Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Bloggsie · 07-07-2015 8:02am

I posted here about 12 months ago about a mutt charging out of the entrance to the house it lives on and 100% scaring the sh1te out of me, I contacted the local Co Co & no sign of the mutt till this morning when it came barrelling out the entrance(no gate on it) and chased me 30-40 yards along the road, I had to give it some welly but I also had to veer on to the opposite side of the road as it didnt stay on the path but was alongside me for 15-20 yards, TBTF no traffic was driving the other way!
Back on to the Co Co this morning methinks!

irishrover99 · 07-07-2015 9:31am

Bloggsie wrote: »

I posted here about 12 months ago about a mutt charging out of the entrance to the house it lives on and 100% scaring the sh1te out of me, I contacted the local Co Co & no sign of the mutt till this morning when it came barrelling out the entrance(no gate on it) and chased me 30-40 yards along the road, I had to give it some welly but I also had to veer on to the opposite side of the road as it didnt stay on the path but was alongside me for 15-20 yards, TBTF no traffic was driving the other way!
Back on to the Co Co this morning methinks!

would it be on the strawberry beds road. always get chased by a dog when i'm down there

smacl · 07-07-2015 2:04pm

Usual lunch time loop up Cruagh - Glencullen - Kileternan - Rathfarham. Best Irish summer weather; wash, rinse, blow dry, repeat.

Bloggsie · 07-07-2015 2:05pm

irishrover99 wrote: »

would it be on the strawberry beds road. always get chased by a dog when i'm down there

yes irishrover99, it is the strawberry beds. I spoke to Fingal Co Co today & they advised that there are a number of complaints raised by cyclists against that animal, the dog warden called after my complaint last year & will go back again in lieu of mine & other recent complaints!

irishrover99 · 07-07-2015 2:12pm

Bloggsie wrote: »

yes irishrover99, it is the strawberry beds. I spoke to Fingal Co Co today & they advised that there are a number of complaints raised by cyclists against that animal, the dog warden called after my complaint last year & will go back again in lieu of mine & other recent complaints!

have been thinking of complaining myself as they've came close to getting my ankle a few times, but they are good for increasing your average speed:pac:
i'm always aware of them when i go that route now

first time i seen them i got chased by two of them. i'd hate to be the local post man

brocbrocach · 07-07-2015 2:28pm

Would ye give over. Dog lives there all it's life and just because it mildly inconveniences ye the odd time every few years ye pass through ye'd like to get it locked up or put down?!
The dog doesn't want to give you a proper bite. It's just playing a game. If it's too close for your comfort kick it inna face and that'll sort it.
It's the countryside not your local park.

smacl · 07-07-2015 2:55pm

brocbrocach wrote: »

Would ye give over. Dog lives there all it's life and just because it mildly inconveniences ye the odd time every few years ye pass through ye'd like to get it locked up or put down?!
The dog doesn't want to give you a proper bite. It's just playing a game. If it's too close for your comfort kick it inna face and that'll sort it.
It's the countryside not your local park.

The fault is with the owner, not the dog. They have a legal obligation to keep the dog under control in public, if they can't and the dog's a nuisance they should be prosecuted, simple as that. I've been in an accident with a 'playful' dog when travelling at speed that ran into the road and under my wheels. I was injured, my bike was wrecked, and the dog ended up being put down. Wouldn't happen so much in the countryside, as a stray dog in land where they keep livestock will get shot.

Bloggsie · 07-07-2015 3:04pm

heyho irishrover99, i dont want you to think im telling you what to do as i believe such matters are 100% the choice of those inolved to make the descion to report dogs who are a danger. I did it last year & it appeared to have an effect that I have only heard the animal barking until this mornings excitement, had any traffic been coming the opposite way this morning I would be on a cold slab in James St/James Connolly Hosp.
Scared as fcuk this morning.

Bloggsie · 07-07-2015 3:28pm

really brocbrocach, i assume you are trying to be ironic or funny (serious fail)
I am aware of the threat it presents as I pass the address I am out of the saddle as soon as i hear it to get away, in regards to kick it inna face, by doing so the chances of it causing me to spill increase as it may go under the wheels.
not very cool!

07-07-2015 3:50pm

There is a dog near my parents house that roams free and loves barking at me and chasing me.

The one time it caught up with me it licked my leg :rolleyes:

irishrover99 · 07-07-2015 4:16pm

Bloggsie wrote: »

heyho irishrover99, i dont want you to think im telling you what to do as i believe such matters are 100% the choice of those inolved to make the descion to report dogs who are a danger. I did it last year & it appeared to have an effect that I have only heard the animal barking until this mornings excitement, had any traffic been coming the opposite way this morning I would be on a cold slab in James St/James Connolly Hosp.
Scared as fcuk this morning.

i don't think that at all. your well within your rights to report it and i'd have no complaints with that. they are dangerous and its not like they are small jack russell type dogs either. a bite would hurt, even without the dangers they cause by avoiding them

brocbrocach · 07-07-2015 4:30pm

Bloggsie wrote: »

really brocbrocach, i assume you are trying to be ironic or funny (serious fail)
I am aware of the threat it presents as I pass the address I am out of the saddle as soon as i hear it to get away, in regards to kick it inna face, by doing so the chances of it causing me to spill increase as it may go under the wheels.
not very cool!

No I'm being dead serious. Sorry I don't mean to have a go at anyone but I don't like the idea of people going around the place imposing Health and Safety where they have no business. I'm sure that dog's neighbours etc put up with it everyday and don't go reporting it to the council. Pretty much every country farm (certainly in the West) has a dog that roams around the place like it owns it.
Look, I sympathise with people who crash on account of them and sometimes there's just bad luck involved but in general it's about learning to deal with the situation properly. You can't sanitise everything on the road - dogs, cats, sheep, wild pigs etc are just a hazard to be put up with.

Bloggsie · 07-07-2015 5:06pm

its your opinion and you are completly entitled to it, wild pigs, sheep & cattle mooching along on country roads are one thing but dogs are governed by law and their owners must keep them under control, not charging out from the owners property out on to the public road.
As for dogs roaming around the countryside, any farmer I know would be looking for his gun if that was the case.

brocbrocach · 07-07-2015 5:29pm

Bloggsie wrote: »

its your opinion and you are completly entitled to it, wild pigs, sheep & cattle mooching along on country roads are one thing but dogs are governed by law and their owners must keep them under control, not charging out from the owners property out on to the public road.
As for dogs roaming around the countryside, any farmer I know would be looking for his gun if that was the case.

Fair enough, 'tis a legitimate argument.
The one thing I'd say is that in most cases the dog's bark is much worse than it's bite and it's only after a bit of craic with the traffic. Recognizing that can help to minimise it's effect ... in theory anyway (I'm conscious that I'll probably get the bejasus scared out of me by an ambushing dog in the next few weeks and wind up in a ditch!)

ROK ON · 07-07-2015 9:20pm

Bloggsie wrote: »

yes irishrover99, it is the strawberry beds. I spoke to Fingal Co Co today & they advised that there are a number of complaints raised by cyclists against that animal, the dog warden called after my complaint last year & will go back again in lieu of mine & other recent complaints!

I have been chased by this dog - if it's the one after Wrens Nest coming from Lucan direction. Can be dicey when there is car traffic also on the road.

quainy · 07-07-2015 10:35pm

Getting a bit off topic here lads.

I went out today to do two laps of the TriAthlone bike stage, as it was apparently nice and fast, verdict: it was great fun.

Einstein? · 08-07-2015 9:11am

On the bike to work this morning, coming up to Ranelagh triangle and some plonker on a Giant was on the lane to turn left towards Rathmines. Car ahead of him stops at the lights and he swerves onto the right lane which I was on, travelling faster than him, my front tire came within an inch of his rear derailleur and our tires met. He looks over his shoulder then and doesn't even apologize. Mind you, he was wearing full lycra!

Bloggsie · 08-07-2015 9:27am

he was wearing full lycra! still a numpty, just one wearing full lycra!

Bloggsie · 08-07-2015 10:32am

quainy wrote: »

Getting a bit off topic here lads.

I went out today to do two laps of the TriAthlone bike stage, as it was apparently nice and fast, verdict: it was great fun.

I know someone who did the event, said it was a great spin!

quainy · 08-07-2015 2:51pm

Bloggsie wrote: »

I know someone who did the event, said it was a great spin!

It was, there were a few little spots where you had to break heavy but all in all it was very fast and very fun

astraj · 08-07-2015 10:25pm

quainy wrote: »

It was, there were a few little spots where you had to break heavy but all in all it was very fast and very fun

Any route?

quainy · 09-07-2015 9:45am

astraj wrote: »

Any route?

This is the best I can do for you

http://www.triathlone.com/half/#prettyPhoto/1/

smacl · 09-07-2015 7:52pm

Nice evening spin, Rathfarnham - Cruagh - Viewingpoint - Glenasmole - Glassamucky - Viewingpoint - Craugh. Only 29k, but rampy. Some of the roads between Glenasmole and Glassamucky are 'interesting', and had me hanging onto my brakes, white knuckled. Average speed of a whopping 18kph!

Unknown Soldier · 09-07-2015 8:11pm

smacl wrote: »

Nice evening spin, Rathfarnham - Cruagh - Viewingpoint - Glenasmole - Glassamucky - Viewingpoint - Craugh. Only 29k, but rampy. Some of the roads between Glenasmole and Glassamucky are 'interesting', and had me hanging onto my brakes, white knuckled. Average speed of a whopping 18kph!

Do you have meters climbed for that spin? Well done btw!

09-07-2015 9:31pm

Punctured at the Cruagh junction. Destroyed with midgey bites fixing it.

Must be revenge for all the flies I ate last week

Then I punctured again on the way down..

smacl · 10-07-2015 8:14am

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Do you have meters climbed for that spin? Well done btw!

Only 697m, which is a small bit more than a climb of the Sally gap, but just a good bit steeper. I actually found the descending as challenging, steep, very poor surface, and poor sight lines. Similar conditions to the kippure descent, but with a chance of oncoming traffic.

irishrover99 · 10-07-2015 8:35pm

Was hoping to do my first 300 today with a spin to Mt leinster but the wife put a end to that at 7.30 this morning when she told me she had been asked to work this evening.
So went to avoca and back up along the coast road to howth through bray,killiney with strong cross winds.
Settled a score with hill out of avoca from the w200 a few years when I suffered and had a bad day.

Going to laragh the bottom of one day of my bottle broke from the vibration of the new surface in anamoe. The road from there to avoca is in terrible condition with little patches of new road mixed in. Second water holder completely broke off on the road to killcoole. I've had these on for more than a year, same make so its a bit strange that both broke off same day. The vibrations all day on that surface they use is not good for your arse.

Stopped once at the summit pub in howth, great pub and cheap compared to a lot of the places out there,great value and will return there.

Don't think I'd done 300 today anyway as got a cramp,I think for new electrolites I took for the first time.
200km, 27.1 kph and just over 2000 meters.

https://www.strava.com/activities/343091933

longfellow deeds · 10-07-2015 11:39pm

a handy 49k, 32kph, i'm happy with that.

devonp · 11-07-2015 12:23pm

Sat morning spin
Leixlip to Howth, did both hills, "right at the church" on return leg nasty surprise that:eek:
strong headwind on the seafront going home
was hoping for more sunshine , least it didn't rain....

https://www.strava.com/activities/343609120/

Red Belly · 11-07-2015 2:12pm

30kish along the Lake Annecy bike path at 25kphish. Sweltering! This place is really geared towards an active lifestyle. Everything about the infrastructure, the locals' attitude towards and consideration for cyclists, rollerbladers, whatever. We could learn a lot.

Rb

wanderer 22 · 11-07-2015 3:06pm

Gave the Royal & Grand canals a shot today - Ashtown to Kilcock on the Royal, down to Sallins & then Grand canal to Dolphins Barn.

Did some offroading in Phoenix Park too. Great day for it, canal roads were in great nick, dry as a bone (although fairly rough with no suspension, I was on my CX bike with 35mm tyres). The road from Kilcock to Sallins is unpleasant though, narrow and busy.

103km @slow km/h https://www.strava.com/activities/343722739

brock92 · 11-07-2015 3:27pm

6am cycle this morning before work near Fermoy, only went 15km.
Hit 76kmph on a downhill section, hope to break 80kmph tomorrow morning.:)

Im a total beginner. Only my 6th cycle but i must say im really enjoying it.

iwillhtfu · 11-07-2015 3:30pm

brock92 wrote: »

Hit 76kmph on a downhill section, hope to break 80kmph tomorrow morning.

brock92 wrote: »

Im a total beginner.

Probably not the best idea to be honest perhaps spend a bit more time getting used to the bike first.

Out of curiosity what did you record your speed on?

brock92 · 11-07-2015 3:31pm

Strava on my android phone

iwillhtfu · 11-07-2015 3:34pm

brock92 wrote: »

Strava on my android phone

Thought so. They're notorious for suspect data so I wouldn't swear by the speed but in your case it may be accurate.

Go easy on the decents it hurts when you come off.

brock92 · 11-07-2015 3:36pm

Also have strada cycle computer but that was recording slightly faster speed

brock92 · 11-07-2015 3:39pm

If i come of at this speed don't think i will be back here to tell ye about it.

Its short enough section and mainly straight so hopefully will never come off on it. Rabbits are the main danger on it.

ted1 · 11-07-2015 3:46pm

Couldn't male the randonne this morning as I was up all night winding the baby.

but got out for a 56km spin killiney to carrickmines-kilternan- enniskerry-roundwood-bray - killiney

https://www.strava.com/activities/343757657

set lots of PB, at one stage i was going balls out down towards Killmac from roundwood, hitting 62km (720m elevation) and accelerating. when a pesky Grey squirrel decides to sit right in my path. I though about going straight for him. but I thought that i had better slow down, the lads would never let it go if I got beat up by a squirrel..

I did a spin earlier in the week around killiney, which really made the hills easier today.
https://www.strava.com/activities/343757621 (500m elevation )

Sarz91 · 11-07-2015 3:48pm

Went out with a few lads from work so the pace was pretty slow and was more of a social spin. The climbs over here in the lakes are pretty rough. We went over Wrynose which averages 12% for 2.2km and peaks at 30% in spots. Met a guy from Longford Cycling and racing club. We both agreed that the climbs back home in Ireland are a bit more sensible.

https://www.strava.com/activities/343714762

ted1 · 11-07-2015 5:17pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Went out with a few lads from work so the pace was pretty slow and was more of a social spin. The climbs over here in the lakes are pretty rough. We went over Wrynose which averages 12% for 2.2km and peaks at 30% in spots. Met a guy from Longford Cycling and racing club. We both agreed that the climbs back home in Ireland are a bit more sensible.

https://www.strava.com/activities/343714762

That's some climbing, where you covered in snow at any stage .

nilhg · 11-07-2015 5:22pm

colm18 wrote: »

Gave the Royal & Grand canals a shot today - Ashtown to Kilcock on the Royal, down to Sallins & then Grand canal to Dolphins Barn.

Did some offroading in Phoenix Park too. Great day for it, canal roads were in great nick, dry as a bone (although fairly rough with no suspension, I was on my CX bike with 35mm tyres). The road from Kilcock to Sallins is unpleasant though, narrow and busy.

103km @slow km/h https://www.strava.com/activities/343722739

Looking at the elevation profile on your strava there you'd have to say that the engineers that built the canals with shovels, donkeys and carts were fair men.

Going Clane-Digby bridge would have cut out the worst part of your onroad journey, though at the expense of a little more KMs.

nilhg · 11-07-2015 5:26pm

Kildare-Hollywood-Wicklow Gap-Waterfall-SallyGap-Blessington-Home today with the club, we made a bit of an effort to get some of our members who don't usually do hills up there today so the pace was quite steady, it was very enjoyable taking in the sights and smells rather than being fixated on some skinny lads wheel, really enjoyed the spin.

https://www.strava.com/activities/343737762

devonp · 11-07-2015 6:55pm

colm18 wrote: »

Gave the Royal & Grand canals a shot today - Ashtown to Kilcock on the Royal, down to Sallins & then Grand canal to Dolphins Barn.

Did some offroading in Phoenix Park too. Great day for it, canal roads were in great nick, dry as a bone (although fairly rough with no suspension, I was on my CX bike with 35mm tyres). The road from Kilcock to Sallins is unpleasant though, narrow and busy.

103km @slow km/h https://www.strava.com/activities/343722739

@colm18 are you thinking of doing the Long Herron Audax ?
thinking of doing this myself on a Spec crosstrail...a more suitable bike, do you reckon?

RainyDay · 11-07-2015 7:31pm

brock92 wrote: »

Its short enough section and mainly straight so hopefully will never come off on it. Rabbits are the main danger on it.

Just take their bikes off them, that'll sort them out.

wanderer 22 · 11-07-2015 7:31pm

devonp wrote: »

@colm18 are you thinking of doing the Long Herron Audax ?
thinking of doing this myself on a Spec crosstrail...a more suitable bike, do you reckon?

Hey, thanks for letting me know about that; hadn't heard of it..I'll definitely look into it (would be my first Audax). Yeah ,the crosstrail would be good I'd say, I could have done with some suspension today :pac::pac:

happyhappy · 11-07-2015 8:00pm

Did the paddy martin randonee 120 route which was a great course and well organised. Met plenty of bray wheelers members - decent people all round.

Had one of those days where my legs just didn't seem to have power in them but was happy with the average when I got back so no complaining! Think I went out too fast and suffered on the hills as a result.

118.1kms 26.5 avg 1675 gain.

longfellow deeds · 11-07-2015 10:42pm

94 k this morning,
the group averaged about 25kph for the first 2 hours, this included a couple of punctures.
I can't even tell you the route we cycled but it included all the back roads of west Limerick I never knew existed but I know we went through Ballingarry then over to O'Rourkes cross on the Charleville / Limerick road and flew back home with the wind at our backs.

Wishbone Ash · 11-07-2015 11:27pm

Did the Three Provinces 300k Audax today. Almost incessant rain made it tough going. (Also suffered first puncture since January).
305k in 11h 50m averaging 25.8km/h with 2,400m climbing.

https://app.strava.com/activities/344035783

(Hard luck to ford2600 who was forced to abandon due to a mechanical. Hope you got back ok.)

lethal dose · 12-07-2015 4:08pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Did the Three Provinces 300k Audax today. Almost incessant rain made it tough going. (Also suffered first puncture since January).
305k in 11h 50m averaging 25.8km/h with 2,400m climbing.

https://app.strava.com/activities/344035783

(Hard luck to ford2600 who was forced to abandon due to a mechanical. Hope you got back ok.)

I'm curious, given the km's you're doing how many bikes a year do you go through? No but seriously what are you using that makes these distances even remotely comfortable?

iwillhtfu · 12-07-2015 4:11pm

lethal dose wrote: »

I'm curious, given the km's you're doing how many bikes a year do you go through? No but seriously what are you using that makes these distances even remotely comfortable?

Plenty of htfu I'd imagine.

I've seen WA out a few times and yet to see him even remotely look like he's struggling. These (wannabe) Audax lads are a different breed.

Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

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