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Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

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    #4532
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    The tax man wrote: »
    You've got this KOM thing all backwards Zyzz.

    Oh kom on now.. :p


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    #4533
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,954 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    fillup wrote: »
    Hey Wishbone -

    i normally climb up to Sally Gap via Yellow House -> Edmonstown Rd (past Merry Plowman) -> Curagh Woods - its a fairly long drag with some steep sh1t on it

    do you know how the Kilmashogue Lane climb compares to that?
    No comparison whatsoever. For a medicore climber like me, Edmonston Road is just a drag with no steep parts. Kilmashogue Lane is shorter but at times it feels like being punched in the face over and over again especially at that part passing the farmyard.
    colm18 wrote: »
    There was a brilliant photo taken at the hill climb championships a couple of years back of someone (possibly RAAM) looking in absolute agony as he made his way up that part!
    colm18 wrote: »
    found it!
    http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9767/img5200r.jpg
    I'm open to correction but I think that's looks like Mount Leinster and it doesn't look like Raam.


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    #4534
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    colm18 wrote: »
    found it!
    http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9767/img5200r.jpg


    You sure its his sufferface? I'd bet he's laughing at this laughable gradient. :pac:

    ;)


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    #4535
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,954 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Alek wrote: »
    You sure its his sufferface? I'd bet he's laughing at this laughable gradient. :pac:

    ;)
    Apologies - he must have changed his hair style since then! :)


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    #4536
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Apologies - he must have changed his hair style since then! :)

    And it's definitely kilmashogue ;-)


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    #4537
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,708 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    No comparison whatsoever. For a medicore climber like me, Edmonston Road is just a drag with no steep parts. Kilmashogue Lane is shorter but at times it feels like being punched in the face over and over again especially at that part passing the farmyard.

    +1, main reason I go up Kilmashogue every now and again is to make climbs like Cruagh seem not so bad, and to discourage myself from having so much beer and cake.


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    #4538
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Got chased by a dog this morning. The stupid bitch was left off the lead by her owner and chased me up the hill to Stepaside. Got a PB so not bad for another wise terrible morning


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    #4539
    triggermortis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    Nothing much happened riding to work this morning, but I did see a Pagani Zonda on the road!


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    #4540
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    triggermortis wrote: »
    Nothing much happened riding to work this morning, but I did see a Pagani Zonda on the road!

    In Ireland????


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    #4541
    triggermortis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    Zyzz wrote: »
    In Ireland????

    no, Zürich


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    #4542
    The green and red
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭The green and red


    The neighbour and I went for a very scenic spin this morning in the East Mayo area.

    The pace remained leisurely for the most part however there was a fair bit of climbing which I tried to push myself on.

    We cycled 30km at an average speed of 18 km, coming in at an hour and a half. Id like to try this route by myself as I reckon I could cut 10-15 minutes without too much trouble


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    #4543
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    triggermortis wrote: »
    no, Zürich

    That post makes me very sad.


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    #4544
    nomdeboardie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭nomdeboardie


    Alek wrote: »
    Wow, this final ramp at Kilmashogue seems to be some mythical altar of the god of suffering, slippery from blood and tears. :eek: ...
    (Not to mention the sweat)
    :pac::pac::pac: Love this image, & the idea of a viscious cycle of misery making the task harder

    Went up for the first time recently. Given the mythology, I was pathetically pleased to find myself at the top without having put foot to ground or zig-zagged. Of course the time on Garmin told the ugly truth - even worse than predicted from the Strava KOM adjusted by my standard ndb-handicap multiplier. :o Think I was holding a little back to deal with the unknown


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    #4545
    EmcD123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭EmcD123


    This was actually yesterday,I'm still recovering haha its my first proper cycle,every other one was less than 18km

    Here it is on strava,http://app.strava.com/activities/173444503
    45km in total,went out west In galway through loads of rural areas,absolutely beautiful scenery,I'm going to take pictures next time. The amount of climbing was unbelievable though


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    #4546
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    EmcD123 wrote: »
    This was actually yesterday,I'm still recovering haha its my first proper cycle,every other one was less than 18km

    Here it is on strava,http://app.strava.com/activities/173444503
    45km in total,went out west In galway through loads of rural areas,absolutely beautiful scenery,I'm going to take pictures next time. The amount of climbing was unbelievable though

    Next time for more hills, take Moycullen Back Hill, http://app.strava.com/segments/1254534
    or

    Killagoola, http://app.strava.com/segments/7236797


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    #4547
    EmcD123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭EmcD123


    Micilin Muc wrote: »
    Next time for more hills, take Moycullen Back Hill, http://app.strava.com/segments/1254534
    or

    Killagoola, http://app.strava.com/segments/7236797

    Haha I don't need more hills!!! That hill leaving moycullen on the road to spiddal absolutely destroyed me. I had to take a break like 4 times getting up that hill.
    I'm hoping it'll get easier each time as once you get well past moycullen on that road it becomes a beautifully scenic route. I had a strong headwind all the way up that hill aswell


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    #4548
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    EmcD123 wrote: »
    I'm hoping it'll get easier each time as once you get well past moycullen on that road it becomes a beautifully scenic route. I had a strong headwind all the way up that hill aswell

    Tell me all about it - I cycle that road twice a day and it's nearly always a headwind. It'll get easier, just pace yourself :)


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    #4549
    EmcD123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭EmcD123


    Micilin Muc wrote: »
    Tell me all about it - I cycle that road twice a day. It'll get easier, just pace yourself :)

    Ooh twice a day!! Fair play. Ya I started panicking and mashing my pedals. I had no idea what was in store for me/ I literally didn't know there was a hill there and it just kept going.


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    #4550
    blobbie
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭blobbie


    102km from Nass -> Blessington -> Sally Gap -> Lough Tay -> Laragh -> Wicklow Gap -> Naas

    On MTB - 1,600m @ 17.5kph. Tough slog.


    Looks like they are setting up the Vikings village on Lough Tay for shooting the next season.


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    #4551
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Character building today. some rain out there. Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey had flash flooding 1 m deep. Maybe I should have stayed in bed!

    Did 50km in a reasonable time given the conditions


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    #4552
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Fubin rain out there. Was hoping to do a long cycle this morning. But goin to wimp out.


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    #4553
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    bazermc wrote: »
    Fubin rain out there. Was hoping to do a long cycle this morning. But goin to wimp out.

    There is another thread for that


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    #4554
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Enniskerry to feather beds and down stocking lane. Cold wet and almost no visibility. Tough cycle.


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    #4555
    flatface
    Registered Users Posts: 719 ✭✭✭flatface


    Sunny down in Kerry while it rains in Dublin. Makes a nice change!

    Went up the short mountain in Tralee and then feeling good made the mistake of going down and trying the other side S-N. Tis an evil bugger of a climb, feels like it is over 15% for at least a kilometer. I would have sold my left kidney for a few more teeth in the granny gear.


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    #4556
    Borderfox
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    100km on Friday, Dunshaughlin, airport, baldoyle and up both sides of howth. Really enjoyed the right at the church side, has been over 20 years since I did it, no compact chainrings then :-) felt a lot better today, had a lot of problems with asthma during the week.


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    #4557
    Sarz91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,422 ✭✭✭Sarz91


    Pretty rubbish day over here in the lakes. Going up Kirkstone Pass there was just a river running down the road. Really suffered today. I'm hoping its due to the fact I took last week off and I'm just getting back into it. http://www.strava.com/activities/174327987


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    #4558
    The tax man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,557 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Enjoyed the sunshine on offer down here in Killarney. Rode the Inner Ring 200 audax event. Nice to get away from the Wicklow hills for a change.


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    #4559
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    The tax man wrote: »
    Enjoyed the sunshine on offer down here in Killarney. Rode the Inner Ring 200 audax event. Nice to get away from the Wicklow hills for a change.

    Killarney is fantastic place to ride.


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    #4560
    The tax man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,557 ✭✭✭The tax man


    godtabh wrote: »
    Killarney is fantastic place to ride.

    I'm sure it is. It just broke me today.:D


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    #4561
    nilhg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Set the alarm for 6.30 to get up to drive down to Kilkenny for the Tour, at 6.15 a torrential deluge beating off the velux window woke me up, I had a look outside and went back to bed.

    As penance I did 60km this afternoon in the rain, actually enjoyed it, was wet but not cold, don't know it I would have been as sanguine about 5 or 6 hours out in it though.


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