announcement

Two MAD National Champions

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, racing

Congratulations to Ryan Sherlock and Richie Close who became National XC Marathon Champions last Sunday. The event was hosted in Ballyhoura by MBCC. Ryan won the Elite race with a time of 03:19:51 , while Richie took gold in Masters with a time of 03:28:47. Also well done to Oisin Boydell who came 2nd in the Masters category with a time of 03:32:09. Ryan is now National Champion in both road (Hillclimb) and offroad (marathon) disciplines.

Check out Ryan’s and Richie’s blogs for insider views of the race. You’ll find the full results here and more discussion in the club forum.

Last Day of Introductory Series

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, beginners

Our Autumn MTB introductory series is drawing to a close this weekend. You can still register if you’d like to come along on this spin – details will be emailed mid-week. Anyone wishing to continue riding with MAD afterwards will be invited to join the club – we’ll be available to answer any questions you may have on the spin or you can email committee@madmtb.com.

XC NPS Course Update

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, racing

The MAD NPS crew have been busy all this week planning the season finale to the 2010 NPS.

From laptop programming to branch-lopping, all is going to plan! The bit of rain up on 3Rock this week is expected to have very little effect on the course we have designed and built for the race.

We have trimmed a few minutes of the original lap time by removing some climbs, accelerating/re-aligning some of the singletrack sections, and raking and smoothing out as many sections as we can.

Our intent is to provide the fastest and most fun course of 2010, and that you don’t even remember the climbs – just all the fun stuff! We are incorporating one of the driest forest sections in the whole of Ireland – Rock n Roll! This unique area never gets affected regardless of the weather and is currently dusty dry, a few slower corners have been by-passed to speed-up this whole section.

The open mountain/double track sections have had water channels cut-in and any puddles have been drained off down the hillside, we’ll also will be walking the course on the Saturday with mattocks and spades in hand to tend to any sections. (more…)

course labour nps trailbuilding update

MAD Presents NPS Final Round

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, events, racing

The Mountainbiking Association of Dublin presents the final round of the 2010 cross country NPS on the 4th of July on Three Rock Mountain, Dublin. This will be an amazing race on a true MTB course featuring brand new superfast trails, courtesy of MAD Singletrack Engineering Dept. This race is also the fourth and final round of the 2010 Leinster XC League. Stay tuned for a course preview.

You’ll find further details of the event here - http://www.madmtb.com/nps2010

deadly trails gnarly nps super awesome the grand finale

New Training Startup from MAD Rider

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement

MAD member Ollie Castle starting a new company. Tribe Guru is an Irish startup aiming to provide turbo training videos for cyclists. They are currently in search of good quality video footage of any form of biking, from track racing to downhill, anything goes. Also, for a background track to peoples indoor suffering, they need music from up and coming bands or djs from any walk of life or genre.

If you think you might have something that is of intrest and want to become the next star of a turbo trainer video, please visit www.tribeguru.com for more information or drop them an email on applications@tribeguru.com.

entrepreneur turbo training video

MAD on the TV

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, video

MAD was featured on RTE’s Capital D programme this evening as part of their coverage of activities in the Dublin mountains. You can watch the show here (until May 27th):

big time capital d famous rte the telly

Beginners Series Day 2 – Kindlestown

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, beginners

MAD is running its second beginners spin of the year on Saturday 1st May in Kindlestown and Glen of the Downs.

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MAD Results In First XC NPS

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, racing

The IMBRC got the 2010 XC NPS off to a great start with their race in Slade Valley. Great organisation, a fantastic course and perfect weather made an ideal day of racing for over 240 competitors. MAD had some great results on the day:

Conor took bronze in Under-14
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MAD MTB Beginners Series Spring 2010

1 year ago

by Morgan in announcement, beginners

Our Spring series of beginners mtb spins starts this Saturday in Ballinastoe. This will be an easy introduction to mountainbiking for first-timers or a chance for people to return to the sport. Please ensure your bike is in good working order and don’t forget your helmet. Check out our Beginners Page for more details on what to wear and bring.

If you have any questions, or if you just want to tell us you’re coming along, drop an email to the committee. The course is open to riders over 16 years of age. Riders under 18 must present a parental consent form to the club committee. Riders under 16 may attend on the condition that a parent also takes part and stays with the group at all times – please discuss this with the committee beforehand.

The first day will be around Ballinastoe on Saturday April 17th, meeting at 9.45am, departure at 10am – sharp. We’ll aim to finish about 1pm or so. You can find a trail map and directions here.

The beginners rides are running every second week – but you should make sure to get out on your bike in-between too.