Anybody out Boxing Day?

[papasmurf]

Is anybody heading upto Tolly over the holiday period.

We're doing the usual Boxing day DH runs around Tolly. So if anybody wants to hook up with us your more than welcome.

[keith]

We have to keep the boxing day tradition alive

[Bloom]

We have to keep the boxing day tradition alive

Unfortunately my boxing day tradition is visiting the in-laws.

Biking then Down Royal sounds better to me.

[Steveb]

I'm planning on doing the traditional MTBrider ride, this time taking in Tolly and Donard. It'll be XC with a couple of the runs in Tolly and donard for good measure, typical distance is 15 miles.

I'll start a thread once I get it sorted.

[barry_kellett99]

Gortin Glen for me

[marko]

stella

[Speedfreak]

Yeh, well up for the Boxing Day ride! ;) Always a great days craic cus of the huge amount of us all that head out! Personally, DH runs for me! :D Be good to get out on teh bikes with ou's (Keith and Smurf) again, havn'e been biking with you's in yonks! lol

Mark bring stella with you like last time Mark!! And give me some! lol ;)

[Conor]

Tolly for sure!

Bit of a DH/XC mix for me, will follow the lads over to Donard and maybe grab a quick pint after :)

[marko]

grab a quick pint

o'hares has the best pints of stella in guiness in town so can we make that several?

[MrNuts]

Sounds like a plan

[ninja]

yep craig and i be there

[papasmurf]

Sounds like a good number going out. If everybody turns up it should be a good days crack.

Looking forward to showing you a few things once again Speedfreak ;) ;) .

[Speedfreak]

Haha, It's been a while Mr Smurf, hopefully the beating you gave me at Scotland has scrubbed off well and I already learnt a few things! lol

[tinkerhil]

Haha, It's been a while Mr Smurf, hopefully the beating you gave me at Scotland has scrubbed off well and I already learnt a few things! lol

He he that was a good trip and show from the auld boys :D

[papasmurf]

He he that was a good trip and show from the auld boys :D

Speak for yourself! ;-)

With another similar thread started for the same day, same location it should be a good gathering of MTBriders or non MTBriders. Just bring a bike and enjoy the banter etc etc..

PS Speedfreak your riding should be upto scratch for coming out with us by now as you've probably been out a lot more than me this year.. All joking aside your a good (tall) rider...

[Speedfreak]

With another similar thread started for the same day, same location it should be a good gathering of MTBriders or non MTBriders. Just bring a bike and enjoy the banter etc etc..

PS Speedfreak your riding should be upto scratch for coming out with us by now as you've probably been out a lot more than me this year.. All joking aside your a good (tall) rider...

Yeh, I think I should be able to keep up a bit better now, got a seasons worth of racing in, and that taught me a few things...but I fell off...alot, so you may go in front of me! lol :D

[papasmurf]

Yeh, I think I should be able to keep up a bit better now, got a seasons worth of racing in, and that taught me a few things...but I fell off...alot, so you may go in front of me! lol :D


i'll follow and if you fall off as per norm :( i'll try and tell you what went wrong, Oh no i cant as it will be me yelling at you to get out of the road..

Nerves got you at the racing, conentrate on those and you will perform much better, trust me...

[Speedfreak]

Nerves got you at the racing, conentrate on those and you will perform much better, trust me...

Oh, old wise man, teach me the ways of the samurai DHer!! lol ;)

Yeh, that was my problem and I know it, lost concentration, lost where I was, and in turn could be off the pace! Too many mistakes if I didn't fall off too, maybe I just suck a bit! lol.

[Conor]

You fall off lots as you ride with the bike off the ground too much. Skipping over rocks and roots maybe fast but you are better off learning to keep the tyres on the ground. Anytime I follow down the likes of Parnell's track in Tolly your bike is off the ground more than it is on it!

in theory you should be faster than me, but on a few tracks recently I'm keeping up no problem. From what I've spotted it's the slower technical stuff that gets you. This is where it is critical to have max tyre contact.

But I could be talking BS!

[chucky]

well the both of you (conor and speedfreak) leave me for dead nomatter what the terrain is.

Im just crap alround i guess lol.

[MrNuts]

well the both of you (conor and speedfreak) leave me for dead nomatter what the terrain is.

Im just crap alround i guess lol.

And i make you look like a pro;)

No one is worse than me, you won't need a stopwatch to time me but a sun dial:o

[Speedfreak]

You fall off lots as you ride with the bike off the ground too much. Skipping over rocks and roots maybe fast but you are better off learning to keep the tyres on the ground. Anytime I follow down the likes of Parnell's track in Tolly your bike is off the ground more than it is on it!

in theory you should be faster than me, but on a few tracks recently I'm keeping up no problem. From what I've spotted it's the slower technical stuff that gets you. This is where it is critical to have max tyre contact.

But I could be talking BS!

The tyre contact thing, sorry to sound a bit arrogant here, but I couldn't give two fiddlers about it to be honest! lol ;) Once I'm cornering my tyres are firmly on the ground, any other time doesn't matter to me really! :)

Though you are very correct about the tighter, twistier stuff, gets me everytime, that's why I love big, open, well flowing tracks...as does everyone I suppose! lol.

[Conor]

The tyre contact thing, sorry to sound a bit arrogant here, but I couldn't give two fiddlers about it to be honest! lol ;) Once I'm cornering my tyres are firmly on the ground, any other time doesn't matter to me really! :)

Though you are very correct about the tighter, twistier stuff, gets me everytime, that's why I love big, open, well flowing tracks...as does everyone I suppose! lol.

So young and naive :)

No real point debating about this sort of thing as there are a dozen ways to skin a cat.

But you can be much faster. You're more naturally talented than me and should be much faster. You just need time my child ;)

[Speedfreak]

Hahaha, feckin hell! This thread has certainly went tits up from the original topic, more like the chat forum!! lol :D

Well, I understand what you're saying man, and I'm sure at some stage in my 'young and naive' (well said, sums me up nicely! ;)) life I'll take it into consideration and try it out, but for now my sketchy, constant air time style riding will do me nicely! lol ;)

Right, now....emmm...back to the topic! :p

[Conor]

you're not sketchy, Mark is!!!


Aye, boxing day will be mighty crack. I'll be half way between XC and DH. Ride up the roads but get as many runs as possible in, then over to the trails in Donard :)

[Speedfreak]

you're not sketchy, Mark is!!!

Well, I'm saying nothing! lol :p I guess we can chat about this the next time we are out...or maybe I could get up to Glyn for a couple of lessons! lol

Yeh man, if the same crowd that has been out the last couple of times turns up again it should be good oul craic alright!

[marko]

me sketchy??haha you must be joking. where is tollymore, i am only new to mountain bicycling?

[keyserni]

What are the runs like in Tolly, difficulty wise? I haven't been on my DH bike for monthes and even then I've only spent the summer on the runs around HT and got up to cavey a few times.

[papasmurf]

What are the runs like in Tolly, difficulty wise? I haven't been on my DH bike for monthes and even then I've only spent the summer on the runs around HT and got up to cavey a few times.

All the trails are easy, they suit all types and skills of riders.

You will enjoy the courses!!

[keyserni]

Ok well I'll be down then, what time and where abouts are you guys meeting up?

[Speedfreak]

I think it's 11 at the back gates (you know where they are?)!

[keyserni]

No not really, Is that the road that leads down from tollymore into newcastle itself or is it round on the moneyscalp side?

[MrNuts]

Its the road in Bryansford, top of the village heading towards scalp

[keyserni]

Is that the one with the stone gatehouse and cloverleaf openings?

[Speedfreak]

Right, if you are coming into Bryansford from Newcastle/Castlewellan direction you pass a Post Office on your left. About 100metres on up the small hill in front of you, the back (exit) gates are on your left, and everyone parks along the road on the opposite side of that exit.

If you are coming Moneyscalp direction, the gates will simply be on your right just as you enter the village, and, funnily enough, the road everyone parks along is on your left this time. If you pass the Post Office on your right then you have gone too far!

You can't really miss the herds of bikers either! lol ;)

[keyserni]

Ok think I have the directions sorted and i've just put the bikes in the boot so will hopefull see you about tomorrow. Cheers for the help.

[papasmurf]

APOLOGIES!!!!!

Tried my best to get out, however wee man playing up after long day yesterday. So didn't want to leave wife on her own with kids..

SORRY once again.. :(

[marko]

decent days riding, there was a fella out with a sheer racing top on but sadly i can't remember his name. hope your wee fella is feeling better?

[Conor]

Was a cracker day out. Pity we lost the other guys at the first run, but at least we got loads of riding done.

Parnell's in Tolly, the moor al the way round the forest to Donard, the Quarry track and back up to the the DH run near the river. Then to O'Hare's for a quick one. Then back up the road to Bryansford. Not long in. 5 hours :)

The other lads seemed to head back pretty early? Get much riding done?

[Speedfreak]

Apart from the drunkeness, sobering up and then hangover effects I felt throughout the spin it was a great days riding! :D

Havn't done that trip across the mountains to Donord from Tolly, twas good!

[Steveb]

Good day. We got back to the cars at just after 3 I think. Kenny left early as he's suffering from Sat's fall, Keith left a bit later as he had other commitments.

We did a different route back into Tolly from Doarn which was a really nice route, will use that in future.

Saw Paul from BD and a few other in Tolly but didn't see Smurf or any of the DH boys, get they get out?

[Conor]

Good day. We got back to the cars at just after 3 I think. Kenny left early as he's suffering from Sat's fall, Keith left a bit later as he had other commitments.

We did a different route back into Tolly from Doarn which was a really nice route, will use that in future.

Saw Paul from BD and a few other in Tolly but didn't see Smurf or any of the DH boys, get they get out?

Ow. Fair play for Kenny getting out full stop! Never got the chance to mock him, erm, I mean console him about his crash ;)

What route did you go back? The fire road up past the houses and the reservoir? That's by far the best way back from Donard.

Don't know about you Steve but we had a great day. Not too often I get to ride the bike for 4 hours and get four tracks done!

[Hollywood]

We had a good day. We wanted to do a bit more mileage instead of runs up and down. Enjoyed the trip to Donard and the blast down the Champs course. Should be out again on Friday.

[barry_kellett99]

Went to gortin with a couple of hooligans and had great craic today.
Did every bit of trail we know in the area.
Totally wrecked!

[papasmurf]

Marko. wee man doing ok we thought it may have been colic (thank goodness its not).

Glad you all had a great day's riding the bikes.

I think it was a fella called Lanky, however he hasn't been out with us in a year or so..

[MrNuts]

Marko. wee man doing ok we thought it may have been colic (thank goodness its not).

Glad you all had a great day's riding the bikes.

I think it was a fella called Lanky, however he hasn't been out with us in a year or so..

Bumped into him in tolly today, he's Lanky on the forum.

He's still getting punctures:(