The EWS hasn't been to Great Britain or Ireland since 2018 but there have been five races there in the 7 years of EWS history. Tweedlove is set to host again next year to celebrate its return to the calendar, here's a look back at some of the best tech from Tweedlove and the Emerald Enduro.
Tweedlove 2014
There's more than one way to skin a cat and more than one way to clean a bike. The river dip is a Scottish tradition, Rene 'Chuck Norris' Wildhaber's 'hit it with a stick' method is less well known
Wicklow 2015
Iago Garay got a custom tartan graphic on his 2015 Bronson
Two steam-punk looking caps sit atop the fork legs.
Tweedlove 2015
Wicklow 2017
Wicklow 2018
Two neat storage solutions from Isabeau Courdurier - a derailleur hanger on the rocker and a quick link taped to the brake line.
Pagey got himself a custom sweet ride for the 2018 Ireland race
The Evolution of Greg Callaghan's Wicklow Bikes
2015
Full bike check,
here.
2016
Full bike check,
here.
2017
Full bike check,
here.
*Answer - Richie Rude
The Irish no more considered their selves British then than they do now.
There's nothing about these islands that inevitably or naturally has meant they are called Britain...
How is this so hard to understand? Y'all invented this language, at least try to comprehend what it means.
Ps on the last point; NO SHIT. Literally no word is naturally named. We invented language and named it based on what we created. How are you dudes not getting this?
I'll say it again. Slowly this time, pay attention at the back.
The Irish were designated as part of the British isles by a hostile foreign power called the British empire. From their perspective they weren't ever part of it.
If your only logic is that they are the British isles is because.....well, just because... Then I'd be be a little more reticent about talking about other people's comprehension
It's the exact same as the example I gave. North America wasn't named that by the Canadians. Canadians live in North America. This does not mean they're American, it means that the physical location of the country lays within the borders of North America. This was done by a foreign power, and guess what? It's still entirely accurate and you don't see Canadians crying when an article coming out about North American culture includes them.
Say what you want. Say it as slowly and condescendingly as you want. You're still wrong. Ireland is part of the British Isles.
park, street, trials, dirt jumping, slopestyle, pumping..
Republic of Ireland is not part of the British Isles. In fact neither is Northern Ireland if you want to get pedantic.
The republic of Ireland is a completely different entity to that of the UK. They are a different country like Italy is to France.
The title of this page is
"The Best Tech From EWS Races on the British Isles"
Well EWS race was in Wicklow which is a town in the Republic of Ireland ergo not part of the UK or indeed the British Isles.
So tell me how people from halfway around the world have a better understanding of where I live?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK or U.K.) or Britain..."
Great Britain is just one of the more than 6000 British Isles. To quote this Wikipedia page; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_British_Isles#Summary
"The British Isles is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe. It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Shetland, Orkney and thousands of smaller islands."
Read a book or something, I dunno.
I'm guessing the people of the Republic of Ireland don't want to be associated with Britain either.
I'd had a look at the Irish publisher Folens atlas. No mention of the British Isles in that, but hay lets look at books not from the country we are discussing to see how we should impose our views onto a different country.
Oh F*#k off.
United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Great Britain = England, Scotland, Wales
British Isles = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland (plus the small islands if you wanna get real picky)
There is no opinion here, this is fact.
The Idea that British Isles contains the republic is out dated from the middle of last century. They are not even part of the commonwealth anymore.