Archive for November, 2006

Bicycle skills performance – video

By Alastair McDermott | November 16th, 2006

I didn’t find any more MTB videos since I updated the Magic of Freeride post below, but I did find this amazingly skilled rider in a university in Germany. She’s on a short wheelbase [tag]fixie[/tag] ([tag]fixed gear[/tag] [tag]bicycle[/tag]). Check her performance on this [tag]video[/tag]: Crazy skills, eh?

Mountain bike video – Magic of Freeride

By Alastair McDermott | November 14th, 2006

I’ve been looking for some good [tag]MTB video[/tag]s online after seeing them on loop at the LBS – the dvd’s there are kinda pricey! Anyway, here’s something I found on google [tag]video[/tag] called “[tag]Magic of Freeride[/tag]“. It’s 3m 38s of atmospheric music and some crazy lunatics doing 50 foot+ jumps. … insane in the brain. [...]

How to join a rugby club

By Alastair McDermott | November 13th, 2006

  People are always asking over on the boards.ie rugby forum about how to join a rugby club in their area. This might seem a little late in the rugby season for this, but as one of the lads on the forum said, we’re only 3 months into the season and really stuck for replacements [...]

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No show from South Africa

By Alastair McDermott | November 12th, 2006

 Update: Highlights video (8 mins, 30 MB) available from skelp.ie or on YouTube (8 mins, size unknown) It was a bit of an anti-climax at Lansdowne Road this evening, with Ireland dominating from start to finish. My prediction was too pessimistic, final score was 32-15 in our favour. It was an extremely windy night, it [...]

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Off to Lansdowne Road…

By Alastair McDermott | November 11th, 2006

I’m heading in to Lansdowne Road to steward at the Ireland – South Africa game. I’m calling an 8 point victory for Ireland, something like 25 – 17. I’ll be back later with some pictures. We’ll see how my prediction does :)

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Pimp my ride… bicycle style

By Alastair McDermott | November 11th, 2006

I really admire this conversion, it demonstrates just what can be done with an old hybrid: Fantastic! You can read the story of the conversion in this thread on bikeforums.net