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40km today. I took a half day from work and made the most of it.
Jebus, the wind was strong heading out the Tallaght Bypass. I went up the Embankment and on to Manor Kilbride. I turned back to ensure that I got back before sunset.
I'm glad to have gotten out but I'm over 10 mins down on my time for that route which is expected given the wind/weather/temperature.
4,750km for the year to date.
40km, 275m, 24.6km/h
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Paddy@CIRL wrote: »
Still very lightheaded and dizzy when I get off the bike at the end, immediately need to sit down or else I feel like I'm going to collapse. Any ideas what's causing this? I had the same yesterday but put it down to not having a breakfast in the morning. Had a decent breakfast this morning (bowl of porridge) about an hour beforehand so don't think it's that. FWIW, I'm fine on the bike, it's just when I get home and dismount.
Take it handy for the last 4 or 5km - warm down. It might help.
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I went to get a few chocolate croissants to Lidl and home again for breakfast withthe smallies...
Nothing better than a bit of fresh air to start the day
Their pain au chocolait are also delish
10 laps of Howth for December Gran Fondo, with a few slabs of xmas cake at the village market. Cracking day.0 -
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Hope you recover soon!
Wind wrecked me today aswell. Blew my bike over and bent the stand:mad: Also done something to the chain cover as there is some creaking noise from it. It was late when I got back, just gave it a quick glance over will have to investigate further tomorrow
Hope your bike recovers too! First thing I checked after my crash was the bike, then myself...bike perfect, sorry, not gloating 0 -
Mental winds today. I struggled out the Tallaght Bypass with the wind blowing straight at me. The wind was that strong that I was reduced to a crawl in 34x21. At times I was thinking of turning for home but I plugged on up the Embankment, into Manor Kilbride and then took the Threecastles road to Blessington.
The going was much easier on the way back with the wind behind me but caution was needed in a few blustery crosswinds. At Manor Kilbride on the way back, I snapped yet another spoke. Many thanks to the guy on the blue Trek who stopped to help me remove the spoke from the hub - your help was much appreciated.
51km, 328m @ 23.4km/h. A 7th overall on short stretch on the R137 near the Spawell thanks to the wind - it owed me something after the struggle it posed on the way out!!
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Due to both college and Christmas work commitments, haven't got out for a decent spin in ages, and haven't been keeping track of mileage properly for a few weeks either, so I decided to check my accounts and see what the mileage stands at, as it won't increase greatly between now and year's end. I was pleasantly surprised to see its sitting at roughly 2,500km for the year. Got new shoes for crimbo, and planning on upgrading the groupset as well after christmas. Looking forward to 2015, New year's resolution and all that 0
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Hardest wind I've faced since our 2nd leg spin from Dublin to Westport, I was bunched 40km in, having planned to do 100km today on my own but clicked in at 74km which was disappointing but the wind and rain made it feel like 100km!
Leg/hip/back getting back % by %. Need to get it checked again to see if any strenght gain, but its progress anyway.0 -
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In fairness, it was seriously windy out there today. Got up at 5.30, sat out the back having a coffee and a smoke (3 coffees & 4 smokes for my shame) and watched the trees behind my house bend a little bit and then when intermittent gales hit them... bend a lot.
Recovering from the Ebola virus that my brothers' children gave me last week I thought... nah, car.
Stupid me then started talking about snow/ice and that you can't actually get on the bike. I had a choice. 'Twas a bit of a mental battle tbh. It's christmas etc.
That was some sh1tty wind this morning! Glad I gave it a lash. 32.2 done in and out of work.
317km done for December and 7,625 for the year, so far.
The temptation to hit 8,000 is strong but I don't think I will bother. I didn't have a target for the year as it's my first year of cycling (targetless) and I think I'll keep 8,000 as my minimum target for next year.
So eh, happy Xmas everyone. Props to anyone who put their ride here, no matter how big or small. I enjoyed reading about them and in some found inspiration/motivation.0 -
Unknown Soldier wrote: »In fairness, it was seriously windy out there today. Got up at 5.30, sat out the back having a coffee and a smoke (3 coffees & 4 smokes for my shame) and watched the trees behind my house bend a little bit and then when intermittent gales hit them... bend a lot.
Recovering from the Ebola virus that my brothers' children gave me last week I thought... nah, car.
Stupid me then started talking about snow/ice and that you can't actually get on the bike. I had a choice. 'Twas a bit of a mental battle tbh. It's christmas etc.
That was some sh1tty wind this morning! Glad I gave it a lash. 32.2 done in and out of work.
317km done for December and 7,625 for the year, so far.
The temptation to hit 8,000 is strong but I don't think I will bother. I didn't have a target for the year as it's my first year of cycling (targetless) and I think I'll keep 8,000 as my minimum target for next year.
So eh, happy Xmas everyone. Props to anyone who put their ride here, no matter how big or small. I enjoyed reading about them and in some found inspiration/motivation.
Jaysus, some amount of kms for a smoker! Fair play.0 -
Unknown Soldier wrote: »In fairness, it was seriously windy out there today. Got up at 5.30, sat out the back having a coffee and a smoke (3 coffees & 4 smokes for my shame) and watched the trees behind my house bend a little bit and then when intermittent gales hit them... bend a lot.
Recovering from the Ebola virus that my brothers' children gave me last week I thought... nah, car.
Stupid me then started talking about snow/ice and that you can't actually get on the bike. I had a choice. 'Twas a bit of a mental battle tbh. It's christmas etc.
That was some sh1tty wind this morning! Glad I gave it a lash. 32.2 done in and out of work.
317km done for December and 7,625 for the year, so far.
The temptation to hit 8,000 is strong but I don't think I will bother. I didn't have a target for the year as it's my first year of cycling (targetless) and I think I'll keep 8,000 as my minimum target for next year.
So eh, happy Xmas everyone. Props to anyone who put their ride here, no matter how big or small. I enjoyed reading about them and in some found inspiration/motivation.
Much the same here (also a smoker ). I did set a target of 4,500km for the year and I'm now at 4,800km and 35,000m which is all good. I don't have a commuting option unfortunately.
I'll set 5,500 for 2015 (Wicklow 200 being the ultimate aim) but for now the bike is upside down awaiting the Campy Zondas and a 105 groupset. I'll be getting the lend of a power bar tomorrow to remove the BB.
Happy Christmas to all here. My next post in this thread will be after a spin on an (almost) new bike!!
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Unknown Soldier wrote: »In fairness, it was seriously windy out there today. Got up at 5.30, sat out the back having a coffee and a smoke (3 coffees & 4 smokes for my shame) and watched the trees behind my house bend a little bit and then when intermittent gales hit them... bend a lot.
Recovering from the Ebola virus that my brothers' children gave me last week I thought... nah, car.
Stupid me then started talking about snow/ice and that you can't actually get on the bike. I had a choice. 'Twas a bit of a mental battle tbh. It's christmas etc.
That was some sh1tty wind this morning! Glad I gave it a lash. 32.2 done in and out of work.
317km done for December and 7,625 for the year, so far.
The temptation to hit 8,000 is strong but I don't think I will bother. I didn't have a target for the year as it's my first year of cycling (targetless) and I think I'll keep 8,000 as my minimum target for next year.
So eh, happy Xmas everyone. Props to anyone who put their ride here, no matter how big or small. I enjoyed reading about them and in some found inspiration/motivation.
Only good,thing about 5:30 is,that you have the roads to yourself. With the wind this morning it makes it a bit safer to have empty roads0 -
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Had an 'altercation' with a car on the merrion road this morning - my first bad experience since I started cycling
A car in the left hand land was stopped waiting to turn right at Shewsbury Park - I was cycling along in the bus lane when a car undertook the car waiting to turn and cut right across me in the bus lane. Luckily I jammed on the brakes so my front tyre only touched the door of the car - but as it was my first bad experience it knocked my confidence a bit for the rest of my cycle. Was there anything I should do differently? Normally I keep an eye out for such situations but the undertaking car was going at a fierce pace.0 -
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eclectichoney wrote: »Had an 'altercation' with a car on the merrion road this morning - my first bad experience since I started cycling
A car in the left hand land was stopped waiting to turn right at Shewsbury Park - I was cycling along in the bus lane when a car undertook the car waiting to turn and cut right across me in the bus lane. Luckily I jammed on the brakes so my front tyre only touched the door of the car - but as it was my first bad experience it knocked my confidence a bit for the rest of my cycle. Was there anything I should do differently? Normally I keep an eye out for such situations but the undertaking car was going at a fierce pace.
Not much you can do about what happened, at least you didn't suffer a spill. It's impossible to anticipate every random event, apart from growing eyes in the back of your head, to borrow a quote from Hill Street Blues " be careful out there"0 -
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Just back from a 30k spin around Howth and Baldoyle. Cold but lovely and sunny. Plenty cyclists out around Howth. Even managed a PR on ascent from the village to the summit, probably because I was trying to catch 2 lads 500m in front of me!
We may have crossed paths, but I took in Malahide Rd, Fairview & Clontarf before hitting Howth, Portmarnock and home.
Tbh I didn't enjoy todays riding, I tweaked a knee injury almost from the 'get-go and it niggled at me the whole time. Then it seemed I got ever red light, combined with the cold it took forever to get my heart rate up. Then I found the coast road freezing, and tbh I couldn't wait to get home and a warm shower.
Got shouted at by walkers on the cycle path in Clontarf lol.
Here's a photo from the wooden bridge on Dollier.
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