Domino's Cycle Challenge

Dominoid

Domino’s staff is cycling around Ireland in Sept this year, not professionals, doing it for charity. Barretstown and Marie Keating Foundation will be involved. I need distances confirmed and aprox cycle times to and from a few towns and cities. Here goes-
Day 1 : Sallins - Tallaght -Dun Laoghhaire - Bray (70 km)
Day 2 : Bray - Wexford (120 km)
Day 3 : Wexford - Waterford - Dungarvan (110 km)
Day 4 : Dungarvan - Cork (75 km)
Day 5 : Cork - Killarney (90 km)
Day 6 : Killarney - Ennis (130 km)
Day 7 : Ennis - Galway - Castlebar (144 km)
Day 8 : Castlebar - Sligo (85 km)
Day 9 : Sligo - Letterkenny (110 km)
Day 10 : Letterkenny - Derry - Coleraine (87 km)
Day 11: Coleraine-Ballymena- Antrim- Glengormley- Kennedy Way(100 km)
Day 12 : Kennedy Way - Lisburn - Lurgan - Newry (80 km)
Day 13 : Newry - Dundalk - Drogheda- Balbriggan (95 km)
Day 14: Balbriggan - Swords - Glasnevin - Lucan - Clondalkin (60 km)
Day 15: Clondalkin - Kilkenny (130km)

Any cycle clubs in towns mentioned that want to cycle with us between any of the towns, we can do with someone that knows the roads. It will also look better if there are more than 1 lonely cyclist haeding into Killarney!

We have a vehicle that will accompany us but the accom and food we have to look after ourselves, so numbers of cheap B&B please!

We are planning to head off on the 29Aug and hopefully finish on the 12 Sept in Kilkenny.

If you support our cause join our facebook group "Domino's cycle challenge"

DirkVoodoo

Is there free pizza?

Sounds like a good challenge, best of luck with it!

Dominoid

Think that's the last thing you would want after a long day of cycling!

Raam

Dominoid wrote: »

Think that's the last thing you would want after a long day of cycling!

I sometimes stick an order in after a day in the hills. It's usually all I can think about for the last 30km... peperonni passion, oh yeah.

Lumen

Raam wrote: »

I sometimes stick an order in after a day in the hills. It's usually all I can think about for the last 30km... peperonni passion, oh yeah.

Stick a rack on the Cervelo, and you could pick it up on the way home. I'm sure you could get bungies to match your arm warmers.

thebouldwhacker

Dominoid wrote: »

It will also look better if there are more than 1 lonely cyclist haeding into Killarney!

We have a vehicle that will accompany us...we have to...ourselves...We are planning...our cause join our facebook group...

How many are doing it? Do Dominos have the 'no I in team' approch, we are Dominos... resistance is futile... our food will make you infertile...

(sorry bad day, best of luck with the cycle, I'll throw ye a few quid...:o)

Dominoid

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

How many are doing it? Do Dominos have the 'no I in team' approch, we are Dominos... resistance is futile... our food will make you infertile...

(sorry bad day, best of luck with the cycle, I'll throw ye a few quid...:o)

Because we are not profesionals like most on the forum, we will have to do this in a relay, 5 of us will cycle for a day and the next day someone else will take over. So over the 15 days we will cycle for 3 days, apology for the confusion. Some of the stores will have staff cycling with us other stints we will do on our own.

thebouldwhacker

... Post up the dates when you have them.

ROK ON

Dominoid wrote: »

Think that's the last thing you would want after a long day of cycling!

Are you nuts. Manys the hard cycle this year that I have rewarded myself with a meal deal, garlic bread pizza, chicken strippers and cans of coke. Arrive home order on the net, have a bath, then it arrives just I am dressed again. Pure bliss.

(Is it any wonder, why my weight loss program has sort of stalled).

Anyway, good cause, the very best of luck.

scottreynolds

No offense to Dominoes but RAAM mum's pizza was nicer after a long ride it was awesome.

ROK ON

Dominoid wrote: »

Because we are not profesionals like most on the forum,

Pro's us. We are the greatest shower of freds known to humanity:D

Raam

scottreynolds wrote: »

No offense to Dominoes but RAAM mum's pizza was nicer after a long ride it was awesome.

That was Ristorante by Dr Oetker. Nice, but not Domino's nice.

May I have some vouchers please for all these good reviews I'm giving?

Lumen

ROK ON wrote: »

Manys the hard cycle this year that I have rewarded myself with a meal deal, garlic bread pizza, chicken strippers and cans of coke. Arrive home order on the net, have a bath, then it arrives just I am dressed again. Pure bliss.

(Is it any wonder, why my weight loss program has sort of stalled).

Switch to Diet Coke. It'll make all the difference.

tunney

Raam wrote: »

I sometimes stick an order in after a day in the hills. It's usually all I can think about for the last 30km... peperonni passion, oh yeah.

Explains an awful lot..............

Caroline_ie

Apache FTW! ... to keep it irish
The have Happy hours on pizza Mon - Thur.
AND you can too order online

Jawgap

Lumen wrote: »

Switch to Diet Coke. It'll make all the difference.

......you should also have a side salad.

I attribute my weight loss in the last few years to cycling and developing an insight that suggests 16 inch pizzas are not in-between-meal snacks!!

But pepperoni pizza.......




You can't beat it with cold beer or a cold, full fat, rot-your-teeth Coke after a long cycle.....but not before one.

Dominoid

May I have some vouchers please for all these good reviews I'm giving? [/quote]

We do not work in the stores, we work in a warehouse, deliver to the stores at night. The guys you're harrasing for a pizza on your way home from the pub!

Jawgap

Dominoid wrote: »

May I have some vouchers please for all these good reviews I'm giving?

We do not work in the stores, we work in a warehouse, deliver to the stores at night. The guys you're harrasing for a pizza on your way home from the pub![/quote]


Excuse me!! But I'm quite capable of harassing you guys on the way to the pub too!

blorg

Lumen wrote: »

Stick a rack on the Cervelo, and you could pick it up on the way home. I'm sure you could get bungies to match your arm warmers.

I often pick up pizza on the way home, it's easy enough to balance the box on the handlebars. IIRC after the "Boards 200" last year I had pizza first, followed by an Indian

Good luck with the cycle Dominoid, sounds great.

TinyExplosions

I'm not a fan of dominos -they won't let me order online... if I put in my address, it tells me that Rathmines is the closest store, but that they don't deliver to my address, and won't let me change it to the Crumlin Road store -very annoying!

Best of luck on the cycle though!

Nietzschean

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I'm not a fan of dominos -they won't let me order online... if I put in my address, it tells me that Rathmines is the closest store, but that they don't deliver to my address, and won't let me change it to the Crumlin Road store -very annoying!

yeah i suffer similar, it finds rathmines right, but then says it doesn't deliver to my post code...which is silly since they always deliver to here..............

tunney

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Apache FTW! ... to keep it irish
The have Happy hours on pizza Mon - Thur.
AND you can too order online

Gone off Apache, bases too mushy.

Raam

tunney wrote: »

Explains an awful lot..............

It explains that I should bring more bars with me, or cycle less... but that's not gonna happen

Jawgap

tunney wrote: »

Gone off Apache, bases too mushy.

Apache and Four Star are great on quantity, but not on quality - I find anyway.....

Domino's, dearer but worth it.

The expansion of Pizza Hut, could be good news - I like some of theirs - they might even give Domino's a run for their pepperoni.

unionman

...so my pizza is proper home made. Including the base.

I like to wash it down with champagne**.

Favourite toppings are truffles*, oysters and caviar.

*Oi! Gavin, where's me truffles?

**After a spin I like to put on a yellow jersey, feet up, remote control, bottle a bubbly...laaahverly innit?

ROK ON

@Unionman - very apt for a man in your position I find.I hope that when you are eating said pizza, you are singing (to the tune of The Internationale), "The working class can kiss my ass, I've got the foremans job at last."

Jawgap

unionman wrote: »

...so my pizza is proper home made. Including the base.

I like to wash it down with champagne**.

Favourite toppings are truffles*, oysters and caviar.

*Oi! Gavin, where's me truffles?

**After a spin I like to put on a yellow jersey, feet up, remote control, bottle a bubbly...laaahverly innit?

aaah, so you're the smug and elitist cyclist referred to elsewhere in the forum!!:D

Somewhat ironic given your alias:)

unionman

ROK ON wrote: »

@Unionman - very apt for a man in your position I find.I hope that when you are eating said pizza, you are singing (to the tune of The Internationale), "The working class can kiss my ass, I've got the foremans job at last."

I have a butler that sings it for me

We like to finish up with a chorus of 'Bread & Roses' (though I do not recommend roses as a pizza topping...bleuch) and 'Knees up Mother Brown'.

Jawgap

unionman wrote: »

I have a butler that sings it for me

We like to finish up with a chorus of 'Bread & Roses' (though I do not recommend roses as a pizza topping...bleuch) and 'Knees up Mother Brown'.

What about "You Don't Get Me, I'm Part of the Union" - or does that have too much of a proletarian ring to it?

lukester

Best pizza has to be Bistro Bianconi. Even champagne-quaffers would be happy with it.

unionman

Jawgap wrote: »

What about "You Don't Get Me, I'm Part of the Union" - or does that have too much of a proletarian ring to it?

If you hum it, Jeeves will give it his best shot...one, two, three, four...

...and just to get it back on topic. Good luck luck with the fundraiser OP, do post the dates when they are available.

Dominoid

...and just to get it back on topic. Good luck luck with the fundraiser OP, do post the dates when they are available.[/quote]



Will post the dates next week. I should have posted this under the food & drink thread! Cheers

CheGuedara

lukester wrote: »

Best pizza has to be Bistro Bianconi. Even champagne-quaffers would be happy with it.

But only if bought in the orginal pizzaria in Sligo!!! The franchise in Dublin is good, but only a poor reflection of the original taste brilliance.

Sorry for the OT again Dominoid

Raam

I'm partial to the pizzas from Millers: http://www.menupages.ie/restaurants/millers_pizza_kitchens.aspx

blorg

lukester wrote: »

Best pizza has to be Bistro Bianconi. Even champagne-quaffers would be happy with it.

I am lucky enough that this is my local, it is good stuff.

Best pizza anywhere is to be found in and around Naples though; once you have had Neapolitan pizza everything else pales somewhat in comparison.

Gavin

You people are bad.

For the first leg, you could perhaps skip Tallaght domonoid. Go from Sallins to Naas to blessington, over the sally gap and on towards bray. It would be a bit more of a slog, but much much nicer roads and if yee just took your time would be good fun.

lukester

Raam wrote: »

I'm partial to the pizzas from Millers: http://www.menupages.ie/restaurants/millers_pizza_kitchens.aspx

They are exotic creations and are really 2 meals in one, but they are yummy alright.

Jawgap

Maybe Italian cycists are so good because they are reared on traditional pizza???

Just a thought.....

Dominoid

The Domio's cycle challenge is going ahead. We're starting on Sat the 29th of Aug in Sallins - Tallaght square then on Glenageary and finishing the first day in Bray. If we survive we will finish at the Domino's in Kilkenny on Sat, 12th of Sept.

I need some cycle jersey's made, found a company in the UK called Owayo, £45 ea + postage. Anyone know if I can get it cheaper?

72hundred

Dominoid wrote: »

The Domio's cycle challenge is going ahead. We're starting on Sat the 29th of Aug in Sallins - Tallaght square then on Glenageary and finishing the first day in Bray. If we survive we will finish at the Domino's in Kilkenny on Sat, 12th of Sept.

I need some cycle jersey's made, found a company in the UK called Owayo, £45 ea + postage. Anyone know if I can get it cheaper?

http://www.fcarvalho-ciclismo.com/

TinyExplosions

72hundred wrote: »

http://www.fcarvalho-ciclismo.com/

Would be lucky to get them in time I reckon -at least 6 weeks for printing and delivery, so would need to get designs in fast!

Dominoid

I checked quote again, the price is €45 for s/sleeve +€3 for long sleeve but incl design so if I'm only taking 10-15 Owayo is still bit cheaper. Due to the time I have, the design is very simple. No local guys that can do this?

zzzzzzzz

Dominoid wrote: »

I checked quote again, the price is €45 for s/sleeve +€3 for long sleeve but incl design so if I'm only taking 10-15 Owayo is still bit cheaper. Due to the time I have, the design is very simple. No local guys that can do this?

You could try these guys:
http://spin11.com/

Aquos76

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

You could try these guys:
http://spin11.com/

6-8 weeks from them aswell and there stuff is produced in Italy. Min order of 30 of each also