I'll be heading to Ballyhoura for a day of riding in 10 days time. Haven't ridden anything proper for yonks, just minced along the canal in mud. The bike - 456SS either rigid or with 36 Talas. Rigid lighter, bouncy comfier. But... what's it like down there? Should I just pop the Foxes on or keep the rigid forks? I can't afford to break myself as I'll be on my way to the airport to collect my family (from Cork in the evening).
Anything else I should know?
Thanks!
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Ballyhoura trails - rigid or otherwise?
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Posted 11 months ago #
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Been a while since I was there but rigid would have been fine. The bridges have mostly been saw cut to make them grippier as they were lethal when it thought of raining. There were a few rock gardens but generally it is trail centre riding. We used to do a couple of laps of the green (shortest) as it had all the best bits of the next longest one without the boring bits. I used to use a Kona Scrap/456 and went with guys on Rockhoppers and XTCs. Did take out a Ransom a couple of times and it was just a pain to drag up to the top.
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Oh and it can be pretty exposed on the fire road climbs.
Not sure what the facilities are like at the moment but you will need some change (5e I think) for the car park and the vending machines/showers. There is a bike rental place there at weekends who has the odd spares and tea and coffee.Posted 11 months ago # -
I've only ridden it once a few years back, but at that point I reckon you could have ridden it on a road bike. Or at the very least a CX bike.
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I'm thinking the 456SS with rigids and fat tyres should suffice. With a bit of luck I'll have a SS frame by then so a rigid SS would be great (could blame the bike instead of my fitness
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It's 5 Euro for parking, I've checked it. No need for showers, the missus knows I will've been biking before collecting her and understands the "dirty but happy" phrase better than most wives.Posted 11 months ago #
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