An Post Gorey 3-day

Zipp101

Anyone doing 'the gorey'? Should be a good weekend.

Any predictions?

ba

i'm doing it. why? are you?

no predictions, but based on what i hear, its gonna be a long weekend.

Zipp101

No,but I'll be in the cavalcade

hope the weather holds up though,otherwise it will be nasty.

smithslist

Im in, should be fun!!!!! :P:P

King Kelly

What are your race numbers lads and I'll keep and ear to race radio for you. Best of luck in the mad dash to be in the first 20 thru Blessington!

I'll be driving the Slaney CC team car and hopefully will have an uneventful day and will get to Gorey without punctures, crashes or mechanicals. If any boardies twitter I hope to send some updates over the day (but not while driving!). Follow liamruth.

ba

race number 80. will keep an eye on your twitter so, but doubt our B&B will have an internet connection etc. best of luck to all.

why would there be a mad dash for blessington?

Zipp101

My money is on Willie Connolly from Western Lakes.He was with Pezula last year.

zzzzzzzz

ba wrote: »

race number 80. will keep an eye on your twitter so, but doubt our B&B will have an internet connection etc. best of luck to all.

why would there be a mad dash for blessington?

The road's in fcuking BITS. There'll be carnage I'd say

smithslist

good luck to everyone and safety to all riders, see you in the bunch.

off to sign-on i go.

blorg

Good luck to all boardsies doing this, you are braver men than me.

zzzzzzzz

blorg wrote: »

Good luck to all boardsies doing this, you are braver men than me.

+1

fair play to ye and best of luck

Slideshowbob

Gorey updates at

http://twitter.com/liamruth

96 riders dropped already!!! That's more than yesterday in Munster - maybe it's harder!

ba

yeah, heard about a lot of dropees. and weather on todays stage would have banged folk out the back, it was proper miserable and hard. we covered the stage in 1hr 50min. lots packed.

i had a sh1t first day. punctured after 30km, to puncture again getting back onto the group. finished in the grupetto, 26min down.

smithslist

tough race, at home now after completing it, time to relax and enjoy the evening.

Fair play to all who where brave enough to ride and strong enough to finish.

Hard luck BA, alot of guys got punctures on the first day but the speed was very high so it was v.hard to get back on. Fair play for finishing.

biker_joe

Any other Gorey Stories ?
I see that out of 200 starters, only 140 finished on Monday !! its seems like it was a very tough Gorey indeed ?
Was the standard of fitness very mixed ? Or were those Isle of Man lads just lineing it out ? and causing carnage ?

Raam

biker_joe wrote: »

Any other Gorey Stories ?
I see that out of 200 starters, only 140 finished on Monday !! its seems like it was a very tough Gorey indeed ?
Was the standard of fitness very mixed ? Or were those Isle of Man lads just lineing it out ? and causing carnage ?

They look fierce young that pair from isle of man!

biker_joe

they do indeed, ah but just wait a see how fast they are when start hitting the beers and the women in year or so !!!! ( well here's hopin !! anyways ! )

Biker Joe

Quigs Snr

The Isle of Man lads were pretty awesome I am told. Tim the lad that won overall was tipped by one of our lads before the race to take it in a canter. Anyone who saw him at the crit in the Suir Valley last year would understand why. Only 12 riders made it to the finish line out of about 100 (and we are not talking about freds here, we are talking about serious riders, internationals, former internationals etc...), the Isle of Man rider rode off the front for about half an hour solo and held off until a couple of laps to go when 2 more riders bridged to him. He came third, but for the cyclists in the crowd he was the star of the show, the sheer audacity of the guy. He will go far. I think his older brother (who did very well in the previous years Suir Valley) went on to a semi-pro team too, so its in the breeding.

Our own lads did ok, but only ok by their standards. One of them snapped his handlebars on day 1, then 2 of them crashed into each other on the last day. Good race though, my TT bike and several sets of wheels made an appearance in the TT and did alright (so now I can't blame equipment anymore!). Great event, might do it next year, but would prefer RAS Mumhan if I could manage it, worth it for the scenery alone. Would want to be in seriously good condition to even consider it though....

King Kelly

Quigs Snr wrote: »

The Isle of Man lads were pretty awesome I am told.

You were told right, Quigs.

Kennaugh looks a star of the future. Incredibly strong and a nice guy as well. Really powerful. Won Stage one and three and gifted stage four to his team mate. Yesterday rode away from a lined out bunch, was joined by a team mate and took 1.45 out of them.

I was talking to one of the other IOM guys who rode a stormer on stage 1 - just turned 17 and this was his first junior race!

BTW 14 of the top 30 on GC were from Slaney, Wexford, SERC, SlipStream, Barrow or Comeragh. Is the axis of power shifting to the South East?

Esroh

Is Kennaugh not a brother of Peter Kennaugh the Brit Madison rider ? Talent would run in the family

King Kelly

Esroh wrote: »

Is Kennaugh not a brother of Peter Kennaugh the Brit Madison rider ? Talent would run in the family

Thats him alright. Kennaugh told me he was on the GB Olympic development program as well so expect to be watching him in 2012 or maybe on the new GB pro team

Esroh

Must be something in the sea air on the Isle !!!!

Quigs Snr

Sure what else is there to do on the Isle only go riding in shocking windy conditions ! Fair play to them, they always turn up and support the big stage races over here, great to see them.

Defo a big performance from the south east though.... I had my money on one of yours this year King Kelly (rather disloyal to my own lot perhaps!), I don't like naming names but one of your riders impressed somewhat in our league last year... Saw he got up there though..

King Kelly

Yeah he did well. Was considering not starting at all as he's been suffering from an illness since the start of the season and been running on empty the last few weeks. Maybe an injection of confidence from this weekend will help!

Hope to have a good few down for your leisure spin on Saturday. I think weather looks OK at the moment.

dave2pvd

Who are Slip Stream and why are they so-called?

TinyExplosions

dave2pvd wrote: »

Who are Slip Stream and why are they so-called?

They're a cycling club formed in the latter part of 2008 by cycling enthusiasts from the Wicklow and North Wexford areas.

Not to be confused with another Slipstream that are a little bigger... now, that could be a potential cause of legal confusion, no?

Chips Lovell

TinyExplosions wrote: »

They're a cycling club formed in the latter part of 2008 by cycling enthusiasts from the Wicklow and North Wexford areas.

Great sponsors they have:

Zipp101

Amore-vita anyone?

ba

one of their riders has a very nice bike indeed, Alejandro Valverde's machine.

Chips Lovell

I love that bike, but I think that paintjob is hideous. It does go with his kit though.

Zipp101

Yeah,a great bike for posers :rolleyes:

Look who else has one!

Chips Lovell

You must have missed this thread.

ROK ON

I saw one in Limerick at the w/e.
The guy who owned it said he was out for 50k spin.
I sort of felt sorry for the bike heading out for only 50km.

Quigs Snr

Dunno about that ROK, a 50k ride can be pretty hairy ! I was out earlier for a 50k ride with the lads who came 2nd and 3rd in last years Gorey (and who are considerably stronger these days). Just a nice easy spin, low gears with a few big ring sprints on the hills, thats what they told me. I am sitting here now wondering what stain devil to use to get vomit out of lycra.

Still though... those red and yellow bikes. Would be a perfect match for my club gear but seriously I think they are just a bit much. One of those bikes that looks cool for a while but in 2 years you are looking at it wondering what you were thinking...

Lumen

This is the problem:

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Pinarello Prince of Spain|Rhubarb and Custard Sweet

ROK ON

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Dunno about that ROK, a 50k ride can be pretty hairy ! I was out earlier for a 50k ride with the lads who came 2nd and 3rd in last years Gorey (and who are considerably stronger these days). Just a nice easy spin, low gears with a few big ring sprints on the hills, thats what they told me. I am sitting here now wondering what stain devil to use to get vomit out of lycra.

I doubt it with this one. He was bigger than me and I am 95kilos. I now what you mean, but I doubt it in this case. A lot of us here are riding bikes that are way beyond our capabilities (especially me). I think that if you cycle a bike like that you make a statement of intent.

Quigs Snr

I know what you mean. When in rubbish form going to a league race last year, I put away the Cervelo, took off the zipps and brought out the training bike. I would have felt daft turning up on the A bike in that condition. Its like the lad who can't play football but turns up for a 5 aside in full Real Madrid Kit (including matching socks) and a pair of Golden boots before proceeding to take fresh air swipes at every ball and kick himself in the forehead.

Raam

Quigs Snr wrote: »

I know what you mean. When in rubbish form going to a league race last year, I put away the Cervelo, took off the zipps and brought out the training bike. I would have felt daft turning up on the A bike in that condition. Its like the lad who can't play football but turns up for a 5 aside in full Real Madrid Kit (including matching socks) and a pair of Golden boots before proceeding to take fresh air swipes at every ball and kick himself in the forehead.

That's why I'm leaving the Cervelo at home for my league races

Billy Whizz

Raam wrote: »

That's why I'm leaving the Cervelo at home for my league races

Was that your Cervelo at the Swords "Hill Climb" last night? How'd you get on in the end?

Raam

Billy Whizz wrote: »

Was that your Cervelo at the Swords "Hill Climb" last night? How'd you get on in the end?

It sure was. The bro was over on a visit and had taken my other bike so I couldn't use it. There was also another white cervelo there, but I was the guy looking incredibly lost. Dunno how I did, the batteries on the computer packed it in half way round. How did you get on? It wasn't so much of a "hill climb" as a "slight downhill, followed by a slight uphill"

Chips Lovell

I love it:

"I'm not using my Cervelo in league races"

"Was that you on the Cervelo last night?"

"Yes".

Did you not ask at the end about your time?

Billy Whizz

Raam wrote: »

It sure was. The bro was over on a visit and had taken my other bike so I couldn't use it. There was also another white cervelo there, but I was the guy looking incredibly lost. Dunno how I did, the batteries on the computer packed it in half way round. How did you get on? It wasn't so much of a "hill climb" as a "slight downhill, followed by a slight uphill"

I think I was chatting with you for a fair bit after the "climb" itself. I've no idea how I got on, I didn't stick around as I was freezing but I was zonked after the weekend so probably not great.

You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't bring that Cervelo along every week!

Raam

Billy Whizz wrote: »

I think I was chatting with you for a fair bit after the "climb" itself. I've no idea how I got on, I didn't stick around as I was freezing but I was zonked after the weekend so probably not great.

You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't bring that Cervelo along every week!

Ah right, so that was you on the black+white bike? A Look I think?

Billy Whizz

Raam wrote: »

Ah right, so that was you on the black+white bike? A Look I think?

That was me alright. Did you stick around to find out the times in the end? Didn't envy you having to ride home!

Raam

Billy Whizz wrote: »

That was me alright. Did you stick around to find out the times in the end? Didn't envy you having to ride home!

Nope, but I was chatting to one lad on the way home and he said he took a peak at the times. Reckons I had about 8.20. I guess results will be up later today.

Billy Whizz

Raam wrote: »

Nope, but I was chatting to one lad on the way home and he said he took a peak at the times. Reckons I had about 8.20. I guess results will be up later today.

Good stuff, hope to see you around next week. Make sure you bring that Cervelo! Bikes like that are supposed to be ridden fast.

SACH Central

Quigs Snr wrote: »

I know what you mean. When in rubbish form going to a league race last year, I put away the Cervelo, took off the zipps and brought out the training bike. I would have felt daft turning up on the A bike in that condition. Its like the lad who can't play football but turns up for a 5 aside in full Real Madrid Kit (including matching socks) and a pair of Golden boots before proceeding to take fresh air swipes at every ball and kick himself in the forehead.

Quigs, was that you at the Clonmel league race last night? Now that I think of it, I remember seeing a Cervelo there. We would have been off in the first group together and I think you were a place or two ahead of me at the finish.

Quigs Snr

What bike were you on Sach ? I went up there alright last night (Had to dust off and bring the Cervelo, the Trek training bike is in bits at this stage and is getting stripped to have a new groupset fitted). Hadn't raced (and barely trained) since last year and decided to go off in the slower of the 2 groups. What kit were you wearing, were you the Dan Morrissey with the beard ?

It was interesting, I had no idea how I would stack up, I had fears that I could get dropped instantly as one or two guys did if I recal correctly, thats the trouble with not racing, you don't know where you stand in relation to anyone else (and comparing myself to my clubmates who are doing the RAS and winning A races isn't too valid a comparison these days) so I figured I'd head up there and measure myself in a scenario where it didn't really matter. One of the clonmel lads shamed me into it when I was down at Ras Mumhan doing team car for the weekend (instead of training!). As it turns out I was happy enough, I was weak for sure but still think its a shame we couldn't get organised, we didn't have much of a handicap but we could have stayed away I reckon. It was good all the same, I just tried to ride on the front as much as I could to get a good training spin out of it, at the end was surprised that so few came around me on the finish straight. I think I got 6th or something like that.

How did you find it ? Finish straight is a nightmare isn't it ? I didn't have the guts to go flat out on it, the back of the bike was bouncing all over the place I thought it was going to shake itself apart.

SACH Central

Quigs Snr wrote: »

What bike were you on Sach ? I went up there alright last night (Had to dust off and bring the Cervelo, the Trek training bike is in bits at this stage and is getting stripped to have a new groupset fitted). Hadn't raced (and barely trained) since last year and decided to go off in the slower of the 2 groups. What kit were you wearing, were you the Dan Morrissey with the beard ?

It was interesting, I had no idea how I would stack up, I had fears that I could get dropped instantly as one or two guys did if I recal correctly, thats the trouble with not racing, you don't know where you stand in relation to anyone else (and comparing myself to my clubmates who are doing the RAS and winning A races isn't too valid a comparison these days) so I figured I'd head up there and measure myself in a scenario where it didn't really matter. One of the clonmel lads shamed me into it when I was down at Ras Mumhan doing team car for the weekend (instead of training!). As it turns out I was happy enough, I was weak for sure but still think its a shame we couldn't get organised, we didn't have much of a handicap but we could have stayed away I reckon. It was good all the same, I just tried to ride on the front as much as I could to get a good training spin out of it, at the end was surprised that so few came around me on the finish straight. I think I got 6th or something like that.

How did you find it ? Finish straight is a nightmare isn't it ? I didn't have the guts to go flat out on it, the back of the bike was bouncing all over the place I thought it was going to shake itself apart.

I was in the Dan Morrissey kit alright, but no beard...glasses! Now that I think of it, I hadn't shaved for a few days but I wouldn't call it a beard I was riding the Lapierre which is 'the winter bike'. My Dolan was 'written off' two weeks ago in a crash with a tractor (a story for another time). Insurance still sorting it out.

If you remember I did sod all work myself last night. I arrived lateish and due to licence problems signing on, so didn't hae time to warm up at all. For the first lap and a bit it was all I could do to sit on. I started to feel better as the race wore on. I actually had good enough legs last night. It was my first time riding that circuit. I thought about having a go myself close to the finish but realised we were at almost at the finish line!

I thought we were actually going to get caught sooner than we actually did. There were far to few working in the group to stay away and of course the first four over the line had just done the Ras Mumhan.

I finished 8th last night, 3rd Vet, I think. Finishing straigh is bad alright though sod it, next week if I'm in the same position I'm just going to put the head down and go for it!

Slideshowbob

SACH Central wrote: »

Quigs, was that you at the Clonmel league race last night? Now that I think of it, I remember seeing a Cervelo there. We would have been off in the first group together and I think you were a place or two ahead of me at the finish.

What has all this local racing talk to do with the Gorey?

Are there not rules relating to relevance of topics to the initial posts?

This chatter is more suited to PMs

Quigs Snr

Ah Bless, do you want to be a Mod Bob ? Is that it ? Someone give Bob a few colored stars under his name, move along there now theres a good lad. Cycling forum Bob, CYCLING. Gorey story over days ago and you have a problem with people using the cycling forum to have a chat ?

Its a community here Bob, idle chat about cycling and cycling events in Ireland is what we do (and practically every topic descends to that), it's what has transformed the cycling forum from a sleepy little backwater on boards about people who wanted to know which bell they should buy for their mountainbike into a fully fledged group that is a club in all but name at this stage.

Either you came in drunk from the pub last night or you need to go ahead and get yourself a life there chief. It is you who fails to understand what makes this forum tick. Not the rest of us.