Comments on: Good times, coming our way… http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/ Ireland's Premier Mountainbiking Club™ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tom http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4841 Tom Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4841 Glad you enjoyed it Ian! it was really great trip.. Glad you enjoyed it Ian! it was really great trip..

]]> By: Heald http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4832 Heald Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4832 I'd just like to say a big thank you to everyone in MAD, it was a great coupla days riding with a sound bunch of people.<br/><br/>Thanks for allowing me to come on the trip! I’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone in MAD, it was a great coupla days riding with a sound bunch of people.

Thanks for allowing me to come on the trip!

]]> By: Rachael Jordan http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4815 Rachael Jordan Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4815 I know the "most mechanical breakdowns" award will have to go to poor Tom for bike and car malfunctions, and I think the "most punctures" award has to go to Shane Lavelle - the Gerbilator - for 3 punctures in the one day, two on his bike and one on his van! I also think the "car carrying the most injuried people" award will have to go to Ronan's car. He and Brendan had nasty crashes on the same day, resulting in a limping Ronan and wrist-strapped Brendan. Not wanting to be out done, I rode into a tree stump the next day and have some fantastic brusies, aswell as 5 home made paper stitches on the back of my knee! <br/><br/>All is all, a fantatic weekend! Wonderful weather, great company, wonderful food, fantastic trails. Can we go back? I know the “most mechanical breakdowns” award will have to go to poor Tom for bike and car malfunctions, and I think the “most punctures” award has to go to Shane Lavelle - the Gerbilator - for 3 punctures in the one day, two on his bike and one on his van! I also think the “car carrying the most injuried people” award will have to go to Ronan’s car. He and Brendan had nasty crashes on the same day, resulting in a limping Ronan and wrist-strapped Brendan. Not wanting to be out done, I rode into a tree stump the next day and have some fantastic brusies, aswell as 5 home made paper stitches on the back of my knee!

All is all, a fantatic weekend! Wonderful weather, great company, wonderful food, fantastic trails. Can we go back?

]]> By: Tom http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4814 Tom Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4814 Well what an amazing trip, the weather was just perfect, great craic, I think I was the only person with a major mechanical issue,(Thanks 4 the bike Conor and my mechanic Rob ; )... <br/> On Friday we rode The Marin Trail, which was a great XC loop with an excellent final descent, but saturdays discovery of CliMACHX is unforgettable, it was so addictive that a bunch of us did the whole route twice and then some of us did the final descent twice more, and twice again on sunday evening!!..it was such a buzz, words just don't do it justice.....we have plenty of photos and video footage that will be coming soon...(Hope the legs ok Brian?)..<br/><br/> It was great to ride CyB after hearing of it so often over the last year, it was the place that excited me the least although I still enjoyed my ride around the orange route,..For the final ride of the trip a few die-hards including myself returned to do cliMACHX twice more before we decided not to push our luck any further, on the drive back to the hotel myself and Nigel were discussung disc brakes and v brakes when I noticed my car had no brakes so we crawled home!...(not literally)...<br/><br/> I could write so much more, but to sum it up all I can say is what a great trip...Thanks to everyone who came and made it so much fun!...<br/><br/> Well done to our racers over the weekend, and better luck in the next round to those who were unlucky this time out! Well what an amazing trip, the weather was just perfect, great craic, I think I was the only person with a major mechanical issue,(Thanks 4 the bike Conor and my mechanic Rob ; )…
On Friday we rode The Marin Trail, which was a great XC loop with an excellent final descent, but saturdays discovery of CliMACHX is unforgettable, it was so addictive that a bunch of us did the whole route twice and then some of us did the final descent twice more, and twice again on sunday evening!!..it was such a buzz, words just don’t do it justice…..we have plenty of photos and video footage that will be coming soon…(Hope the legs ok Brian?)..

It was great to ride CyB after hearing of it so often over the last year, it was the place that excited me the least although I still enjoyed my ride around the orange route,..For the final ride of the trip a few die-hards including myself returned to do cliMACHX twice more before we decided not to push our luck any further, on the drive back to the hotel myself and Nigel were discussung disc brakes and v brakes when I noticed my car had no brakes so we crawled home!…(not literally)…

I could write so much more, but to sum it up all I can say is what a great trip…Thanks to everyone who came and made it so much fun!…

Well done to our racers over the weekend, and better luck in the next round to those who were unlucky this time out!

]]> By: Fergal http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4813 Fergal Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4813 hard luck with the punctures Ryan, hopefully Castlewellan will be a mechanical-free race for you.<br/><br/>well done to all other MAD racers also, we were thinking of ye when we were hammering down<br/>the Cli-MACHX trail in Wales - <br/>ye would have loved it-<br/>4 minutes of full-on downhill bermed/bench-cut/northshored/bridged/rocky-dropped delightful full-speed terror.....still buzzing...... hard luck with the punctures Ryan, hopefully Castlewellan will be a mechanical-free race for you.

well done to all other MAD racers also, we were thinking of ye when we were hammering down
the Cli-MACHX trail in Wales -
ye would have loved it-
4 minutes of full-on downhill bermed/bench-cut/northshored/bridged/rocky-dropped delightful full-speed terror…..still buzzing……

]]> By: Ryan Sherlock http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4812 Ryan Sherlock Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4812 As Sean said, I had a pretty unfortunate race. I felt strong and was sitting in 5th on the first lap when my rear punctured. I fixed that (about 2:20 gone) and by the start of the 5th I was in 8th. Another puncture => 2.5km run with the bike through single track. I got a new wheel and then another puncture about 2.5km away from home => another long run... <br/><br/>I was a bit annoyed but felt good when I was riding. Thanks a million to Shane and Oisin! They did a great job (and helped to calm me down - I owe some of yas 2 tubes...)<br/><br/>Anyway, I'm off to buy a tubeless wheelset... :) As Sean said, I had a pretty unfortunate race. I felt strong and was sitting in 5th on the first lap when my rear punctured. I fixed that (about 2:20 gone) and by the start of the 5th I was in 8th. Another puncture => 2.5km run with the bike through single track. I got a new wheel and then another puncture about 2.5km away from home => another long run…

I was a bit annoyed but felt good when I was riding. Thanks a million to Shane and Oisin! They did a great job (and helped to calm me down - I owe some of yas 2 tubes…)

Anyway, I’m off to buy a tubeless wheelset… :)

]]> By: Fergal http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4811 Fergal Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4811 Wow! <br/>A sunsoaked biking paradise with loads of woolly beauties in the fields, trails you couldn't make-up in your head, great company, mostly well-behaved bikes, hearty breakfasts, extreme (and some not-so-extreme) action footage, very few crashes and resulting injuries (hope your leg gets better soon Brian - mine seems ok, just looks like I spilled raspberry jam down it), did I mention the Sunday sunshine? yes I think I did, bizarre drinking games without the drink...oh there's loads more...I just need to do some work first in order to afford the next one. <br/><br/>THE VIDEO is in conception stage, can everyone who has any media from the trip fire it on to me at fergal.kilkenny@gmail.com.<br/>If you have a lot of info, zip it up and put it on http://www.yousendit.com/ and I'll be able to pull it down from there , ideas for the video most welcome... Wow!
A sunsoaked biking paradise with loads of woolly beauties in the fields, trails you couldn’t make-up in your head, great company, mostly well-behaved bikes, hearty breakfasts, extreme (and some not-so-extreme) action footage, very few crashes and resulting injuries (hope your leg gets better soon Brian - mine seems ok, just looks like I spilled raspberry jam down it), did I mention the Sunday sunshine? yes I think I did, bizarre drinking games without the drink…oh there’s loads more…I just need to do some work first in order to afford the next one.

THE VIDEO is in conception stage, can everyone who has any media from the trip fire it on to me at fergal.kilkenny@gmail.com.
If you have a lot of info, zip it up and put it on http://www.yousendit.com/ and I’ll be able to pull it down from there , ideas for the video most welcome…

]]> By: oisin http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4810 oisin Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:51:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4810 sorry about forgetting your podium Inga, and thanks again for the help with my bent chain. sorry about forgetting your podium Inga, and thanks again for the help with my bent chain.

]]> By: Sean http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4809 Sean Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:43:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4809 Not forgetting Inga's 3rd place in Sport's Ladies....although she didn't get her trophy. For some reason they presented the girl in 4th with it instead. But 3 podium finishes made for a decent weekend.<br/><br/>I think I'm fair in saying that myself and Ryan both had disasters. Ryan suffered 3 punctures and seemed to run more laps than he cycled, while I just couldn't get to grips with the course at all. I did enjoy the fireroad though :-)<br/>Thanks once again to Shane and Oisin for the bottles and tech support, the Team MAD soigneurs did a brilliant job once again.<br/><br/>Sean Not forgetting Inga’s 3rd place in Sport’s Ladies….although she didn’t get her trophy. For some reason they presented the girl in 4th with it instead. But 3 podium finishes made for a decent weekend.

I think I’m fair in saying that myself and Ryan both had disasters. Ryan suffered 3 punctures and seemed to run more laps than he cycled, while I just couldn’t get to grips with the course at all. I did enjoy the fireroad though :-)
Thanks once again to Shane and Oisin for the bottles and tech support, the Team MAD soigneurs did a brilliant job once again.

Sean

]]> By: Oisin http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/good-times-coming-our-way/#comment-4808 Oisin Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=689#comment-4808 I hope you all had a brilliant time in wales. Mad got 2 podium finishers yesterday - Shane (2nd) and Ciaran (3rd) - on what i thought was a brilliant course, definitely my favourite race so far. I hope you all had a brilliant time in wales. Mad got 2 podium finishers yesterday - Shane (2nd) and Ciaran (3rd) - on what i thought was a brilliant course, definitely my favourite race so far.

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