Cyclocross in Dublin this weekend

Morgan · 30-11-2009 9:56pm #1

MAD presents round four of the 2009 Supercross Cup cyclocross series in Corcaigh Park, Dublin on Sunday the 6th of December.

This event is generously supported by Cycleways and FD K-Capital Source.

Corcaigh Park provides a scenic backdrop to a fast and final round for the Supercross Series. The challenging course promises an exciting day for racers and spectators alike. There's even a pet-zoo to keep the kids entertained.

All proceeds from this race will be donated to Mountain Rescue Ireland.

Sign-on opens at 10:30am.
Entry Fee: Main race €15/£15; MTB/fun race €10/£10; Underage €2/£2

Start times:
Underage & MTB - 11:30am
Main Race - 1pm

Refreshments will be served after the race.

Driving directions from M50

I remember a few Boardsies saying they'd try cross this winter - this is your chance!

Lumen · 01-12-2009 2:39am

I'm in

Raam · 01-12-2009 9:22am

We have our club Xmas race the same day

RobFowl · 01-12-2009 9:26am

Raam wrote: »

We have our club Xmas race the same day

An hour of sliding around in the mud or..... the xCross race

Billy Whizz · 01-12-2009 10:06am

Raam wrote: »

We have our club Xmas race the same day

Corkagh Park will be a proper race

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bcmf · 01-12-2009 6:48pm

reckon my 8yo is in.Garaunteed carnage in the underage.

Lumen · 05-12-2009 7:35pm

Morgan wrote: »

Sign-on opens at 10:30am....Main Race - 1pm

I'm a bit pushed for time tomorrow. Will I be OK to sign on a bit later, like 12:00?

Anyone else doing this? Blorg still swine-flu'd?

Morgan · 05-12-2009 11:14pm

I'd say we'll keep sign-on open until 12:30 or so...

bcmf · 06-12-2009 2:49pm

The kids (all 3 of them) thoroughly enjoyed it.they did a couple of laps of the technical bit. No bother to them.

Lumen how did you get on?

Lumen · 06-12-2009 6:11pm

bcmf wrote: »

Lumen how did you get on?

Quick race report, bit short of time...

Spend most of the morning doing completely inapproproate roadie faffing ("where the hell did I put my HRM? are my new leg warmers going to slip down?") and paid far too little attention to the important stuff ("I'm sure I have some of those knobbly type tyres in the back of the shed somewhere").

Managed to get mudguards, rack, and cages off for the race, shoved a bit of air in the knobblies. Joined the back of the "grid" with the other Freds, we were easy to spot, lacking club jerseys.

It was a nine lap race. Very professional organisation, including a digital lap counter over the start line.

First couple of laps were fine. Hung around the back of the field, managed not to crash. The course was nice, not very technical, but getting more slippery and rutted as the laps went on.

Then there's a bit of a grey period, where I'm not really sure what was going on.

Then after about 50 minutes (and a few more crashes) the suffering really started. I'm not sure if I bonked, or just lost the will to live. Is there a difference?

I was going slowly. There was much pain. My back was very bad, not helped by me attempting to ride threshold at 70rpm. I'm sure I could feel the muscle fibres in my thighs ripping apart from each other.

My bike was carrying what felt like it's own weight in mud.

My rear derailleur was making wierd noises and vibrations, like there was a badger trapped in it.

Last lap now.

Someone in front lost a rear derailleur - it appeared to just snap off from all the crud stuck in it.

Ryan Sherlock passed me again (was that three times now?).

Finally it was over.

I've no idea where I came. I'm not even sure I was placed at all, given all the lapping.

Thanks to the organisers. Gavin was marshalling and took some photos. They should be interesting.

Can't wait for the next race, whenever that turns out to be....

Chips Lovell · 06-12-2009 6:33pm

First race ever Lumen?

Lumen · 06-12-2009 7:04pm

el tonto wrote: »

First race ever Lumen?

Yes, my cherry is finally popped.

Gavin · 06-12-2009 8:28pm

Lumen started off a bit dubious, he didn't know what to make of all this mud

But he soon got to grips with it and was blasting along

Towards that last 20 minutes, he entered the pain cave

More at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinogorman/sets/72157622824202747/detail/

Lumen · 06-12-2009 8:34pm

Thanks Gavin.

A nice one of Ryan...

DirkVoodoo · 06-12-2009 8:44pm

Gavin wrote: »

Great Photo Gavin!

@Lumen: Surely this is just your version of Raam's first report (which was just as grim), it's all up(hill) from here!

ROK ON · 06-12-2009 8:55pm

Well done Lumen. That last photo of you is one of the best cycling photos that I have seen this year.

bcmf · 07-12-2009 10:02am

http://picasaweb.google.com/ollietrex/6122009MadSupercross#5412205524583737138

pics from mad.

Raam · 07-12-2009 10:08am

Nice work Lumen, it looks really tough.

sean_d · 07-12-2009 2:05pm

Results are up on the SuperCrossCup site and irishcyling.com

Sean

blorg · 07-12-2009 2:40pm

Well done Lumen, looks like you beat Morgan, something seems to have happened to him on the last lap

bcmf · 07-12-2009 2:52pm

@ Morgan or whoever else organises this can you post up the next one that involves kids as my young is gagging to do another one.
Ta

Lumen · 07-12-2009 3:05pm

blorg wrote: »

Well done Lumen, looks like you beat Morgan, something seems to have happened to him on the last lap

Awesome, I beat four people, plus the DNFs/DSQs. Sweet.

I think I overhead Morgan complaining that he hadn't eaten enough.

It took a while to clean the bike today...

Chips Lovell · 07-12-2009 3:14pm

Jeez Lumen, one race and already you've gotten more decent action shots of yourself than most of us have from a year's racing:

Gavin · 07-12-2009 3:17pm

bcmf wrote: »

@ Morgan or whoever else organises this can you post up the next one that involves kids as my young is gagging to do another one.
Ta

Have you seen the epicmtb forum ? They do a lot of spins with younger kids, not sure if they are still at it or what. The SuperCross is finished, Nationals next maybe ?

bcmf · 07-12-2009 3:21pm

yeah he/we started off with doing the epic spins may give them a look. It was the adrenalin rush of being in a race that got him.

Lumen · 07-12-2009 3:26pm

el tonto wrote: »

Jeez Lumen, one race and already you've gotten more decent action shots of yourself than most of us have from a year's racing

I move so slowly, I'm easy to photograph. :pac:

ryan_sherlock · 07-12-2009 3:37pm

There are more races to come:

Sunday, December 20
All day Cyclocross Race - TC Racing (Cavan)

Sunday, January 3, 2010
All day Cyclocross Race - Stamullan CC

Sunday, January 10, 2010
All day All Ireland Cyclocross Championships
WhereSt. Annes Park and Gardens, Dublin

I'll have a video up soon - processing taking place at the moment.

I'll have my report up soon - simply, I passed Joe to be in 3rd with 600meters to go then my Force 2010 derailleur decided it liked spokes and exploded - had to carry the bike with Roger Aiken hunting me down. Slipped in 6 seconds ahead of Roger for 4th. Great racing though - a physically tough course with the muddy sections and the wind. Finished 2nd in the series - my first CX series.

bcmf · 07-12-2009 3:42pm

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

There are more races to come:

Sunday, December 20
All day Cyclocross Race - TC Racing (Cavan)

Sunday, January 3, 2010
All day Cyclocross Race - Stamullan CC

Sunday, January 10, 2010
All day All Ireland Cyclocross Championships
WhereSt. Annes Park and Gardens, Dublin

I'll have a video up soon - processing taking place at the moment.

I'll have my report up soon - simply, I passed Joe to be in 3rd with 600meters to go then my Force 2010 derailleur decided it liked spokes and exploded - had to carry the bike with Roger Aiken hunting me down. Slipped in 6 seconds ahead of Roger for 4th. Great racing though - a physically tough course with the muddy sections and the wind. Finished 2nd in the series - my first CX series.

I was wondering why you were running to the finish line.

Chips Lovell · 07-12-2009 3:43pm

bcmf wrote: »

I was wondering why you were running to the finish line.

I thought he was just showing off;)

ryan_sherlock · 07-12-2009 3:57pm

el tonto wrote: »

I thought he was just showing off;)

€110 derailleur, €40 chain, €15 mech hanger... I wish I was showing off

Gavin · 07-12-2009 3:58pm

The aul cyclocross looks like fun. Who's got one of those Specialized Singlespeed Tricross's in 54 cm em ?

petethedrummer · 07-12-2009 4:17pm

Looks like a tough race to start on. Slippy conditions and I'm guessing minimal opportunity to draft and get dragged around.

ryan_sherlock · 07-12-2009 4:43pm

Got the video up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49RaH6_hc78

petethedrummer · 07-12-2009 6:13pm

Deadly. more of this type of thing.

niceonetom · 07-12-2009 6:18pm

Congrats on the deflowering Lumen. I'm quite jealous but I'm saving myself for the road.

ray o · 07-12-2009 10:30pm

Gavin wrote: »

The aul cyclocross looks like fun. Who's got one of those Specialized Singlespeed Tricross's in 54 cm em ?

I got one there a couple of weeks ago. I got it for commuting but would love to take it out on a cyclocross course. Would there be many singlespeed cyclocross bikes at those races?

blorg · 07-12-2009 11:04pm

D1gger wrote: »

I got one there a couple of weeks ago. I got it for commuting but would love to take it out on a cyclocross course. Would there be many singlespeed cyclocross bikes at those races?

I don't think there would be "many" but I saw at least one in the photos. I met a guy on a single speed Tricross at one of the training nights, was probably him.

sean_d · 07-12-2009 11:50pm

The only one I saw was in use as a spare, the rider having changed it after mangling his main bike about halfway through the race.
Don't really see the point in singlespeeds - 'cross is hard enough without adding unnecessary adversity...

Lumen · 08-12-2009 8:20am

blorg wrote: »

I don't think there would be "many" but I saw at least one in the photos. I met a guy on a single speed Tricross at one of the training nights, was probably him.

Probably not. I think the guy at your training was Ant. There was someone at the race who started on a Tricross Single, although he was hovering near the back with me and I think it was his first race too.

I can see the attraction, if you have the leg strength, given the significant chance of rear derailleur failure (two that I know of on the last lap). TFFFYHTF and all that.

Both you and Ant would have coped fine on that course with a singlespeed.

Gavin · 08-12-2009 8:22am

Were there not two people on the singlespeed tricrosses ?

Lumen · 08-12-2009 8:28am

Gavin wrote: »

Were there not two people on the singlespeed tricrosses ?

Apparently so. The one I started next to, and the one sean_d saw used as a spare.

bcmf · 08-12-2009 9:30am

Lumen wrote: »

TFFFYHTF and all that.

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wtf is "TFFFYHTF"

Lumen · 08-12-2009 9:35am

bcmf wrote: »

wtf is "TFFFYHTF"

To Finish First, First You Have To Finish

Raam · 08-12-2009 9:37am

Lumen wrote: »

To Finish First, First You Have To Finish

Did you really expect us to figure that one out?!
I had got to "Thank f**k for Freds -?-?-?-?-"

niceonetom · 08-12-2009 10:28am

I figured it out actually.

Raam · 08-12-2009 10:34am

niceonetom wrote: »

I figured it out actually.

you mean: IFIOA

mtbireland · 08-12-2009 3:26pm

The nationals in Saint Anne's is going to be a pretty amazing race again. Last year it was the final round of the Supercross Cup and produced some great racing. We took it out of the league this year and instead will just hold the nationals there.... Here is a video from last year...

Downloadable version
http://mtbireland.com/downloads.php?cat_id=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE4q1hXBlLQ

Cyclocross in Dublin this weekend

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