small turnout with poor ground conditions on Sunday morning but Alex proved his hard work is paying off, adrian was on the pace for the first bike but his fittness left him down after that.
Lil Tinski bike 14.04 run 15.25 bike 14.20 total 45min dead
Tinski bike 14.40 run 21.20 bike 17.20 total 51.20
Pat bike 18.27 run 21.40 bike 19.17 total 59.27
This is a free event for anyone with a mountain bike, helmet and who can run or walk.
The loop is 2.75km long and you will do it 3 times, bike, run, bike.
I will have some signs/tape up on the course directing you, although most will know the loop as the Introductory XC loop we did first on the last spin.
It will be in Timetrial format, that is, you start on your own and race against the clock.You can go as fast or slow as you like.
Results will be posted on here on Sunday evening.
There will be a spin after if there is enough people up for it.
The weather looks surprisingly good for Sunday morning at present.
*Off road duathlon is now being run on the day by Richard Thornhill, allround mountain bike man.
Cheers
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On the MBCC website it says that for the xc bike race, you will need a day license(20 euro) to race if you do not have an annual one (90 euro if you are a member of a C.I club) and the entry fee is 10 euro. To save a bit you can simply join cycling ireland as a standard member (15 euro if you have not joined before) and day licenses are then 10 euro, so if you do say, 3 races in 2012, it will 45 for day licenses (3 by 10 and the 15) instead of 60 (3by 20). If your going to do more than this you should probably get a restricted comp license for the year, which is 90 euro as stated above.
Just said i would let yee all know.
So another great turn out for the spin in Clashnacrona woods this morning. The trails were in good condition despite all the rain recently, with the forecast of no rain for the week they should dry out a bit too. Well done to the new comers today who rode really well, we started off with the XC loop and then headed higher on the hill for C2 which is an old downhill track but with a little deviation can be ridden as a a hard XC trail, which is what we did and from the smiles and whoops at the bottom this went down a treat, with a few heading back up for another run. We will have a duathlon in 2 weeks time which is on the first xc loop we did today and is a run bike run bike format on that 2.75km loop and even if you dont run much or at all, is still very achievable.
Entry will be free and just like the recent rides there is no insurance cover. If something happens to you whilst out on your bike or running you are responsible for yourself, there is no club cover as mtbwestcork is not affiliated to any cycling federation, it is basically an online notice board, where individuals post where they will be riding or running, so when we meet up we are merely a bunch of individuals congregating to excercise together.
Details of Duathlon on Sun 22nd Jan@ 10am to follow.
saw this and just had to post it, inspiration for next year’s DH!
We will build on our recent very successful ride on St.Stephens day and have another spin in clashnacrona woods, near dunmanway on this sun morning the 8th of jan @10am
We will be riding the small XC loop (2.5km approx) a few times. This loop is probably easier than the last spin, interesting and a good bit of excercise too.
All welcome.
See you there.
Donncha
The rebuild 2012.
well as ye all know I have been rockin the same Ancillotti thomaso DHP since 2007, its been to France for a few trips, lived and rode in Vancouver’s north shore/whistler sunshine coast etc for a year as well as 4 full race seasons, so at this stage a bunch of parts are worn out and in need of being changed. (yes I Wear parts out not change em for the sake of it) stage one with help from OC tuning was the fox 40’s which have been upgraded to a 2011 model with Kashima sanctions and SKF seals for extra slipperyness.
Coming up next was the frame itself which was stripped down to the bare frame and got a nice rub of a combination of elbow grease and polish, the amount of dirt that came off the frame was scary. Why polished? One its lighter, two I don’t have to worry about the paint being scratched major bonus giving Irish uplift systems.
"Thomaso" on Cypress Mountain overlooking Vancouver...
Next up was a set of custom Decals made by Sign Studio in Skibbereen using the original Ancillotti decals as a base with a few personal details including the Cork crest and renaming the bike “Ricardo” instead of “Thomaso” and changed the colour from yellow to rebel RED.
Custom Decals from Sign Studio Skibbereen
Next up was the rebuild with a few new bits to add in, during the season I damaged the bash guard at the Cullahill race last year, I picked up a Gamut bash off Ben Reid at Yellow water and a chain ring and other parts from the Bike rack. The chainring went on fine but the Bash needed to be filed down to fit, no problem. After that a few straitline bits and pieces replaced a bunch of old worn details, bar end caps, seat post clamp. New bars from race face to replace my old ones that had served for 2 years, better safe than sorry when dealing with the controls.
The next thing up for replacement was the brakes, the Formula the ones on the bike have been my most reliable brakes ever but were getting a bit old in the tooth and needed either a full rebuild or replacement so I went for the replacement option and picked up a set of Formula mega’s direct from Formula. Hopefully they will hold up as well as the ones.
The overall colour scheme was rebel red, so as you can see the only things needed was the rest of the drive train, a Sram X9 mech mated to a XO gripshifter why gripshift, one im used to it two its lighter than a trigger shifter, 3 it shifts faster than a trigger and 4 it is a way easier to change cables than the sram triggers if needed in a Race situation.
What else the wheels are my trusty hope Bulbs with mavic 721 rims shod on maxxis rubber, usually High rollers swapping to spikes if its proper nasty and minions DHF’s if its proper dry (so never used them in Ireland) and always tubed tho ghetto tubless could be an option for Morzine trips.
Weight wise the bike comes in at about 41lbs with a sturdy build, the only thing I would see dropping a chunk of weight is the frame but if it ain’t broke why change it!!!!
arise Ricardo!!! the build for 2012!
Thanks to James from OC tuning, AL from the bike rack and Bob from Sign studio, now to go ride the Beast!!!
So with a lot of requests from interested people who found us through the website, i am organizing a couple of ‘easy going’ spins in the coming weeks. The first of these is, Sunday,4th December@11am, in Clashnacrona woods, which is 3 miles out the Drimoleague road from Dunmanway, park 1km east of the 3 lakes shop, in the layby/carpark, its at the top of a hill when your driving from Dunmanway.
The main objectives will be , to show the new riders all the different trails on offer, to suggest where people can do trail maintenance themselves, to get the community aspect of mountain biking going in Westcork, and reignite the club for 2012. We will be cycling for an hour approx, which will involve a few laps, we will ride all the XC (cross country) trails(these trails are suitable for beginners and require only moderate fitness) We will also point out to the new riders where the Harder DH (downhill) stuff is. A Good working mountain bike and helmet required (obviously) If you cant get to this spin there will be others in the coming weeks. Hopefully we will have 5 or 6 out on Sunday, see y’all then.
Donncha
ok lads, who’s up for a short beginners XC spin, say Dromhilly near Connonagh on Saturday 10AM.
just bring a mountain bike and a Helmet and be prepared to get muddy.
Irish Downhill Mountainbike Series
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IDMS-2012/118109234964949
the bookface page for the new Irish DH series keep an eye on it…
