Northside Mountain Biking - Where

dario28

With the exception of Howth are there any trails/off-road around the Northside

Is St Annes any good for a hour or so of biking.

Any other idea's for non-wicklow days ?

Raam

St Annes is OK for a run around. It get's a bit repetitive though.

Bartyman

I think there are some around Howth, never been, but I've often seen people biking around the area, both road and mountain bikes

cdaly_

Down by the seafront carpark of St Annes there are some BMX type in forest trails. Dunno would they suit.

manwithaplan

St Annes is OK for a run around. It gets a bit repetitive though.

Morgan

Carlingford? The Cooleys?

Sometimes it's faster to get there than to Wicklow, with traffic.

dario28

Morgan wrote: »

Carlingford? The Cooleys?

Sometimes it's faster to get there than to Wicklow, with traffic.

Where's the cooleys , its about 50 mins to Wickla from my house think carlingford is similar so deffo worth a look

Tonyandthewhale

Cooleys are in Louth.

Tenzor07

Ask "Laudie" on here, he does a bit of biking in North County Dublin...all fairly flattish parkland I think..

Other than that Howth is your only real option, start at Bull Island, along the fence at the side of the Golf course, into St. Anne's at the BMX track area, back up the cycle track to Howth/Deer park/cliff trails...

Though 50mins is what it takes me to get to Ballinastoe..And takes 25mins to Ticknock...

Lawdie

Tenzor07 wrote: »

A...he does a bit of biking in North County Dublin...all fairly flattish parkland I think..

North County Dublin is not the home of MTB. I beleive Howth is good for a quick spin, but I've yet to try it out. St Annes is more cyclecross, again never tried the area.
We had a blast in the snow last year around Ardgillian Park however its not MTB stuff in any way.
I will stand corrected. But its off to Ticknock direction or head to the Cooleys for full on stuff. There are some runs in Drogheda but there more pure DH.

Where are you based?

dario28

Lawdie wrote: »

North County Dublin is not the home of MTB. I beleive Howth is good for a quick spin, but I've yet to try it out. St Annes is more cyclecross, again never tried the area.
We had a blast in the snow last year around Ardgillian Park however its not MTB stuff in any way.
I will stand corrected. But its off to Ticknock direction or head to the Cooleys for full on stuff. There are some runs in Drogheda but there more pure DH.

Where are you based?

Live in portmarnock but am from howth so just looking for something different

Conneff

There are a few trails around Howth head, plus the cliff path if you're keen. I'd strongly advise not going near the bmx jumps (Chuckies) in St Annes with a mountainbike. Knobblie tyres will destroy the dirt jumps and you wont be popular!

What everyone said before me is right though, Ticknock would be the closest "mountainbiking" to you.

Lawdie

dario28 wrote: »

Live in portmarnock but am from howth so just looking for something different

Have you tried Djouce? Group out this Saturday morning 8:30am start.

http://www.thinkbike.ie/news/11-09-29/ThinkBike_ie_CC_road_mtb_winter_program.aspx

dario28

Lawdie wrote: »

Have you tried Djouce? Group out this Saturday morning 8:30am start.

http://www.thinkbike.ie/news/11-09-29/ThinkBike_ie_CC_road_mtb_winter_program.aspx

Sounds good where do they meet ? Is it similar to balinastoe ?

Cant do this Saturday, is there any groups that do it on Sunday or is it easy enough to figure out on ur own ?

C3PO

dario28 wrote: »

Sounds good where do they meet ? Is it similar to balinastoe ?

I would guess in the 1st Djouce car park coming from the Enniskerry direction. Natural trails - far better than Ballinastoe!

Tomred13

Phoenix park has a 16km offroad loop. Just follow the joggers trail along the wall after the garda Hq the whole way around up to the old fort. If u spend an hour in the park you will see more trails. Its not technical but its fast n flat.

John_Rambo

Just happened across this thread when looking for something else, Bull Island has the mudflats and the dune system... The middle of the island has tracks that look like good fun, I walk my dogs there, watch out for rabbit holes though. Not sure if you are allowed mtb though, it being a nature reserve. You might want to check that out. Don't know if the sand would be good for your bikes though, good luck.


(some golf courses look like they are asking for MTB's!!!, those little hills, the sandy parts, the drops, the downhill fairways...)

Lawdie

John_Rambo wrote: »

(some golf courses look like they are asking for MTB's!!!, those little hills, the sandy parts, the drops, the downhill fairways...)

Cracking fun golf courses in the snow...

GlennaMaddy

Ardgillan Park allows cycling on specific tracks that arel

• signposted
• shared with walkers
• limited to 10km/hr
• one way

Rules out fast decending, but the ascending is tough.

If you come out to Swords tomorrow between 10:30am and 11:30am you can get some practice on a marked out course.

Ballast Pit in Skerries is another location, albeit small.

manwithaplan

GlennaMaddy wrote: »

If you come out to Swords tomorrow between 10:30am and 11:30am you can get some practice on a marked out course.

Just hang a left at the end of the club spin and the job's a good 'un. Don't worry about your Cosmics - they'll be fine.