways ended up cyclin up to 3 rock on my own and met Ronan and Brendan headin out, was still going to Cloon at this stage, but after a climb up to the aerials, my heart wasn’t in it and i showed the lads round that trail near the club course, back up to the aerials where the two lads went in the direction of Fairycastle and I was off down the boneshaker for a very slow walker infested descent, good fairly quick spin overall though

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4542 Anonymous Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4542 e'll forgive your spelling errors steve, we still love you....Well done lads for entering the race yesterday as conditions looked tricky enough, there is a real sense of excitement at the DH races thats very different from a xc event, an almost palpable sense of fear...<br/><br/>its great to see some of our own guys out on the track, well done Rob for putting in times like that in your first race!, especially with wayward brakes on the wrong way round!..(they must be gargantuan)....He's one to watch i suspect...<br/><br/>Our own sunday spin was one to forget for a myriad of reasons, although the rip through masseys made it almost worthwhile... <br/>Tom e’ll forgive your spelling errors steve, we still love you….Well done lads for entering the race yesterday as conditions looked tricky enough, there is a real sense of excitement at the DH races thats very different from a xc event, an almost palpable sense of fear…

its great to see some of our own guys out on the track, well done Rob for putting in times like that in your first race!, especially with wayward brakes on the wrong way round!..(they must be gargantuan)….He’s one to watch i suspect…

Our own sunday spin was one to forget for a myriad of reasons, although the rip through masseys made it almost worthwhile…
Tom

]]> By: Steve http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4540 Steve Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4540 Lots of spelling mistakes I can't edit, sorry :) Lots of spelling mistakes I can’t edit, sorry :)

]]> By: Steve http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4539 Steve Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:22:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4539 Well that was an interesting day...<br/><br/>Myself and Rob set off before 9 in glorius sunshine. When we arrived at Cloon we quickly made it up for a practive run. Both of us completely messed this up I think. I was not used to all of the mud (very very gloopy) and binned it on the first jump (bending my big ring :( ) Made it down feeling very sorry for myself. Robb had a small crash too I think, so he went up to do it again.<br/><br/>We pushed up for another practice run and this time it went MUCH better, I hit everything just right and even got some nice air off the first jump. <br/><br/>The first run was a completely savage one for Robb, he put in a time that would have been very respectable in Seniors! Unforunately, I didnt do so well. I was going well for the hardest sections (the top ones) and look set to put in something a bit under 2 mins but I lost power in my arms near the end and binned it. Lost a good 20 seconds here while I tried to get some momentum again :(<br/><br/>By the time we go up for our second run, it was getting dark and cold. Robbs break had been quicly disintergrating all day and it finally decided to give up.He still put in a respectable time however (not of the calibre of his first)<br/><br/>I had a disastrous run. Crashed properly, 3 times! This gave me a woeful time fit for a granny.<br/><br/>Thanks a million lads for coming out to support, I would have gona out of my mind if Tom and Oisin to releave some tension at the start :)Also big thanks to Shane and Richie who came to marshal/support/take pics! Lets hope this is just the start of MAD DH TEAM RACING! (I can picture the cool jerseys already) Well that was an interesting day…

Myself and Rob set off before 9 in glorius sunshine. When we arrived at Cloon we quickly made it up for a practive run. Both of us completely messed this up I think. I was not used to all of the mud (very very gloopy) and binned it on the first jump (bending my big ring :( ) Made it down feeling very sorry for myself. Robb had a small crash too I think, so he went up to do it again.

We pushed up for another practice run and this time it went MUCH better, I hit everything just right and even got some nice air off the first jump.

The first run was a completely savage one for Robb, he put in a time that would have been very respectable in Seniors! Unforunately, I didnt do so well. I was going well for the hardest sections (the top ones) and look set to put in something a bit under 2 mins but I lost power in my arms near the end and binned it. Lost a good 20 seconds here while I tried to get some momentum again :(

By the time we go up for our second run, it was getting dark and cold. Robbs break had been quicly disintergrating all day and it finally decided to give up.He still put in a respectable time however (not of the calibre of his first)

I had a disastrous run. Crashed properly, 3 times! This gave me a woeful time fit for a granny.

Thanks a million lads for coming out to support, I would have gona out of my mind if Tom and Oisin to releave some tension at the start :)Also big thanks to Shane and Richie who came to marshal/support/take pics! Lets hope this is just the start of MAD DH TEAM RACING! (I can picture the cool jerseys already)

]]> By: Fergal http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4538 Fergal Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4538 Well Steve and Robb - how did ye got on? nice day for it, hope the track wasn't too gloopy... Well Steve and Robb - how did ye got on? nice day for it, hope the track wasn’t too gloopy…

]]> By: shane http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4534 shane Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:08:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4534 steve is right it is €20 entry fee steve is right it is €20 entry fee

]]> By: Tom http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4533 Tom Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4533 never seen it but i get the idea.... never seen it but i get the idea….

]]> By: Steve http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4532 Steve Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4532 Think its 20, check the link i posted. A small fee for the rush... Sriously man, when those bleeps are bleeping, its like cool runnings or something!!! You get a ridiculous surge of energy from all the nerves from the last couple of hours!! Think its 20, check the link i posted. A small fee for the rush… Sriously man, when those bleeps are bleeping, its like cool runnings or something!!! You get a ridiculous surge of energy from all the nerves from the last couple of hours!!

]]> By: Tom http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/02/14/final-round-winter-dh-league/#comment-4529 Tom Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=670#comment-4529 how much does entry cost? how much does entry cost?

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