Fergal Kilkenny, XC Co ordinator and the man single handedly responsible for reviving Cross Country Racing, who gave the Sports riders back their dignity by treating them like human beings. He also brought down the Soviet Union and is about to fix the recession by generating billions of Euros in Dublin by building ghetto Xc trails all over 3 Rock !!
Name
Fergal Kilkenny
Club
MADMTB
Category
Vets, the old gits
Years racing
4 years
Best result - Not necessarily highest result
Nothing really to shout about, but I did the Carlingford XC marathon 1:15hrs faster in 2008 than I did in 2007 so I knew I was getting a bit handier on the bike, I finished the EPIC NPS in Djouce (2008 I think it was) in Elites without getting lapped so was happy with that, jaysus it was tough though - don't know how those lads do it....
Bike
A skinny-ass Rocky Mountain Vertex for the racing, she's the shcandium one
The hardtail Canyon is for the hacking, skids and general bayting around, and the Canyon Torque is the fat bike with the boingy springs for the freeridery nonsense and the odd DH race
Favourite Trail/ Race/ Biking Destination
I must admit to being a big fan of the trails myself and the MAD doozers have built up 3Rock, 'specially The Schizzle, the Leadmines club course is a great rip on the Thursday night race, trails over in Sierra Nevadas in Spain were savage stuff - kinda like 50 Katty Gallaghers in a row but looser and steeper, the mecca of Djouce is a primo location for racing and spins too, there's never enough trails though....any mountainbiker who doesn't swing a mattock a few times a year is really just a cyclocrosser in drag...
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