XC Nationals update !!

First of all I will be Commentating on this event so expect some serious encouragement and real bad ass Metal Music for the day..
The Tombstone - 40 tonnes of granite sitting out in Kilruddery, the last time human eyes saw it was chasing Wicklow mammoths over it !! this will be the feature of the Decade..
It will make the IMBRC bombhole look like a pothole !!
Oh yeah !!
Don't forget the trade village with all the Irish Bike Suppliers showing off their bikes !!
You only have till Wednesday to sign on for the Championship events !! the other funloving happy events can be entered on the day..
Don;t miss this..the winner of this years Nationals also gets to learn how to do a two week skid like a pro !!
Yeah Rich, we will have some support from some of the cycle shops for our national Championships, some of them will be demo-ing their bikes on Saturday from 1.00 and Sunday morning. We should have a nice loop to try them out on.

the following bike shops should be there
Cycle Inn [Ktm/Giant]
EuroCycles [Focus/Felt/Corratec]
Cycle Superstore [Lapierre]
Think Bike [Trek]
Bespoke Cycles
also
Chain Reaction Cycles should have there demo truck and demo bikes available
and
Piranha {Bike Wash/Bike Cleaning Products]
Wait for it..



Its a two week huck !! do it and women will magically appear on your arms wearing nothing but knowing smiles , white leather skirts up to their fellujahs, cowboy boots and nothing else.
If you can do The Tombstone, you will win the Blast, the F1 nonsense, beat Chuck Norris at Kenpo ( actually Tae-kwan do), master the art of the perfect Pizza, know the language of chickens, the arithmetic of spiders, ride The Tombstone and you will end the world shortage of Chocolate flavoured edible knickers, earn the Chalice of never ending Rasher Sambos, find the way to narnia without the help of IKEA..
In short you will be the best Human being since William Shatner.
There is a field in the race, so the course is very suitable for a cross bike, just like Lady Dixon........god, tombstone......I was talking to Bob yesterday when he was working on it, sounds great/horrendous.....TW have also commissioned a couple of french TV cars, these will be driving erratically through the forest, avoiding trees.
Originally posted by epic_me _arse View Post
....TW have also commissioned a couple of french TV cars, these will be driving erratically through the forest, avoiding trees.
crazy frogs, between them and this Tombstone, we're all going to die....
lovely :D
Originally posted by carolinem View Post
What is the tombstone that everyone is talking about?
Don't ask Caroline - no doubt it's something designed to scare the ****e out of the likes of you and me! I keep having visions of that horrible greasy rock up near the Ewoks ...... whatever it's called!
never mind their yap - it's a reference to the post-race cup cakes Robin has been merrily cooking while he should be out digging big hucks

So is there going to be the big family type event atmosphere on Sunday with stuff for kids and coffee vendors (not for kids) like last years savage event?
First of all I will be Commentating on this event so expect some serious encouragement and real bad ass Metal Music for the day..
The Tombstone - 40 tonnes of granite sitting out in Kilruddery, the last time human eyes saw it was chasing Wicklow mammoths over it !! this will be the feature of the Decade..
It will make the IMBRC bombhole look like a pothole !!
Oh yeah !!
Don't forget the trade village with all the Irish Bike Suppliers showing off their bikes !!
You only have till Wednesday to sign on for the Championship events !! the other funloving happy events can be entered on the day..
Don;t miss this..the winner of this years Nationals also gets to learn how to do a two week skid like a pro !!
Yeah Rich, we will have some support from some of the cycle shops for our national Championships, some of them will be demo-ing their bikes on Saturday from 1.00 and Sunday morning. We should have a nice loop to try them out on.

the following bike shops should be there
Cycle Inn [Ktm/Giant]
EuroCycles [Focus/Felt/Corratec]
Cycle Superstore [Lapierre]
Think Bike [Trek]
Bespoke Cycles
also
Chain Reaction Cycles should have there demo truck and demo bikes available
and
Piranha {Bike Wash/Bike Cleaning Products]
Wait for it..



Its a two week huck !! do it and women will magically appear on your arms wearing nothing but knowing smiles , white leather skirts up to their fellujahs, cowboy boots and nothing else.
If you can do The Tombstone, you will win the Blast, the F1 nonsense, beat Chuck Norris at Kenpo ( actually Tae-kwan do), master the art of the perfect Pizza, know the language of chickens, the arithmetic of spiders, ride The Tombstone and you will end the world shortage of Chocolate flavoured edible knickers, earn the Chalice of never ending Rasher Sambos, find the way to narnia without the help of IKEA..
In short you will be the best Human being since William Shatner.
There is a field in the race, so the course is very suitable for a cross bike, just like Lady Dixon........god, tombstone......I was talking to Bob yesterday when he was working on it, sounds great/horrendous.....TW have also commissioned a couple of french TV cars, these will be driving erratically through the forest, avoiding trees.
Originally posted by epic_me _arse View Post
....TW have also commissioned a couple of french TV cars, these will be driving erratically through the forest, avoiding trees.
crazy frogs, between them and this Tombstone, we're all going to die....
lovely :D
Originally posted by carolinem View Post
What is the tombstone that everyone is talking about?
Don't ask Caroline - no doubt it's something designed to scare the ****e out of the likes of you and me! I keep having visions of that horrible greasy rock up near the Ewoks ...... whatever it's called!
never mind their yap - it's a reference to the post-race cup cakes Robin has been merrily cooking while he should be out digging big hucks

So is there going to be the big family type event atmosphere on Sunday with stuff for kids and coffee vendors (not for kids) like last years savage event?
First of all I will be Commentating on this event so expect some serious encouragement and real bad ass Metal Music for the day..
The Tombstone - 40 tonnes of granite sitting out in Kilruddery, the last time human eyes saw it was chasing Wicklow mammoths over it !! this will be the feature of the Decade..
It will make the IMBRC bombhole look like a pothole !!
Oh yeah !!
Don't forget the trade village with all the Irish Bike Suppliers showing off their bikes !!
You only have till Wednesday to sign on for the Championship events !! the other funloving happy events can be entered on the day..
Don;t miss this..the winner of this years Nationals also gets to learn how to do a two week skid like a pro !!
Yeah Rich, we will have some support from some of the cycle shops for our national Championships, some of them will be demo-ing their bikes on Saturday from 1.00 and Sunday morning. We should have a nice loop to try them out on.

the following bike shops should be there
Cycle Inn [Ktm/Giant]
EuroCycles [Focus/Felt/Corratec]
Cycle Superstore [Lapierre]
Think Bike [Trek]
Bespoke Cycles
also
Chain Reaction Cycles should have there demo truck and demo bikes available
and
Piranha {Bike Wash/Bike Cleaning Products]
Wait for it..



Its a two week huck !! do it and women will magically appear on your arms wearing nothing but knowing smiles , white leather skirts up to their fellujahs, cowboy boots and nothing else.
If you can do The Tombstone, you will win the Blast, the F1 nonsense, beat Chuck Norris at Kenpo ( actually Tae-kwan do), master the art of the perfect Pizza, know the language of chickens, the arithmetic of spiders, ride The Tombstone and you will end the world shortage of Chocolate flavoured edible knickers, earn the Chalice of never ending Rasher Sambos, find the way to narnia without the help of IKEA..
In short you will be the best Human being since William Shatner.
There is a field in the race, so the course is very suitable for a cross bike, just like Lady Dixon........god, tombstone......I was talking to Bob yesterday when he was working on it, sounds great/horrendous.....TW have also commissioned a couple of french TV cars, these will be driving erratically through the forest, avoiding trees.
Originally posted by epic_me _arse View Post
....TW have also commissioned a couple of french TV cars, these will be driving erratically through the forest, avoiding trees.
crazy frogs, between them and this Tombstone, we're all going to die....
lovely :D
Originally posted by carolinem View Post
What is the tombstone that everyone is talking about?
Don't ask Caroline - no doubt it's something designed to scare the ****e out of the likes of you and me! I keep having visions of that horrible greasy rock up near the Ewoks ...... whatever it's called!
never mind their yap - it's a reference to the post-race cup cakes Robin has been merrily cooking while he should be out digging big hucks

So is there going to be the big family type event atmosphere on Sunday with stuff for kids and coffee vendors (not for kids) like last years savage event?