So that’s that, another year over. We have seen the birth of a new series along with some great improvements to the standard of events.
Thanks to Chain Reaction Cycles and to all the series sponsors and especially to our chief and commander Rory who dealt with a lot this year and took it all in his stride. Some man for one man.
Here’s Flexomedia’s video from Yellow Water, you can also watch the rest the series videos HERE on pinkbike.

2012 CRC iDMS Round 5 – Yellow Water

Here is a list of the overall results.

The final Double points round of the Irish downhill Mountain Bike Series (IDMS) takes place in Yellowater, near Rostrevor in Co. Down.

This is a great little venue with a really fun track to ride in all weather!  Get your entry in www.rokmor.com

There is over €2000 worth of prizes to be won courtesy of Dare2b clothing!

This is your last chance to race DH in Ireland this season, don’t miss out!

Check out this awesome video of the champs filmed and edited by FlexoMedia

CRC Irish National DH Championships – 2012 from chainreactioncycles on Vimeo.

View Event Information Here!

ENTER HERE!

You must enter in advance for this race

ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRY ON THE DAY

The National Championships weekend has even more riding than normal
Riders will be able to practice Saturday until 4:00pm; with a seeding run taking place at 5:00pm
Second practice session on Sunday morning. Competitors will then have an  all or nothing race run on Sunday afternoon, to decide who is Irish National Downhill Champion.
The podium ceremonies with awards to the top 5 riders in each category at around 4pm will complete the weekend.

Friday 20th July
Registration 4pm to 7pm

Saturday 21st July
Registration 8am to 2pm
First uplift 9:30am
1st Practice10am to 12:30pm
2nd Practice 1pm to 4pm
Seeding Run 5pm

Sunday 22nd
First uplift 8:30am
3rd Practice 9:am to 12:30am
National Championships Race Runs
start 1pm

Podiums and Jersey Presentations 4pm

HEADCAM OF TRACK

MOBILE FRIENDLY VIDEO

Check out the latest 021racing webisode from FlexoMedia.

See 021 Racing Webisode 2012 iDMS Round 3 on Pinkbike

Or visit FlexoMedia.ie for a look at Ronans work!

The 2012 National Downhill Championships will take place at a new venue in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary on the 21-22 of July.

An exciting track with a nice mix of open sections, technical wooded sections and a great field finish should add for a great atmosphere!

Expect to see Ireland’s fastest mountain bikers and the full 021racing team will be putting it all on the line to become Irish champ!

Check out www.idms2012.com for more info.

See you there!

Round 3 of the Chain Reaction Cycles Irish Downhill Mountain Bike Series takes place this weekend in Carrick Mountain near Glenealy, Co. Wicklow!

This is one of the best courses in Ireland and the weather is looking to add to be real scorcher of a weekend!

The 021 van and pit set up will be on site from Friday.

Good luck to everyone racing!

The rocky Mount Leinster course provided the sternest test of the series so far, with many riders struggling to find fast lines through the daunting looking rock garden and myriad other rocky outcrops. Race runs for the later riders were also made more difficult by rain which fell not long after racing started and gradually became heavier.

Greg Callaghan (OC tuning/Solid Bikes) took the win in the Elite category ahead of Karl O’Sullivan and Christopher McGlinchey (Team Nukeproof) with the second fastest time of the day coming from an on-fire Luke Cornforth (021 Racing) in the Youth category! Callaghan was fastest in the seeding runs by 0.137 from Plush MTB’s Ewan Doherty but the crowd were robbed of a race run finale when Doherty’s chain and mech jammed his back wheel early in his race run.

Callaghan was one of the very few later runners to improve his time; his 1:40.069 was over seven seconds faster than his nearest rivals O’Sullivan (1.47.147) and McGlinchey (1:47.887) and fourth place Elite rider Colin Ross (1:47.906).

As well as Luke Cornforth setting the second fastest time of the day to win the Youth category (1:44.377), his nearest category rival Jacob Dickson (Plush/Potato Bred) recorded the fourth fastest time of the day with a 1:47.213. One thing’s for sure – there’s going to be a fascinating battle between these two young riders who now have a category win each.

Erika McDermott (Team Moco with Biking Dirty) took the Women’s win (2:34.227) from fastest qualifier Silvia Gallagher (Bespoke Cycles) in 2:41.273, and in third place Abigail Hogg (Full Cycle) with a time of 2:43.421 on board one of the prize Nukeproof Scalps provided by series sponsor Chain Reaction Cycles.

The Masters podium was once again dominated by EpicDH riders with Mark Tiernan on the top step. Joe Ward (Potato Bred) beat CRC rider Ian McIntyre to the Veteran win, and Stephen McCormack (OC Tuning) again won in Juniors with Jack Crowley (Weldon) taking the Juveniles again as he did at the first round.

CLICK HERE for full results from the iDMS website.

The next round of the 2012 ChainReactionCycles iDMS takes place at Carrick Mountain on May 26th-27th and you can enter now via www.idms2012.com

Keep your eye out on the iDMS Facebook page with details on how you could be riding a Nukeproof Scalp at the next round…

Round 2 of the Irish downhill mountain Bike series (IDMS) takes place at a new venue, Mt. Leinster, Co. Wexford just outside Bunclody.

A great track awaits and don’t forget there are some great prizes to be won including a week long holiday in Spain with Roost DH holidays!

021racing will be on site with the full team pit set up to support 021 riders.

To enter check out  www.idms2012.com!

See you there!

Round 1 of the Chain Reaction Cycles Irish Downhill Mountain Bike Series takes place this weekend in Rostrevor, Co. Down.

This is always a great event at the legendary venue and one not to miss, you can still enter at www.idms2012.com!

021racing will be there providing the full pit set up and support for all the team riders.

Good luck to everyone racing!