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Zürich vs Dublin

I’m starting to get annoyed with people telling me I must be in heaven coming from ‘flat’ Ireland to go mountain biking in Switzerland. Actually not quite. Think of Swiss mountain biking and you think of spectacular mountains, massive climbs … Continue reading

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Offroad2Rio

Thing are coming together for the Offroad 2 Rio project, check out the website for more information: www.offroad2rio.com @Offroad2Rio Sticky Bottle article here Bike Magic article here

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Irish Marathon National Championships

I don’t want to write this blog post. The Irish marathon champs were on Sunday run by MBCC at the Ballyhoura trail centre. I really enjoyed this race last year and the course was similar again, a mixture of man-made … Continue reading

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Irish xc National Championships – Kilruddery

This year’s National Championships run by Robin Seymour and Team Worc really showed Ireland’s potential as a world class mountain biking venue. The race took place at Killrudery Estate in Wicklow, a place that is normally off limits to bikes, … Continue reading

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Irish NPS – Tollymore

The fun began with a Thinkbike team pre-ride laughing and sliding our way around a brilliant course in Tollymore forest park. Tons of singletrack, lots of mud and roots, this was going to be good! I led into the first … Continue reading

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Leinster League 1 – Bunclody, Wexford

The first round of the Irish Leinster League xc races was a chance to shock my system into intensity having done nothing since Spain. Changes to race categories in Ireland this year has made bigger ability based fields to help … Continue reading

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