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If only it wasn't so ****ing expensive on the ferry I'd go back there again.
Fantastic singletrack though.
not bad for rigid clown bikes
Pretty sweet looking section at about 2.30 in the top vid. Loads of nice looking stuff in the bottom vid. I'm from Ireland and never even ridden these trails so good effort making it over.
I'm guessing that was a days riding after the race?
I'm guessing that was a days riding after the race?
indeed it was.we did the brown and the white trails, some of the best trails I've ridden
Race???
Race???
I did hear a rumour that some people actually rushed around the trail on Sat rather than enjoying the company of others, beer,whiskey and trail cake.
Mad fools
I raced back to start on the beer and food.
Does that make me a world class athlete?
Yes
I'd happily go back there. its a brilliant area
There's no question about the riding being great but the ferry was just so much money. 😐
shame you didn't get to ballinstoe - better again, and the cheeky stuff around the side of the mtn is phenomemal.
Ferry is so much due to fuel costs - they have stopped the fast ferry from holyhead to dun leghaire (sp) beacuse it hadn't made a profit in 2 years, big shame as 99mins to get over the irish sea was ace.
and the cheeky stuff around the side of the mtn is phenomemal.
Might make coming back over again more worthwhile.
Seems a real shame that you guys have* quite strick access laws.
* no idea if this is true but i've been told it is?
That ST looked ace! Never ending.
shame you didn't get to ballinstoe - better again, and the cheeky stuff around the side of the mtn is phenomemal.
Or you could come ride some natural trails in Djouce ...far far better than the build carp
So where were you guys with this advice before the event? 😉
shame you didn't get to ballinstoe - better again, and the cheeky stuff around the side of the mtn is phenomemal.Or you could come ride some natural trails in Djouce ...far far better than the build carp
Greg - Djouce is the cheeky stuff I was referring to.
As for access - it's cheeky nature means that the trails are hard to find without a guide (no OS with bridleways marked etc) but most of the trails are on common land or the local equivilent to the FC type stuff, so it's not like your going through farmer's fields. I've been told off twice for being where I shouldn't in 8 years of being out on the bike, nowt compared to the UK.
As for the advice - I kinda expected to see threads on the mtb forums in ireland for that, I'm not a SS'er and the stw thread leading upto it I missed. Only threads I can recall seeing was an american wanting to know which clown bike he could recoup the most money on selling in ireland rather than taking the bike back with him.
SS and 29" - I know of one in ireland and it belongs to an englishman, and it's tainted with the WTF stick.
Hairychested* now has a 29" SS in Ireland
* Unless that's who you were referring to, his adopted nationality is certainly English!