MADMTB presents MAX-XC!

MAD MAX-XC

MADMTB are pleased to announce an MTB XC-travaganza on 3 Rock Co. Dublin, 10th May 2009.
This event is being held to part-celebrate the 20th Anniversary of MADMTB: 20 Years Offroad 1989 to 2009.

There will be a random draw for vouchers from our sponsors for all entrants who use the online system, so click the button below and be in with a chance to nab a nice voucher for yourself.



There is usually a fee for using this system but for this event you will not be charged any extra for using the online sign-on, and remember, you can win stuff!

The event is basically a loop of the best trails on 3Rock and can be ridden anyway you like.
Spot prizes will be awarded on a random basis and there will also be awards for the first finishing teams home - the trick being that you won’t know who is on your team until after you sign on.
Your race plate will include your number and your team number, it will be up to you to hunt-out your teammates and quickly swap power-gels, calibrate heart-rate monitors, drill holes in your saddles and formulate your winning plans…..

This event has been made possible via close co-operation with local landowners and forestry, and we hope everything goes smoothly in order that we will be able to host further races in the area in future. With this regard, please take all your litter home with you and be respectful of other users of the forest on the day.

The event will be fully marshalled so make sure to cooperate with them as they’ll be doing their best to ensure that you get the best out of your day.

New trails have been specifically constructed by the MADMTB Singletrack Engineering Division for the event which offer a large variety of terrain which has something for everyone from fast sweeping fireroad with great views out over Dublin Bay and to the Sugarloaf, short rocky paths, fast easy singletrack, twisty switchback challenging technical singletrack, bombholes, dips, lips, swoops, whoops and not forgetting and a nice climb or two thrown in for the craic.
Info on distance and approx. time for completion will be added soon.

Schedule:
The course WILL NOT be marked on the Saturday, sign-on will be on Sunday morning from 8:00am to 10:30am.
The event will kick-off at 11am, it will take you approx 15 mins to cycle up the start line from the parking field so ensure to arrive in plenty of time!
Parking will be in a private field on the Glencullen side of 3Rock.
The field is on your right as you drive towards Glencullen from Ballyedmonduff/Stepaside direction.

Click here for the latest info on this event.

crown of storms

this should be great!

MarkG1975

this will be deadly,great new and old trails all marshalled,no better time to get mtb'ing!:cool:

MAD MAX-XC

MAD MAX-XC Trail preview part 1:
Start off with a frantic Le-Mans style sprint then hop on what hopefully is your own bike and up the fireroad. No sooner warmed-up than you'll be dropping down right into the first singletrack of the day: MX Swoop down onto a nice fast singletrack section then sprint up Granny Wrecker - a steep but very short kicker, then over the fallen tree, down the bank and soon to switch down right across the wall into a long & fast downhill singletrack, dropping you out onto a left hand fireroad sweep. Over the small bank then more downhill singletrack. Drop out left onto the fireroad, and up the intense-but-short fireroad climb. Over the hump and continue up Creaky Crank.
Break left at the junction and another sandy/rocky/loose section to the fireroad. Dublin Bay soon comes into view then you'll be ripping down right through T-Connector where the gorse has been slain to make a nice connecting run to the next solid fast downhill section. Dive straight into the forest and blast your way through the large intestine that is Rock n Roll.



MAD MAX-XC Trail preview part 2:

Blast out of Rock n Roll across the fireroad over the big hump and negotiate the roots, dips, and drops of CrossMax. Get catapulted down the chute from CrossMax and into a left-hand swooper turn down into Aggro. Hammer across the descent with your tyres frantically grabbing at the roots for grip and out onto the Blue Light Run which takes you across the face of the hill towards the Boneshaker. Scrabble up the big slabs throgh the rocky gap and switch-up into Naked Romp. Put your pants back on then down into the real techy tester that is Romper Schlomper. Switch and carve your way down this baby (making sure not to fall off the bridge down 40ft to your ultimate doom - chicken run available!) and across the forest floor to more tech track on the far side. Up a bit of hard black stuff to catch your breath then a right hander into Forgotten and then down through the bombhole and up the sandy climb past Tom's towards Kilmashogue. Around the left hand u-turn and along the trail towards A1 Sharon.



MAD MAX-XC Trail preview part 3 (final preview):

Power your way along the narrow singletrack track over the fallen-tree hip and you'll come to a small clearing - catch a half second of sun then hop in left into A1 Sharon & rip your way over the slab, down the bank and finally get spat out onto the fireroad. Along the fireroad and up the small bit of tarmac and Dublin Bay will be on your left as you pedal on down into T-Connector where the satanic gorse has mutilated at the hands of MADMTB Singletrack Engineering Corps. Take a left down a steep rocky techy path and catch the small right-hand berm and into the first half of Rip Ride. Hop over the 5 or 6 big tree roots and out into the open section. Climb for 5 or 6 pedal strokes then off the small ledge and over and down the big rocks and into tight downhill forest. Wind all the way down through tricky but flowy turns - being careful not to bounce off the trees like a pinball, exiting just above the Blue Oyster trail you rode earlier. Up left to the fireroad climb all the way to the aerials and across the junction towards the upper masts. Keep right and you'll arrive on the loose rocky path which will bring you just above the dual sections of Satellite Run, and that's the last climb of the day -thank feck! In left and carve around the sandy left hander then over the hump and down through winding singletrack, popping or rolling off the bridge, more singletrack then drop 3 ft or roll into the lower section. Out of that, a quick left/right brings you into into Zippy, then down the hump and blast into the freshly manicured Bungle section. Finally back out on the fireroad you started on and pedal pedal pedal all the way down towards Glencullen direction and finally breaking left into the gap in the forest. Down another fireroad - this time a downhill much faster version with fast sweeping drifty turns, resist the desire to gap-jump the sandbunkers on the golf course and finally explode through the gate and into the field to tea, sambos and ULTIMATE GLORY!!!!!!

You have just been MAX-XC-ed !!