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Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

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    #6602
    PrismES
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭PrismES


    47km last evening with 674m climbing at 24.6kph, up Cruagh Rd to Glencullen down to Kilternan, was supposed to turn Left for home , turned Right instead to Enniskerry, glad I did as it was only then that my legs started to behave.
    Beautiful evening, loving this weather.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/281684965


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    #6603
    Neleven
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Neleven


    From home to Dublin via Rathdrum, Laragh, Roundwood, Bray. 61kms or so - strava ignored all but the first 20km or so😠. Serves me right for using the phone rather than the garmin. Another glorious day though and gradually getting a little more comfortable on the bike.


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    #6604
    Mercian Pro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    alentejo wrote: »
    1st century of the year :).Good god N81 is terrible to cycle on..

    Head for Ballyknockan, Lacken and Manor Kilbride instead and stay off the N81 till Brittas. From there you have a shortish narrow stretch until you get to the top of the Embankment. Alternatively, if you want a bit more pain you can head up Seskin from Brittas and rejoin the N81 on the outskirts of Tallagh.


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    #6605
    ozzy jr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭ozzy jr


    Have we got an unusual wind direction at the moment? I'm tearing down Military road these last couple of days. Touching 70km/h at times.

    I've even been passing out cars :eek:



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    #6606
    PaddyFagan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭PaddyFagan


    Nipped out this evening based on the forecast for tomorrow being iffy, lovely evening if blustery in spots. Managed 43km @27kmph, but more impressive (for me) is that it takes me over 120km in the last seven days:) I know for some posters that's less than a single spin, but I'm very pleased :D

    Paddy


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    #6607
    Stressica
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭Stressica


    Other evening had a lovely cycle in the middle of the sunny spell, which seems to have ended for now as its lashing rain and windy again this evening.

    Cycled to work at 6am that morning so was dark enough when leaving but starting to brighten, was beautiful.

    Then cycled back in the evening via the garden center and then went back towards Kerryhead.

    Only 40km but a lovely cycle none the less and I try do it as often as I can.


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    #6608
    Neleven
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Neleven


    Had an opportunity to do a different type of cycling ( for me) today: instead of gentle cycles along the quiet, sylvan lanes of South Wicklow I was able to experience the madness of Dublin City centre - 19 Kms on the hybrid from Phoenix park to Parnell Square and then on via the wonderful N11 to the 'burbs. Going up O Connell St was fun: there is, apparently, a cycle lane - and at one stage I think I got to within a traffic lane of it. I was too busy dodging buses, taxis, pedestrians, pigeons whilst trying not to scream from the pure adrenaline rush of it - a mixture of pure fear and enjoyment. Sublime madness.


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    #6609
    sullivlo
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭sullivlo


    Glasnevin - Swords - Skerries - Loughshinny - Rush - Glasnevin

    63 km. 23 kph average.

    Happy with that. But ferrocious winds. Nice few bumpy hills too. I'm not a climber but starting to encorporate some hill work.


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    #6610
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    ozzy jr wrote: »

    I've even been passing out cars :eek:


    And on a continuous white line too !

    I cycled a mere 10km yesterday, only getting back on the bike after a longgg time off, I really missed not cycling.


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    #6611
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    ozzy jr wrote: »
    Have we got an unusual wind direction at the moment? I'm tearing down Military road these last couple of days. Touching 70km/h at times.

    I've even been passing out cars :eek:


    Only 70? :cool::P


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    #6612
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Cycling at along the south canal today, abreast with a friend, suddenly an adult swan lands on his back. One on my biggest wtf moments ever.

    :eek::eek::eek:


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    #6613
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Finished work and headed up Ballinascorney/Sally Gap/Featherbeds and down Stocking lane. It's becoming my regular hill training loop, I still need loads of metres if I'm going to get up the mountains on holidays.

    "Go on Steve, sure what do you want long bib and long sleeve jersey for? FFS, its nearly Summer.
    Ah, I'll throw on the jersey, might be breezy up there, maybe the overshoes.
    Whaattt??? You're from the OX Mountains. Real Weshty mountains, not these soft Jackeen things. You'll be grand, sure you'd do this in your underpants.
    Ya, I probably could but feck it I'll stick on the jersey just in case.

    See, Its lovely up here, PR on the Ballinascorney climb, cruising now....barely a cloud in the sky....except for that small one over there beyond Blessington. Go on, not a bother, nearly at the top of the Sally now, sure we'll head for Kippure....
    Ya, why not. Is that cloud getting close? It's after getting a bit breezy now...
    Jesus Christ my ears, my legs ....Hail Stones!!!! Oh that's awful bloody sore. Where has the warmth gone? Headwind too?? FFS
    What the hell is going on with my forhead? NNGhhh...It's like I've eaten too much ice cream too fast. Oh God almighty that's fkn perishing, I can hardly breath.
    And now my glasses are fogging up. And now my fingers and toes are going numb. F%$K Kippure!!!! Get me the hell off this abomnibal mountain quick before I freeze to death. Where's my overshoes? Gloves? Long Bib ? Steve, you are a stupid prick.

    Oh wait, here's the sunshine again just as I start to descend. No worries at all....except for a vicious gust of wind through a gate halfway down Stocking lane. Ah sure here, have another blast of hailstones for the craic."

    46km in 2:11 with 849m climbing.
    Got a pile of PRs on the climbs. They don't get easier but I am getting a tiny bit faster.

    And I'm never listening to myself again

    https://www.strava.com/activities/283318138


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    #6614
    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    I set off today after the young lad's hurling match. It was a bit later than I'd hoped for. Standing watching the hurling match (they lost btw), I felt the wind. I thought to myself "the ould cycle will be a bit of torture with this wind"

    So, hurling done and dusted, I donned full winter clobber after my pitch side experience and set off with a mate. We struggled out the Tallaght Bypass and went up the Embankment with the wind p1ssing us off the whole way. We continued with our struggle around Blessington Lakes, through Valleymount and turned left in Blessington for Naas. The wind was once again in our faces but at least it's predominantly downhill to Naas.

    At Naas we stopped for a coffee and as we sipped, big dark clouds loomed and the associated hailstones fell at an alarming rate. Thankfully we were sheltered by a Maxol canopy. I looked at my bike (I do this regularly) and then I thought :eek: the mudguard is at home! So despite the fact that the rain had stopped, I got drenched at the rear by my almost worn Michelin Pro 4. Absoultely drenched. My backside was soaked and cold. I yelled at the Bus Éireann driver who squeezed me into a massive puddle that I was trying to avoid. I called him a wank3r but obviously he didn't hear and he probably didn't realise that I was trying to avoid said puddle.

    Anyway, I made it home with 92km on the clock. Usually I'd carry on and turn that into 100km but I was cold, wet and tired. The thoughts of another 4km into the wind (and 4km in the opposite direction) just didn't seem as inviting as a warm shower and food so I turned into the driveway.

    92km, 710m @ 23.1km/h.

    Thankfully the weather forecast for the coming week is looking good!
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    #6615
    The Cycling pianist
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭The Cycling pianist


    Headed down to Sundrive today. Cycling there, training and cycling home amounted to 55k and brought me up to 115 for the week so far. I've managed to get over 100k for the last three weeks in a row. Like someone said a few pages back, that's nothing for some of the guys on here, but I'm delighted with it :)


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    #6616
    Buchaill_Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭Buchaill_Mor


    Alek wrote:
    Cycling at along the south canal today, abreast with a friend, suddenly an adult swan lands on his back. One on my biggest wtf moments ever.


    Where about on the canal was that??


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    #6617
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Buchaill_Mor wrote: »
    Where about on the canal was that??

    Park West Business Park, more or less.


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    #6618
    kilty_lad
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭kilty_lad


    Cycled out to St Anne's park from Irishtown for the Parkrun this morning. Ran my 5k in a new PB 19.25 and then hopped on the bike again on to Howth summit followed by Portmarnock then Malahide. Turned around to face a daunting wind and went back the same route taking in Howth summit and along the coast road to Clontarf.

    Delighted to get 70km at 25.2km/hr (+5km run) after purchasing a new set of wheels during the week!


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    #6619
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,952 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    331k today - my longest cycle to date (3,183 metres climbing averaging 25.1 km/h. Had registered for the Ardattin 200k Audax so decided to cycle the 52k from Rush to the start line in Bray. I also cycled home from the finish taking a detour via Sutton/Portmarnock to stretch the ride a bit. Tough going into the energy sapping headwinds earlier in the day.

    https://app.strava.com/activities/283520142

    (The Ardattin 200 is described as being a 'flat' Audax! I seemed to have spent half the day out of the saddle!)


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    #6620
    kilty_lad
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭kilty_lad


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    331k today - my longest cycle to date (3,183 metres climbing averaging 25.1 km/h. Had registered for the Ardattin 200k Audax so decided to cycle the 52k from Rush to the start line in Bray. I also cycled home from the finish taking a detour via Sutton/Portmarnock to stretch the ride a bit. Tough going into the energy sapping headwinds earlier in the day.


    (The Ardattin 200 is described as being a 'flat' Audax! I seemed to have spent half the day out of the saddle!)

    Puts my measly 70k to shame. Well done, great riding!


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    #6621
    jober
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭jober


    just back from a family holiday in Italy
    got the pass to do a bit of cycling while I was there

    it was my first time cycling outside of Ireland,
    Italy has some serious hills
    some of the roads were shocking which made some of the descending very hairy. On two occasions the road had disappeared down the side of the mountain

    I hired a bike for 4 days cost me €50 so reasonable enough

    day 1 68km around the hills of lucrezia where I was staying, some of the hills regularly hitting 20%

    day 2 130km down to Pesaro along the adriatic coast I was told the giro takes this route regularly, it was just never ending hills upon hills average speed was only 19.5kph

    day 3 legs were hanging so I cancelled a planned 120km and only did 76 to a town called urbino and back

    day 4 cycled back to bike shop the long way a nice 59km to finish my Italian cycling off

    I would normally struggle up sallys gap but that seems like a mere bump compared to what I cycled up last week


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    #6622
    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Impressive distance, WA. That's some spin.
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    #6623
    zindicato
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭zindicato


    110 kms today for SERC 3 peaks challenge horrible rainy windy weather, and really cold too .


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    #6624
    happyhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭happyhappy


    zindicato wrote: »
    110 kms today for SERC 3 peaks challenge horrible rainy windy weather, and really cold too .

    Did it too, my furthest spin this year. Agree on the weather, took me hours to thaw out!


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    #6625
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    The Cycling pianist wrote: »
    Headed down to Sundrive today. Cycling there, training and cycling home amounted to 55k and brought me up to 115 for the week so far. I've managed to get over 100k for the last three weeks in a row. Like someone said a few pages back, that's nothing for some of the guys on here, but I'm delighted with it :)

    Who were you? I was there too, done the 8am session and decided to hang around for the 10am session seeing as the sun was out and my legs weren't tired enough yet :P I was the one in black/red Hackney CC kit, done 108km on the track yesterday, I calculate that at about 228 laps...

    Rode over to watch the Stamullen GP this afternoon, just missed all the rain


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    #6626
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Went out this morning. Was a nightmare so turned back after 10km. Too wet. To windy. Not worth it.

    Got a second chance this morning and got another 30km in before it got dark. Happy out.


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    #6627
    zindicato
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭zindicato


    happyhappy wrote: »
    Did it too, my furthest spin this year. Agree on the weather, took me hours to thaw out!
    same with me was dissapointed that there was no coffee at the foodstop but aside from that enjoyed being back that route were wearing a boardsie kit? was the one in the new long sleeve kit


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    #6628
    Neleven
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Neleven


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    331k today - my longest cycle to date (3,183 metres climbing averaging 25.1 km/h. Had registered for the Ardattin 200k Audax so decided to cycle the 52k from Rush to the start line in Bray. I also cycled home from the finish taking a detour via Sutton/Portmarnock to stretch the ride a bit. Tough going into the energy sapping headwinds earlier in the day

    (The Ardattin 200 is described as being a 'flat' Audax! I seemed to have spent half the day out of the saddle!)

    Your cycles to (and from!) your cycles put me to shame. A voluntary detour after 320 kms or so? I'm lost for words - how do your legs keep going?


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    #6629
    devonp
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭devonp


    quick spin this evening
    47Km 1h30m 31.4 avg flat to enfield and back

    anyone do the Tour de Foothills ? seemed horrible weather this morning, any snow up there?


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    #6630
    Unknown Soldier
    Registered Users Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    devonp wrote: »
    quick spin this evening
    47Km 1h30m 31.4 avg flat to enfield and back

    anyone do the Tour de Foothills ? seemed horrible weather this morning, any snow up there?


    No snow. Just a wind chill factor of ZERO.

    Painfull if you didn't have winter gloves etc :(


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    #6631
    devonp
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭devonp


    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    No snow. Just a wind chill factor of ZERO.

    Painfull if you didn't have winter gloves etc :(

    good stuff to all who did it

    hoping to get down to Carlow next week for the Blackstairs challenge


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