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03-12-2009 3:41pm#1
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6th. Feb.
5hr. 15min., hilly, very. Club Tour. AvHr. 140bpm.
Same same.
Big downhill, going fast, right turn, strung out, front brake cable pulls loose on the bend..................nearly killed myself. Right turn, went left into the entrance to a big country farm house, 10 /12 foot high walls either side of the big iron gate, closed, 4/5 inches of gravel, rear wheel dug into the gravel, spinned and stopped me a foot or so from the wall. Stayed up.
No damage thank God. Borrowed a multitool and tightened the front cable.
The lads were saying "What's that smell of sh!te!"
This morning I tightened my front brake and obviously didn't tighten the cable enough. I thought my number was up!0 -
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Came 5th last weekend, Longford,
IVCA.
RACE 2
140 DOYLE Damien 1 10 BRAY WHEELERS
147 GRIMES Brendan 2 9 TULLAMORE CTC
191 DOOLAN Wayne 3 8 IVCA
190 McNAMARA Aidan 4 7 TULLAMORE CTC
119 KILROY Alan 5 6 SORRENTO CC
186 SCULLY Mick 6 5 TULLAMORE CTC
181 MORAN Francis 7 4 IVCA
169 KEHOE Robert 8 3 TEAM SPORTS MED
198 KENNEDY Seamus 9 2 DUNBOYNE CC
196 DONEGAN Patrick 10 2 TULLAMORE CTC
103 BYRNE Hugh 11 5 SUNDRIVE TRACK TEAM
180 MONGEY Eddie 12 2
118 KENNEDY Mick 13 4 DUNBOYNE CC
160 FITZSIMONS Paddy 14 2 DUBLIN WHEELERS
126 McSHARRY John 15 3 NEWRY WHEELERS
101 BARBER Tom 2 GARDA CC
105 CASEY Pat 2 LUCAN CC
107 CLARKE Larry 2 BRAY WHEELERS
111 DARRAGH Sean 2 IVCA
115 HARTE Gerry 2 NAVAN RC
120 LAWLESS John 2 DUBLIN WHEELERS
125 McNAMARA Brian 2 ORWELL DTC
128 HILL Michael 2
144 O'TOOLE Shay 2 Lakeside Wheelers Mullingar
145 NUGENT Jack 2
146 O'BRIEN Damien 2
156 EBBS Arthur 2 ORWELL DTC
164 HENNESSY Mick 2
166 HYNES Victor 2 IVCA
173 LAVERY Tosh 2 DUNBOYNE CC
176 McCANN Ray 2 ORWELL DTC
178 McFEELY Kevin 2 SWORDS CC
188 WALPOLE Leslie 2 LUCAN CRC
189 WALSH Eamon 2 BRAY WHEELERS
197 McINTYRE Kieran 2 DUBLIN WHEELERS
199 HEARY Aidan 2 NAVAN RC
102 BOYLAN JJ dnf 2 IVCA
133 O'MARA Susan dnf 2 DUBLIN WHEELERS
165 HOGAN Liam dnf 2 GARDA CC
182 MORELLI Romano dnf 2 ORWELL DTC
45 miles.
............Very dangerous run in as far as I'm concerned......................about 300 to the finish......................coming off the N4, into a roundabout, 40 odd, guy outside me did a front wheel wobble in about 3 inches of gravel, and I thought.................fcuk, he's off the bike. He stayed up.
I was well down the bunch coming out of the r'about. Too far down I thought, RHS was open, now, after having driven the guts of a 100 miles in the car............"Come in legs", Yeah, I rolled up the RHS and, miraciously, passed about 15 odd sad souls, couldn't believe myself, started looking around in disbelief......................Jasus nearly there.
4 Guys rolled in in front of me.
Happy days.
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Second Sunday League race this morning. Transferred from the Kentstown circuit to the same Warrenstown circuit as last weekend. The one with the uphill / bypass finish after 4 laps, 64k.
Was going well considering I hosted a fairly "good, late, wet" curry Friday night, 7 adults. Third lap got a puncture about 5 minutes after the chasing bunch caught us but was up the front end of the mixed bunch. Not to worry, first puncture in 4 years of racing ain't too bad.
Think mc2000 got a puncture a few miles earlier on from me.
Popped around to the finish line to witness the sprints. Bray lad soloed to victory followed by a Tullamore? guy 50 yds back. Next came the main bunch thundering along uphill. Terry Cromer, Sundrive took that gallop I reckon.
Unfortunately a crash about 300 from the finish, Clubmate, George O'Rourke was "bad" lying on the road for a good 5 minutes or so. Hope he's OK.
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Aha, I used one of those, and for the last time, CO2 inflators. Went off in my hand (again
) in about 2 seconds. Never again. Got a ride back in the ambulance.
That was hot cycling home this evening. Soaking wet, against the wind. One guy had a pop half way home so had to put distance between.
17 degrees???
Had a good spin this morning up Johnny Foxs' / Cruagh / Stocking. Feeling fairly bet now.0 -
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Eh no.
Mate, Roy Bowden got it.
I pulled up after the Tiernans guy went over his bars on the second lap. I drifted, along with alot of people, to the other side of the road to avoid any collateral from his crash. I hit deep gravel, tried to "gently" steer out of it, and had my handlebars spin round. Had to stop twice to right them, and by then, the bunch was well away. Bars were loose enough for the rest of the race, went around mostly on my own.
Mate commented to me last week that "I seemed to be sitting up too high on the bike" and that I should "drop the bars a tad"
Raised the saddle 3mm and dropped the bars 1cm. Don't ever mess with the bike days before the race. Not tightened enough obviously. Was gutted.
That's four races and two mechanicals. Not good. Was going well in the two I finished aswell.
Ah well, next week.
Going to put in alot of training this week.............and tighten the bars, maybe.0 -
Thanks to Karl the mechanic at Fitz Cycles who sorted my "loose Bar" problem out. I had put the stem bolts on the opposite way round and they weren't tightening enough. I was tightening them but they weren't "gripping", hard to describe.
Anyway, sorted.
Nice spin this morning on the "27lb. / 12+kg." hack bike. Doing intervals on that brings a tear to the eye. 0 -
Ah, the flat plains of Kildare.
But the Curragh circuit is the hilliest on the Vets menu.
8:30. Arrived, myself and Roy Bowden. It's bloody freezing!!
Out for a pee, shivering through the gorse looking for a quiet spot.
It was so cold that I wore my Winter Castelli windproof jacket for the race.
Two years ago on this circuit, myself and Victorcarerra and about 5/6 others legged it before the first climb, Boston Hill, a four lap race, and we held out till about 3 miles from the end, until Paul Dolan and possee caught us and spoiled our day! :rolleyes:
Anyway, from the start, about a mile in, I thought that the pace was a "Sunday afternoon spin" pace so went to the front and put the hammer down, like I did 2 yrs, ago. Kept going and heard a few guys behind me. Shared pace, great I thought, that's more like it, otherwise the Whites would be on us on the first lap or so.
We went down a few back roads until we hit Boston Hill, not too long, not too steep, kept it in the big ring up the hill. Good, about 7 of us going. Threw a few glances back down the road......Green group split....into three bunches. Game plan. Up the hill and we kept going. Tullamore guy and myself got to the top on our own and went for it. First lap. Good. Break on. We're away from the small group.
Second lap and we're still holding on. Up Boston again. Glances back. About 200 metres to the chasers. They're not giving up. I have a good idea who'se driving the chasing bunch.
Third lap:
I start to crack on the next drag after Boston telling the Tullamore guy to head on. I'm not taking equal turns on the front but soon get a second wind, downhills, flats, I drive on but cannot hold the Tullamore guys wheel. I buckle and drop back to mix with the chasers, Sean Lally et al. I knew it! Sat at the back not working, couldn't. Dropped from that group of about 6, wasted. Came to the finish and pulled up.
Embarrassed I thought, because it's the first Vets race in 4 yrs. of racing with them that I hadn't finished a race. Not too bad actually, because it seems that about 20 odd didn't do the full circuit. Loads pulled out. Talking to a mate at the finish, up in the scratch group, he pulled out in the first lap!
Ah, Jasus, that was tough. Took a few days to recover. Rarely go on a breakaway. Hard enough.
Passenger who I bring to the races, who has joined the Vets this year, Roy Bowden, took 2nd. behind Paul Dolan. Club mate. Won a race at Batterstown a couple of weeks ago.0 -
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That's handy:
Vets Weekend Two Day.
Starter: 3.2k (2 mile TT)
My first Vets June Bank Holiday 2 Day race.
Came tops in the Green group in the TT and, apparently, beat the everyone in the next group aswell, Whites, D's.
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