Tedious Bickering

zzzzzzzz · 15-01-2010 3:26pm

el tonto wrote: »

HIGH NOON, meeting outside the Summit pub a the top of Howth Head.

FYP

blorg · 15-01-2010 3:27pm

el tonto wrote: »

OK, time for a roll call. Who's coming out in the morning? I should be there shortly before 12.

I'll be there shortly after 12.

Chips Lovell · 15-01-2010 3:31pm

blorg wrote: »

I'll be there shortly after 12.

I thought a 12 o'clock start might suit your legendary punctuality.

blorg · 15-01-2010 3:39pm

That route is far from the shortest, should it not just be Howth to Bray. Very difficult to police surely, reckon we would need at least one checkpoint around the area of Vico Road.

Chips Lovell · 15-01-2010 3:40pm

Let's not over complicate it. We've both agree to use the same route.

Nietzschean · 15-01-2010 3:41pm

Should be there

poochiem · 15-01-2010 3:53pm

surely once around the car park and everyone in for pints instead?

flickerx · 15-01-2010 3:57pm

I like your thinking, poochiem.

But a stop in Bray along the coast (that route on Vico road hill is a pain in the hole) would be good. There is a decent couple of pubs there, a porterhouse I think, they will have food too.

Raam · 15-01-2010 3:59pm

I may be mistaken, but does the route send you the wrong way down a one way street on the Vico road?

poochiem · 15-01-2010 4:01pm

Raam wrote: »

I may be mistaken, but does the route send you the wrong way down a one way street on the Vico road?

sounds like a good spot to set up the cameras

flickerx · 15-01-2010 4:02pm

Tomorrow:

Raam · 15-01-2010 4:03pm

flickerx wrote: »

Tomorrow:

Curse those pesky rain-sun-clouds.

flickerx · 15-01-2010 4:03pm

Raam wrote: »

I may be mistaken, but does the route send you the wrong way down a one way street on the Vico road?

Dont think so. Not to my memory when I did that route before. Although we may have gone some other way close to it, I dont really know that part of town at all.

flickerx · 15-01-2010 4:04pm

You going to be there Raam? I intend on getting some fashion tips from you for my future road biking career. Maybe I'll even take some pics of you for the dublin streets blog.

Raam · 15-01-2010 4:07pm

flickerx wrote: »

Dont think so. Not to my memory when I did that route before. Although we may have gone some other way close to it, I dont really know that part of town at all.

I thought this bit was one-way, heading north
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&radius=1.07&rq=1&ev=zo&hq=dalkey&hnear=&msa=0&ll=53.261902,-6.11093&spn=0.014452,0.03562&z=15&msid=113920163981166772834.00047d3557a04331a0476

Raam · 15-01-2010 4:08pm

flickerx wrote: »

You going to be there Raam? I intend on getting some fashion tips from you for my future road biking career. Maybe I'll even take some pics of you for the dublin streets blog.

I shall be there, alas my winter gear is nowhere near as loud as my summer ensemble.

Chips Lovell · 15-01-2010 4:10pm

I know that narrow bit alright. I had thought it was two way. Easy to bypass though if it is one-way, just head up to the very top of Killiney Hill and down the other side.

I left accidentally left my coolest winter gear in Spain.

blorg · 15-01-2010 4:21pm

el tonto wrote: »

I know that narrow bit alright. I had thought it was two way. Easy to bypass though if it is one-way, just head up to the very top of Killiney Hill and down the other side.

No deviations from the route. Or are you thinking of cheating, Tonto?

flickerx · 15-01-2010 4:27pm

blorg wrote: »

Or are you thinking of cheating, Tonto?

Typical road cyclists, always looking for some cheat to get ahead.

Raam · 15-01-2010 4:29pm

blorg wrote: »

No deviations from the route. Or are you thinking of cheating, Tonto?

The deviation is longer

blorg · 15-01-2010 4:34pm

Raam wrote: »

The deviation is longer

Still a deviation... I think if it is one way the only option would be to get off and walk...

Here's Lance cheating in the Tour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_8m5-sR6I4

Vélo · 15-01-2010 5:15pm

Is this a one off?

I think there should also be a race around Ballinastoe between the mtb and the road bike, then compare the times:D

Raam · 15-01-2010 5:17pm

Vélo wrote: »

Is this a one off?

I think there should also be a race around Ballinastoe between the mtb and the road bike, then compare the times:D

No one is claiming that a road bike would be faster on an MTB course

Vélo · 15-01-2010 5:22pm

Raam wrote: »

No one is claiming that a road bike would be faster on an MTB course

It would as long as it was dry;)

No I'm not laying down a challenge

Lumen · 15-01-2010 5:24pm

Vélo wrote: »

Is this a one off?

I think there should also be a race around Ballinastoe between the mtb and the road bike a horse, then compare the times:D

Now that would be fun to watch.

oflahero · 15-01-2010 5:24pm

Been looking for an excuse to get out and stretch the legs. Should be there. Prediction: a guarded dawdle with lots of sledging all the way from Howth as far as the traffic lights at the former Dell site on Vevay Road, after which it actually becomes a race, namely, a 200-metre sprint with a "hilltop" finish on the roundabout...