Comments on: Winter Weekend of Wonderment http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/11/01/winter-weekend-of-wonderment/ Ireland's Premier Mountainbiking Club™ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/11/01/winter-weekend-of-wonderment/#comment-6034 Tom Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=755#comment-6034 Well that was a very sweet night ride, 8 of us converged at Ticknock and headed for the aerials, we cut over the first turn right off the ascent to Fairycastle, hit down off this trail to the left, then did some nice little trail,...<br/><br/>.. That brought us to the fireroad, across here to the top of MADjestic, next it was over to Rock n Roll, towards the new trail with the laddered bombhole, followed by a super rip through the newly revamped mad club course, (twice for some of us) Hats off to Annesley who cleared the climb at the end both times..<br/><br/>...we then traversed up and over to the end of No Dabs, which despite it's run down state was great craic, one very windy traverse to mid-way on the boneshaker, those who had parked at Ticknock departed here and 5 of us flew down the B'shaker, I took the left at the top of the gravel pile here(Thanks Annesley) having no choice due to the speed went down the near vertical face and was promptly shot down the next section of trail albeit with a rather big grin....<br/><br/>... It was a great spin that left me on real buzz, then Alex got past me on the last bloody corner!!..I heard Richie and Shane use the word hairy a few times which is always good, we also have a new Oisin, who very kindly monitored the rear of the group;)<br/>Tom Well that was a very sweet night ride, 8 of us converged at Ticknock and headed for the aerials, we cut over the first turn right off the ascent to Fairycastle, hit down off this trail to the left, then did some nice little trail,…

.. That brought us to the fireroad, across here to the top of MADjestic, next it was over to Rock n Roll, towards the new trail with the laddered bombhole, followed by a super rip through the newly revamped mad club course, (twice for some of us) Hats off to Annesley who cleared the climb at the end both times..

…we then traversed up and over to the end of No Dabs, which despite it’s run down state was great craic, one very windy traverse to mid-way on the boneshaker, those who had parked at Ticknock departed here and 5 of us flew down the B’shaker, I took the left at the top of the gravel pile here(Thanks Annesley) having no choice due to the speed went down the near vertical face and was promptly shot down the next section of trail albeit with a rather big grin….

… It was a great spin that left me on real buzz, then Alex got past me on the last bloody corner!!..I heard Richie and Shane use the word hairy a few times which is always good, we also have a new Oisin, who very kindly monitored the rear of the group;)
Tom

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/11/01/winter-weekend-of-wonderment/#comment-5639 Anonymous Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:44:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=755#comment-5639 That was great - thanks very much everyone, see yis on the next spin. Brian of the light-seeing That was great - thanks very much everyone, see yis on the next spin. Brian of the light-seeing

]]> By: Richie http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/11/01/winter-weekend-of-wonderment/#comment-5634 Richie Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=755#comment-5634 yep, super spin, great trails - the old(new) club course is class. Its great to have a big crowd out on a sat, don't be strangers now! yep, super spin, great trails - the old(new) club course is class. Its great to have a big crowd out on a sat, don’t be strangers now!

]]> By: Sean http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/11/01/winter-weekend-of-wonderment/#comment-5632 Sean Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=755#comment-5632 Well,<br/><br/>It was great to see so many people out today, must've been nearly 30!<br/>And the trails so dry too... <br/>Thanks to everyone for coming out, I hope everyone had as good a time as I did.<br/>Great to see Niamh back after a long absense and Brian seeing the light and coming back to MAD. <br/>We might have to set up a triathalon section in the future too...<br/><br/>Sean Well,

It was great to see so many people out today, must’ve been nearly 30!
And the trails so dry too…
Thanks to everyone for coming out, I hope everyone had as good a time as I did.
Great to see Niamh back after a long absense and Brian seeing the light and coming back to MAD.
We might have to set up a triathalon section in the future too…

Sean

]]> By: Conor http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/2007/11/01/winter-weekend-of-wonderment/#comment-5601 Conor Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.madmtb.com/wordpress/?p=755#comment-5601 Anyone up for a medium paced spin on Sunday? With respect to Oisin's spin, I dont fancy chasing him around the mountains for 4 hours, trying to catch my breath! Giz a text, mail, whatever. <br/>087 2939837. Anyone up for a medium paced spin on Sunday? With respect to Oisin’s spin, I dont fancy chasing him around the mountains for 4 hours, trying to catch my breath! Giz a text, mail, whatever.
087 2939837.

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