Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Adventure racing heroes (well they claim to win everything!!) Tango and Cash appear to be half way through their attack on the Ulster Way, a 600-mile long-distance loop route around Northern Ireland, linking the current way-marked ways together with minor-road link [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - The Rat Race (I took part in the London Rat Race last year) is coming to Ireland. Great news. The much-loved event, having experienced runaway success in Britain, is now set to reach the shores of the Emerald Isle with 2 new and exciting events planned for Galway and Be[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) There’s lots of BIG names and internationals being mentioned for Round 3 at this weekend’s K-Capital Cup Mountain Bike Cross Country Series at Djouce Woods in Wicklow. According to Irish Cycling this will be a selection race for an Irish rider to go to B[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) 600 miles cycling around Ulster seems like a long way. But with no gears?? Well they’re doing it for charity so we’ll forgive their madness this time…. This year sees the re-launch of The Ulster Way, a 600-mile long-distance loop route around Nort[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Report here from the Women’s Cycling Weekend held at Avon Ri, Blessington. Great weekend of activity, really enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The format involved a spin Saturday morning for roadies or mountain bikers followed by lunch and workshops. C[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Fearghal from revolutioncycle.ie emailed to say Mark Beaumont became the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe by bicycle. Taking only 195 days his whirlwind tour du monde began last August and covered the requisite 18,000 miles through 20 countries. Fearghal̵[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’m not very technical when it comes to….well technical things. For instance when I bought my mountain bike there was two considerations. 1. I hoped if I spent enough money I got something good (I said hoped) and 2. Colour. I wanted a girly bike (like th[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Maybe after my miserable attempts on two wheels, this is what I should be doing; A Women’s Cycling Training Camp. The first one was held at the end of January and the second one is 23rd/ 24th Feb. in the Avon Ri Centre, Blessington, Co. Wicklow (you get to use[...] Read More »