Cuchulainn CC

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Website Cuchulainn CC

Contact Karl

Location Dundalk, Co. Louth

Other Details We are lucky to have the fantastic Cooley Mountains and Ravensdale Forest Park on our doorstep. The group assembles every Saturday morning at 10.30am at the Lumper’s Pub in Ravensdale before heading into the hills. The group generally stays out for two hours covering various tracks and trails with regular stops for regrouping and recovery.

EPIC (Extreme Pursuits In Cycling)

Club History EPIC was formed in 2002 by its founding members Richie Byrne and Sean Herlihy.
It was created as a club to bridge the gap between the XC and DH mountainbiking community.
Each year sees its membership figure rise bit by bit, people are attracted to the legendary Epic Sunday spins and the great mix of people within the club.
The club is also well known for its innovative Epic Blast:
This is a race which fuses XC and DH, it is a yearly event which brings out mountainbikers of all shapes and sizes.
The club is currently bigger than ever with a large range of members ranging from the XC whippet to the DH demon so every type of rider is catered for.
Spins are organised each week and can cover both Dublin and Wicklow.

Website EPIC website | EPIC discussion forum

Contact Richie Byrne (Club President) | Ross McClure (Club Secretary) | Alfie Wallace (Club Chairman)

Location South Co. Dublin

Other Details EPIC Meeting point (Gala shop) maps: HTML Map | Google Earth marker

IMBRC (Irish Mountainbike Racing Club)

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Website IMBRC website

Contact Dave Barry/Gar Maguire

Location Tallaght/ South Co. Dublin

Other Details IMBRC Membership form IMBRC Meeting point (Cycle-Inn Tallaght) maps: HTML Map | Google Earth marker

MAD MTB (Mountainbiking Association of Dublin)

Club History MAD started in May 1988, our first meeting took place at the shop at Powerscourt waterfall sitting on the grass after a spin.
Peter Purfield, Conor Byrne, Ger Ring and Dave whatshisname and Rory decided on starting the club.
Conor Byrne invented the name MAD: Mountainbiking Association of Dublin.
Gerry Pierce and Berminator showed up later that summer.
The next year in March there were 52 out on a spin, where we went through Powerscourt gates and got hassle from the gate keeper for not paying.
Rory met Robin Seymour later that year in the local park doing trials, near where he lived, and invited him out on a spin with MAD.
The rest is history.

Website MAD website

Contact Morgan O’Connell (Club Chairman) | Fergal Kilkenny (Club Secretary) | Paddy O’Brien (Club Treasurer)

Location South Co. Dublin

Other Details MAD go on regular club spins all throughout the year.
The schedule includes evening/night mid-week spins and Saturday and Sunday morning/afternoon spins.
There is generally a spin to suit most capabilities, from specific beginners series of spins, to specific race training sessions.
MAD also compete in as many race events as possible, including the NPS XC series, the EPIC Blast, the Marathon XC Champs and various club and inter-club leagues.
Membership of MAD MTB costs just €20/year, which is excellent value considering the various benefits membership of a club entails including coaching, trail discovery/familiarisation, bicycle maintenance, improved fitness and bike riding skills advice.
MAD club application form is available here

MAD Meeting point (Yellow House) maps: HTML Map | Google Earth marker

Sorrento CC

Club History Sorrento Cycling Club was formed in 1968 in the Dun Laoghaire / Dalkey area of Dublin and is an affiliated member of Cycling Ireland – the National Cycling Body.
We cater for cyclists of 13 years of age and upwards, however we welcome members younger than 13 provided a parent or guardian is an active member of the club. We currently have over 70 members from all over South Dublin and throughout Wicklow.
The club is active in a wide variety of cycling aspects such as Road Racing, Mountain Biking, Track Racing, Leisure Cycling and Cyclo-Cross. We run regular events on Mountain Bikes and on Road Bikes and we are also involved in the administration and running of open competition events.
Website Sorrento website
Contact Robert Cullen (Club Chairman)
Location Dun Laoghaire/Dalkey
Other Details See the Sorrento website for more detail on spins, membership etc.

Team W.O.R.C. (Wicklow Off-Road Club)

Club History The club was formed at the start of 2001.
During the 2000 season numbers at races were decreasing, the standard of courses had dropped, races never started on time and mountain biking in Ireland looked like it was on a downhill slope (excuse the pun).
We were a group of riders who had been involved in mountain biking since the very early days in the late 80′s and who decided that in order to try and raise the standard of racing once again in Ireland.
A good starting place would be to run the 2001 Mountain Bike Championships.
In order to run a mountain bike event you have to be an affiliated club with the Irish Cycling Federation and so Wicklow Off-Road Club was formed.
More info here
Website Team W.O.R.C.website
Contact Robin Seymour (Club Secretary) | Team WORC info
Location Co. Wicklow
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UCD (University College Dublin) Mountainbiking

Club History

Formed in 1994 originally as a road racing club, the mountainbiking section took off in 1997.

Website UCD MTB website

Contact Niamh Stephens

Location Co. Dublin

Other Details Applicants must be a student, staff or graduate of UCD to join.
The club also has a very active road bike section.
Caters for beginners with a number of club owned mountainbikes available for use by members.

MBUL (Mountainbiking club University of Limerick)

Club History The club was founded in September 1998 by two second year mechanical engineering students to cater for the needs of the growing community of mountainbikers in UL and the surrounding area.
Our aim is to promote mountain biking as a fun recreational activity, both in UL and beyond.
From humble beginnings, with about 3-4 cyclists on each outing, we have grown to the extent where we routinely have up to fifteen cyclists out every week, whatever the weather.
We have also expanded our activities to include racing as well as recreational rides.
Our most recent race was the Mountain Mayhem 24hr event in Birmingham UK.
Website MBUL website
Contact MBUL contact details
Location University of Limerick
Other Details The main focus of the club is having fun while mountain biking.
Our main activity is a cycle every Sunday, leaving from Plassey Village near the main entrance to the University of Limerick at about 11:00am.
From there we follow the path by the river Shannon into Limerick City, continuing on to Cratloe Woods in Co. Clare, about 13km from UL.
We’re usually at one of the entrances to Cratloe Woods by 12:00 or so, then go off-road on forest trails.
MBUL Membership fees

Limerick Mountainbikers

Club History The club was formed in late 2006.
Website no website available
Contact Eoin Fitzgerald
Location Limerick city, Co. Limerick
Other Details Local woods for spins are Cratloe and Killaloe. We have a club trip every second Saturday at 12pm in Cratloe.

021 Racing

Club HistoryIf it’s got 2 wheels we ride it!
Website 021 website
Contact Rory O’Keeffe (Phone: 087-696-1828)
Location Cork
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Mountain Bike Club of Cork (MBCC)

Club History The club has been revived by a small group of like-minded Cork bikers with the chief aim of becoming a big group of like-minded Cork mountain bikers.
The goals of the club are to get more people out on their bikes and enjoying having fun in the hills and in the woods regardless of experience, interests or abilities.
We aim to cater for all avenues of what is quite a diverse sport, but primarily for the kind of cross-country (XC) spins that back in the days before everything had to have a label were just called “mountain biking”.
We’re into long exploratory epics when we have the time, and short fun-packed blasts when we don’t.
A detailed history/overview of the club can be found here
Website MBCC website
Contact See the MBCC website for contact details or Pete Stanley at Phone: 087-696-1828
Location Cork city
Other Details Discussion forum

Apollo Cycling Team

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Website Apollo website
Contact Apollo contact details
Location
Other Details Mountain bike rides are run most Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6pm.
Rides start from Wheels N Motion and are quite relaxed – usually lasting 1 hour.
Helmets are compulsory.

Banbridge CC

Club History The club was formed towards the end of 1944. A number of gentlemen from the Banbridge area decided to hold a meeting with a view to forming a club to cater for cycling in our local area.
The club was formed and became known as Banbridge Cycling Club .
Website Banbridge website
Contact See Banbridge website
Location Banbridge
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Chain Reaction Cycles Club (Club CRC)

Club History The Plush Club was formed in 1998 and following the closure of Plush Shop in 2006, Plush Cycling Club followed shop owner, Ricky McKillen to his new place of employment in 2006, Chain Reaction Cycles, hence the name change of the club for the 2007 race season.
Website CRC website
Contact Michael Cowan | Joe Ward
Location Northern Ireland
Other Details CRC (formerly known as Plush) is better known as the organizers of all the downhill races that are held in Northern Ireland and the border region.
To find out more about the races or other events check out IrishDH.com

XMTB (Xtreme Mountainbiking)

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Dromara Cycling Club

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Website Dromara website
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Location Dromara, County Down, Northern Ireland
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