Monday 28th May Open Spin 6.45ish at Djouce Woods, lower Car Park..

All welcome for Djouce, better than anywhere else ( except the leadmines ) ..
Now..
Rules..yes Rules..there has to be rules, I don't want other people ruining other peoples spins.
2 Tubes ( even if you are tubeless ) goo won't fix a sidewall tear.
Proper clothing and footware..
Mountainbikers only have two uniforms..

Lycra and Clipped in pedals..
Flats and baggies..thats proper flats like 5.10s and proper pedals, like the shimano DX or whatever is cool these days..I don't do flats and they all look the same to me.
No cotton t-shirts whatsoever and no full face helmets..

Heres a tip for you budding MTBers..

have a gel about 5 minutes before we start and then grab another one about an hour in.

As usual I will need a senior 1 or 2 rider to assist me..

heres how to get there from Kilmacanogue though I strongly recommend you come off the M50 at Carrickmines and take the enniskerry road out

http://maps.google.ie/maps/ms?msid=2...de6f8b6a&msa=0


graham can you make this a sticky till Monday

I'll be there! looking forward to it!!

Will be there, assuming can get through traffic etc

me too, same as above, hopefully it won't be too busy.

Not likely to make this, rear wheel fecked, two spokes gone and well buckled, can't wait for my new rims. if I can get the hardtail set up after work I'll join ya but don't wait. God the thought of djouce on a hardtail actually intrigues me.

go via Carrickmines and enniskerry kids..

that was a great spin..very fast on dry trails..great to have Skyline back under my wing , I have always had high hopes for him..not a huge turnout but a quality one..I must admit to being surprised though, I thought I would have hundreds out, it being Djouce..every body got a taste of what its like to be on an Hour of Power loop..lots of fierce climbing and savage descending..nice one kids. I enjoyed it..its hard to motivate yourself after travelling and racing yesterday but I was glad to get out..
yeah like I need motivation to ride my bike :) and in Djouce..come on..its riding feckin deadly..

I was stuck in work until 6 so no chance of making it to Djouce on time. But I did a nice loop of 3 rock instead, if anyone wants to ride Legends now is the time - it's actually dry! Even the boggy descent from 2 rock onto Metro was dry... I can't wait until Thursday, I'm off work until next Wednesday so I'll be on the bike 24h a day!!
Do you have any of the days off, we could do Kippure maybe?

Thursday baby yay !! hey we're doing Lug tomorrow night..did Alfie tell you ? **** Kippure, lets do Kilmashogue to Laragh and back on the road ! we'll be fresh for the Club race !

Maybe he did, I'll check my phone...
I can do anything on Thursday, you name it and I'll be there

thanks Richie and co., didn't want to miss this one and experience Djouce when its nice and dry. did my best to tame my new beast but still got bucked off..

sorry i missed it but it was a long shot to hope I would get there on time, only got out of work after 6, not a total loss though, managed to rebuild the rear wheel so it'll be ready for the club race, and even got to sort the old tanker hardtail out so I'll have a working spare bike if the ****e hits the fan with mine again.

Missed this trip by only a couple of minutes. I thought I could try and find my own way around, but I wasn't sure where the trails would leave me out?
Has anyone ever mapped the routes or could someone pm me a rough route to follow? Would love to have a decent spin over there, but due to work
I mostlt end up having to go out on my own. So its hard to do routes like this, without getting lost a little.
Thanks and I will hope to get out for a spin with some of you soon.

yes what a great oul spin.you rekindled my love of djouce Richie
I did not realise how many trails i forgot because of the gravity enduro
thought i was going to collapse halfway through after doing my own spin earlier
I must try a xc race soon seeing as the downhill is dead
cheers for letting me tag along

the Gravity Enduro didn't actually use the best bits of Djouce, sorry you missed us Kendellen..I'm a stickler for going on time, try and catch up with us next time . Good to have you back Darragh, Graham can you give Skyline members access ,please .

All welcome for Djouce, better than anywhere else ( except the leadmines ) ..
Now..
Rules..yes Rules..there has to be rules, I don't want other people ruining other peoples spins.
2 Tubes ( even if you are tubeless ) goo won't fix a sidewall tear.
Proper clothing and footware..
Mountainbikers only have two uniforms..

Lycra and Clipped in pedals..
Flats and baggies..thats proper flats like 5.10s and proper pedals, like the shimano DX or whatever is cool these days..I don't do flats and they all look the same to me.
No cotton t-shirts whatsoever and no full face helmets..

Heres a tip for you budding MTBers..

have a gel about 5 minutes before we start and then grab another one about an hour in.

As usual I will need a senior 1 or 2 rider to assist me..

heres how to get there from Kilmacanogue though I strongly recommend you come off the M50 at Carrickmines and take the enniskerry road out

http://maps.google.ie/maps/ms?msid=2...de6f8b6a&msa=0


graham can you make this a sticky till Monday

I'll be there! looking forward to it!!

Will be there, assuming can get through traffic etc

me too, same as above, hopefully it won't be too busy.

Not likely to make this, rear wheel fecked, two spokes gone and well buckled, can't wait for my new rims. if I can get the hardtail set up after work I'll join ya but don't wait. God the thought of djouce on a hardtail actually intrigues me.

go via Carrickmines and enniskerry kids..

that was a great spin..very fast on dry trails..great to have Skyline back under my wing , I have always had high hopes for him..not a huge turnout but a quality one..I must admit to being surprised though, I thought I would have hundreds out, it being Djouce..every body got a taste of what its like to be on an Hour of Power loop..lots of fierce climbing and savage descending..nice one kids. I enjoyed it..its hard to motivate yourself after travelling and racing yesterday but I was glad to get out..
yeah like I need motivation to ride my bike :) and in Djouce..come on..its riding feckin deadly..

I was stuck in work until 6 so no chance of making it to Djouce on time. But I did a nice loop of 3 rock instead, if anyone wants to ride Legends now is the time - it's actually dry! Even the boggy descent from 2 rock onto Metro was dry... I can't wait until Thursday, I'm off work until next Wednesday so I'll be on the bike 24h a day!!
Do you have any of the days off, we could do Kippure maybe?

Thursday baby yay !! hey we're doing Lug tomorrow night..did Alfie tell you ? **** Kippure, lets do Kilmashogue to Laragh and back on the road ! we'll be fresh for the Club race !

Maybe he did, I'll check my phone...
I can do anything on Thursday, you name it and I'll be there

thanks Richie and co., didn't want to miss this one and experience Djouce when its nice and dry. did my best to tame my new beast but still got bucked off..

sorry i missed it but it was a long shot to hope I would get there on time, only got out of work after 6, not a total loss though, managed to rebuild the rear wheel so it'll be ready for the club race, and even got to sort the old tanker hardtail out so I'll have a working spare bike if the ****e hits the fan with mine again.

Missed this trip by only a couple of minutes. I thought I could try and find my own way around, but I wasn't sure where the trails would leave me out?
Has anyone ever mapped the routes or could someone pm me a rough route to follow? Would love to have a decent spin over there, but due to work
I mostlt end up having to go out on my own. So its hard to do routes like this, without getting lost a little.
Thanks and I will hope to get out for a spin with some of you soon.

yes what a great oul spin.you rekindled my love of djouce Richie
I did not realise how many trails i forgot because of the gravity enduro
thought i was going to collapse halfway through after doing my own spin earlier
I must try a xc race soon seeing as the downhill is dead
cheers for letting me tag along

the Gravity Enduro didn't actually use the best bits of Djouce, sorry you missed us Kendellen..I'm a stickler for going on time, try and catch up with us next time . Good to have you back Darragh, Graham can you give Skyline members access ,please .