Category: Trails and Access
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 […]
Ticknock Trail Signs In Place
From Ticknock Trail Signs Signage for the new purpose-built mtb trails at Ticknock in Dublin is now in place. There is a large information board at the summit of three rock and smaller signs along the trails. We’re receiving reports of other forest users (runners, horse riders etc.) using these trails so please exercise caution […]
Warning to Users of Three Rock Trails
A number of mountainbikers have reported large rocks being deliberately rolled onto the new purpose-built mtb trails on Three Rock in Dublin. We have reported this to Coillte and received the following response: Thanks...
Ballinastoe MTB Trail Detours In Place
Trail diversions will be in place on the Ballinastoe MTB trails due to harvesting operations, and will be in place for 10 weeks. Operations will likely be confined to the upper sections for the...
Ticknock Trail Update
Construction of the permanent mtb trails at Ticknock in Dublin is now well underway. Unfortunately, the project has been delayed by the extreme weather in December which saw the hillls covered in 2-3 ft...
2010 AGM report/minutes
Please see minutes from the 2010 Offroad AGM HERE. Thanks to all attendees and those who submitted and discussed the various motions. Congratulations also to all the trophy winners. Also news item summary on Spoke.ie. In summary, this was a well attended meeting with a lot of valuable discussion points. In the XC arena, discussions […]
2010 Cycling Ireland Offroad AGM update
Please see below further details. Nominations and Motions for the AGM are combined here. The voting for your favourite XC/DH riders, XC/DH race, and Best Event is now closed. It was a real tight fight in the best XC race and best DH competitor voting – with the lead changing several times over the course […]
2010 Cycling Ireland Offroad AGM details
The 2010 Cycling Ireland Offroad AGM will be held on Saturday Nov 13th. in Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh Co. Wicklow. Map here. Important notice for all 2010 National Championship medal winners: In a change from previous years, all 2010 Off-road National Championship Medals will be presented at the Off-road Commission Prize giving Ceremony on Saturday 13th […]
Ticknock trail construction starts Tuesday 19/Oct
The Dublin Mountains Partnership and Coillte is to construct the first purpose built and sustainable Mountain Bike Trails at Ticknock Forest with work commencing on Tuesday 19th October 2010. This is a very exciting time for Dublin-based mountainbikers, with official trails now being constructed within cycling distance from the city-centre. It is also a boon […]
