Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Wishbone Ash · 26-07-2015 9:47pm

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

... and get your sh1t sorted to get home, while it's still pouring down....

Car home - what luxury!

Think of the brave souls who did the Brown Stuff 400k yesterday/last night/today. Try sleeping in a field in the pouring rain!

Domane · 26-07-2015 9:51pm

Had entered the Meath Heritage cycle and did want to do the 100km but my mate was doing the 50km with his son so I did that spin with them for the banter and company. However this did not mean that I took it easy today as I cycled from home in Clane to Trim, did the 50km and then cycled home via Rathmolyon, Enfield and cross country to Clane. 130km in total on a miserable soaking wet day with strong winds. Funny how the rain and winds disappeared when I got home! However that's a new distance record for me, so I was pleased with my efforts.

Bike has been cleaned down, polished and oiled. Now here's hoping I can get out of bed in the morning.

Btw, my new bib shorts, the Endura FS260's had their first outing today and they were superb. Not a hint of an ache or a numb ass.

Unknown Soldier · 26-07-2015 10:07pm

Domane wrote: »

Had entered the Meath Heritage cycle and did want to do the 100km but my mate was doing the 50km with his son so I did that spin with them for the banter and company. However this did not mean that I took it easy today as I cycled from home in Clane to Trim, did the 50km and then cycled home via Rathmolyon, Enfield and cross country to Clane. 130km in total on a miserable soaking wet day with strong winds. Funny how the rain and winds disappeared when I got home! However that's a new distance record for me, so I was pleased with my efforts.

Bike has been cleaned down, polished and oiled. Now here's hoping I can get out of bed in the morning.

Btw, my new bib shorts, the Endura FS260's had their first outing today and they were superb. Not a hint of an ache or a numb ass.

Perchance, did anyone comment on your new shorts in a small shop, while you were getting a coffee?

brianomc · 26-07-2015 10:16pm

Domane wrote: »

Had entered the Meath Heritage cycle and did want to do the 100km but my mate was doing the 50km with his son so I did that spin with them for the banter and company. However this did not mean that I took it easy today as I cycled from home in Clane to Trim, did the 50km and then cycled home via Rathmolyon, Enfield and cross country to Clane. 130km in total on a miserable soaking wet day with strong winds. Funny how the rain and winds disappeared when I got home! However that's a new distance record for me, so I was pleased with my efforts.

Bike has been cleaned down, polished and oiled. Now here's hoping I can get out of bed in the morning.

Btw, my new bib shorts, the Endura FS260's had their first outing today and they were superb. Not a hint of an ache or a numb ass.

My garmin didnt like it today either but it was exposed to the elements. Going up the hill in Slane was a -1% gradient. It worked again after being switched off and on at the food stop. I also had an elevation gain of 458m and a loss of 244m so am stuck in some alternative dimension for now.
Nice cycle, queue for coffee at the food stop on the 100km was pretty mad so i gave up. Coffee and chocolate brownie back in Trim was fantastic. Some amount of punctures out there today as others have mentioned. Thankfully i didnt see any accidents though.

Wishbone Ash · 27-07-2015 12:47am

cython wrote: »

...(absolutely crap surface on the west side of this with Wicklow CC having put down a metric f*ckton of chippings - delighted not to have been descending it!)...

nilhg wrote: »

...We headed up through Hollywood to the Wicklow Gap (council had one side tarred and chipped by that stage)....

That section spoiled our descent of the Wicklow Gap in the Evil 200 yesterday. Very dodgy surface which seemed to go on for miles. More of the same around Ballyknockan also.

Inspector Coptoor · 27-07-2015 3:02am

Did the "supposed" Meath 160.
Returning from the pub now - tired.
Now. As opposed to the finish line

Had 200km in my legs and knowing this makes me happy even if 1080m climbing over 157.7km is feck all

Mercian Pro · 27-07-2015 8:30am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

That section spoiled our descent of the Wicklow Gap in the Evil 200 yesterday. Very dodgy surface which seemed to go on for miles. More of the same around Ballyknockan also.

Saw the preparatory warning signs for this on Thursday when descending towards Hollywood. Couldn't understand the need for fresh tar and chippings when the road surface was so good. What are Wicklow CC up to?

cython · 27-07-2015 8:53am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

That section spoiled our descent of the Wicklow Gap in the Evil 200 yesterday. Very dodgy surface which seemed to go on for miles. More of the same around Ballyknockan also.

Yeah, I would have been extremely pissed/disappointed if I had climbed up from Laragh and had to tiptoe down over that! As it was it was rough going getting up through it (pretty sure I pinged a few of the people behind me with stones!) but a 7 minute descent to the Glendalough road was pretty nice after it

G1032 · 27-07-2015 10:43pm

Over in Scotland on holiday and brought my bike with me. Went on a spin this morning of a little over 100km. Very light rain all day but a fab spin nonetheless. Got a nice bit of climbing in and a good long descent into a town called Aberfeldy. I'll go back to there to do that the other way around!! Some great scenery too. Going to try get another couple of spins in before the week is out.

http://app.strava.com/activities/355180847

Domane · 28-07-2015 12:13am

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Perchance, did anyone comment on your new shorts in a small shop, while you were getting a coffee?

I couldn't get those shorts here in the stores I tried so I got them from Chain Reaction online. While I try to spend my yoyos in bricks and mortar stores here when possible, sometimes they just don't have what I'm looking for, like these bib shorts that I'd heard great things about. They're the most comfortable shorts I've worn and I think I'll get a second pair, despite the price. If anyone knows a stockist in or around Dublin, I'd buy them here to do my bit for keeping local cycle stores in business.

Bloggsie · 28-07-2015 7:53am

28.9 Km this morning, didnt pause the workout beofre going for a shower, when I picked up my phone it was still running & all my numbers are arseways. Ah well sh1t happens.

xebec · 28-07-2015 10:46am

Domane wrote: »

I couldn't get those shorts here in the stores I tried so I got them from Chain Reaction online. While I try to spend my yoyos in bricks and mortar stores here when possible, sometimes they just don't have what I'm looking for, like these bib shorts that I'd heard great things about. They're the most comfortable shorts I've worn and I think I'll get a second pair, despite the price. If anyone knows a stockist in or around Dublin, I'd buy them here to do my bit for keeping local cycle stores in business.

I've picked them up before in Cycle Surgery in Dundrum. Understand that 360 Cycles in Clontarf also stock Endura. Agree with you on the comfort of the shorts, have three pairs now as well as a couple of pairs of bib knickers for winter.

Domane · 28-07-2015 11:26pm

Cheers for the heads up. I'll be over the north side tomorrow so I'll try that place.

OldBean · 29-07-2015 7:35am

Got up at 4 to head out for an easy 30km with herself and a mate.

Barely avoided a grisly death trying to wake her up, and my mate slept it out.

Decided on Howth and back, I'd made enough cold brew coffee for three and wasn't going to let it go to waste. Lovely spin out in the dark, but struggled up the village side. I've been out with my mates so often recently, who're just starting off cycling that is not hit hills in ages. Didn't help that I forgot to take towels, togs, camera and misc. crap out of panniers when everyone else backed out. And 2 litres of coffee...

Headwind descending was bloody awful - 35kmph and pushing it on parts, 60kmph and freewheeling in others. Couldn't face that on the return along the coast, tried finding a nicer route through suburbia. Semi successful, but REALLY cold. Temp had dropped nearly 10 degrees from when I'd left the house an hour before. Back home, 40km in and fully caffeinated.

happyhappy · 29-07-2015 8:52pm

Greystones, Johnny foxes, up featherbeds and over Sally gap to laragh, back via roundwood and kilmac.

Got lashed out of it at near glenmacnass waterfall by sideways rain for 20 mins, was great craic altogether!. Felt like winter at the time!

103k on a windy day with 26k avg. don't have a gain figure due to a dodgy phone
It was my first longer spin on the bike in 3 weeks due to work commitments and I felt it today. It's amazing how much you lose when not getting the miles in.

One more week off the bike due to work and then have a busy August and even busier September planned!

The tax man · 29-07-2015 9:28pm

Kings Mountain 200 as a permanent. Headwind all the way out to Oldcastle but had it on my back for the second half. Spent most of the day being dumped on with heavy rain. Well out of shape and found it really tough compared to earlier in the year.
229kms door to door.
https://www.strava.com/activities/356769160

Don't Chute! · 29-07-2015 9:32pm

happyhappy wrote: »

Greystones, Johnny foxes, up featherbeds and over Sally gap to laragh, back via roundwood and kilmac.

Got lashed out of it at near glenmacnass waterfall by sideways rain for 20 mins, was great craic altogether!. Felt like winter at the time!

103k on a windy day with 26k avg. don't have a gain figure due to a dodgy phone
It was my first longer spin on the bike in 3 weeks due to work commitments and I felt it today. It's amazing how much you lose when not getting the miles in.

One more week off the bike due to work and then have a busy August and even busier September planned!

Must try that route sometime!

terrydel · 29-07-2015 9:42pm

Up stocking lane to the Gap and home via Manor Kilbride, first decent cycle in a few weeks, felt good tho.
Averaged 25.3kmph, just under 60k.
Enjoyable except for when coming down from the Gap towards Manor Kilbride, that first 2 or 3 km that's very fast, some little **** coming the other way in what looked like a Suzuki Swift, opened the rear passenger door towards me! ****ing wanker could have caused a serious accident. Not sure if it was an attempt at a joke or to scare me or a genuine attempt to knock me of, but either way, what a total scumbag.
Looked to have a yellow reg as a looked back over my shoulder.
No harm done as I didn't panic. I drive a very powerful motorbike so I think that makes me a much better cyclist in terms of looking after myself.
Be careful out there lads, some right nutters around.

G1032 · 29-07-2015 10:14pm

Got another 70km or so out and about around Scotland today. Much nicer weather than Monday but still very windy. Managed over 1000m of climbing and did two good climbs. One was 2.6km at 9% average. The end of the descent from this was very steep with some very sharp almost 90 degree turns. Was glad to get down safely. Other climb was nothing so steep and was 5.3km at 5.6%. Big long descent from that then for about 20km or so which was a nice way to finish the spin.

http://app.strava.com/activities/356766983

Qualitymark · 29-07-2015 11:29pm

terrydel, maybe it'd be an idea to tell the Gardaí and make sure to get an incident number; and to ask to have it logged with the recent Facebook post.

happyhappy · 29-07-2015 11:34pm

black and amber wrote: »

Must try that route sometime!

All the climbing is in the first half with plenty of options from laragh to add to it and still get back to the stones in one piece!!

happyhappy · 29-07-2015 11:37pm

terrydel wrote: »

Up stocking lane to the Gap and home via Manor Kilbride, first decent cycle in a few weeks, felt good tho.
Averaged 25.3kmph, just under 60k.
Enjoyable except for when coming down from the Gap towards Manor Kilbride, that first 2 or 3 km that's very fast, some little **** coming the other way in what looked like a Suzuki Swift, opened the rear passenger door towards me! ****ing wanker could have caused a serious accident. Not sure if it was an attempt at a joke or to scare me or a genuine attempt to knock me of, but either way, what a total scumbag.
Looked to have a yellow reg as a looked back over my shoulder.
No harm done as I didn't panic. I drive a very powerful motorbike so I think that makes me a much better cyclist in terms of looking after myself.
Be careful out there lads, some right nutters around.

Was it the Seat Leon that is featuring on other threads here and motorbike forum?? The shop staff in laragh were talking about that car today and it is even in one of the local papers.

Mercian Pro · 30-07-2015 6:07pm

Headed off from home on DNS this morning and met up with Tom, my guide to all things Wicklow in Roundwood. Ended up doing an interesting loop through Laragh, Glenmalure, left at Brown Hill, Ballinaclash, Rathdrum and back to Roundwood for a late lunch at Sugar Mountain before heading home. No major climbs other than the Long Hill and Shay Elliot but plenty of short sharp sections including a 15% somewhere near Greenan. 133k and 1885m in 5:26' with an average of 24.5kph. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/849342999

mhiggy09 · 31-07-2015 12:00am

Biggest ride to date done this morning in and around the Cuilcagh Mtns. 66.5km with 933m gain with a cat 3 and 2 climb which have been a massive jump in the climbs im used to which are only 1 to 4 km long . Would have been delighted with a tad of a higher average speed but alot of the roads were recently resurfaced including the 2 big descents and the top of the last big climb which I was annoyed to see. Still happy with getting over 20kph average. Might seem like a very slow speed for some but was great for me over this terrain.

https://www.strava.com/activities/357250555

Some pics

mhiggy09 · 31-07-2015 12:01am

Biggest ride to date done this morning in and around the Cuilcagh Mtns. 66.5km with 933m gain with a cat 3 and 2 climb which have been a massive jump in the climbs im used to which are only 1 to 4 km long . Would have been delighted with a tad of a higher average speed but alot of the roads were recently resurfaced including the 2 big descents and the top of the last big climb which I was annoyed to see. Still happy with getting over 20kph average. Might seem like a very slow speed for some but was great for me over this terrain.

https://www.strava.com/activities/357250555

Some pics

terrydel · 31-07-2015 12:01am

happyhappy wrote: »

Was it the Seat Leon that is featuring on other threads here and motorbike forum?? The shop staff in laragh were talking about that car today and it is even in one of the local papers.

It wasn't no. I'm a biker myself so well aware of that story, crazy stuff.

Dades · 31-07-2015 4:11pm

I've been commuting on my Fuji hybrid for the last few months, but borrowed my brothers Wilier road bike and cycled into work today. Been keen to consider the step up and this was my first time on a "racer" since the 80's.

Without even trying (except to figure out the gears and to stay upright) I smashed my fastest average speed and equaled two strava PRs without even getting out of the saddle.

The rider may be the real factor in a carbon v alu road bike fight, but it seems there's no place for hybrids in the game!

jober · 31-07-2015 9:06pm

143km after work today
Inchicore, chapelizard ,clonee ,dunboyne ,summerhill ,kinnegad Edenderry celbridge and home to tallaght
Soaked to the bone don't think it stop raining the whole time I was out

Weepsie · 01-08-2015 3:02pm

I've only once visited the Dublin hills, and never Wicklow by bike. Today I thought I'd try Navan, Johnny Foxes, Glencree, and home to Navan Road for about 50-60 k

Took a few wrong turns, and ended up in Enniskerry after Glencree so in the end I did 78 km, at a fairly slow 22.4 kmh (my gps says 22.8) for 960 of climbing (gps has about 860).

Lessons I learned, I'm a bit rubbish at hills, and felt that stepaside lane was a cruel joke, but some encouragement from a local in a van helped. After a brief stop at 33 km, I was grand and my accidental detour was well worth it.

Bryton
http://www.brytonsport.com/mapTrackView/2?id=7748441

Strava
https://www.strava.com/activities/358668765

Grandpa Hassan · 01-08-2015 9:44pm

Few slow miles today before the Prudential Ride 100 tomorrow. Excited!

Have any boardsies made the trip over to London to do it?

rollingscone · 01-08-2015 10:59pm

Had plans to leave the house before 0700 and blow off worky stuff until tomorrow.

Mrs RS broke my iron discipline however, and I ended up having to go into work anyway.

Escaped at 13:30 and decided to change things up a bit by going left at the first bridge on Cruagh and into the M.C. Escher nightmare that is the space between Glencullen and Enniskerry. (Trying out new DhB Carbon soled shoes so had a brief stop in Edmonstown to adjust cleats a bit).

I'm man enough to admit that when I came to the ridiculously sharp and droppy bend on Barrack road I wasn't man enough to take it, I walked around the corner shamelessly.

Got a missed call from work on the way through Glencree and eventually gave in and rang ze boss while stopped at Sallygap Carpark, got chatting to a chap out training for the Sean Kelly and on his way home before taking off again and trundling up the last kicker on the gap to chat briefly with a Sportive/rain fanatic who was about to inflict Kippure on himself for the first time.

I commented how I'd taken my armwarmers off at the start of the spin but it was about time to put them back on just before he turned off.

This was when I learned that I had lost my good Endura armwarmers...

A small bird raced me a bit on the way down to Laragh and a pair of suicide sheep caused me to jam on right after the waterfall (Seriously lads, you were both painted to the walls, why both dive into the centre of the road).

Got to Laragh in time for the Hippy Cafe to apologetically inform me that I'd missed food & coffee hours...nards...contemplated the food in the minimarket but was in a fit of pique at that point and stormed on to the other gap, as usual I was horribly slow getting up the Wicklow gap but managed non stop to the top at least.

My descent was somewhat spoiled by the ****ty road resurfacing hijinks so I missed out on a better top speed and got to the end of the chippings with my neck and shoulders in a jocker which I never fully shook off.

Took a left before Blessington into the wilds of Kildare and stopped in Maynooth for a service station sandwhich and more water. Trundled back to Leixlip before my GPS decided it hadn't been fully charged after all and zapped itself.

Crawled in the door at 21:30 - got text message to go and fix something at work. Yay.

Also the DhB ASV professional bibs get a thumbs down from me for anything over 50k.

In two parts due to GPS battery lols.
https://www.strava.com/activities/359004314
https://www.strava.com/activities/358999938

marty_crane · 01-08-2015 11:22pm

I've been doing a particular loop in Nort Wickla lately that's just shy of 50km. Plenty of variety, bit of climbing (allowing time to practise my Contador dance:rolleyes:) and a few techincal bits so naturally I'm delighted that I'm managing it at an average of of 30-31kmh. Did a bit of calculating last night and reckoned if I did it today I'd have covered 1000km in the last two months (including a fortnight's break when on holidays). Hopped off on my merry way this morning and plugged in the old 510 on my return......986km.

Moral of the story? Always do your calculations when you're sober!!

Daroxtar · 02-08-2015 2:56pm

Headed up Stocking Lane and Kippure today to see if my couple of big climbs on holidays would help me tame the mountain. Nope.
Went too hard up Stocking Lane right at the start and spent most of the climb try to get back into my rhythm.
Then Kippure.
It was as if she was expecting me.
It was fking horrible up there, possibly the worst it's been for me and I'm daft enough to have gone up there in rough enough conditions. Crosswinds trying to drive me over the barriers, rain and the cloud was as thick as can be, glasses completely fogged up.... I need my fking head examined.

Came back down quite chastised.
Headed over to Ticknock afterwards and suffered up that too. I actually think I need a proper bike fit done as my lower back and knees were a bit tender by the time I'd finished, whereas I was pain free after my spins on the rental bike on holidays.

Uploaded to strava and I'm 50m short of completing the Giro climbing change. I'm chuffed to have climbed 9950m in less than a month, it's more than twice what I've ever done before, but annoyed that I didn't crack the 10,000 on this spin. I'll have to go out for a ramble later if I'm let.
70 km with 1390 climbing.
https://www.strava.com/activities/359444058

shaka · 02-08-2015 9:06pm

116 km with 1300m of climbing in windy windy conditions. Last 10k home on my own was a struggle, legs sore now. Couple of hairy descents today , wind ,rain, cow ****e and 90+kg makes for interesting descending....

Did I mention it was windy 😀

helimachoptor · 02-08-2015 9:41pm

havent done anything over 20km since the baby arrived last july :eek:

So went out this morning to howth in full lime green regalia, had a headwind all the way and climbed the long way up the hill

Arms and shoulders suffered a bit on the way home but ultimately it was pretty much my fastest ever trip to howth which was surprising given lack of cycling and erm moderate weight gain

56km, 500m, off this week so will be out 2/3 more times

Sarz91 · 02-08-2015 10:01pm

We're in the process of setting up a new club over here in Kendal. I spent a while looking around when I first moved over from Dublin but couldn't find anything that appealed to me or that was at racing. The club is something that appeals to everyone. I'd been to a good few of the meetings but it was my first spin out with some of the new potential members. I ended up on the back on Saturday just pacing people back up to the main group. It's different from what I normally try and do but it was definitely nice to not have to push on at any stage.

A mate and I brought the group back into Kendal after about 60km's and then headed off for another few km's at a faster pace. Ended up doing just over 100km.
https://www.strava.com/activities/358701214

shaka · 02-08-2015 10:18pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

We're in the process of setting up a new club over here in Kendal. I spent a while looking around when I first moved over from Dublin but couldn't find anything that appealed to me or that was at racing. The club is something that appeals to everyone. I'd been to a good few of the meetings but it was my first spin out with some of the new potential members. I ended up on the back on Saturday just pacing people back up to the main group. It's different from what I normally try and do but it was definitely nice to not have to push on at any stage.

A mate and I brought the group back into Kendal after about 60km's and then headed off for another few km's at a faster pace. Ended up doing just over 100km.
https://www.strava.com/activities/358701214

Lovely over there in the Lake District , never cycled there but plenty of rolling roads and climbs I'd say

Sarz91 · 02-08-2015 10:26pm

shaka wrote: »

Lovely over there in the Lake District , never cycled there but plenty of rolling roads and climbs I'd say

It's a bit more severe than Wicklow anyway. Takes a bit of getting used to. Everything seems to go straight up. Very few climbs without at least one section of 20%. Haven't seen a standard crank in a long time (I lie, my girlfriend picked me up one by mistake, had to pick up a 32 to even it out.)

Amprodude · 02-08-2015 11:46pm

Cancelled spin as it was too wet and windy. Plan B did 3.5 hours on the turbo. Im gone insane.

marty_crane · 02-08-2015 11:47pm

Amprodude wrote: »

Plan B did 3.5 hours on the turbo. Im gone insane.

Yes. Yes you are

Wishbone Ash · 03-08-2015 6:47am

rollingscone wrote: »

....I'm man enough to admit that when I came to the ridiculously sharp and droppy bend on Barrack road I wasn't man enough to take it, I walked around the corner shamelessly....

...Better known as 'The Devil's Elbow' (...and the final climb on the Boards.ie Evil 200

).

rollingscone · 03-08-2015 10:26am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

...Better known as 'The Devil's Elbow' (...and the final climb on the Boards.ie Evil 200 ).

Climbing wimp though I am I think I'd rather climb it than descend it!

triggermortis · 03-08-2015 11:31am

Was out yesterday, even though I didn't feel the best. Got a bit lost (again) but found roughly where I wanted to be. My roughness didn't improve so I cut it short - and got stung by a wasp that flew into my helmet on the way home

https://www.strava.com/activities/359288728

Then had to hit the pool with the kids and visitors so no room in the car for me so took the bike

https://www.strava.com/activities/359547864

fell asleep at the pool, and got a bit burnt.

Top day really....

crosstownk · 03-08-2015 2:25pm

It's a couple of months since I posted here as I've been off the bike thanks to a problem with one of my legs.

I managed a few spins on holiday in France last week including descending l'Alpe d'Huez. I had planned to climb it but that was off the cards due to my leg. I managed to get over 100km done in 4 spins which was way more than I had hoped for.

So, today, back home I decided 'fcuk it - I'm going out for a spin". I headed out the Embankment to Manor Kilbride and back. It felt great to be out on the road again and I'd say I was grinning like a cheshire cat the whole way. It was a struggle in places with my leg but I kept within my limits.

40km, 283m at a slow but comfortable 21km/h.

Now I need to figure out a way to go under the radar at work at get out for another spin some evening this week

G1032 · 03-08-2015 5:32pm

Out today for just shy of 60km. In hindsight it was a pretty stupid idea to go out in that wind but I'm back home in one piece and managed to stay on the bike!

Went out to the Windy Gap from Castlebar and turned around and climbed it from the steep side. The spin back into C'Bar was so bloody hard into the wind. Thought I'd never make it back. Got a bit too hairy for my liking at times. The traffic in fairness was accommodating and gave me plenty of room for the most part.

Castlebar home then was no better and the wind seemed to have gotten a lot stronger from when I set out. Got off the main road and relaxed a bit when I did. Up and over a nice little climb and in home safely.

Did over 1000m of climbing in the 60km.

https://www.strava.com/activities/360326814

Weepsie · 03-08-2015 5:46pm

Considering doing this cycle from Dunshauglin on Sat, so needed to recce the route there.

62 km at about 29.4 km/. I've never managed to maintain anything above 28 for more than an hour or 2 so happy with that, though it was very flat.

Had to tinker with GPX file as stopped at parents for tea after 50 and forgot to pause the Bryton. I hammered the first half of it, then dropped a little as the wind was very changeable and the road quality not much better.

https://www.strava.com/activities/360379473/segments/8595612940

custom_build · 03-08-2015 6:11pm

Inspired by the masochism of the evil 200 lads I decided to head down to Laragh last thursday to have a go at the loop of triple evil.
I got around it and was happy out with my effort but between getting there and back I was a broken man for the rest of the day.
(don't know my limits!)

Having done that i decided today to try find some good local climbs and not have to track too far,
I started off with a spin up Ticknock at a slow pace which worked well, (fyi the top section is very slippy with wet pine needles)
then back down and over to Kilmashogue Lane.

I took it at an even pace as I knew there was plenty of climbing ahead and felt great for it, didn't really
struggle at any point which was novel.

Then went up and down Tibradden Lane for the first time which wasn't too bad after Kilmashogue.

From there it was up cruagh and on to Kipure which all went well until the wind really kick in at the top and i managed to piss a little in my own face.
The wind was behind me all the way home and having taken it handy all morning I decided to try a couple of sprints that have been evading me. Ended up with a 10th place and a KOM result!

https://www.strava.com/activities/360267814

Lesson of the day, don't piss in gusting winds.

73km 1,717m up

smacl · 03-08-2015 8:58pm

First time back on the bike yesterday after a hernia op a couple of weeks ago. Spin around Hook head and Tintern abbey for a measly 42k at a miserable speed, but it still felt great to be back in the bike. Blowy enough on the Hook but warm, and managed a swim in Dollar bay in heavy surf afterwards with the kids which was a blast. Two weeks of keeping things easy left, and will hopefully start to put some longer spins together then.

terrydel · 03-08-2015 9:29pm

Got 130k odd in today, average 22kmph, a lot of climbing!
Cycled to Laragh via Ballinascorney/Sally Gap, then carried on to do Shay Elliot up to summit of Glemmalure. Was knackered when I got there, think I was low on energy as I didn't eat much this morning. The mars bar I had at the top was fecking marvellous!
Gotta say, the flies going up SE and Glenmalure were cronic, horrible little ****s and hundreds of them. Piss off flies! Welcomed any wind as the little twats couldn't hang around in it.
Went back then and up the other side of Shay Elliot, and back to Laragh.
Had a tea, cracking sambo, cake and can of coke at Clodagh's café. And to the kid who knocked all the tea strainers and spoons onto the floor from the counter, mortifying her poor Mum, thanks for giving me a right good laugh!
Got talking to Paul, a boardsie who's poster name I didn't get, and we cycled back to the Gap via Glenmacnass, we made really good time and it was great to chat away and pass what is often a right old slog of a journey.
Very nice to meet you Paul.
I went down towards Manor Kilbride from the Gap, had a tailwind so was fecking flying! 13k from the Gap I took a right up that big steep hill (Im calling it that as I don't know its name!) and then over Ballinascorney and headed for home in Clondalkin. 5hrs59mins rolling time. Felt good most of the day apart from going up Glenmalure, were I reckon I bonked a little for want of food!
Great days cycling tho, these are the days that tell me why I do it.

Zyzz · 03-08-2015 9:58pm

Coming down Stocking Lane earlier, doing about 65/70km/h, this boy racer in a Renault Megane is 'drifting' between the cats eyes in the middle of the road...jammed on the anchors, put my hand up to suggest 'Are you serious?', and got a nice middle finger in return.

Be careful out there

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