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Skoda Cycle Series

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 497 ✭✭Ernest Oreo


    mruser2014 wrote: »
    I guess she came cheap if not free as she is mad to get her face in anything.
    .

    :eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭Hollywood130


    Heard there was a promo code for registering anyone find it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭Wicklowrider


    mruser2014 wrote: »
    I will still do the Wicklow one as it looks a nice spin.

    Organisers in Wicklow ( Bray Cancer Support...) have run good events before. They know what they are doing as some of them are Sportive Riders and have shown themselves to be open to suggestions and helpful criticism.With Skoda putting a few bob in I reckon this will be even better and I am looking forward to what they will do in the future


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,454 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    cant see the point of the sligo 2 weeks before the an post event is really stupid on some of the same roads !

    know a few people going but not many most hanging fire for the an post, certainly for our club our sportive is on the following day so we'll be working on that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭EaSwe


    cant see the point of the sligo 2 weeks before the an post event is really stupid on some of the same roads !

    know a few people going but not many most hanging fire for the an post, certainly for our club our sportive is on the following day so we'll be working on that

    The An Post cycle isn't until May 4th, another 4 weeks away, not two.

    The Sligo one is a but of an odd route and few people I've spoken to are uneasy with how much of the cycle is on the N59, that it mightn't be the safest road to use for such an event. The an post cycle stays off it as much as it can afaik.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,454 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    EaSwe wrote: »
    The An Post cycle isn't until May 4th, another 4 weeks away, not two.
    .

    sorry 4 weeks still crazy trying to have 2 big events up here that close together imo why not have it later in the year,

    yeh n59 hadnt considered that especially on a saturday


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭Cyclewizard


    was thinking of doing the wicklow one next week. looked through the FAQ but still a bit confused about the jersey / race pack? does anyone know if they are sent out or we pick them up? it only says 'prior to event 6pm-9pm' no other details. Its a bit confusing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭brayblue24


    was thinking of doing the wicklow one next week. looked through the FAQ but still a bit confused about the jersey / race pack? does anyone know if they are sent out or we pick them up? it only says 'prior to event 6pm-9pm' no other details. Its a bit confusing

    When you enter this info re collection of gear is in the confirmation email you will receive:

    Time : 6:00pm-9:00pm

    Venue : The Bray Emmetts GAA Club, Old Conna Avenue, Bray, Co. Wicklow


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭mruser2014


    Organisers in Wicklow ( Bray Cancer Support...) have run good events before. They know what they are doing as some of them are Sportive Riders and have shown themselves to be open to suggestions and helpful criticism.With Skoda putting a few bob in I reckon this will be even better and I am looking forward to what they will do in the future

    Thanks. Ya looking forward to it now.

    Many on here doing it?

    Bit annoying having to go down the night before to pick up the registration pack but sure it has to be done.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 30 tartanarmy


    mruser2014 wrote: »
    Thanks. Ya looking forward to it now.

    Many on here doing it?

    Bit annoying having to go down the night before to pick up the registration pack but sure it has to be done.

    Did the Sligo one at the weekend. They had registration on the Saturday morning but fairly sure this was only added to the website late on as I wasn't going to make it if you couldn't register on the day. Paid online in advance. Might be worth trying to contact someone there to see.

    I'd be surprised if they didn't offer the same everywhere. Good event though, well marshalled, good food stops.


  • Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭Hollywood130


    Was a great event! Well organised


  • Registered Users Posts: 30 tartanarmy


    Looks like you can sign in on the day, presume you must have entered online beforehand. Might make it easier for some.

    http://www.bray.ie/bray-cancer-support/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭2x4


    With less than a week to go to The Skoda Cycle Series Tour of Wicklow, which takes place this Saturday 12th April, we hope you are as excited about the event as we are!

    Pasta Party

    • At the pasta party, you can sign on, collect your number and Skoda Goody bag. This will save you time on Saturday morning.

    • (If you cannot make the pasta party, you can sign on at Bray Emmets GAA Club on Saturday morning from 8am to 9am)



    Start/Finish Details:
    • The start and finish will take place in Bray Emmets GAA Club, Old Conna Avenue, Bray, Co. Wicklow.


    • Parking, changing & shower facilities available at the start/finish.


    Start Times:

    • 110km Route starts at 9.30am

    • 60km Route starts at 9.40am


    Route maps:

    • 110km:
    http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/346423501


    • 60km:
    http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/346411557


    Feed Stop:






    Social Media:



    Thank you to the following for making the event possible:

    • Skoda Ireland, INM Regionals, Bray Emmets GAA, Bray Town Council, Bray Tourism, Bray Summerfest, www.bray.ie, Dunnes Stores, Everest Cycles, Bray Cancer Support Centre.


    • Proceeds from the Skoda Tour of Wicklow will go to Bray Cancer Support Centre's services in Wicklow & Dublin. For more information please see www.braycancersupport.ie



    We look forward to seeing you on Saturday in Wicklow!

    From the Skoda Tour of Wicklow organising team at Bray Cancer Support Centre.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    This says you must bring your confirmation number but I can't find it. Anyone able to tell me the sender or subject line of this email so I can try to find it or was it just on the web page?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    HivemindXX wrote: »
    This says you must bring your confirmation number but I can't find it. Anyone able to tell me the sender or subject line of this email so I can try to find it or was it just on the web page?

    My email came from fit magazine race entry confirmation

    It's not a race though!!!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    no its still a mockery in my book
    this whole skoda series seems a little amateurish if i'm honest - getting that mcfadden one involved was a bad start..
    i wonder what the uptake is like??

    It is an amateur event

    It's not the world tour we are talking about here!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    bazermc wrote: »
    My email came from fit magazine race entry confirmation

    It's not a race though!!!!!

    Thanks. Definitely no sign of this mail then, I'll have to hope they have a record.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    HivemindXX wrote: »
    Thanks. Definitely no sign of this mail then, I'll have to hope they have a record.

    Check your spam folder.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    They looked my name up on the list and I got registered no problem. Pasta and salad was nice too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    HivemindXX wrote: »
    They looked my name up on the list and I got registered no problem. Pasta and salad was nice too.

    Cool. I will register in the morning.

    Looking forward to this spin. Might see you on the road.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭vektarman


    I did the 60k, well organised and a great variety of food in Laragh and at the finish, the only downside was I didn't see a marshall or signs in Enniskerry on the way back so I ended up (and others apparently) taking a longer route back via the N11. I would definitely do another Skoda series cycle.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭Lambretta


    Very enjoyable but tough event and impressive organisation for a great cause - well done Bray cancer support, Bray Emmets, Volunteers and Skoda.

    Great to see so many volunteers giving up their time to help others.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    vektarman wrote: »
    I did the 60k, well organised and a great variety of food in Laragh and at the finish, the only downside was I didn't see a marshall or signs in Enniskerry on the way back so I ended up (and others apparently) taking a longer route back via the N11. I would definitely do another Skoda series cycle.

    I did the 110k, Was a nice route, I thought they were a bit short of signs but really just in places where one would be nice to confirm you are on the right track. I thought everywhere that you needed to make a turn there was a marshal there. Someone told me that people got lost, which is always possible since it is easy to miss a sign (which is why I like to see regular signs even if there is no possibility for confusion, if I go 5k without seeing one I get suspicious). At Enniskerry the route turned left before you actually entered the town. When I got there there was certainly a marshal waving people through. I really think the marshals deserve a lot of praise, I'd way rather pay €30 and cycle than stand all day at a junction in the middle of nowhere.

    Food was fine and no queuing. The start was a bit peculiar in that we were supposed to line up in the order of Fast People, Regular 110k People, 60k People which sounds fine but there was no way to tell which group you were standing in. Am I in the 60k? Do I need to move forward? Maybe I'm too far forward! Some events have different colour race numbers so you can tell what group the people around you are in. Just let people self identify their group.

    Weather was poor though. Drizzled for hours and a couple of heavier showers. Fairly strong wind as well. Not a lot you can do about that though, and to be honest it could have been a lot worse.

    Thanks to everyone involved and I'm looking forward to my next one (the Dragon in Enniscorthy).


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭desertcircus


    I hope I'm not breaking some rule of which I'm unaware, but would anyone experienced who did the 60k route be able to tell me if just over three hours is a good time? I've just switched sports from rugby to running/cycling (possibly triathlon next year), and I've no context for knowing if I did well or poorly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    It's always difficult to say if a given time/speed is good since without knowing the conditions on the day and the route. There's a big difference between a flat 60k on a still dry day and one which is in gale force winds with driving rain and tough hills.

    The best way is to compare to other people and luckily that's easy since the results are already up. Just over three hours seems to put you in the 85th percentile which seems good to me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 733 ✭✭✭Buzwaldo


    First cycle in wicklow. Expected it to be lumpy. Wasn't disappointed.
    (By far my slowest pace for a 100k cycle)
    +1 for the stewarding.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 574 ✭✭✭3102derek


    HivemindXX wrote: »
    They looked my name up on the list and I got registered no problem. Pasta and salad was nice too.

    We did you get the pasta.? I got just past 5hrs on the 116k and I was told there was no hot food left..


  • Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭AnswerIs42


    We were the same on the 110k. Got to the food stop...told no sandwiches left. Got home and there was no hot food...not impressed on the food front.

    Marshelling was great and course was tough. Glad to see the finish line.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭zindicato


    I hope I'm not breaking some rule of which I'm unaware, but would anyone experienced who did the 60k route be able to tell me if just over three hours is a good time? I've just switched sports from rugby to running/cycling (possibly triathlon next year), and I've no context for knowing if I did well or poorly.


    Its not a race man the most important thing is you enjoyed it and arrived back safely..... make that as your target time to beat the next time you do a spin in the same area
    :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭brayblue24


    Due to a bit of a time restriction on the domestic front I did the 60k. Must say great organisation/marshalling. Hope nobody confused the guy doing the parking at Ballinastoe for a marshal-would have been an easy mistake to make had you gone down the wrong way because of him and his arrows.

    As always on Sportives a great mix of decent folk in good spirits despite the weather for the early part.

    Special word of thanks to the volunteers in Laragh and Bray Emmetts for the grub-top notch (even by Orwell standards!!) and indeed all the other volunteers. I'd certainly do another of these events without hesitation.

    Even the jersey we got is actually OK, so thanks all for a great morning's spin.

    The only downside was the lunatic in the Punto followed by another in a 4x4 pulling a trailer on the Long Hill (the climb from Kilmac that ends at the Sugar Loaf)-I can assure anyone not from the area that that carry on is not the norm for Wicklow by and large.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭bullvine


    Savage day, did the 60k in 4.45 but I went for a spin to Glendalough with a Work Colleague and was taking it real handy, I could have easily done it around 3 hours which I would be delighted with. So well organized. Next time I think I'll challenge the 110k.

    My colleague was from the states and it was so well marshaled that I never felt he'd get lost on the route, crazy stuff on the road at the back of Sugarloaf though, some people have no idea how to overtake bikes..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    3102derek wrote: »
    We did you get the pasta.? I got just past 5hrs on the 116k and I was told there was no hot food left..

    Pasta was the evening before at the pre-registration event. I don't think they had any hot food at the food stop or the end and that's not unusual to be honest. Out of all the events I've done only a couple have had hot food at the end (and none that I remember in the middle).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Good day of cycle. The 110 k route was super tough. But well organised and good food.

    The start was chaotic. It just appears everyone went when they could move forward. Only a minor point

    Did somebody post the link to the results. I say it earlier today but can't find it now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭Wicklowrider


    bazermc wrote: »
    Did somebody post the link to the results. I say it earlier today but can't find it now.

    http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1833


  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭goldenboots


    Did the 110k and it was a tough day but I enjoyed it overall. The last climb up Glencree and the descent in the rain wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs, but I guess this is Ireland.

    Very well marshalled overall and the food stop was fine. Was what you would get at most sportives.

    The only gripe I have was the 'surprise' at where the 60k and 110k split on the way back. As it was downhill, the junction approached quite quickly and I was gone past before I realised that I should have kept left. Because the marshalling was so good all over, the fact that there was no marshal at that point meant I was not expecting to turn off the main road. The two lads following me were the same, with one lucky to stay upright and not smack into a jeep stopped at the junction. Maybe for next year, a sign 100 yards beforehand saying '60k keep right and 110k keep left' might be useful.

    Other than that well done to all involved for a tough but enjoyable day.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭bullvine


    Any photos available?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭mruser2014


    My take on the day.

    Did the 110km. All in all a good day out on a very tough course but a nice challenge for those of us who cycle in Wicklow a lot. Weather wise it wasn't great but could have been worse. Windy and wet for 50% of it.

    I thought the marshalling was very good. There was a marshal for me at the Enisskerry divide, so didn't get lost. Respect to the lady marshal at the top of the Glencree climb who stood on her own in the wind and rain.

    Food at the food stop was only ok. Volunteers seemed quite surprised that more were arriving. I explained that most of the 110km people would be arriving around now and earlier arrivals were the 60km. They didn't seem to know there were two groups. Anyway, a few better sandwiches wouldn't have gone astray. Food at the finish was better. With some more cake etc.

    The climb coming out of Laragh on the narrow road on the Wicklow way was tough but also dangerous for passing cars/tractors etc.Some dangerous overtaking went on. I am not sure if the route was great in parts. Some narrow roads etc but at least the climb from Enniskerry to Glencree was quiet traffic wise. We all know the road is in an awful state descending from Glencree. We knew where to cycle but others that didn't know the road may have found it dodgy?

    All in all a good and challenging day out. Thanks again to all involved.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc




  • Registered Users Posts: 45 kimbaines


    Anyone doing the Kerry Event? I see that it offers 1,2 or 3 day options. This was great event last year in nice weather. looking forward to it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭casion3


    Anybody know where I can see a map if the duhallow, cork routes?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 298 ✭✭marty_crane


    Anyone know is this being revived for 2015? Great day out last year


  • Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭Hollywood130


    It is marty, I heard its starting in Sligo in early april


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭2x4


    The Wicklow leg of the Skoda Sportive Series starts in Bray on 25th April.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 298 ✭✭marty_crane


    http://www.fitmagazine.ie/events/race/skoda-cycle-series-wicklow-sportive-2015

    (Link shamelessly pilfered from another thread)

    Highly recommended day out, extremely well organised event and all for a good cause


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭bullvine


    http://www.fitmagazine.ie/events/race/skoda-cycle-series-wicklow-sportive-2015

    (Link shamelessly pilfered from another thread)

    Highly recommended day out, extremely well organised event and all for a good cause

    That's a much better route than last year, get the climb done first for the most part!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭midlands1


    Is anyone having any bother trying to register, Every time I try to register it says email not in use.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    midlands1 wrote: »
    Is anyone having any bother trying to register, Every time I try to register it says email not in use.

    I registered for the Wicklow one about a week ago, and I had no issue.


  • Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭mf2909


    I tried to regiter for westport but same issue as above. I did register for tour de connemara though in may


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    Anyone do the Sligo cycle last week?
    What was in the goody bag they were giving out?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭ispyvisuals


    marvin80 wrote: »
    Anyone do the Sligo cycle last week?
    What was in the goody bag they were giving out?

    Real poor compared to last year. An inner tube, a pack of gels, small light(batteries not included) and a cotton t shirt.

    No precision timing on day either


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