Mountainbiking Association of Dublin

The final round of the 2008 K-Capital series took place yesterday in Castlewellen Co. Down. The race, hosted by XMTB, was a fitting end to the league with a top-class trail and excellent organisation.

MAD has done really well this season, winning three of the league categories - Ashling Corkery in Sport Women, Melanie Spath in Elite Women and Oisin Boydell in Expert Men. Ryan Sherlock rode strongly in every race with a fantastic TORQ-fuelled overall 4th place in Elite Men. Fergal J Kilkenny and Steve Scrivener racked up top-10 finishes in Masters and Experts respectively and have their sights set on the podium later this year.  (more…)

The 2008 race season is upon us already. Round 1 of the K-Capital cup takes place in Kilruddery estate this Sunday. Read Andy Pott’s Preview for the low-down on what to expect. Kilruddery is one of the best XC courses in the country, very varied and challenging and there’s a huge amount of anticipation about this first race.

We’ll have a whole new generation of MAD riders trying out racing for the first time in the Sports category. Several will also be making the leap from Sports into the Expert and Masters categories. Ryan will still be representing us in Elites and will face some fierce competition. The forum is busy with talk of race preparation and gauntlets being thrown.

The MAD committee will be present on both days to distribute licences, collect club dues and solve your personal problems. Find them in the MAD Tent Village.

www.kcapitalcup.com

Our good friends over at IMBRC are running the Cyclocross National Championship this (next?) year in Tymon park. For more details of this bizarre event click here.

The last and greatest event of the MAD 2007 social calendar is happening this Friday. The MAD Lash commences in the Bull and Castle, Christchurch, between 8 and 9pm. Come and meet your mtb heroes, or become a legend yourself on the night.

We’re also having a pre-Christmas spin on Sunday, riding the new trails at Ballinastoe. The pace will be Christmassy and everyone is welcome to come along. Starting cycling at 10am.

There will be a spin on St. Stephens day too - details to follow.

The 2007 Dublin’s Cyclists’ Christmas Party is the biggest seasonal party ever held for the capital’s cycling crew. Fabulous venue - The POD at Harcourt LUAS stop, great entertainment - music for all ears, fine food and fab company…….all for a fiver. Special prizes for those who decorate their bicycles in the most festive fashion.

Come along and meet your cycling campaigning colleagues, the messengers who keep the city centre businesses bustling, lots of commuters, tourers, racers, mountain-bikers………..they will all be there. Politicians and figures from the Councils and government departments with responsibility for transport are also invited so this is your chance to charm or corner them over a pint and explain how it all should happen. The fun starts at 7pm. Fabulous area for bikes in off the road so your steed will enjoy the evening as much as you do.

Bring your family and friends - in fact, anyone who cycles, used to cycle, might cycle in the future, or just wants to hang out with all of those fit cyclists for an evening. Spread the word - extra posters downloadable on www.dublincycling.ie Look forward to seeing you there. The Dublin Cycling Campaign Social Committee.

You voted, we listened, and Saturday Dec 1st will be the day for the ultimate MTB & mince pie event of the year! Meet at Taylors car park at 10.30 for a leisurely ride up to the race venue.

Checkout the Race Route here

The event will consist of a wickedly handicapped race with various challenges afterwards. Fancy dress is encouraged and will be worth your while. Anyone who shows up on an incorrect bike (BMX, shopper, recumbent etc.) will also be richly rewarded.
We will then be retiring to Taylors Three Rock pub for some finger-food (food made from real fingers) and refreshments.
After we’ve been cocktail-sausaged-up, we’ll be having our AGM, where we’ll be reviewing the year, previewing next year, and of course, handing over the Club Champs trophy to the worthy winner, we’ll also be giving out prizes for various ‘acheivements’ throughout the year.

We look forward to seeing you there on the day, and on the night also, when we’ll be meeting in the Bull and Castle pub at approx. 8pm for a night of talking about how most of us were crually denied our opportunity to be Club Champs and othersuch guff.

Ride the best single track Djouce woods has to offer!
The event is one lap of an approx. 18km loop.
This event is not really a race, more of a good day out on some class singletracks.
Ride your XC race machine, your dh rig, your singlespeed, 29er, fancy dress, whatever……..the focus is on enjoying the trails.

Location: Djouce Woods lower car park
Date: Sunday 11th November
Time: Sign-on @ 10:30, race start at 12.30pm

- Mass start
- New Trails
- One-day licenses available
- Categories : Who cares!
- Entry fee : €15
- Spot prizes
- Signposted from N11 and Enniskerry
- Place is so dry at the moment

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Entry fee details:
€15 for CI licence holders
(if you’re going to be racing next year you can buy your 2008 licence now and use it at the event)

€10 for non-CI Licence holders, plus €15 for a one-day CI licence (total €25)

Place your vote below to choose a date for the MAD Club Champs. You can choose more than one date if you like. We’ll have the Champs in the morning and the club AGM that evening. We hope to get as many club members as possible out for the day.
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