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Anyone know what Liam is up to these days.


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 6:45 pm
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I guess Liam might know.


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 8:44 pm
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He just rides round on his fat bike


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 8:45 pm
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Anyone know what tyres he uses?


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 8:57 pm
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Nates, he swears by them


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 8:58 pm
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Does he use a thick thin chainring?


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 8:59 pm
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No he's all about narrow/wide.


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 9:03 pm
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He's too busy getting inked with some orsum art. Enduro specific art, obviously.


 
Posted : 16/04/2014 9:03 pm
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Am I the only person interested in Liam Killeen.

Just seems to have dropped off the grid since the Olympics.

I know he wasn't enduro / 27.5 / fat bike / fat thin chain etc.

But nevertheless he was a great rider.


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 11:22 am
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There should be a [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/so-liam-killeen ]Let me singletrack world forum search that for you[/url] function on here


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 12:44 pm
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Am I the only person interested in Liam Killeen.

Course not. I guess Liam would be interested in Liam.


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 3:20 pm
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His mum likes to know what he is up to also.


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 3:31 pm
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Broke his ankle during the Olympics. British Cycling publicly stated that it would be his last Olympics. I guess thats enough to discourage anyone from carrying on.

Roll on 2016 when we will hopefully see Grant Ferguson on the podium at Rio.


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 3:53 pm
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Then reportedly hit by a truck after the ankle injury...


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 4:15 pm
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DanW is correct. And his name is still on the very short list for commie games in Glagow.

Liam hardly ever raced when he was a pro, just turned up when he was fit enough to win. Didn't need to train during races.

Last I heard he was thinking of buying a camper van and going trail riding for fun rather than wages


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 4:53 pm
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Trail riding for fun

That'll never catch on


 
Posted : 17/04/2014 4:56 pm
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Am I sensing there is not a lot of Liam Love going on here!


 
Posted : 18/04/2014 10:58 am
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He's been out of the picture hasn't he since 2012.


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 8:52 pm
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And not returning DC's calls since "that night" back in the autumn


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 9:20 pm
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About 3 months (maybe less) after recovering from snapping his leg at the olympics, he got hit by a truck and broke his pelvis and maybe his femur too. He's pretty much retired from competitive XCO now. He was a world class bike rider with some terrible misfortune.


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 9:27 pm
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rOcKeTdOg - Member
Trail riding for fun
That'll never catch on

If he was to get a goggle sponsor he'd make a killing.


 
Posted : 21/04/2014 9:31 pm
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He spent quite a bit of time assisting with youth training round these parts (with Ms Moseley too).


 
Posted : 22/04/2014 12:35 am
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... I'd like to think he's going to make an appearance in Glasgow, no?


 
Posted : 22/04/2014 12:37 am
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And not returning DC's calls since "that night" back in the autumn

๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 22/04/2014 9:00 am
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Come on STW - you can do better than this!


 
Posted : 24/04/2014 11:54 am
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This thread is like a massive in joke I don't get. Why the dislike?


 
Posted : 24/04/2014 1:20 pm
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He's currently mid-way through filming a TV series where he assists in fighting the moral causes of various celebrities.

It's called [i]Killeen, in the Name of...[/i].


 
Posted : 24/04/2014 1:27 pm
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I don't think there's any dislike? I can't find any.

I'm interested in why darkcyan is suddenly so interested. If s/he's always been this interested, why doesn't s/he know already? S/he certainly seems more interested than anyone else on the thread, who must all have been a little bit interested in order to look in and post.

Edit: flatboy - ho, ho!


 
Posted : 24/04/2014 1:28 pm
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Just passed him out on his road bike.

* EDIT: okay, he passed me. Pulled away like a train


 
Posted : 29/04/2014 1:43 pm
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It does seem like an in joke. No f'ing idea what's going on. ok I admit it, I fancy Liam Killeen.


 
Posted : 29/04/2014 10:28 pm
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its basically most people on here haven't got a clue, have no interest in cycling, only in sitting in car parks chatting about the latest gadget.


 
Posted : 29/04/2014 10:32 pm
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[its basically most people on here haven't got a clue, have no interest in cycling, only in sitting in car parks chatting about the latest gadget.]

Harsh!


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 10:41 am
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I fancy Liam Killeen

AHA!! I thought there'd be something. ๐Ÿ˜€

Understandable, though. If I were homosexual, I'd probably want to buy him a drink at the very least.


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 10:47 am
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Harsh!

does that mean it is wrong though....


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 6:16 pm
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Sometimes I wonder if DarkCyan is s/he too...


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 6:48 pm
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wonder or hope TimP;-)


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 7:45 pm
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He's back ๐Ÿ™‚

[i]Killeen sustained an open fracture dislocation of his ankle at the London 2012 Olympic Games and made his unofficial competitive racing comeback last month at Mountain Mayhem 24 hour as part of a team.

However, Sherwood will be the first cross-country event the five-time British champion has taken part in for nearly two years.[/i]

[url= http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/mtb/article/mtb20140709--Annie-Last-and-Liam-Killeen-set-for-competitive-return-at-Sherwood-0 ]http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/mtb/article/mtb20140709--Annie-Last-and-Liam-Killeen-set-for-competitive-return-at-Sherwood-0[/url]


 
Posted : 10/07/2014 8:00 am
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He passed me at mountain mayhem in June, I'm sure that was officially competitive


 
Posted : 10/07/2014 8:26 am
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I think in BC terms if it's not got their official 'it's one of ours' stamp on it the it's a stroll in the park.


 
Posted : 10/07/2014 8:29 am
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2nd at Nat MTB champs last weekend so he's back properly.


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 12:01 pm
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...after starting on the 5th row of the grid and making it up to 11th after the first lap. Definitely back.

grtdkad - are you or your kids MCS members? I did enjoy putting on my FB feed that my kids were been coached by Liam Killeen this week because Tracey Moseley wasn't there ๐Ÿ˜‰

I have had a few chats with Liam (once when I met him in Waitrose!), and as mentioned above his long layoff has been basically due to recovering from injury - the original ankle injury had a long recovery, he wasn't ready to race when he broke his leg when hit by a truck. Was able to ride hard on the road, but not off-road for quite a long time.


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 12:15 pm
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Called up to the Commonwealth Games squad as a replacement for David Fletcher.


 
Posted : 23/07/2014 9:29 am
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Brilliant news! He's coming back fast and improving week on week as he gets into racing again. Good luck Liam!

http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/sport/11358354.Killeen_wins_late_Commonwealth_call_up/?ref=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


 
Posted : 23/07/2014 9:33 am
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Thats great news.

ledbury reporter- thats the big time ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 23/07/2014 11:18 am
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Crikey, I can remember him being a wet behind the ears teenager on a WCPP training camp in Spain many years ago, good on him for never giving up


 
Posted : 23/07/2014 11:25 am
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