Boards Evil200km - 9th of June

AstraMonti · 22-05-2012 10:31am #1

Few guys from the raid gang are (hopefully) going to do our own 200kms spin on the weekend w200 is on. The route is quite brutal taking more or less every lump around wicklow: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1278238

Meet at 7:45am, start at 8am sharp under the Dundrum bridge (Opposite Joe Daly's shop for anyone that doesnt know). The pace would be civilised but we can't overly wait for everyone as this is going to take us lots of hours, the route is really evil. Have pumps, tubes and whatever else you need to get through the day. The plan is to stop around the 100km mark for lunch in Laragh and then do another 100kms.

You have to be fairly fit to get over the whole route. Good thing is that because it loops around Wicklow you have many exit points all around the way if you feel you had enough.

So who's up for it?

seamus · 22-05-2012 10:45am

Yeah, that's pretty epic. Someone took the Orwell route and decided to slot Slieve Mann and the Wicklow Gap in there. For the craic.

Thankfully I'll be doing the WW200 the next day.

Looks like it could be a good contender for the hardest 200 in the country. Might be worth running on a yearly basis.

lennymc · 22-05-2012 11:05am

ME ME ME ME ME!!
Thankfully ill be doing the wicklow 200 aswell.

pprendeville · 22-05-2012 11:40am

don't know if I'd have enough in me for 200k but it sounds like fun and the possibility of exiting is a bonus. I think I might just head along.

daragh_ · 22-05-2012 11:52am

NASTY :eek:

I would be up for a Boards Crawl Spin around that route sometime over the summer. Just not the day before the W200.

Gasco has a similar route that ends on Kilmashogue. Will see if I can dig it out.

colm_gti · 22-05-2012 11:54am

This looks epic! I'd be up for attempting this some time during the summer! June 9th is too soon for me unfortunately, just back on the bike properly now after a month of resting my knee!

Darkglasses · 22-05-2012 11:55am

Lumen · 22-05-2012 12:03pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

The route is quite brutal taking more or less every lump around wicklow: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1201424

"Elevation: +4321m"

I don't know how accurate that is, but I've heard that 4000m in a day represents a sort of transition from normal-hard to crazy-hard.

Plastik · 22-05-2012 12:13pm

I'd have considered it, but the Roundwood GP is on that Saturday.

*you should turn left at 55.8km, turn right in Ashford, and climb back up to the junction at 59.4km for a few extra m climbing!

lennymc · 22-05-2012 12:14pm

one of the raid days has over 4500 metres iirc.

AstraMonti · 22-05-2012 1:00pm

Lumen wrote: »

"Elevation: +4321m"

I don't know how accurate that is, but I've heard that 4000m in a day represents a sort of transition from normal-hard to crazy-hard.

So I ll take it you are coming along?

Lumen · 22-05-2012 1:05pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

So I ll take it you are coming along?

Maybe. I'd be bringing a compact, that's for sure.

ROK ON · 22-05-2012 1:25pm

I am of the view that this route is so tough, that if I were to do it that I would risk finding the Raid underwhelming or too easy.

For that reason alone, I won't do this one ;-)

Lenny, if you do this and the WW200 back to back I will donate €50 to a charity of your choosing. Just some incentive.

lennymc · 22-05-2012 1:27pm

@rok on, guess Ill have to do it now!!

Sure Ill give it a go.

AstraMonti · 22-05-2012 1:29pm

Oh come on ROK ON! I was betting that you ll be along on the sufferfest! Come along anyway, you can get ouf it when you feel like it.

ROK ON · 22-05-2012 1:32pm

Astra.
I would do it, but I won't be in Dublin that w/e, and am unlikely to be in Dublin any w/e before the Raid other than this one coming up.

So if you want to do it this Saturday, well I have my good bike here at the minute and nothing in the diary.

AstraMonti · 22-05-2012 1:37pm

You do know Mick Byrne 200 is this Sunday right?

doozerie · 22-05-2012 2:47pm

AstraMonti wrote:

Few guys from the raid gang are (hopefully) going to do our own 200kms spin on the weekend w200 is on. The route is quite brutal taking more or less every lump around wicklow: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1201424

You are quite quite mad. I salute you!

Nice route though, as well as being mad.

Inquitus · 22-05-2012 4:53pm

Might do this instead of the WW200, it looks more epic, and comes without manky pasta!

fat bloke · 22-05-2012 6:06pm

Do ye mean to do it the day before, or the day of?

I can't do the w200 itself, so if it was another day I might do this...

lennymc · 22-05-2012 6:09pm

The day before, sat 9th june.

bbolger · 22-05-2012 6:29pm

Savage route, literally!

You should start a pool on the highest Strava suffer score :eek:

g0g · 22-05-2012 7:25pm

Wow that looks like toughest challenge ever! Would love to give it a go but would probably die a death early enough, but as you say I assume people could tag along for the first few hills anyways and then bail out? Don't suppose anyone's gonna go mark the turns in advance!?

Some great hills in there I've never been over including that one at 138/139km and am I right in saying you come uphill to the junction at the bottom of the wall? Never been there. What sort of pace would you guys be doing?

g0g · 22-05-2012 7:28pm

I'm normally good with gadgets but have to ask a blonde question. If I wanted to try this later in year with "fitter legs" would I be able to download that route to an Edge 500 and would it relatively accurately navigate me with arrows? Never used that feature on it but I'm guessing it'd be needed for this!

manafana · 22-05-2012 7:35pm

i wll probably tag along for at least a 100km anyway cant commit to 200km on saturday but maybe il be able to on day. Might get a lighter gear for the rear

btw theirs at least 215km on that route for as it doesnt end were it started.

lennymc · 22-05-2012 8:05pm

@ gog - i would imagine that you should be able to save it as a map thingy, but im not sure.

thebouldwhacker · 22-05-2012 8:27pm

Nice route.
Can't do it myself but I am looking forward to reading reports.
I see this type of event becoming more and more sought after due to the flood of crowd friendly sportives out there. Might be interested in similar around Sept time.
Fair play for putting this together and good luck with it.

CramCycle · 22-05-2012 9:35pm

Count me in, sure its only 200km

Riding this the weekend before for practice: http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?col=Rosedale-Chimney-Bank&qryMountainID=8699

Idleater · 22-05-2012 9:48pm

I'll be up for this.

Keep_Her_Lit · 22-05-2012 10:57pm

"Boards Evil200km" Heh! Heh! That's a great name for your sportive!

I'd love to jump in for that but I've a family celebration to attend on the 9th. So it'll be an evil hangover for me instead.

Best of luck with the Inaugural Evil! I'll be looking forward to the post mortem event reports too - sorry to have missed out on the suffering but glad to read about other people's.

AstraMonti · 23-05-2012 9:22am

Just want to clarify that this is not an official spin of any sort, I just created this route on my own and everyone is on their own to survive it, no broomwagon, no mechanic and no organized food stop, we ll just eat everything in the hippy cafe. Also you won't get any medals at the end, you ll get a kudos though in Strava

Again everyone with good fitness is welcome to come along.

g0g you can put the course into your garmin no problem at all and it will guide you turn by turn.

Boards Evil200km - 9th of June

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