Glencullen Adventure Park opened in July offering routes to experienced and new downhill bikers ADRIAN VAN DER LEEIrish mountainbikers have been given a lift with the launch of specialist downhill trail centres. A new facility on a converted golf course in Glencullen in Co Dublin includes purpose-built routes with vans and trailers on hand to take bikers to the top of climbs before “setting them free.”It follows the development of Bikepark Ireland, a similar centre in Roscrea in Co Tipperary. Such parks have been open in other European countries for some time, forcing many Irish bikers to travel abroad to get their adrenaline fix. Their absence from Ireland has limited the potential of the country to produce top-class competitors in the growing sport, but this is no longer the case. Glencullen Adventure Park in Co Dublin opened in July and is…

Source: The Times September 01, 2017 23:03 UTC