Sundrive Reopening Saturday February 7th

eeeee · 25-02-2015 12:01am

Will do. I will be in Sundrive gear on a red Fuji. Who's gonna spot who first!

CramCycle · 25-02-2015 3:11pm

Beasty wrote: »

Heard a doyen of the Irish track cycling community was asking who Cram was - obviously an impressive start to training this year;)

Hmmm, probably just surprised I could do anything after my dismal display in Bs last year.

gadetra wrote: »

I have it on good authority that steel red Fuji's are the best bikes you can buy (Rosa is, rather exotically in no way at all, chromoly).

Nothing wrong with Cromo, one of my favourite bikes was cromo.

lennymc wrote: »

im hoping to get out this saturday - is anyone i know around?

Alas no, but will have to see this new bike in the flesh soon. Are you coming out for the league this year?

lennymc · 25-02-2015 3:22pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Alas no, but will have to see this new bike in the flesh soon. Are you coming out for the league this year?

yes.

quozl · 25-02-2015 3:42pm

gadetra wrote: »

although I only know you digitally!

Digitally, as in, with your fingers?

eeeee · 25-02-2015 11:11pm

quozl wrote: »

Digitally, as in, with your fingers?

Yup. Prepare yourself Lennymc!*

No Lennymc's will be probed as a result of this post :pac:

lennymc · 26-02-2015 9:58am

jaysis - I'm scared now!

CramCycle · 26-02-2015 10:07am

lennymc wrote: »

jaysis - I'm scared now!

It's like the training, once you get over how close you are to the other person and don't let the pain after the first session put you off, you'll start to enjoy it.

nak · 26-02-2015 10:23am

CramCycle wrote: »

It's like the training, once you get over how close you are to the other person and don't let the pain after the first session put you off, you'll start to enjoy it.

After cross, the pain on the track is minimal. In my experience people get closer to you in cross than they do on the track and there's no hills or running.

CramCycle · 26-02-2015 10:34am

nak wrote: »

After cross, the pain on the track is minimal. In my experience people get closer to you in cross than they do on the track and there's no hills or running.

Running behind the bushes and rolling around in the muck, your all filthy animals in cross :pac:

lennymc · 26-02-2015 10:35am

cram sounds jealous.

edit - actually, the only reason I race cross is so I have a legitimate reason to play in mud.

nak · 26-02-2015 10:45am

lennymc wrote: »

cram sounds jealous.

edit - actually, the only reason I race cross is so I have a legitimate reason to play in mud.

Me too, only downside is having to clean everything afterwards. Made that mistake going to work this morning and now have lovely muddy shoes and clothes in my locker. It was fun at the time.

My track bike gets cleaned about once a season.

lennymc · 27-02-2015 10:47am

Will the track training be called off if the weather is bad? What constitutes bad weather? What time should I be there for? How do they get the figs in the fig roll?

nak · 27-02-2015 11:47am

lennymc wrote: »

Will the track training be called off if the weather is bad? What constitutes bad weather? What time should I be there for? How do they get the figs in the fig roll?

Yes, torrential rain will do it, or snow. Check the Sundrive velodrome twitter feed or Sundrive track club one.

Senior training usually starts at 10am, so ready to roll by then after signing on.

Can't help you with the fig roll question.

eeeee · 27-02-2015 11:48am

lennymc wrote: »

Will the track training be called off if the weather is bad? What constitutes bad weather? What time should I be there for? How do they get the figs in the fig roll?

If it's icy or frosty yes, wet no, unless it's torrential. I was at almost all regular training sessions last year and only 2 were called off with rain. Could be different with a very inexperienced group though.

I'd advise get there for 10, sign on is open from then, I do. I hate rushing. It gives me time to take brake off bike/get ready etc. On track at half, sometimes before.

Magic soft biscuit fairies put the figs in the fig rolls, god, I thought everyone knew that :rolleyes:

lennymc · 27-02-2015 11:50am

Thanks! See yis tomorrow so.

eeeee · 27-02-2015 1:48pm

Track is open from half ten officially.
I should have said that in my post as it answers your question doh!

See ya tomorrow

lennymc · 28-02-2015 7:56pm

nice session today. lots of riding which was good as it has been over aa year since i was last on track. nice to meet you Gadetra

eeeee · 01-03-2015 12:07am

lennymc wrote: »

nice session today. lots of riding which was good as it has been over aa year since i was last on track. nice to meet you Gadetra

You're a flyer! And a nice steady wheel to follow.

most importantly you waft flagrantly :pac:

colm_gti · 01-03-2015 1:37pm

Got the ok from the guys at the top to use my HHV accreditation for sundrive, I'm hoping to become a regular at sundrive from the weekend after next!

Beasty · 01-03-2015 2:30pm

gadetra wrote: »

most importantly you waft fragrantly :pac:

You've made an impression there lenny. Last week the last thing she wanted was to experience my fragrant wafts and even offered to fill the gap in front of me to avoid them ....

eeeee · 01-03-2015 2:39pm

Beasty wrote: »

You've made an impression there lenny. Last week the last thing she wanted was to experience my fragrant wafts and even offered to fill the gap in front of me to avoid them ....

You've got to work on your detergents Beasty

lennymc · 01-03-2015 8:15pm

i'm hoping to be back next saturday. have a stock of these on hand:

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lennymc · 20-03-2015 11:20am

anyone out tomorrow?

Beasty · 20-03-2015 11:44am

... might be ....

lennymc · 20-03-2015 11:52am

Was that you hanging out the window of the car this morning shouting at us?

colm_gti · 20-03-2015 12:32pm

Hoping to make my debut...

eeeee · 20-03-2015 12:33pm

Yep. Looking forward to fresh wafting :pac:

lennymc · 20-03-2015 12:46pm

baked beans and curry for dinner tonight....

eeeee · 20-03-2015 12:51pm

lennymc wrote: »

baked beans and curry for dinner tonight....

:eek:

Harrybelafonte · 20-03-2015 12:52pm

Maybe, still pretty ill, but getting blue at home

eeeee · 20-03-2015 12:56pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Maybe, still pretty ill, but getting blue at home

oh no get well soon ()

CramCycle · 20-03-2015 1:35pm

Silly OH, celebrating being born on a day that training is on, I alas will not be there.

lennymc · 20-03-2015 2:05pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Silly OH, celebrating being born on a day that training is on, I alas will not be there.

Could you not bring her down to the track, yell 'surprise' and hope for the best?

eeeee · 20-03-2015 2:09pm

I have currently in my posession 6 sheets of A4 paper. I could totally make her a sign

Beasty · 20-03-2015 2:26pm

lennymc wrote: »

Was that you hanging out the window of the car this morning shouting at us?

Oh Sh!t!! Was that you trying to ride 3 abreast and forcing me to overtake you on the inside???

:pac:

lennymc · 20-03-2015 2:42pm

Beasty wrote: »

Oh Sh!t!! Was that you trying to ride 3 abreast and forcing me to overtake you on the inside???

:pac:

there were only 2 of us.....

Beasty · 20-03-2015 3:23pm

lennymc wrote: »

there were only 2 of us.....

Not when I was inside you there wasn't!!

lennymc · 20-03-2015 3:25pm

Beasty wrote: »

Not when I was inside you there wasn't!!

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

colm_gti · 20-03-2015 3:42pm

This thread just became nsfw

Harrybelafonte · 23-03-2015 8:14am

gadetra wrote: »

Yep. Looking forward to fresh wafting :pac:

lennymc wrote: »

baked beans and curry for dinner tonight....

Eproctophilia

lennymc · 23-03-2015 9:08am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Eproctophilia

Good lord!!

I have no idea how you know these things Harrybelafonte, but it's disturbing!! LOL

(I had to google it)

colm_gti · 23-03-2015 10:20am

Jaypers, didn't know there was such a thing! I've lived a sheltered life!

Good to get back out on a track bike again, and to pop my sundrive cherry!

eeeee · 23-03-2015 10:54am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Eproctophilia

Grim

I found Saturday's session tough. I was ****ed on the road on Sunday!

Harrybelafonte · 23-03-2015 10:57am

gadetra wrote: »

Grim

Briom

Yeah, agree Gadetra, but I don't like doing anything out of the saddle.

eeeee · 23-03-2015 11:00am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Briom

Yeah, agree Gadetra, but I don't like doing anything out of the saddle.

Same. It goes against my natural cycling instincts! I think that's why I was so ****ed.

lennymc · 02-04-2015 8:54am

anyone out this weekend? Weather looks good (OK, I havent checked, but I'm eternally optimistic)

colm_gti · 02-04-2015 9:22am

Won't be out, heading to london to visit the girlfriend (and to do the Saturday open meet at hhv, but she doesn't know that yet).

eeeee · 02-04-2015 10:32am

Yep, I'll be there as ever. It's gonna be a dry, sunny, windless day...in my imagination!

mal1 · 07-04-2015 6:18pm

I've gone to the track cycling a number of times over the last few weekends in Sundrive and I reckon I will give the league a go. I have a track bike frame, it's a bit heavy but regardless of this I'm thinking of investing in a track wheelset to throw on the bike. I was thinking of going for something reasonably cheap.

I was thinking of Miche XPress:
http://www.velodromeshop.net/index.php?p=product&id=446

Has anyone got any advice/recommendations?

Harrybelafonte · 07-04-2015 6:34pm

mal1 wrote: »

I've gone to the track cycling a number of times over the last few weekends in Sundrive and I reckon I will give the league a go. I have a track bike frame, it's a bit heavy but regardless of this I'm thinking of investing in a track wheelset to throw on the bike. I was thinking of going for something reasonably cheap.

I was thinking of Miche XPress:
http://www.velodromeshop.net/index.php?p=product&id=446

Has anyone got any advice/recommendations?

These will do you for the league tbh.

Sundrive Reopening Saturday February 7th

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