- Wednesday 26th (St. Stephen’s Day)
Time for our traditional post-turkey special social spin again folks!
Assemble in various states of wellbeing for the usual fare of banter, laughs, hangovers, oh and some biking too…at Taylor’s Pub at 11am.
On-bike nutrition may include, but is not limited to, mince pies, Christmas pudding and dry sherry.
All are welcome.
Sean
After months of pressure from JP the Leadmines beginners ride video finally comes to light. Surely the product of a diseased mind. Where are all these guys? I’m expecting to see most of you in Ballinastoe this Sunday…
Hi All,
Martin has booked a date in February for a one day skills course for MAD in Newry with First Tracks Guiding
He’s hoping to get a minimum of 8 people to head up to the one day course. There is a fee, not much, which will cover a full days riding and coaching.
The course is ideally for riders which have started mtbing in the last year and are looking to gain more confidence on the bike and get tips from the professionals on trail riding, uphill and dh skills (http://www.firsttracksguiding.com/guides.html).
If successful, there will be follow on courses and they may even come to Dublin for larger groups / coaching for the more experienced lads.
Cost is about €200 for five people (€40 each) if we get eight it will only cost €25.
Yes, we will need cars to get there and its about 1.30min from Dublin in Big Wood (original name) Newry (jut across the border) so if you can volunteer to car pool please do.
So far three people have signed up.
If anyone is interested please contact Martin and if you can car pool would be great.
If the demand is high I can book 2 coaches to take more out.
The AGM of the Cycling Ireland Offroad Commission will take place at 1pm on December 9th at the Glenn Cormac Inn, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow.
Any club wishing to submit a motion to the AGM must do so in writing or by email. Motions must be received by the chairman at least one week prior to the AGM (Saturday 1st December).
The proposed agenda is as follows
See the full announcement and minutes of last years meeting below.
Before the AGM. All attending are invited to take part in a ride out to celebrate the opening of the new trails at Ballinastoe. Anyone interested should meet at the car park at 10am.
Every year, about this time, people start to ask for advice on which lights to buy. I’ve put a page on the website giving an overview of the technologies available - but we need your help. We’d like you to review your own lights and send us your honest opinions - what’s good, what’s OK and what should be avoided at all costs.
I expect to AT LEAST hear back from Oliver, Martin, Ronan, Fergal, both Steves and Paddy.
Please send on the following details:
| Light System | Manufacturer and model |
| Reviewed by | You! |
| Duration Used | |
| Price Paid | Including any delivery costs |
| Burn-time | |
| Good points | |
| Bad points | |
| Rating | Out of five |
I’ve added a review of my own to get things started:
http://www.madmtb.com/night_rides.html#reviews
Well folks,
While some are off to scotland battling their way through haggis, deep fried pizza and cans of Iron Bru, a rival idea has sprung up regarding a trip to the alps. We’ve actually been thinking of it for ages but lazyness and procrastination mean we’re only trying to get it organised now.
Info as follows:
Dates: 1st Sept till the 8th or 9th (return not yet confirmed).
Flights: Aer Lingus to Geneva (looking around 170 or 180 euro each including taxes)
Bikes: Think its an extra 30 euro each way.
Types of bikes: Bouncy full sus type bikes would be best
Accomodation: Some form of self catering chalet thing. Depends on numbers. Maybe 100 - 150 for the week.
Transfers: Again .. around 30 euro each way or something.
Food and Drink: we’ll probably consume lots of it
So far its myself, Oisin and Dutch Robb confirmed. (note that i’ll be much slower than the other two so it doesn’t matter what level you’re at)
Can anyone seriously interested in coming along let me know by email ASAP. All levels welcome. There’s ski lifts to take us uphill and gravity to take us back down so we can just keep hooning around all week and meet up in cafes/pubs/medical centres etc.
Paddy
The latest batch of jerseys have been delivered. I hope to distribute these to everyone over the next week or so.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID YET PLEASE DO SO TODAY!!!
For a preview of the final round of the KCapital Cup series,
checkout the homepage of the soon-to-be-officially-released Irish XC MTB website!
None other than your MADMTB Club Secretary is the webmaster for this site, so please drop me a mail if you think there’s information that you would like to see on this site.
Cheers
Fergal
Hi,
The deadline for ordering and paying your deposits was yesterday, so thanks to all who have done so already.
As we’re still short on fleece orders, I’m offering one last chance to everyone, extending the deadline until this evening (Monday) to order either fleeces or hoodies.
Order will be placed first thing tomorrow morning!
Don’t forget, you can also order your club jersies from Morgan.
Sean
Email me!
