Sundrive Track League

kumate_champ07 · 08-05-2014 10:35pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

I'm bringing a hot bottle and fleece blanket for next week.

please do, that will guarantee great weather!

nak · 08-05-2014 10:43pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

I'm bringing a hot bottle and fleece blanket for next week.

This is the back-up plan if Adidas don't send my hot pants on time. Sleeping bag is also tempting. Embrocation isn't working.

eeeee · 08-05-2014 10:45pm

Blankies ahoy!

CramCycle · 12-05-2014 1:41pm

League results so far are up on the site:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~mcnallyswordscc/Sundrive/2013_SummerLeagueResult.pdf

Feeling the pressure now, I have never been not the last person before, fair play to all I recognise on there, the boardsies are doing well across the board.

eeeee · 12-05-2014 1:48pm

Me neither. No pressure then! I am gonna have to rustle up some more of that beginners luck from somewhere :pac:

Harrybelafonte · 12-05-2014 2:00pm

CramCycle wrote: »

League results so far are up on the site:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~mcnallyswordscc/Sundrive/2013_SummerLeagueResult.pdf

Feeling the pressure now, I have never been not the last person before, fair play to all I recognise on there, the boardsies are doing well across the board.

You'd wanna watch now, any more excellent performances and you might find yourself promoted to Bs leader.

gadetra wrote: »

Me neither. No pressure then! I am gonna have to rustle up some more of that beginners luck from somewhere :pac:

Very nicely done. No luck involved. Think of how much you'll be able to improve now.

eeeee · 12-05-2014 2:10pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

You'd wanna watch now, any more excellent performances and you might find yourself promoted to Bs leader.

Very nicely done. No luck involved. Think of how much you'll be able to improve now.

Aw thanks, not at all true but I'll take it! The biggest improvement in me will possibly come when I finally grow those testicles I have been talking about

Harrybelafonte · 12-05-2014 2:12pm

gadetra wrote: »

Aw thanks, not at all true but I'll take it! The biggest improvement in me will possibly come when I finally grow those testicles I have been talking about

Doping is not permitted.

eeeee · 12-05-2014 2:14pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Doping is not permitted.

Damn. Though they have yet to appear in the morning when I wake up so I should be ok so far. Must stop praying to the two hairy round gods in the sky so :pac:

CramCycle · 12-05-2014 2:14pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

You'd wanna watch now, any more excellent performances and you might find yourself promoted to Bs leader.

There were far stronger than me there last week, my current heights are a mere discrepancy of less people the first night. Either way there will be no sandbagging this Wednesday.

SERCPRO · 12-05-2014 2:18pm

Damn ....I'm going to ask Lance if he'll accept a refund !
I see that I'm not worthy of being a Sundrive rider

Harrybelafonte · 12-05-2014 2:19pm

Are you still down as the previous team though?

SERCPRO · 12-05-2014 2:22pm

Yep, I'm still down under my previous team ! I suppose I can only be inducted when I get the cub gear

dave_o_brien · 12-05-2014 2:22pm

There's a few people there with the wrong club to their names.

Harrybelafonte · 12-05-2014 2:28pm

Just flicked through there. You're right.

May have copied and pasted from last year

SERCPRO · 12-05-2014 2:33pm

Looking forward to Wednesday already. The weather doesn't look too bad .

dave_o_brien · 12-05-2014 2:39pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

Looking forward to Wednesday already. The weather doesn't look too bad .

Likewise. Still unclear as to whether or not I'll be recovered enough to race, but if not, I'll at least show up to spectate.

SERCPRO · 12-05-2014 2:42pm

dave_o_brien wrote: »

Likewise. Still unclear as to whether or not I'll be recovered enough to race, but if not, I'll at least show up to spectate.

Are you not feeling the may west ?

eeeee · 12-05-2014 2:46pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

Looking forward to Wednesday already. The weather doesn't look too bad .

Me too. I have a feeling I'm gonna be feicked from tonight on Wednesday again. But it's all good isn't it?!! (Damn Hugh's whistle. It is impossible not to bust yourself. I am gonna try tonight tough. I need Wednesday legs!)

dave_o_brien · 12-05-2014 2:46pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

Are you not feeling the may west ?

Crashed (or more accurately, was taken out) in the Kanturk 3 Day, am suffering with a sprained thumb and some bruised ribs.

SERCPRO · 12-05-2014 2:53pm

dave_o_brien wrote: »

Crashed (or more accurately, was taken out) in the Kanturk 3 Day, am suffering with a sprained thumb and some bruised ribs.

Damn! Sorry to hear that

Get well soon .

dave_o_brien · 12-05-2014 3:00pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

Damn! Sorry to hear that Get well soon .

Ah, I'm ok. Hauling on the bars and hard efforts are rough on the chest, as is anything that causes breathing too deeply, but it could be worse!

Harrybelafonte · 12-05-2014 4:21pm

As looks a bit one sided.

kumate_champ07 · 12-05-2014 4:37pm

gadetra wrote: »

Me too. I have a feeling I'm gonna be feicked from tonight on Wednesday again. But it's all good isn't it?!! (Damn Hugh's whistle. It is impossible not to bust yourself. I am gonna try tonight tough. I need Wednesday legs!)

last monday we did alot of sprints, its a good idea to get some extra protein intake during the 48hrs afterwards, especially the 60mins straight after.

kumate_champ07 · 12-05-2014 4:40pm

rain has cleared over Dublin now, theres a risk of some patches after 6pm but it should be mostly dry

Chips Lovell · 12-05-2014 4:43pm

Was going to go. Then got called into a late meeting. Then thought it would be rained off, so didn't mind too much. Now looking wistfully out window...

Harrybelafonte · 12-05-2014 5:06pm

Had also planned on going to training tonight. Maasive workload means more roller sessions.

CramCycle · 12-05-2014 5:07pm

Ditto, 5 minutes ago, I got asked was I too busy to hang around for a few hours for priority work.

nak · 12-05-2014 5:25pm

Same here - in work late and knackered as having to do the work of 2 people due to half the group pulling a sickie.

CramCycle · 14-05-2014 1:16pm

Quick questions, what is this race in the list:
Ik hcap (scr at big gate)

I presume it means a 1k handicap but how does that work on a 460m track? or am I a bit stupid today?

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 1:20pm

Ugh, it's an odd one. People are placed at different points of the track according to strength, weakest furthest forward, past finish line or even a half lap up. Strongest usually by back gate. Then you're off for two laps. It's very, very difficult to win if you're the stronger, as 1k isn't much to catch them.

Beasty · 14-05-2014 1:50pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Quick questions, what is this race in the list:
Ik hcap (scr at big gate)

I presume it means a 1k handicap but how does that work on a 460m track? or am I a bit stupid today?

The faster guys do the full 1k starting at the beginning of the home straight. The slower ones do a bit less with some maybe doing exactly 2 laps

CramCycle · 14-05-2014 2:27pm

Brilliant, thanks for the info, I thought it was some weird version of the Hare and Hound, this sounds much worse (or better) :Big Grin:

C-Shore · 14-05-2014 2:39pm

My handicap will be so large, I'll be starting right behind you :pac:

The hare and hound is the two groups isn't it? Essentially like a handicap scratch race?

CramCycle · 14-05-2014 3:08pm

C-Shore wrote: »

The hare and hound is the two groups isn't it? Essentially like a handicap scratch race?

Precisely.

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 3:22pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Precisely.

It's almost better to be the hare as you get to test your mettle against the big boys when they catch you.

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:02pm

Tough night. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

CramCycle · 14-05-2014 11:07pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Tough night. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

Very much so, warm up was a good idea but my legs were gone by the third. The guy in red white and blue stripes is a beast.

Had to go and apologise to the young LCRC rider after the race. Guy pulled up and the second in line slowed. LCRC guy slowed enough but I didn't see it till I had tapped his wheel. Both were fine but I should have reacted better

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:11pm

Yeah, Kraftwerk guy was killing it. He was there before so I was wondering where he was hiding it.

I was standing around between races three and four and was in absolute agony until lap three of the race when my legs finally warmed up. I'm gonna have to start bringing rollers.

eeeee · 14-05-2014 11:14pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Tough night. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

Yup I had loads of fun, despite coming no where! I have a variety of excuses to trot out but I mainly need to get better! I did better at getting closer to people and didn't go off the track this week. Testicular development remains pitifully absent!

You guys were flying, well done

Kraftwerk guy is an animal! Fair play to him

Beasty · 14-05-2014 11:16pm

T'was positiely balmy tonight compared to last week.

It was noted that CramCycle eased off towards the end of the evening in a vain attempt to evade promotion to Group B - the backhander may have worked last week, but the "facilitators" this week could not be bought (not once I had paid them off anyway!):pac:

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:16pm

gadetra wrote: »

Yup I had loads of fun, despite coming no where! I have a variety of excuses to trot out but I mainly need to get better! I did better at getting closer to people and didn't go off the track this week. Testicular development remains pitifully absent!

You guys were flying, well done

It takes time. You're only really three days of racing in. Look up some interval sessions

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:18pm

Cram in Bs?

As is way more tactical than Bs, I got caught out on last lap. Forgot to check under my arm to see who was there... Everyone!

eeeee · 14-05-2014 11:19pm

Actually one thing annoyed me. Two guys were put in with the ladies because they hadn't won any points before. They had both raced before, just not won any points. I think that's really sexist and unfair, I mean where do the women go if they haven't won any points, the juniors? It's the exact same thing. I really didn't like that, and I say that as someone with no chance of winning anything! If a woman starts on track she goes in the lady C's. She does not get a nice easier, slower group to ride in. A guy gets to go into our group. No fair. And saying it was about numbers is bull. There were only 14 men C's. There are more B's!
To conclude, it is sexist and unfair. I wasn't the only one who thought that either.

SERCPRO · 14-05-2014 11:24pm

Well done to all. Some great performances from all with approximately 80 signed on. Thanks to all who organised.

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:26pm

gadetra wrote: »

Actually one thing annoyed me. Two guys were put in with the ladies because they hadn't won any points before. They had both raced before, just not won any points. I think that's really sexist and unfair, I mean where do the women go if they haven't won any points, the juniors? It's the exact same thing. I really didn't like that, and I say that as someone with no chance of winning anything! If a woman starts on track she goes in the lady C's. She does not get a nice easy, slower group to ride in. A guy gets to go into our group. No fair. And saying it was about numbers is bull. There were only 14 men C's. There are more B's!
To conclude, it is sexist and unfair. I wasn't the only one who thought that either.

Best to talk to the organisers about it. There's a logic to it but I'd let them explain it. I'd rather not get into a political discussion here tbh considering how generally positive every one's experiences have been so far.

eeeee · 14-05-2014 11:30pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Best to talk to the organisers about it. There's a logic to it but I'd let them explain it. I'd rather not get into a political discussion here tbh considering how generally positive every one's experiences have been so far.

No no I don't want to get political at all, if it is on ability it makes sense and most of the time it is. I would still say it has been uber positive, I am loving it anyway. If there are reasons they should be explained. Otherwise it looks like, well you know *dodges the political bullet* :pac:

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:35pm

gadetra wrote: »

No no I don't want to get political at all, if it is on ability it makes sense and most of the time it is. I would still say it has been uber positive, I am loving it anyway. If there are reasons they should be explained. Otherwise it looks like, well you know *dodges the political bullet* :pac:

In fairness to the guys they've made a lot of effort to encourage women to get involved. Someone can confirm when there were enough ladies for a group of their own, but when I started three years ago we were all together and I could count the ladies on two hands. In fact, the ladies specific course I mentioned to you before is being run by the same people who made the decision tonight.

Nice to see Melanie Spath there tonight too.

SERCPRO · 14-05-2014 11:35pm

I took some pics this evening. I'll try and upload them at some stage amarach.

Harrybelafonte · 14-05-2014 11:36pm

SERCPRO wrote: »

I took some pics this evening. I'll try and upload them at some stage amarach.

****, I thought I saw flashes.

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