Cycling Ireland Offroad Commission Blog

UCI MTB Rules Update 0

UCI MTB Rules Update

Peter Van den Abeele, UCI Manager Off-Road Disciplines, has been in touch to let us know that updated MTB rules are now available on the UCI website. Articles 4.2.012 + 4.4.008 + 4.4.009 have...

2011 XC National Champs Change of Venue 0

2011 XC National Champs Change of Venue

Please note that the 2011 XC National Champs (Sunday 17 July) will now be held in Kilruddery, Bray. Kilruddery has been host to the XC Nationals and also to a round of the K-Capital Cup and has proved an excellent MTB racing venue. Race organiser and chief trail-builder Robin Seymour advises that a lot of […]

Irish DH NPS Round 2 Race Report 0

Irish DH NPS Round 2 Race Report

Round 2 of the 2011 Irish NPS sponsored by Relentess and OC Tuning brought us to a new race venue. Hosted by 021 Racing the venue was down in west Cork, Leap, a small town with not much more than a garage, post office and a pub.

Ticknock Trail Official Opening 0

Ticknock Trail Official Opening

Dublin’s first official mountainbiking trail was officially opened yesterday. Minister for Sport, Leo Varadkar; Coillte Head of Recreation, Bill Murphy and Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Lettie McCarthy conducted the ceremony at Ticknock. Over 200 riders of all ages were in attendance for the inaugural Dublin Biking Blitz event. Photos from the day: Aine Conneff Morgan […]

Biking Blitz Round 4 Results 0

Biking Blitz Round 4 Results

The final round of the highly popular Biking Blitz, managed by Niall Davis of Biking.ie and his enthusiastic Blitz crew, was run on the new MTB trails at Ticknock forest, Dublin. The Blitz coincided with the official opening of the trails by Leo Varadkar T.D. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and there was some hard […]