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My first decent spin out.

  • 22-03-2009 10:56pm
    #1
    jimshady101
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 108 ✭✭


    Well, got my first road bike 3 weeks ago (Trek 1.2). As i live in Killarney, Co. Kerry I am on the door step of some great scenery. It was a beautiful sunny day down here so a mate and I decided to go for a spin up Moll's Gap and then down the black valley and back towards Muckross again.

    We did a total of 60km today and I must say I found it throughly enjoyable even though my legs felt they were on fire after reaching the top of the Gap:o. Previously we used to cycle out the main cork/kerry road which is very flat. After today's cycle I have now discovered that they key to building leg strength and training is to be doing more challenging roads with a few decent long climbs thrown in.

    I am very much an amateur in comparison to many on here but I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully I will be ready for the ROK cycle in July:)


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  • #2
    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    ah most people here aren't that good... it's just internet bravado! :pac:


  • #3
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Hi - I will be moving down to your part of the world come the summer, and I will be on the lookout for some cycling company.

    Maybe we could organise Kerry Boards spins.

    Anyway, well done. Molls Gap from Killarney is a stunning cycle, and those hairpins into and out of Ladies View are seriously tough.


  • #4
    jimshady101
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 108 ✭✭jimshady101


    ROK ON wrote: »
    Hi - I will be moving down to your part of the world come the summer, and I will be on the lookout for some cycling company.

    Maybe we could organise Kerry Boards spins.

    Anyway, well done. Molls Gap from Killarney is a stunning cycle, and those hairpins into and out of Ladies View are seriously tough.

    A Kerry boards spin would be a good day out!
    Glad to hear that I am not the only one who found those hairpins tough:)

    Not sure if i'd be up to your level of fitness but i'd def be up for a few spins in the summer.


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