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xxyyzz · 19-07-2020 10:36pm

A spin on the Dingle way today

xxyyzz · 28-07-2020 9:19pm

A nice evening for it

Peter T · 29-07-2020 8:01am

I've a long list of places to go biking because of you xxyyzz

Biopace · 29-07-2020 10:34am

New flowey stuff in the Ballyhouras

Wanderer78 · 29-07-2020 10:45am

Biopace wrote: »

New flowey stuff in the Ballyhouras

really must go there soon, is there many people around using the trails?

Biopace · 29-07-2020 10:57am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

really must go there soon, is there many people around using the trails?

Busy enough on the weekends but v quiet during the week, seems to be quite a bit of trail upgrade work going on at the moment. If its like that flowey section on the brown loop it'll be well worth a visit.

Wanderer78 · 29-07-2020 10:58am

Biopace wrote: »

Busy enough on the weekends but v quiet during the week, seems to be quite a bit of trail upgrade work going on at the moment. If its like that flowey section on the brown loop it'll be well worth a visit.

been a few years since ive been there, really wanna go back

Peter T · 29-07-2020 3:31pm

I've heard rumors of table tops

xxyyzz · 07-08-2020 9:27pm

The kingdom in all her mighty glory

iwillhtfu · 07-08-2020 10:00pm

Is that at shronaboy farm?

xxyyzz · 07-08-2020 10:15pm

No, Strickeen in the gap of dunloe.

Dcully · 09-08-2020 2:54pm

Some photos from last couple of days spins, arse too sore to go out today.

iwillhtfu · 09-08-2020 3:31pm

Took a spin on the new red loop out on the Kinnity side of the slieve blooms. It's a very nice spin around 22km from Kinnity castle out the blue onto the red and back the blue. There were lads from Kileens digging out another trail and they look to be well into it.

Checked out some of the natural trails and some of the drops are class but you'd need to go with a local to string them altogether. As per usual with the official trails they're not really red I'd say more blue+ unfortunately no drops a few doubles and small table tops and even a treble at one point if you dare.

comete · 09-08-2020 9:34pm

From the top of coolaney on my last of 5 laps today 🥵

iwillhtfu · 09-08-2020 9:39pm

comete wrote: »

From the top of coolaney on my last of 5 laps today &#55358;&#56693;

Is that a cotic solaris? Lovely looking hard tail either way.

Is Coolaney worth the trip?

comete · 09-08-2020 10:03pm

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Is that a cotic solaris? Lovely looking hard tail either way.

Is Coolaney worth the trip?

Good spot! It’s a 2019 Solaris max!

Coolaney is decent but it depends on how long the trip is!

iwillhtfu · 09-08-2020 10:06pm

comete wrote: »

Good spot! It’s a 2019 Solaris max!

Coolaney is decent but it depends on how long the trip is!

I've had my eye on one for a while

I was thinking that it's the same for the slieve blooms. I'll probably hang on till I'm working up that way again.

Biopace · 10-08-2020 12:10pm

Up Wesht enjoying the fine weather

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iwillhtfu · 13-08-2020 9:33pm

Rostrevor today.

I had forgotten how poxy the pedal up is and especially nasty in this heat.

xxyyzz · 13-08-2020 11:52pm

Glenahoo valley, I reckon this could be the most scenic spin I've ever done. Unfortunately there was cloud down at the top so I couldn't get the shot I wanted.

It's hard to tell from the pic but that's a 300m drop

Biopace · 14-08-2020 10:45am

Looks like an absolutely stunning spot.

Cast Iron · 15-08-2020 2:27pm

Ravensdale, hadn't been out in a long long time, managed to stay upright which was nice!

Did a few of the trails, some are rutted/guttered in parts, but really enjoyed getting back out.

El Vino · 05-09-2020 4:36pm

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Brown Loop - Ballyhouras

Wailin · 10-09-2020 12:17am

First night ride in Ballinastoe. Great fun and a bit spooky on my own

prunudo · 10-09-2020 6:30am

Lights look nice and bright, what modal are you using, thinking of upgrading mine for the upcoming winter.

Wailin · 10-09-2020 12:25pm

Handlebar light is nightrider lumina 1800. Pricey but very good quality.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FJ79ZM1?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Helmet light is a petzl nao head lamp which I've had for hill walking. Bit gimmicky with it's autonomous lighting (always switched off) but very bright.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GFPMEXY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_S0GwFb7PCYCQX

Wanderer78 · 10-09-2020 12:30pm

Wailin wrote:

First night ride in Ballinastoe. Great fun and a bit spooky on my own

I've only done it a couple of times, lamps are old, but still grand, haven't done it in a couple of years, have to do it this year. Mate gone to bree today, should have bloody went with him

prunudo · 10-09-2020 1:31pm

Wailin wrote: »

Handlebar light is nightrider lumina 1800. Pricey but very good quality.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FJ79ZM1?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Helmet light is a petzl nao head lamp which I've had for hill walking. Bit gimmicky with it's autonomous lighting (always switched off) but very bright.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GFPMEXY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_S0GwFb7PCYCQX

Cheers, I have cheap chinese ones and while they work, I had a few reliability issues with them last winter. I'll have a trawl through the light thread too

xxyyzz · 21-09-2020 10:41am

Last Friday was glorious. This is the start of the Kerry camino trail.

iwillhtfu · 21-09-2020 11:04am

xxyyzz wrote: »

Last Friday was glorious. This is the start of the Kerry camino trail.

Did you cycle on it? Any grief from walkers?

Biopace · 21-09-2020 12:44pm

Some week of biking last week...

Moylussa - Killaloe; Ballyhourigan - Keeper Hill; Mt. Carron - Ballyhouras

xxyyzz · 21-09-2020 1:31pm

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Did you cycle on it? Any grief from walkers?

Yeah, I'd regularly ride there as it's just outside town. No issues from the walkers. There's a great rowdy little loop at the start of the walk with a long chunky downhill section.

Icyseanfitz · 21-09-2020 5:13pm

xxyyzz wrote: »

Yeah, I'd regularly ride there as it's just outside town. No issues from the walkers. There's a great rowdy little loop at the start of the walk with a long chunky downhill section.

hows the new surface holding up? does it go far past curaheen?

xxyyzz · 21-09-2020 5:57pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

hows the new surface holding up? does it go far past curaheen?

It's not too bad actually, you can go for 10km but it's hardship once you get a couple of km past Curraheen. There's an awful lot of waterbars where you have to get off and carry and it's constantly up and down so very little flow. I'm glad I did it but won't be going past Curraheen again.

xxyyzz · 21-09-2020 6:07pm

Biopace wrote: »

Some week of biking last week...

Moylussa - Killaloe; Ballyhourigan - Keeper Hill; Mt. Carron - Ballyhouras

Is there much around keeper hill? I heard there's a manic trail down the back of it called braking bad.

Biopace · 21-09-2020 10:42pm

xxyyzz wrote: »

Is there much around keeper hill? I heard there's a manic trail down the back of it called braking bad.

Yea there's a decent bit of biking to be had there now, plenty of trails a mix of xc and steep stuff, but you'd need to shown around, they are hard to find, Braking Bad is indeed manic, steep, boggy & slippy.

steamsey · 22-09-2020 2:21pm

Boardwalk after Ballinastoe on way to Lough Tay

Lough Tay (not Dan!) - always surprises me how nice the view is from here

Forest outside Laragh - very nice bit of the Wicklow Way

Tent Set Up

Wailin · 22-09-2020 2:39pm

Looks lovely steamsey, definitely plan on doing something like this myself.

comanche_cor · 23-09-2020 8:59am

Is this beside the inchavore river? Very nice!

steamsey wrote: »

Tent Set Up

prunudo · 23-09-2020 9:32am

Lools like you had decent weather for it. Thats Lough Tay though not Lough Dan. Lough Dan is the next one, further along towards Laragh.
You can see some of the piers and gangways they use for filming the Vikings and now Valhalla going out into the water from the beach on the right hand side of the photo.

steamsey · 23-09-2020 9:48am

prunudo wrote: »

Lools like you had decent weather for it. Thats Lough Tay though not Lough Dan. Lough Dan is the next one, further along towards Laragh.
You can see some of the piers and gangways they use for filming the Vikings and now Valhalla going out into the water from the beach on the right hand side of the photo.

D'oh! Always get them mixed up. Tay is the roundy one, Dan is the longer one.

They were filming around there last week alright.

steamsey · 23-09-2020 9:54am

comanche_cor wrote: »

Is this beside the inchavore river? Very nice!

I'm not 100% but i think it's the river Glenmacnass which shortly after where we camped joins the Inchavore river

Wailin · 23-09-2020 9:57am

Glenmacnass and inchavore river don't link up as far as I know.

steamsey · 23-09-2020 10:01am

Wailin wrote: »

Glenmacnass and inchavore river don't link up as far as I know.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/River+Glenmacnass/@53.0079683,-6.2975831,16.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x48679835d5a2ba59:0x3f0d2116e92d3aa2!8m2!3d53.0564848!4d-6.3342128

Not sure if they join or one splits off from the other?

iwillhtfu · 23-09-2020 1:37pm

steamsey wrote: »

D'oh! Always get them mixed up. Tay is the roundy one, Dan is the longer one.

They were filming around there last week alright.

Never heard it referred to as the roundy one but there is only one Guinness lake

cool pics

comanche_cor · 24-09-2020 3:04pm

Wailin wrote: »

Glenmacnass and inchavore river don't link up as far as I know.

Inchavore flows in to Lough Dan
Flowing from Lough Dan is the Avanmore
The Avonmore and the Glenmacnass meet in Laragh and become the Avonmore.

(kayaker in pervious life

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saccades · 25-09-2020 6:07pm

Miners.

xxyyzz · 07-11-2020 12:43am

We did a night spin out the old kenmare road last night. It was a beautiful clear night

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