Another MAD Weekend
After the cracking weather, dusty dry trails, and brilliant spins of the long bank holiday weekend comes what’s referred to in certain circles as a ‘normal’ weekend. Theres only two days in this one so we’d better make the most of it.
On Saturday Martins democratic governance continues with a spin to be chosen by the howling masses. Click Here for the poll and get voting as polling finishes on Thursday at 6pm sharp. At the time of going to press only one person is going to get drunk and wake up with a hangover (and its not me for a change) so there should be plenty of people there. This spin will be somewhere between easy, fun and awesome on our trusted spin measuring thingy. Basically it depends where you want to go but bring plenty of food and water as it could last for 3 or 4 hours depending. Further details will be posted when the polls are closed, ballots counted and brown envelopes opened, counted, taken into account over a few beers and promptly forgotten about.
****EDIT**** The Masses have spoken .. or clicked buttons .. or something. Anyway, Ballinastoe was the narrow winner so meet at the carpark there at 10am. Shame on the 2 people staying in bed and remember to torture those 4 who have the big hangovers!
****EDIT****
Sunday sees the savageness being put back into the word savage .. or .. something to that effect. We’re off on a long one starting at the yellow house at 9am. Bring loads of food, water and sacrafice small furry animals to the god of good weather and dry trails (St. Morgan of Kilmainham). We’re going from the yellow house to Fairy Castle, Prince Willies, Cloon, Crone, around Powerscourt, Djouce, XTC (we all love that one), Powerscourt and then back home. This is one for the improvers amongst you who are yet to come out on the really long spins (points in the direction of John H, Conor, Richie C etc) as well as the normal crew. The pace will be steady without too many breaks and theres plenty of drop out points along the way just in case (not that we’ll actually let you drop out)
Paddy (086 6087046)
April 11th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
just so yas know
where ever wins we will be cycling to so it is a long spin on the cards
see yas saturday
shane
April 11th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
stop trying to interfere with the vote you!
it will entirely depend on where wins. I seriously doubt ye will all be cylcing down to ballinastoe .. thats for the savages section on sunday
April 11th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
i want a long spin and i am going to try and get out sunday and it was me who made the poll anyway
April 11th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
banana.
April 11th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
well if you want a really really long spin come out on sunday.
Quick everyone .. vote for massies/hellfire jsut to annoy shane!
haha .. political campaigning at its finest
April 11th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Cant make sundays savagery( boo hoo ) but might make saturdays. I’ll go up early on saturday if i’m there.
By the way, I voted for Ballinastoe!!!
April 11th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
won’t be out on Sunday,doing the 10k in the park. i promise i’ll be out on a long spin soon sir,honest i will.
i can’t remember which one I voted for on Saturday
April 11th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
come on!! who else wants to join the big sunday spin!!!! there must be a good few more!!
April 12th, 2007 at 1:19 am
i think i may give the saturday spin a miss and head out for the savageness of the sunday spin, apologies in advance if i hold y’all up but if i am chronically slow i will drop out!
i am also available for trailbuilding on saturday if ye want…
April 12th, 2007 at 8:17 am
Sorry lads, the other half has organised a dinner/night out on Sat so I’ll be in no shape to make it to the YH for 9, yet alone go on a savage cycle… I’ll defo be out on one next weekend, so keep some savageness for then!
April 12th, 2007 at 8:31 am
i am going on the savage spin to
it has been a while since i have been on one so see yas then
shane
April 12th, 2007 at 9:13 am
good stuff lads
April 12th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I won’t be out to the Saturday spin (why isn’t Kindlestown on the poll?) as I’ll be at my cousin’s 21st on Friday night. I’m planning on going to the park or something on Saturday anyway, so enjoy Saturday and the savage spin on Sunday (including those improvers who have graduated to savageness!) and see you next weekend!
April 12th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
looks like B/stoe or Three Rock is winning! B/stoe would be great but problem is lots of peolpe and not enough lifts!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0031
Looks like Sat is gonna be the best day of the weekend too!
April 12th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Hi all.
I cant make it this weekend .
Whats a peolpe and how many can you fit in a car.
Darren
April 12th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
about 10 i should think
April 12th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
I plan on going on Sat and could take 2 people and bikes
April 12th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
im defo in for sunday but not saturday as i have a …revision course so ill see ya at yellowhouse for 9 then as i need to bring up my fitness and overall expertise !!!!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I can take a few bikes in the van if people (or peolpe) need.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
and you can throe the rack on the back and take even more bikes
maybe keep the people(peolpe)on there bikes while on the rack
enjoy your spin
April 13th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Ciaran - lots of food (lunch - sandwiches etc, bananas, maybe some of those nutrigrain bars too) and loads of water. I’ll be bringing 3litres of water plus a 750ml bottle with some of that fancy energy stuff in it too! . Also bring some money for food in Enniskerry
April 14th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
@paddy,
which route you´re going to take starting from yellow house?
via kilmashogue lane or…? then i´ll wait there.
As I´m living in the very south (Loughlinstown) it´s a little bit far to meet you and the crowd yellow house…
look forward & thx a lot!! Tobias
April 14th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
How come 39 people voted but only 9 turned up? what’s going on? Who voted twice and made us go to b/stoe? down with that sort of thing!
April 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Great morning in the Costa Del Ballinastoe this morning ! Myself, Richie, Carl,Barry, Brendan, Christian, plus two new lads ( Sorry, I’m really bad when it comes to names !!!). The heat made the first climb hot work, but we only stopped once on the way up to talk to 3 walkers. The first downhill section was a welcome treat as it was very dry, and a fair bit cooler than the climb up.
We done the second downhill section twice overall, after a few wrong turns on the fire road.( GPS does’nt lie !)
We then headed back towards the car park, and finnished the morning with a few loops of the trail between the fire road and the car park.
Great spin overall,with only a little crazyness thrown in, but with no injuries to bodies or bikes. And my fear of B’stoe is well and trully bannished! YIPPEEE !!!
April 14th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Hey Tobias,
on sunday morning I think we well be heading up via ticknock carpark, and onto fairy castle from there, we will be leaving the YH at 9:00 so that means we should passing thru ticknock car park by 9:25,…here is my number 086 171 3851, text me your number in the morn and i can confirm,
April 15th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
That was fricken awesome, what a savage day!…bone dry trails, a nice pace despite a few mechanicals, I broke my chain as is compulsory when I go on a spin, my poor bike is definitely going to bike-heaven!..But all I can say is that was one of the best spins in a long time, these long spins are great in this weather, and fair play to Oisin Savage Sr, for carrying a very respectable pace on the road home, it felt as though we only took a few minutes to get from Powerscourt,…anyway I am off to do a quick lap of 3-rock ; )
April 15th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Yeah baby
That was a wicked fantastic spin… That trail off Maulin was very extreme though, rocks were falling out of the sky and all! Broke 4 spokes on that one and ripped a tyre. Should be some sort of health warning on that yoke… Boy was I happy I had the big bike, think I would’ve been a gonner on little Claudia!
Spin from Powerscourt home was tough at times… Did some things with THE DIAMOND that we wont talk about (that right Graham ;))
All in all, a deadly spin with the premier mtb club and as Morgan put it “You guys really made this spin great for me”
April 16th, 2007 at 10:12 am
steve your poor bikes take so much punishement its amazing! (but then i do go much slower!)
Great spin yesterday … well once my brake pads settled in and i could actually stop when i wanted to.
Maulin was pure evil in a fun sorta way.
And bloody sunburn on my arms too!
April 16th, 2007 at 10:14 am
“Did some things with the diamond that we won’t talk about”
Steve, that couldn’t possibly sound dodgier!!!!
Truth is, we adopted roadie tactics on the return leg.
The pace home from Powerscourt was Animal, Boydel set a savage pace for the leading pack (respect). Steve and myself were shamefully adopting roadie tactics to catch them. Slipstreaming and taking the lead in turns. It really did seem like notime from Powerscourt to Yellow house. Has anyone got a time for it from a Garmin or anything, I’d love know.
What a day though, that spin was unreal, absolutely class!!
on a different note, saw Blades of Glory last night, check it out, it couldn’t be funnier:
Jimmy: There all lauhing at us.
Chazz Micheal Michaels: They laughed at Louie Armstrong when he said he was going to the moon, and now he’s laughing at them from up there.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Here’s the route from Sunday (Google Earth file)…
http://brighton.ucd.ie/imagebin/Trail%20-%20Three%20Rock%20Prince%20Willies%20Djouce%20Powerscourt%2015-04-2007.kml
Enniskerry to the YH took 40 minutes and from the gatehouse of Powerscourt waterfall to Enniskerry was 13 minutes.
That was a brilliant spin. Excellent weather and good distance. There are a few chips out of my frame from the rocky decent off Maulin.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:06 am
That link in my last comment didn’t work. Here it is again…
Sundays Route (Google Earth File)
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