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Single Track Training

Posted 27th Jul 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Local Dirt Spins

A few of us decided to have an enduro training session, and yesterday was the arranged day for it. Five of us headed off from Ennis at around 2pm and, after stopping for coffee and chocolate eclairs, were on the bikes for around 4pm. 4 […]

Tipperary bound

Posted 21st Jul 201915th Jun 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Husky TE300, Local Dirt Spins

It looked like there’d be 5 of us going for what I’d describe as an exploratory spin. Some good trails, some known terrain, but in an area we don’t often visit, so it was always going to double up as both a trail ride, and […]

Summer Trail Rides :o)

Posted 7th Jul 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Local Dirt Spins

We’ve organised a group trail ride every week for the past 4 weeks in a row now, and each time it’s been to a new destination. It’s normally a mix of forestry roads, trails, tracks and some gnarly single track too. Road miles are kept […]

xTrainer solo woods spin

Posted 17th Jun 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Local Dirt Spins

What a glorious evening. There was no time really to arrange a spin, but it’s so amazing out there this evening, it’d nearly be wrong not to go. The baby GM1 + Leica 15mm combo were stuffed into a small backpack .. and the baby […]

Trail Clearing

Posted 9th Jun 20197th Jun 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Gear, Local Dirt Spins, Maintenance

The last few spins in Clare, Limerick and Tipperary have all been interrupted and delayed by fallen trees. It’s not normally a big deal, we just get past them and keep going .. but when there’s a group of 5 or 6 riders it delays […]

Evening Antics

Posted 11th Apr 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Husky TE300, Local Dirt Spins

An unexpected ‘who’s going for a spin later?’ message in our WhatsApp group led to the biggest (and most spontaneous) woods spin in ages as SEVEN of us arrived out to see how well our bike lights lit up the path under this magic canopy of trees. […]

Husky’s away. Beta for play ?

Posted 5th Apr 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Local Dirt Spins

The TE300 has been away the past few weeks for an engine rebuild, so the xTrainer got a chance to take over as king of the garage for a while. There were two spins in the past two weeks. First up, a journey to the […]

Exploring East Clare

Posted 7th Mar 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Husky TE300, Local Dirt Spins

Not been up around the Lough Atorick area ever, and had a day to spare. The TE300 is going in for an engine rebuild soon so took her out on one last spin before the maintenance. For a first day in a new area I […]

Thursday Trails

Posted 28th Feb 201915th Jun 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Local Dirt Spins

So, my mission to go out at least once a week in 2019 nearly had it’s first fail, after spending too much time laying skirting boards in a bedroom yesterday, and not enough time on fun things.. Never mind though. I took a notion and […]

New Trail?

Posted 18th Feb 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Local Dirt Spins

Recce for a new Trail? Exploring and testing a new woods loop :o)   managed to eat a bug too   tasty

Exploring Tinahely

Posted 7th Feb 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Local Dirt Spins

An overlanders open day and a presentation on the Hellas rally and roadbook navigation tempted us to Wexford recently. The roadbook route looked to be mostly road based so we decided to have fun on some local trails instead. The roads seemed a bit slippy […]

Recce Runs

Posted 10th Jan 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Husky TE300, Local Dirt Spins

It was a miserable Wednesday, and the only thing to brighten it up was to take a spin. Seeing as it was a solo spin I figured I’d take it easy and bring a couple of old cameras to record a short video from different […]

End of year LDNT run

Posted 1st Jan 201920th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Bike Trips, Local Dirt Spins

Doon bound again for the 2018 end of year run with the Long Distance Navigation Trials guys. 78km of a loop. A bit of enduro, some grasstrack, some woods.. it had everything. A great day by all accounts!!

October Bank Holiday

Posted 30th Oct 201820th Jan 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Beta xTrainer, Husky TE300, Local Dirt Spins

The run that very very nearly didn’t happen!! Between the solo recce on Friday, and the actual run on Monday, some bike issues were discovered. The rear of the airbox had separated from the left subframe rail. Rear wheel bearings on brake side were goosed. […]

Summer Roadbook Navigation

Posted 2nd Jul 20187th Jun 2020 TonyLeave a commentPosted in Bike Trips, Husky TE300, Local Dirt Spins, Navigation

Had a great day out at this ‘Roadbook’ event. There were fast sections, technically challenging obstacles, punctures, and some laughs too. Great bunch of guys n girls and a great event. Huge thanks to all the organisers :o)

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