ROK Friday night

Bikerbhoy

Is there any sort of low key rendevous planned in Killarney on Friday night .OR are we all confined to our team hotels....??????

DirkVoodoo

Low key? I was planning on getting toasted!

Bikerbhoy

So Dirk which watering hole shall we call the 'toaster' for the purpose of this pre race event ?

DirkVoodoo

I'm guessing you are a local? I don't even know which road to take from Dublin. I will go anywhere there is well priced pints and good atmosphere. I will seriously go out though, had a few drinks before a big sportive and it didn't hit me too much, plus cycling is only a small part of the weekend.

Bikerbhoy

No Im travelling from Dublin Friday lunchtimish and staying in the Eviston Hotel somewhere in town centre.

Raam

Dunno if I'll be down early enough. Anyone know a suitable boozer in Killarney?

Murph100

Well whilst not quite a local meself, Courtneys, College St. ( used to be Yer Mans ) is a pretty good watering hole with plenty of crazy beers like Duval and Trappist, not to mention a great pint of De Black Stuff, mind you the Failte Bar does a wicked Guinness without the suicide beers, but very touristy, which given the fact its July,might be a bit ...... 'Oh Danny Booooooy' , ..... ya get my drift ....

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I'm guessing you are a local? I don't even know which road to take from Dublin. I will go anywhere there is well priced pints and good atmosphere. I will seriously go out though, had a few drinks before a big sportive and it didn't hit me too much, plus cycling is only a small part of the weekend.

Bikerbhoy

Thanks for that Murph.......could this be our meeting point me wonders...???.

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Low key? I was planning on getting toasted!

It's traditional at this stage. Speaking of which, I better start PMing people my mobile number as I'll be heading down tomorrow and largely away from the net from then on.

DirkVoodoo

@Tonto: godihatethehills, Astramonti (+1) and myself will be down around 5pm or so on the friday, as are Tom and Caroline I think.

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

@Tonto: godihatethehills, Astramonti (+1) and myself will be down around 5pm or so on the friday, as are Tom and Caroline I think.

Great. Let's get wrecked.

DirkVoodoo

el tonto wrote: »

Great. Let's get wrecked.

Hehe..well I was thinking we could maybe go for a dinner first, like some italian, take it from there. But we will see what everyone wants to do I guess.

Chips Lovell

I guess pasta would be a good idea alright. We could go for pre-dinner cocktails though.

petethedrummer

Someone pm me a phone number!!! I'll be down with a few others, probably round 9 or 10.

Chips Lovell

Sorry, no Louthies allowed.

PM sent

DirkVoodoo

el tonto wrote: »

I guess pasta would be a good idea alright. We could go for pre-dinner cocktails though.

I think pre-cocktail shots will be needed then, and pre-shot beers before that.

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I think pre-cocktail shots will be needed then, and pre-shot beers before that.

You mean like maybe get a bag of cans for the walk to the restaurant?

Nietzschean

bah won't be there till the morning of the event sounds like i could be the only sober one at the start line... tonto you better still be able to tow me around the course, its the weekend i wouldn't like to have to sweat....

Chips Lovell

Nietzschean wrote: »

bah won't be there till the morning of the event sounds like i could be the only sober one at the start line... tonto you better still be able to tow me around the course, its the weekend i wouldn't like to have to sweat....

Just point me in the right direction on Saturday morning.

AstraMonti

How many bottles (or should i say more euro- bidons?) will be filled with beer in the morning? :eek:

Raam

AstraMonti wrote: »

How many bottles (or should i say more euro- bidons?) will be filled with beer in the morning? :eek:

All of them

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

You mean like maybe get a bag of cans for the walk to the restaurant?

You planning a race?

petethedrummer

el tonto wrote: »

Sorry, no Louthies allowed.

Racist. There will be 3 of us coming.

penexpers

We'll be down around 4 or 5pm on the Friday. Somebody let me know what what's happening.

Caroline_ie

penexpers wrote: »

We'll be down around 4 or 5pm on the Friday. Somebody let me know what what's happening.

Do you have anyone's ph number?

FrankGrimes

PM sent to el tonto about mobile number. I'll be down with I think 7 mates tomorrow evening and a skinful of stout is a key part of my preparation regime so we'll be out and about I'm sure so hopefully see you all at some stage.

ROK ON

I am aiming to register on fri night, so will be in Killarney. If someone with my number txts me I will drop in for a lemonade.

Caroline_ie

Just thinking: Are the road going to be mad tomorrow given it's a friday and the school is over etc?

Nietzschean

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Just thinking: Are the road going to be mad tomorrow given it's a friday and the school is over etc?

unlikely tbh, esp with the forecast. Though friday's on the N7 can be quite busy at the best of times, i'd just leave early enough and you'll fly down.

Caroline_ie

How long from Dublin, Google says less about 3:45 - so with a tea break, 4:00? (you gotta have a tea break )

Nietzschean

from dublin you should hit limerick in about 2 hours with moderate-light traffic
another 1.5 hrs from there onto killarney

so with tea break its probably about the 4 hours alright

lafors

I'll be down friday night, haven't a clue what time.
We're staying in the Randles Court Hotel, which is 5 minutes from the centre.
They're letting me keep my bike in my room and it has a spa to keep the wife happy. Don't annoy a pregnant woman.....they're CRAZY!

What time are people planning on starting at?
Are we going for a group photo?
Will some of ye PM me your mobile numbers so I can find you for a beer on friday if the crazy lady lets me out

Sean Mc

doing this with zero preparation ! ..havent been on bike since we cycled ROK on mountain bike holiday last year ...a genius of a friend suggested we give it a craic and of course numb-nuts here said he'd do it ....

so my question ...
Am in alright shape ...but have not been on bike in nearly a year .....is it do-able for a complete novice ?! ...and I know the answer to this one ... but would a complete novice with a night on the sauce Friday be able to do this !!?

Have a good one folks !

Murph100

It depends on what time you're driving down, Fri usually tends to be a bit slow on that route, and Adare ( just after Limerick ) can be a 20 min bottleneck at rush hour, so time it very carefully, hitting Adare after 7pm is better, and the rest of the towns will be clear by then also, including CastleIsland, another potentially massive ( 2 miles long !!! ) tailback on Fridays.

4 hours is about right, but dont stop for too long on that tea break, otherwise you'll end up behind all the trucks you passed on the motorway !!! :mad:

Caroline_ie wrote: »

How long from Dublin, Google says less about 3:45 - so with a tea break, 4:00? (you gotta have a tea break )

scottreynolds

Murph100 wrote: »

It depends on what time you're driving down, Fri usually tends to be a bit slow on that route, and Adare ( just after Limerick ) can be a 20 min bottleneck at rush hour, so time it very carefully, hitting Adare after 7pm is better, and the rest of the towns will be clear by then also, including CastleIsland, another potentially massive ( 2 miles long !!! ) tailback on Fridays.

4 hours is about right, but dont stop for too long on that tea break, otherwise you'll end up behind all the trucks you passed on the motorway !!! :mad:

Would there be a better route Friday night....

Chips Lovell

I'm meant to be in Kerry already and riding my bike. Still stuck at my desk working. Grrr.

Murph100

You can go via Cashel - Mallow - Killarney, but the roads are not as good, and if you get stuck behind something big, you're fecked !!

FECK !!! Should have mentioned that the M8 is now open from just beyond Abbeyleix to Mitchelstown, so thats a plus, but the road between Mitchelstown and Mallow is a joke and impossible to get by anything big.

scottreynolds wrote: »

Would there be a better route Friday night....

Lumen

Tonto, pls can you pm me your number, as you seem most likely to still be partying when I arrive. Am stuck in yorkshire with hardly any signal, flying back fri night.

ROK ON

Folks. Here is my quick route from Dubin to Killarney.
(1) Dub to Limk
(2) Take Limk bypass.
(3) Drive in direction of Cork.
(4) Once in Charleville take 1st right and drive to Kanturk.
(5) From Kanturk drive to Rathmore then Killarney.

Years of trialling have gone into this route.

DO NOT DRIVE VIA ADAE, NEWCASTLE WEST, CASTLEISLAND.

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Tonto, pls can you pm me your number, as you seem most likely to still be partying when I arrive. Am stuck in yorkshire with hardly any signal, flying back fri night.

Disappointing. I'll be up as long as Tonto is up, probably longer as he is older and needs his sleep

Murph100

Yup, that makes a lot of sense, especially on a Fri.

ROK ON wrote: »

Folks. Here is my quick route from Dubin to Killarney.
(1) Dub to Limk
(2) Take Limk bypass.
(3) Drive in direction of Cork.
(4) Once in Charleville take 1st right and drive to Kanturk.
(5) From Kanturk drive to Rathmore then Killarney.

Years of trialling have gone into this route.

DO NOT DRIVE VIA ADAE, NEWCASTLE WEST, CASTLEISLAND.

CheGuedara

Murph100 wrote: »

..and Adare ( just after Limerick ) can be a 20 min bottleneck at rush hour, so time it very carefully, hitting Adare after 7pm is better, and the rest of the towns will be clear by then also, including CastleIsland

Yup Adare can be a PITA, I've a bypass that saves me time though

LINK - looks odd but saves a load of waiting around

ROK ON wrote: »

Folks. Here is my quick route from Dubin to Killarney.
(1) Dub to Limk
(2) Take Limk bypass.
(3) Drive in direction of Cork.
(4) Once in Charleville take 1st right and drive to Kanturk.
(5) From Kanturk drive to Rathmore then Killarney.

+1 - Good Route - I use the same as far as Rathmore if doing Dub - Kenmare, would recommend for Boardsies driving down

Caroline_ie

ROK_ON do you have a map? i am printing everything this time all the directions i will not get lost ... I owe it to my co pilot

FrankGrimes

Always good to get a bit of local knowledge on directions, particularly for a Friday afternoon....thanks folks!

ROK ON

@ Caroline. I am on my blackberry, as we have not net connection yet (things move slowly down here). So I can't put up map.
What I will say is Limk to Charleville is a big wide straight road.
Most folk would drive from Charleville to Mallow and take the 1st right out of Mallow for Rathmore and Killarney. Reasonably good road with overtaking space.
We go via Kanturk as it cuts about 20mins off the journey.
1st right in Charleville. Then follow road SW. Avoid turns for Newcastlewest and ye will get to Kanturk. Into Kanturk over the bridge, turn left and drive a few KMs to main road from Mallow to Killarney.

AFAIK its theR579 or R580 from Charleville to Kanturk

It is defo the R580 from Kanturk to the main road to Killarney (N72).

CheGuedara

Caroline_ie wrote: »

ROK_ON do you have a map? i am printing everything this time all the directions i will not get lost ... I owe it to my co pilot

Chapelizod To Killarney Town Center

Via the recommended route

petethedrummer

Anyone still looking? I just booked 3 of us into here: http://www.killarneyfairview.com/reviews.phtml

€45 per person per night including breakfast. Very close to the start and the centre. Sounds like they have a few more rooms. Can't wait to prance through it in Lycra.

DirkVoodoo

Wait a minute! Taking directions from ROK ON, isn't that a BAD thing??

I kid!