Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Unknown Soldier · 29-08-2015 8:40pm

I should be happy but I am slightly disgusted at myself.

I managed my 20th century for the year today.

It was nice to head out to the DNS today.

Managed Howth Hill from the steep side? 'twas grand.

The LTC people that I headed out with today are just the best tbh.

I also may have signed up to do Dublin to Cork in one day next year.

101.7 Done for the day.

G1032 · 29-08-2015 8:47pm

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

I should be happy but I am slightly disgusted at myself.

I managed my 20th century for the year today.

It was nice to head out to the DNS today.

Managed Howth Hill from the steep side? 'twas grand.

The LTC people that I headed out with today are just the best tbh.

I also may have signed up to do Dublin to Cork in one day next year.

101.7 Done for the day.

Why are you disgusted with yourself?

thesimpsons · 29-08-2015 9:10pm

I'd be thrilled if I had a 20 centuries this year. I have 3 I think, maybe 20 since I first started cycling 3 yes ago.

Went out today and did 55km at my fastest ever, 27.3kph. Tired and lagging at the end but when I looked back at my last year's stats, I was thrilled.

Unknown Soldier · 29-08-2015 9:11pm

G1032 wrote: »

Why are you disgusted with yourself?

Because I have a fully functioning body that I abuse to ridiculous extremes.

My precycling activities today would disgust you

I'm dealing with it though.

G1032 · 29-08-2015 9:18pm

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Because I have a fully functioning body that I abuse to ridiculous extremes.

My precycling activities today would disgust you

I'm dealing with it though.

You like the odd cigarette iirc?
I used to smoke 25 a day years ago!! Haven't had one in 4 years though.

ford2600 · 29-08-2015 9:31pm

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Because I have a fully functioning body that I abuse to ridiculous extremes.

My precycling activities today would disgust you

I'm dealing with it though.

You got out on bike though.

You have a nicotine addication, it's more than a habit. The wisest man I knew beat an alcohol addiction in his 40s and helped countless others in his sober 35 years after that.

His funeral book had the following mantra inscribed
Allow me to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

monkeysnapper · 29-08-2015 9:34pm

113 mile cycle today , hard way round /wrong way round, I did hard way . Was a real hard slog in end . That's my second 113 mile cycle in 8 weeks . I don't think my old knees can take any more !!!!!

I'm feeling proud at my grand old age of........39 and 3 quarters I can still do it .

i need a pint!!

Wishbone Ash · 30-08-2015 1:15am

G1032 wrote: »

You like the odd cigarette iirc?
I used to smoke 25 a day years ago!! Haven't had one in 4 years though.

Tomorrow, i.e. today (it's 1.15am) I'll be 18 years free from a 55/60 a day habit! :cool:

(The day is easy to remember - 30th August 1997. I had my last cigarette after my lunch at work. Princess Diana died later that day/night).

Alek · 30-08-2015 4:47am

55/60 a day

This kind of explains your mileage WA - you simply do things on a grand scale, don't you? :P

(I had a _short period_ in my life when I smoked 60 a day... it was quite destructive physically...)

bazermc · 30-08-2015 1:20pm

I saw a guy today jogging with a sky cycling jersey on. Wtf!!!!

iwillhtfu · 30-08-2015 1:22pm

bazermc wrote: »

I saw a guy today jogging with a sky cycling jersey on. Wtf!!!!

Yeah they don't look good on runners either

OldBean · 30-08-2015 2:49pm

First spin in 3 weeks yesterday, after smashing myself up.

Got a puncture on the rear 12 minutes from my front door, before spinning on to Howth with a friend. Saw a red Boards Jersey at the start of the cycle path in clontarf.

Torrential rain on the way back in, along with hailstones, but it was actually pretty enjoyable on the cycle track. Not so much if I was sharing it with traffic.

Arm/shoulder is a little bit stiff today, but going to head out again after work tomorrow. So happy to be back in the saddle.

smacl · 30-08-2015 2:54pm

Short spin on the new bike, Cruagh road - Massey's wood - Stocking lane - Military road - Couple of coilte tracks - Crone wood - Knockree - Enniskerry and home. Starting to get to grips with the new bike and nice being able nip off road for bits, though the 32c slick marathon supremes don't much like the mud (could also be user error).

quozl · 30-08-2015 5:31pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I had my last cigarette after my lunch at work. Princess Diana died later that day/night).

I don't think you should blame yourself for Princess Diana.

Zyzz · 30-08-2015 6:44pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Tomorrow, i.e. today (it's 1.15am) I'll be 18 years free from a 55/60 a day habit! :cool:

(The day is easy to remember - 30th August 1997. I had my last cigarette after my lunch at work. Princess Diana died later that day/night).

Smoking kills..

Daroxtar · 30-08-2015 10:02pm

Haven't done a whole lot of mileage lately and have 2 sportives in a few weeks so I decided to rectify that today. I was also trying out my new helmet for the first time. I don't know if it gave me much of an aero advantage but I looked fking awesome

Set off at a nice steady pace, then did a few quick hills at speed and then back to steady pace on the flat for a while.
I'm always saying that I'm better to keep moving yet I stopped for coffee, relaxed too much and the legs burned within a few km.
The few weeks laziness and 3 extra kilos didn't help either, HR was much higher than I'd have expected on the flat.
Stopped for a pee at one stage and forgot to unpause the garmin so I lost about 2 km. When I got back home I was on 99km so no way was i leaving it at that. Headed out the road and back with my 2 quads on fire, a damn tough 2 km add on to make sure I was over the ton.

Longwood -Enfield -Newtown/Ovidstown hills -Kilcock -Summerhill -Trim -Athboy -Ballivor -Hill of Down -Longwood.
101 km in 3:50@ 26.4kmh
https://www.strava.com/activities/380780617

marty_crane · 30-08-2015 10:12pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

(The day is easy to remember - 30th August 1997. I had my last cigarette after my lunch at work. Princess Diana died later that day/night).

I'm told Prince Charles remembers it similarly

devonp · 30-08-2015 11:17pm

Great day in the Blooms
weather held, well organised and marshalled
lovely stop in Kinnity after descending the Wolftrap
then off up Glendine and home via second ascent of the Cut
didn't see any other boardies, wore the new jersey and casquette
well done to all and thanks to Tullamore ctc for the day

forgot to mention the barbie after as well, great nosh(reminded by koobcam in an earlier tread, [pedal the peaks])

127Km, 1675m up, 4h35m rolling and 27.8Kmph avg
https://www.strava.com/activities/381344365

mhiggy09 · 30-08-2015 11:40pm

First ride in clipless pedals today. Didn't have the inevitable fall happen yet but it's bound to come sooner or later as I was cycling around the driveway trying a different cleat position I nearly toppled over but just about reached the window sill in time. The pedals are great and definitely make a difference just need to find the right cleat position.

cdaly_ · 31-08-2015 10:27am

smacl wrote: »

Starting to get to grips with the new bike and nice being able nip off road for bits, though the 32c slick marathon supremes don't much like the mud (could also be user error).

Check out Vittoria Voyager Hypers for your next set. I replaced my Marathon Supremes with these and felt they were that bit nicer...

Alek · 31-08-2015 10:42am

Hypers are great tyres alright, but not necessarily for mud

On the other hand I cycled whole Royal Canal on them (38mm, low pressure - 3bar)... but it was fairly dry weekend.

yop · 31-08-2015 11:52am

Just back from Portugal. Got in 3 spins, got an 77km, 47km and 74km
Did Monchique twice, this is just under 860m of climbing, started at 12km into it and ends at 33km. Was a lovely climb and view.
Great to cycle on almost pothole free roads in 20+ temps, hit 30 degrees on the last cycle.

https://www.strava.com/activities/378444061

kerry4sam · 31-08-2015 1:54pm

Most memorable part of my Cycle today:
Watching someone drive past tucking into a sandwich whilst I'm there peddling away with the rain dancing on my helmet and the wind pushing against me forcing me to work harder

Hey! Today is the last day of August folks. Just Sincerely Hope you All had A Lovely Month of Cycling

Safe & Happy Peddling,
kerry4sam

Wishbone Ash · 31-08-2015 3:12pm

kerry4sam wrote: »

... whilst I'm there peddling away ...

...Safe & Happy Peddling..

I have visions of you standing in the rain in Moore Street with some sort of contraband! :pac:

Bloggsie · 31-08-2015 4:38pm

kerry4sam wrote: »

Most memorable part of my Cycle today:
Watching someone drive past tucking into a sandwich whilst I'm there peddling away with the rain dancing on my helmet and the wind pushing against me forcing me to work harder

Hey! Today is the last day of August folks. Just Sincerely Hope you All had A Lovely Month of Cycling

Safe & Happy Peddling,
kerry4sam

whilst I'm there peddaling away,

that expression has a completley different meaning to me!

irlirishkev · 31-08-2015 8:40pm

10 mile commute home in torrential downpour. Shorts and a t-shirt.
Don't think I've ever been as wet in my whole life. Good craic tho, and still beats driving to/from work.

sullzz · 31-08-2015 9:37pm

irlirishkev wrote: »

16 km commute home in torrential downpour. Shorts and a t-shirt.
Don't think I've ever been as wet in my whole life. Good craic tho, and still beats driving to/from work.

FYP

Garthvader · 31-08-2015 10:27pm

A quick 30km detour on my commute to work, via Enniskerry, relatively flat.
The last bike commute of the summer... After this have to drop the kids off in the mornings.
😞
And then it'll be too dark in the evenings 😔😔

smacl · 01-09-2015 8:38am

Alek wrote: »

Hypers are great tyres alright, but not necessarily for mud

On the other hand I cycled whole Royal Canal on them (38mm, low pressure - 3bar)... but it was fairly dry weekend.

Have Schwalbe spikes for the winter, which were awesome on the canals last winter in a mixture of mud and ice. Only downside is on the road it sounds like your cycling through a bowl of rice crispies. Now that the dry summer is officially over, I might stick a semi-slick or cross tyre on the rear until the really bad weather kicks in.

cdaly_ · 01-09-2015 9:46am

Garthvader wrote: »

A quick 30km detour on my commute to work, via Enniskerry, relatively flat.
The last bike commute of the summer... After this have to drop the kids off in the mornings.
😞
And then it'll be too dark in the evenings 😔😔

I used to drop the kids off, return home, hop on bike for commute. Added a bit to my travel time but was much happier than driving to work.

Also, it's never too dark in the evenings...
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smacl · 01-09-2015 2:38pm

Lunch time spin up to Foxes via the Blue light and back via Cruagh road. Disc brakes still not great, but possibly still bedding in.

rollingscone · 01-09-2015 3:12pm

smacl wrote: »

Lunch time spin up to Foxes via the Blue light and back via Cruagh road. Disc brakes still not great, but possibly still bedding in.

Still haven't tried mine on anything steeper than the magazine fort hill. I think they're about the same as working cantis, with the operative advantage being they don't lose power in the wet like Cantis.

P_1 · 01-09-2015 8:36pm

A nice 20km spin up to Sutton and back on the new bike, by Odin do you feel every bump on the road on a Monza

crosstownk · 01-09-2015 9:24pm

Jebus. I got well soaked today.

I left work at Airside to head home to Terenure around half 5 this evening. I waited for a rain shower to stop and was thankful that the NW wind would provide some assistance.

At the airport roundabout the rain started again and didn't stop the whole fcuking way home. I wear glasses so visibility was way less than optimal in the rain. I kept going. It's 19km to work and usually I throw in an extra 2km on the way home just to make it an even 40km for the day. All the way home I told myself no extra 2km today but as I looked at the Garmin as I neared home I applied rule 5 in a small way and did the extra 2 as I couldn't possibly get any wetter.

Soaked. Cold. Hot shower. Beer. In that order.

Bike is now fllthy.

smacl · 02-09-2015 1:56pm

Lunch time spin up Cruagh across to Stocking lane and into Massey's wood for a bit of CX fun in the mud . I knew I was bad descending off road, but I shocked myself at what a total wimp I am. Good fun though, and hopefully the situation will improve with a bit of practice over the coming months.

ofthelord · 02-09-2015 8:14pm

Hi All,
I've been following this tread for a while now - have used many of the posts as inspiration to try get out for a cycle. For the last 6 - 8 weeks I've been trying to bring my phone with me to track my cycles on strava, short cycles compared to most here. I was out for a cycle after work this evening & managed to get a PB on each of the 6 hill segments on the route- very happy with this as I really enjoy the challenge of the hills. 384 metres worth of hills over 19km.
I'll be hoping to up the distances, so I might post back here again about more cycles. I've gotten in a few 50km weekend cycles and am hoping to make a 100km cycle before the end of September.

https://www.strava.com/activities/383410607/

magicbastarder · 02-09-2015 8:17pm

a colossal 13.3km this evening, which is the first time i've been on the bike in two months, due to ongoing knee issues, probably/possibly due to a bad ergonomics issue at work.

Don't Chute! · 02-09-2015 8:23pm

ofthelord wrote: »

Hi All,
I've been following this tread for a while now - have used many of the posts as inspiration to try get out for a cycle. For the last 6 - 8 weeks I've been trying to bring my phone with me to track my cycles on strava, short cycles compared to most here. I was out for a cycle after work this evening & managed to get a PB on each of the 6 hill segments on the route- very happy with this as I really enjoy the challenge of the hills. 384 metres worth of hills over 19km.
I'll be hoping to up the distances, so I might post back here again about more cycles. I've gotten in a few 50km weekend cycles and am hoping to make a 100km cycle before the end of September.

https://www.strava.com/activities/383410607/

Fair play, keep it up! Why not sign up for the Great Dublin Bike Ride on the 13th September?

marty_crane · 02-09-2015 10:55pm

Passed the 3000km for the year mark today and then, when I got home on 3018km I had also passed my 2014 total-which was a best up to then, so pretty chuffed*.

As an aside, as I rode into Newtownmountkennedy from the N11 northbound I noticed, in the small fenced off green area, almost opposite Gregory's garage, a grandfather and his 2/3 year old grandson walking towards the bench in the middle. They're a regular sight in that little field but today I got a huge smile when I noticed the grandad, as always, on his stick but also the grandson had obviously decided that he now also needed one!! When I went past I looked back and I actually laughed out loud at the innocence of it. Got me thinking that among the other benefits of our sport one of them is to be able to see things like this on a daily basis that would otherwise pass us by. Well done those two men-capped off my successful day nicely!

* Other posters please refrain from posting that they've passed 5000,7000km etc for at least 48 hours so I may continue to wallow in my smugness

rollingscone · 02-09-2015 11:41pm

ofthelord wrote: »

Hi All,
I've been following this tread for a while now - have used many of the posts as inspiration to try get out for a cycle. For the last 6 - 8 weeks I've been trying to bring my phone with me to track my cycles on strava, short cycles compared to most here. I was out for a cycle after work this evening & managed to get a PB on each of the 6 hill segments on the route- very happy with this as I really enjoy the challenge of the hills. 384 metres worth of hills over 19km.
I'll be hoping to up the distances, so I might post back here again about more cycles. I've gotten in a few 50km weekend cycles and am hoping to make a 100km cycle before the end of September.

https://www.strava.com/activities/383410607/

That's how we all started more or less.

Well done on your progress so far. Once you've cracked a few 50km spins a 100 is inevitable!

Well wear!

LollipopJimmy · 03-09-2015 12:00am

For the first time in my life I cycled to work... to be fair I've had company cats for years and worked on the road. 26km round trip and arrives home with a rattly front wheel, two spoke x screws had come loose and gone into the cavity of the wheel

Raam · 03-09-2015 12:08am

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

For the first time in my life I cycled to work... to be fair I've had company cats for years and worked on the road. 26km round trip and arrives home with a rattly front wheel, two spoke x screws had come loose and gone into the cavity of the wheel

shaka · 03-09-2015 12:43am

60 odd k with the club , windy

yop · 03-09-2015 4:40pm

Multi club race last night, legs were heavy after the week of cycling/drinking/food in Portugal!
Went off like a rocket, was at 39kmph for the first 10km, suffered during it, then a break went of around 5, took maybe 200m on us and I went for it.
I along with 1 more from my club were in contention for the overall league so we worked with the team to keep us in contact.
I hung on badly as I just felt heavy, legs and gut!, but the lads kept shouting at me to hang on. Twice I thought I was gone.
A few of the lads from the other clubs made a few breaks but our lads brought them back.
So we came to the final 300m with us all together, we planned on letting the other win it as he had more points than me, I looked for him but from what I could see he was inside and blocked, so one of our lads shouted at me to take his wheel, he took me to the bottom of the climb and sprint, probably a 150m finish, I was 3rd at that stage so I just pushed it as hard as I could, I realised I was passing the other 2 and was out on my own with 20m to go, nearly calved but I got over the line for my first ever race win.

Was delighted, but discovered the other guy who could have won had got into 2nd but he didn't shout me to let him pass, I was not happy with that as If I had known I would have let him by me. But a win is a win!

39km race, 1hr 1 minute @37.8kmph average.

Neleven · 03-09-2015 8:57pm

(Yesterday) a short spin in Dublin - first time up to Glencullen and down to Enniskerry, a pleasant spin spoiled by the ridiculously appalling surface back up to Kilternan from Enniskerry. I know they're improving it but had I known how bad the loose chippings were I wouldn't have gone that way...be warned if you're planning on heading that direction!

OldBean · 05-09-2015 1:10pm

Went to take in a few laps of the Phoenix Park before the rugby match later, I'd been to the local market earlier and was freezing so threw on some warmer gear for my spin. Ended up roasting half way along my first lap. And really dehydrated. Had a nice chat with a chap for a few minutes, but as soon as he disappeared, I crawled home. Got in the door before and barely made it to the bathroom before getting violently sick. Barely gotten out on the bike at all in the last 6 weeks, really disappointed.

retalivity · 05-09-2015 2:50pm

Went out this morning, and decided to take on stocking lane (for only the second time ever), after it battered me a few weeks ago. took it handy most of the way up, but really suffered from past timbertrove to the car park. Managed to make it to the car park for a rest, 6 minutes faster than the previous time and not having to stop once (1 stopped 3 times the first go) Decided to carry on up as i though there was another road further on across to cruagh road that I could come back down on, I found the rest of the climb easier from the car park onwards. Started going downhill and realised my mistake that there was no other road, got as far as glencree and decided to cut across to glencullen that way and turn for home. Hit the infamous devils elbow, did not have a gear low enough to complete that and finally dropped the foot. Kept going up through glencullen and across to rathfarnham, 50k, 748m of climbing in 2hrs 30mins, more than I wanted to do but happy enough as it was on my commuting bike, and having had problems with the gears this past week, I couldn't shift into the big ring at all. Also had problems with the chain clicking out, so effectively had 4-5 gears for the whole cycle. Will not attempt anything like that again til i get it fixed and a new cassette, feeling it now in the thighs.
also had a bee fly directly into my mouth and down my throat coming up to the pitch and putt in Glencullen, think it gave me the energy to push over the hill. Marginal gains and all that...

http://www.strava.com/activities/385264436

RobFowl · 05-09-2015 3:22pm

Nice brisk club spin but managed to get over 9000Km for the year as a result.
Happy camper

nak · 05-09-2015 3:27pm

Few hours on the mountain bike at Leadmines. Nice day for it.

The tax man · 05-09-2015 4:25pm

Quick spin down to Enniskerry this morning to see how the knees feel.
Well done yet again to Wicklow CC for completely making a balls of resurfacing the road through the Scalp. Ridiculous amount of loose chippings left on the surface. I wouldn't even drive a car through it.
Took the back roads over towards Johnnie Foxes and Pine Forest.

Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

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