Sat 30th May '09 Spin

72hundred

Hey,

Anyone heading out on Sat morn?

Chips Lovell

Sure. 9am Dundrum?

Nietzschean

what kind of route/distance people thinking of?

Chips Lovell

I'm easy. I just want to get a few hours in before the Swords randonee on Sunday.

LastGasp

Would like to join ye, but don't know if I'd be able to keep up. What's the pace like these days ?

DirkVoodoo

Count me in. 9 am Dundrum sounds good. I'd be up for a nice ~80km spin, hopefully the weather is as nice as today.

Checks met.ie:

The coming Bank Holiday weekend will be dry throughout the country, with strong sunshine expected each day. The prevailing winds will be moderate or fresh southeasterly on Saturday, light to moderate easterly on Sunday and then moderate, locally fresh, east to northeast on Bank Holiday Monday. Coastal margins exposed to these winds will be the coolest locations, with typical maximum temperatures in the mid to high teens Celsius; however, other areas will be much warmer during the daytime, with afternoon maxima in the low twenties Celsius, and some inland areas reaching the mid-twenties. By night, it will be cooler overall, with mist or shallow fog patches in places.

DirkVoodoo

LastGasp wrote: »

Would like to join ye, but don't know if I'd be able to keep up. What's the pace like these days ?

Pace is always based on the principle of "no man/woman gets left behind".

I suppose it can seem intimidating from the outset, but it's not competitive at all. The best parts are generally the coffee stops, great views and sometimes the little one-on-one competitions like "x beat y up the sally gap".

You should definitely head out. One spin and I guarantee you will be hooked, or your money back.

waitforme

Hi, Newbie on here, keen to join you this Saturday. Where exactly do you meet up?

kenmc

I'm in too,
@waitforme. the meet point is directly under the luas bridge in Dundrum; the junction of Dundrum road and Taney Road. Diagonally opposite Joe Dalys bike shop (i.e. the other end of the bridge from that).

Raam

In like Flynn

Limestone1

Would anyone be driving to to Dundrum and maybe bringing a track pump with them ? I left mine in Waterford last weekend.

Caroline_ie

Limestone1 wrote: »

Would anyone be driving to to Dundrum and maybe bringing a track pump with them ? I left mine in Waterford last weekend.

You can always pop into Joe Daly and get your tires pumped there ...?

Jawgap

Caroline_ie wrote: »

You can always pop into Joe Daly and get your tires pumped there ...?

You should also try Cyclelogical.......


....some day soon I hope to have the legs to go on one of these spins and not embarass myself......

Lumen

Jawgap wrote: »

....some day soon I hope to have the legs to go on one of these spins and not embarass myself......

Never fear, even when you have the legs you can still embarass yourself.

I might be on for this. I'm not sure I can sit out this fine weather, even if it puts me out for Sunday.

AstraMonti

Jawgap wrote: »

You should also try Cyclelogical.......


....some day soon I hope to have the legs to go on one of these spins and not embarass myself......

Just come along! I don't have the legs and i am doing it. Guys are always waiting at the top of the hill! (or they are going up and down like crazymen to check if you are ok!)

Chips Lovell

Why not do both?

Caroline_ie

el tonto wrote: »

Why not do both?

and sunday on the fixie!

Jawgap

AstraMonti wrote: »

Just come along! I don't have the legs and i am doing it. Guys are always waiting at the top of the hill! (or they are going up and down like crazymen to check if you are ok!)

I will at some stage, although getting to Dundrum will need a bit of organising as I'm way, way over on the Northside.

Enjoy it, looks like it'll be a great day for it.

kennyb3

anyone around on the north side for a spin. only started this week, but did a nice 30km at 26.5kmph yesterday, reckon i can manage 50 to 60km tomorrow round that speed

Raam

Jawgap wrote: »

I will at some stage, although getting to Dundrum will need a bit of organising as I'm way, way over on the Northside.

Enjoy it, looks like it'll be a great day for it.

Far north? I'm out past Raheny

eggie

Prob head out for an hour or two. For those worried about pace, I'm always paddy last.

@Astra: I'll bring the cadence monitor for ya.

blorg

I would be on for this too, as is Barrabus from talking to him last night. Damn you tonto for getting in with your 9am start.

Chips Lovell

Hey, if Raam can get down from DNS for 9am, I can't see why you can't make it out from your nearby lair.

P.S. How did you manage to get three punctures last night?

Jawgap

Raam wrote: »

Far north? I'm out past Raheny

Dublin 19 - Meath!!!

My cycling activities would be somewhat curtailed this weekend. Planning to out early for an hour or two over Bellewstown and the Naul (it's closest decent hills I've got!) on Saturday morning at about 7-00am, then something similar on Monday.

Good weather is something of a double edged sword when it comes to cycling and family life!

Raam

Jawgap wrote: »

Dublin 19 - Meath!!!

My cycling activities would be somewhat curtailed this weekend. Planning to out early for an hour or two over Bellewstown and the Naul (it's closest decent hills I've got!) on Saturday morning at about 7-00am, then something similar on Monday.

Good weather is something of a double edged sword when it comes to cycling and family life!

If you left that early you'd make it to Dundrum no problems!

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

Hey, if Raam can get down from DNS for 9am, I can't see why you can't make it out from your nearby lair.

That's cos I'm.... Raam-tastic.... *tumbleweed*

kennyb3

Raam wrote: »

Far north? I'm out past Raheny

balbriggan so quite a bit north yeah

Jawgap

Raam wrote: »

If you left that early you'd make it to Dundrum no problems!

True......but after a morning of climbing the hills of Wicklow, I could be a long time getting back to base.

That would definitely be a "your-dinners-in-the-dog" offence......

kennyb3

Jawgap wrote: »

Dublin 19 - Meath!!!

My cycling activities would be somewhat curtailed this weekend. Planning to out early for an hour or two over Bellewstown and the Naul (it's closest decent hills I've got!) on Saturday morning at about 7-00am, then something similar on Monday.

Good weather is something of a double edged sword when it comes to cycling and family life!

the naul hills was did the cycle i did yesterday, balbriggan to naul to middle of nowhere to stamullen up toward bellewstown and back home

petethedrummer

I'm in if my hamstring clears up, damn you indoor soccer. *shakes fist*

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

Why not do both?

Will see how the achilles holds up. With the WW200 next week, 260km+ in two days is asking for trouble. Still, I can always bail out early on Sunday.

RobFowl

kennyb3 wrote: »

balbriggan so quite a bit north yeah

Balrothery and not the Tallaght one !

kennyb3

RobFowl wrote: »

Balrothery and not the Tallaght one !

????

RobFowl

kennyb3 wrote: »

????

There's a Balrothery in Tallaght (half my post seems to end up there )

kennyb3

ah right yeah didnt actually know that, are you in the one at balbriggan?

Caroline_ie

Potentionally in, if my alarms goes off will have to be a max 101km for me door to door to be fresh for sunday.

RobFowl

kennyb3 wrote: »

ah right yeah didnt actually know that, are you in the one at balbriggan?

Am indeed know the Naul hills well ! Try to avoid Bellewstown unless feeling very brave especially the one that goes straight up though the racecourse

(sorry for going way off topic BTW)

kennyb3

RobFowl wrote: »

Am indeed know the Naul hills well ! Try to avoid Bellewstown unless feeling very brave especially the one that goes straight up though the racecourse

(sorry for going way off topic BTW)

havent done that myself, only really started this week but really enjoying it. give me a pm if you are ever looking for company. i work office hours but am around most weekends and evenings

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

P.S. How did you manage to get three punctures last night?

There is something wrong with either my new R-SYS rim or the tyre I put on it- transferred the tyre over last night from my DT wheels and first inflation last night with the track pump the bead unseated, tube came out, bang. Noticed that the bead would not seat properly around the valve area. With some difficulty, got it seated, inflated, and it was OK cycling out to the race but went bang again around 16km in. To be honest I was just happy I didn't crash, explosive loss of pressure in the front wheel doing a fast pace in the middle of a tight group was a bit scary. I was lucky it was not on a corner.

Checking the tyre though there was a gash in the sidewall (these are often caused by the explosion I think) so not 100% sure it was related- but on fixing the puncture again the bead would not seat, finally got it on but it exploded again within a few seconds of setting back off. Walking back got a tube off a kind Tiernan's chap but again bead seat problems and there was a hole in the tube beside the valve before I even inflated it, not sure if it was there already or if I caused it, he mentioned he was not sure if the tube was OK.

Got a lift home from barrabus.

Hopefully a new tyre will sort it.

I'm also planning on doing the Swords thing Sunday, on a fixie. W200 is just another weekend spin

Chips Lovell

That's an odd one alright. I've sometimes found that particular combinations of rims and tyres have problems seating around, especially around the valve area. My wife has gatorskins on her bike and you need to be really careful putting them on. She got a specutacular blow out one morning, which was thankfully while rolling up to a set of lights.

Still, I'd check the rim really carefully to see if there's not some sort of issue there.

Planet X

I'm in for 9am.
Have to be home about 2'ish to fire up the charcoal though. Guests.
Beer can chickens and a rack of ribs. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

AstraMonti

Planet X wrote: »

I'm in for 9am.
Have to be home about 2'ish to fire up the charcoal though. Guests.
Beer can chickens and a rack of ribs. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Whole group is invited i suppose eh? :rolleyes:

kenmc

Planet X wrote: »

Beer can chickens and a rack of ribs. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

How long will they take to cook? I'm guessing if the fire goes on @ 2, you'll be cooking by 3, so we should arrive around 3:30? Presume it's BYOBeer?

Raam

kenmc wrote: »

How long will they take to cook? I'm guessing if the fire goes on @ 2, you'll be cooking by 3, so we should arrive around 3:30? Presume it's BYOBeer?

We have to bring our own booze?
What kind of party is this?

kenmc

Raam wrote: »

We have to bring our own booze?
What kind of party is this?

Southside. You'll never find it!

72hundred

So its 9am dundrum.

I'm coming across from Castleknock if anyone wants to meet up along the way to Dundrum.

Planet X

kenmc wrote: »

How long will they take to cook? I'm guessing if the fire goes on @ 2, you'll be cooking by 3, so we should arrive around 3:30? Presume it's BYOBeer?

Hold back a bit longer, "Beer Can Chickens" take about 2hrs. Smokin, dancin birds flavoured with a bit of smokey apple wood n Texas Dry Rub............y'all.
:pac::pac:

Chips Lovell

Fraid I can't make tomorrow as something has come up. Hope to see some of you in Swords on Sunday.

LastGasp

Thanks for all the encouragement . I'll give it a go - can always bale out if the going gets too tough ! See you all at 9.

waitforme

I'm in too, it's my first time out, so another potential early bailer here too. Will try my best though to stay the distance (he says, not knowing what 'the distance' actually is).

Any idea of average speed, to help me get a feel for what I'm turning up to?

72hundred

waitforme wrote: »

Any idea of average speed, to help me get a feel for what I'm turning up to?

Slow I'd say! Or at least that's what I'll be doing.