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Calling all Mountain Bikers to attend the Mountain Bike Commission AGM
This year the Annual General Meeting of the MTB Commission will be held in the Red Cow Hotel, Co Dublin just off the M50 and the Naas Road between 2pm-5pm in The Munster Suite. More... |
 Down & Dirty
Mencap Charity Freeride Jam
Sunday the 16th of October saw the first event of it's kind held in Ireland . The venue was Moneyscalp, Newcastle . Organised by Grace O'Neill from Mencap, the objective was to provide a fun day out for like minded soul's, and to raise some money for charity. Up lift's were provided, and ran steadily all day. More... |
Cycling Ireland announces new one Day Licence System for Mountain Bikers
For the 2006 racing season, at the most recent Cycling Ireland AGM the Mountain Bike Committee proposed that the system of a one day licence would be as follows. More... |
 Models Wanted - Get your kit off for charity!
Ireland's favourite cycling magazine IRISH CYCLING NEWS is looking for 12 models to feature in their 2006 charity nude calendar. More... |
 ZealOptics NPS Round 6 - White Horse Forest, Waterford
The long awaited final round of the Zealoptics Irish NPS (Round 5) took place on Sunday 9th October in White Horse Forest, Co Waterford. Home forest of Tom Power, the track attracted almost 100 riders to battle it out for final positions in the Irish Downhill NPS. A wet start to Saturday morning saw most riders finding it difficult to even walk the course, and force them to opt for the mud tyres, although a blustery Sunday morning saw riders quickly change tyres as the track dried up at an amazing pace. More... |
 Charity Freeride Event
Mencap Down & Dirty
Sunday 16th October 2005
Down & Dirty is a non-competitive, social mountain bike jam being organised by Mencap and Plush Cycles to help raise funds for people with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland... More... |
Irish NPS - Final Round
White Horse Forest, Waterford
This weekend Sunday 9th October 2005
The Final round of the ZealOptics Irish National Points Series takes place in the White Horse Forest, Waterford on Sunday the 9th of October. After last years very successful event on a great course this event will be well worth heading to. More... |
 New to IrishDH Rider's Bikes
To kick off the new feature for IrishDH - One of Ireland's top pro rider's, John Lawlor has given us the run down on his race bike and how it can give him a competitive edge.... If you'd like to include your bike on the features section and in turn keep your sponsors happy - send your info and pics to Michael@IrishDH.com. Check out the spec of John's bike here... |
 UCI DH World Cup
Fort William
The final round of the world cup took place in Fortbill on the 10th, 11th september. To those who have never been, Fort William has been voted the best track on the world cup circuit for the last three years. And rightfully so.Situated on the side of Ben Nevis, the track started about 200 metres below the top gondola station. At an altitude of 625 metres, and being 2.46 killometres in length, it is the most demanding track on the world circuit. An average gradient of 11 degrees, the steepest gradient being 20 degrees, and a vertical drop of 525 metres.... More |
  Great deal for Mountainbikers with Stenaline & The 7 Stanes
Just because the summer is over doesn't mean less mountain biking, because up until December, Stenaline have teamed up with The 7 Stanes in order to offer Irish Mountain Bikers, XC and DH an opportunity to spend the day travelling to Scotland to sample a taste of the excellent mountain bike centres available in the 7 stanes area... More
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 AGM and Champion's Night The 2005 AGM and Champion's Dinner is taking place at Citywest Hotel on October 15. For further information on the AGM or to book your seat for the Champion's Dinner please contact Jamie Costin at the Cycling Ireland Office on 01 855 1522 or email info@cyclingireland.ie... More |
 Stevo & Christy win Realcycles Moneyscalp 4X
My alarm went off at eight am , when i looked outside, it was raining and the wind was howling. My first impression was that today was going to be a repeat of the first 4X of the season, also at Moneyscalp. Along with my camera equipment, I armed myself with some waterproofs and an umbrella. Thankfully, the waterproofs and umbrella were not required....More
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 The Real Cycles Moneyscalp 4x
The Real Cycles 4x is happening on Sunday the 28th August.The course is around 20-30 seconds long and is full of doubles, step downs, berms and bumps all freshly smoothed and reshaped by stephen maginn, and the odd helper, over the past few weeks.The course is now smooth, dry and very fast with a few new lines opened up. The main change is to the "triple" which now has a slight step up on the left hand side with the original shape...More
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 ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 5 - Mallow
Report & Results
Round 5 of the NPS brings us back to the nationals track on Mount Hillary in Mallow for a cracking race in very different conditions to the dust a few weeks previous......... More |
 European Championships - How the Irish did......
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 Irish DH & Bear Back Biking Whistler Trip
In June this year IrishDH and friends hooked up with Bear Biking and headed to Whistler for a flat out 10 days of Biking, relaxing eating, drinking and more biking. Here is how it went..... More |
 Irish National Downhill Championships
Mallow, Co Cork
Ben Reid retains Irish title
For the second consecutive year, the Irish National Championships were brought to Mallow, hosted by 021 racing. 80 riders were treated to what is now called ‘The Best DH track in Ireland’ with excellent organization and a well run event.... More |
 ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 4 - Butter Mountain
Report & Results
The NPS circus headed south to Butter Mountain for round 4........ More |
 Forest Service say 'NO' to development of permanent XC and DH MTB trails in the Mournes More
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 ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 3 - Rostrevor
Report & Results
Round 3 brings us to Rostrevor Forest in County Down for another cracking event by the Plush crew....... More |
 IrishDH announces the winner of Whistler Trip
IrishDH in conjunction with Ticket2RideBC are please to announce the winner of their FREE Whistler trip is Martin Mullan of Linavady, Co Derry who is 18 years old and rides a Coyote DH3!... More |
ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 3 - Rostrevor Forest THIS WEEKEND Saturday 2nd July 2005
Following the first two very successful rounds of the Irish NPS DH series, Round 3 kicks off this weekend in Rostrevor Forest organised by Plush Cycles and built by Glyn O'Brien. Riders are asked to note that this is a SATURDAY event, not Sunday as previously advertised.... More |
European Championships - Ireland team selection
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 ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 2 (Lumpers), Ravensdale
Round 2 of the Irish NPS series brings us to Lumpers Wood in Ravensdale Co Louth to tackle the rocky, rooty, action packed track. With many scores to settle and points to prove after round 1, another great entry of over 100 riders put their bikes and bodies on the line to get the fastest time down the difficult track.... More |
 RealCycles Moneyscalp 4X... Wind, rain, occasionally sun, and a muddy track welcomed the thirty-four riders to the Real Cycles 4X at Moneyscalp, Co. Down. The day started off with the hopefuls checking out the lines and hitting the jumps and eyeing up the competition. It was clear from the start that the slimy surface and the strong and gusty wind was going to be a major factor in the racing..... More |
 ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 1 (Moneyscalp) ... The first round of the 2005 Zeal Optics Irish Downhill National Points series featured a welcome return to Moneyscalp Wood, the home of Dowhill Racing in the north of Ireland . A large entry of 107 riders tackled the fun, technical course with tight racing in all categories....
Full Results & Report Click HERE |
Win a FREE Whistler Trip
IrishDH in conjunction with the Ticket to Ride BC are giving away a FSF/Comfortably Numb holiday package complete with lift pass and bike hire.....
For more information on the trip and how to enter click HERE |
 ZealOptics Irish NPS Round 2 Preview ... Sunday 5th June 2005 - Ravensdale, Lumpers (Co Louth).... After some hard graft in the hot weather the Downhill Track for Round 2 of the Zeal Optics Irish NPS is now almost complete and is rideable. With only a bit of strimming, taping and few tweaks it will be ready to race.... More |
 Freeflow On Sale Now ... Freeflow, Ireland's soul magazine of extreme sports with action from of all over the country is a bi-monthly publication..... Freeflow put the spotlight on Ireland’s extreme sports scene and showcases talent from all round the country. ... More |
 Southern
Cross DH Race - Munster Champs ... For
those of you that don’t know this is the first
race of its kind to be held in Ireland for a good spell, format is simple, 4 men,
1 dh track, first man down wins. Oh and it is being held on an island 10 miles
off the coast! ... More |
 Long
awaited 'Last Chance' Now on Sale... After months of patiently
waiting, John Lawlor, our very own top mountain biker has finally released his
mountainbike movie 'Last Chance'. Join the best Mountain Bikers in the World on
this amazing journey through the sport of downhilling. With riding from some of
the best locations in the World. Travel from Ravensdale with our very own Glyn
O'Brien and Ben Reid to World Cup racing in Canada with Steve Peat, Greg Minaar
and many others.... More |
 First
Tracks Coaching a huge success...First Tracks is a dynamic mountain
bike coaching and guiding business designed for riders for people who want to
ride. Coaching by top Irish downhiller, Glyn O'Brien, the numerous coaching sessions
that have been active over the past few months have been growing in success...
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 Real
Cycles sponsor Moneyscalp 4X ... Following intensive discussions,
Carryduff based MTB shop, Real
Cycles, have announced it will be sponsoring this year’s
Moneyscalp 4X. The 4X, which is due to be held on 29 th May 2005, promises to
be a fantastic event, based on last year’s race.... More |
 10%
OFF Whistler Trips for IrishDH members .... Bear
Back Biking, a new company aimed at both keen and experienced cyclist's who want
to come and experience the thrills and spills of Whistler are offering IrishDH
members 10% off Whistler holidays this summer. ..... More |
 EPIC
Blast Event.... The
guys at EPIC have been a vast force in Mountain Biking in recent times what with
their huge turnouts and brilliant spins; but now the guys have an event up their
sleeves which will suit every rider DH, XC or whatever..... More |
 Moneyscalp
4X Preview....We
wanted to have a course which was fun to ride and challenging for every riding
capability. The track its self is 30-40 seconds long and consists of 7 corners
and 14 jumps and numerous other obstacles. The course starts on the start gate
and after a short straight the action begins with a small roller ......
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sponsor 2005 Irish NPS.... Following
in depth discussions with the newly formed Downhill race committee, Zealoptics
have agreed to be the first ever sponsors of the 2005 Irish Downhill National
Points Series. More |
 Munster
League Round 1....A
Final tally of 59 riders gave the first round of the Munster Series in Cheekpoint
a lively buzz. With the glorious sunshine, riders would be forgiven for thinking
they were racing during the middle of the summer.Race
organiser Tom Power along with the help of the locals resurected an old school
track and spiced it up with .......
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 PLUSH
Winter League Round 2
.....Chewy,
bogin, muky, guttery…… there where many different words to describe
the sticky, gritty, black mud at the PLUSH winter league race in Ballycarton Forest
. Somehow it managed to get everywhere from between your cogs to between your
teeth and offered very little grip to the large variety of tyres that slid down
the Ballycarton hillside.... More |
 UCI
Points needed for DH World Cup entries UCI,
within the last few days have changed their policy and have announced that to
enter Downhill World Cup riders must have at least 1 UCI point. This is a change
of policy - it had been intended that qualification was to be at the discretion
of National governing bodies. Riders wishing to qualify for World Cups can still
do so by finishing in the top 10 overall times at.......
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 Forestry
states support for Mountain Biking..... At
the Public meeting which took place in Castlewellan Forest Park on Saturday 5
th of March, the forestry service stated that they where not Anti Mountain Biking......
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 PLUSH
Winter League Round 1
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2005 winter league kicked of with a great day of racing on the popular Ballycarton
Downhill track The Track - Following the same track as last years
NPS this is one of the steepest courses on the Irish calendar. Starting at the
highest point in Ballycarton forest the track drops into steep single track consisting
of slippy chutes followed by life saving berms. More |
 HELP
- £1.5 MILLION FUNDS COULD BE LOST WITHOUT FORESTRY SERVICE SUPPORT.....£550,000
of pledged funding, plus further funding of up to £1.5 million for a Mountain
Bike Centre of Excellence in the Mournes is set to be lost because the Forestry
as of yet, will not pledge their support for the project.
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 New
Look Irish DH NPS.....The 2005
Irish NPS could be the best one so far. After last years sketchy season it was
obvious that something had to be done so the Domestic Racing Committee was set
up with the sole aim of looking after grass roots racing in Ireland. No longer
will most of the effort be put into the National Teams, the new committee will
be putting time, experience and effort....More |
 £132,000
for Kilbroney Forest.....The Countryside Access and Activities Network
for Northern Ireland (CAAN) has recently announced funding of £132,000 from the
Rural Development Council to be made available for the development of a downhill
trail suitable for international competitions at Rostrevor. More |
 Winter
League Preview......So, the winter series is upon us again.
Despite losing Moneyscalp at short notice the Plush crew have pulled out all the
stops to give us some great racing this winter and sharpen us up for the season
ahead. Ballycarton has been used as a DH venue for years and the course keeps
getting better, especially since it was upgraded by Trevor Fairbrother and crew,
adding huge berms, rock gardens....More |
 MTB
Trail Building - Training Given Go Ahead.....Tyrone
Training Services has committed approximately £14,000 to CAAN to train 4 people
in mountain bike trail construction. The course will run over 6 weeks and will
cover training and assessment in manual handling, brushcutting, tractor digging
and chainsaw maintenance and use. This will be followed by a week long course
in practical trail construction techniques. More |
 The
Bike Show 2005......1-3
April 2005 Stoneleigh Park As the Bike Show continues to grow, this year the venue
has been changed from the ever-popular NEC to Stoneligh Park, Coventry (just 15
minutes form the NEC)Regulars to the show will know you can catch a glimpse of
all the new gear from trade stands, manufacturer's exhibits, retails stands, usually
offering huge discounts on RRP as well...More |
