Weekend spins 30th/31st January

Chips Lovell

Anyone thinking of heading out tomorrow? Forecast is for cold weather, which means we could get some snow in Wicklow tonight or risk getting caught in it tomorrow. Was thinking of maybe heading northside instead.

rottenhat

I'd be up for a northside venture tomorrow - what time were you thinking?

Chips Lovell

9ish?

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

9ish?

I like the way you think. Name a place to meet and I'll see you there. You could bring that chain tool if you remember.

Chips Lovell

Pope's Cross?

My tool is quite big. I'll see if it fits in my jersey pocket.

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

Pope's Cross?

My tool is quite big. I'll see if it fits in my jersey pocket.

Now that I'm acquainted with the size of your tool, I'll show you what that saddlebag is for.

Pope's Cross works for me.

niceonetom

I may tag along too. Got a route in mind or is it to be a mystery tour?

If I see any of that invisible ice I'm bailing out though. Falling is not an option.

Caroline_ie

should be there at least for some of it.

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

I may tag along too. Got a route in mind or is it to be a mystery tour?

Out to Meath, around by Batterstown and Dunboyne. 70-80km? I have to figure out the non-dual carriageway route out though. Which may require me using my ninja Garmin.

niceonetom wrote: »

If I see any of that invisible ice I'm bailing out though. Falling is not an option.

If there's ice I'm bailing too.

Caroline_ie

the new motorway!!! Lets try it out. It's not open yet.
@rottenhat: will the new bike be out too??

DirkVoodoo

See you all there so!

mvt

Hopefully will be on for this.Am presently trying to find all the parts of my bike after my ordeal in Spain and am mad keen to test my knee.

rottenhat

Caroline_ie wrote: »

@rottenhat: will the new bike be out too??

Nope, still only 90% built...next weekend for sure.

Raam

rottenhat wrote: »

Nope, still only 90% built...next weekend for sure.

Can't wait to see the finished product. Did you get your derailleur clamp sorted?

The tax man

mvt wrote: »

Hopefully will be on for this.Am presently trying to find all the parts of my bike after my ordeal in Spain and am mad keen to test my knee.

Hope the leg gets you through tomorrow ok. Got 70k out of mine pain free last Sunday with Orwell but at a very very steady pace.Sorry Rottenhat for not rolling out with your group but I didn't want to push the knee. Working Saturday so can't join in.:(

rottenhat

Raam wrote: »

Can't wait to see the finished product. Did you get your derailleur clamp sorted?

Yep, basically everything is present and correct except for cranks and chain for various reasons...could also use some silver headset spacers instead of the black ones I have at the moment, but that's just cosmetic.

iregk

As I live in Blessington I'll give the ballymore, kilcullen, naas route a go. Hopefully the weather wont be too bad and we don't get much snow up my way. Mind you its snowing as I type

LastGasp

Cant do Saturday, babysitting duty. Hopefully go Orwell on Sunday.

uberwolf

I'll be looking for a spin Sunday, a little later in the day. The breeze should mean no frost, but I'm going for pints and the frost will make do as my excuse. 10.30 / 11.00 start from papal work for anyone?

uberwolf

el tonto wrote: »

Out to Meath, around by Batterstown and Dunboyne. 70-80km? I have to figure out the non-dual carriageway route out though. Which may require me using my ninja Garmin.
too.

Out through c'knock through blanch village, back of shopping centre to clonsilla, on to clonee.

Caroline_ie

my Velux window is all frozen over ... how are the roads?

Lumen

Caroline_ie wrote: »

my Velux window is all frozen over ... how are the roads?

Looks a bit dodgy to me too. Heavy frost in Clonsilla.

Caroline_ie

was just out on the main road near coolmine/castlenock side and the roads are white at corners and roundabouts. and I am on a main road. I am not sure about the higher Meath roads that early ... I am temped to leave the spin for after 12 noon to be safe.

Lumen:new avatar is very you

Chips Lovell

Was out to get the papers earlier. Heavy frost on cars, but the roads here looked fine. I guess see what it's like when it brightens up a bit or maybe push it back to 10?

Chips Lovell

Just nipped out again there. Seems to be thawing quite quickly now the sun is out.

fran oconnor

heavy frost here in Tallaght also,a noon cycle seems a good idea alright.lucky i got myself a new pair of pearl izumi bottoms:),they'll keep me nice and toasty i hope..

Caroline_ie

10 seems wiser ...

rottenhat

Let's cut the waffle and call it ten then.

mvt

Yeah,ten makes more sense.The back roads from the park might be a bit tricky.A little bit of sun would go a long way.

Caroline_ie

see u guys at 10

niceonetom

Right, 10 it is so.

DirkVoodoo

Was just logging in to say, while I woke up at 7am, my "5 more minutes" turned into an hour long snooze and I would be missing the spin. Glad I popped on the internet after all. See you at 10 so.

EDIT: I have just discovered my "winter" tights are the dhb earnley variety, which do not have any kind of fleece lining...balls!

Caroline_ie

65km slow slow icy treacherous cycling around Meath and Batterstown.

- 1 fall (not me)
- a few wobbles

People, be careful out there. There are puddles frozen over, slush and ice in the shade.

mvt

Oh boy,I'll regret that in the morning.

Still,it was fun

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo goes to the Northside:

"I didn't realise that there was a big huge cross in the Phoenix Park".

short circuit

Good to meet a few boardsies. Late leaving home but assumed the route would head out towards Maynooth ... but finally met them on the Summerhill road ... and glad I did and turned around as it seems the road ahead was dodgy.

37mm tires showed their value today ... a couple of wobbles which could potentially have been dangerous on anything thinner .. I think.

mvt .. respect ... on one leg and first time on the bike in 4 weeks and you are still faster than me .... and you always have an interesting anecdote about yourself.

Rottenhat ... good to finally put a face on that handle.

By the way, I think the boards spins are beginning to be less and less suitable for beginners. Once we cleared ice, the pace went up significantly ... or probably I was just showing the lack of bike time recently. I still remember my first boards ride about 20 months back and things were a lot calmer then.

DirkVoodoo

Good spin, glad I went out in the end, 112.6km for me (I blame some of that on El Tonto's navigation). Good crew out, made the cold and lack of coffee (!) less noticeable.

One minor fall due to stupidity and not paying attention.

Legs were empty for about half of it though, my lack of training really showed when I struggled on a leisurely spin. Crawled back home after I parted ways with Rottenhat. Time to HTFU and do it again tomorrow!

ROK ON

80km for me today with the company of Lescol.
Molls Gap to Glengariff.
Have to say, that for one the weather down here was glorious. Dry roads. Blue skies 7 degrees no wind.

Sorry to here about the ice. Hopefully the northside didnt put Dirk off to much.

DirkVoodoo

Oh, as for the cross thing, my confusion was as follows:

- I have been to the phoenix park 4 times now (I think), besides any trips in my youth to the zoo in which I have no recollection of the park. The first time I went was to see our saviour descend from on high and deliver unto us several laps and free yellow wrist bands.

- The only landmark I know is that big Obelisk thing, I presumed it was perhaps something to do with the pope and that El Tonto's name for it was the "Pope's cross".

- This was confirmed when I typed "popes cross phoenix park" into google maps and was greeted by this as the first image:



So there you go, perfectly understandable if you take my point of view :P

mvt

Jesus wept!!! :rolleyes:

niceonetom

mvt wrote: »

Jesus wept!!! :rolleyes:

He did indeed. And then the pope built an obelisk. Google says.

mvt

I seem to have lost my "thanks" thingy but it would be going into overdrive in this thread.

ajk24

nice and sunny down here in cork but a bit chilly. managed 65miles on my lonesome in 4hrs. some of the roads here are perfect for paris-roubaix preparation.

had a nice hot bath while reading procycling when I got back. a good morning all round.:D

iregk

Well christ that was a cold one. Ended up staying on the N81. In and around Blessington was a complete sheet of ice on the sides of the road. None of us came off but took it very carefully. Nice stretch in places but again in and around Baltinglass it was vicious again.

Side of the road on the way back to Blessington had the sun on it all morning and was fine so a hot footed pace attacking the road all the way back was welcome.

JacksonHeightsOwn

i got dropped up to newbridge myself, and made my way back to tallaght via Kilcullen and ballymore eustace

the roads where terrible, the ice really has damaged alot of the back roads,

my arse was killing me, and add to that my squeaky keo cleats added to a fairly frustrating day on the bike

2 things ive learnt from today

1

i ****ing dispise loose chippings more than i ever thought humanly possible

and

2

my keo cheapo classic cleats can go and ****e, squeaky, hard to get into, restricted feel ,and all round uncomfortable cleat, i hate these to!!!! :mad:

ednwireland

feckin snow didnt clear off the roads till 3. Had to paint. Never going to get goingthis year

worse today ven more snow (sun)

uberwolf

I think I'm giving this a miss again...

what's the frost like out there?

LastGasp

Seems to be thawing quite fast in Dundrum. Our cars were frosted this morning, but are clear now. Might take a while for the roads though.

DirkVoodoo

I didn't go out, Orwell site said there would be no organised step-up spin and I was a bite sore after yesterday.

Chips Lovell

I was out for a while. Very, very icy. Much worse than yesterday. I didn't bother going with the club as I thought it wasn't a day for riding in a group.

ajk24

ye should really move down to the real capital where the sun always shines and the streets are paved with gold ( in this instance gold = badly rutted and broken tarmac ).

managed 80km from city to ballinspittle (no sign of a moving statue), stopped for coffee and scones in kinsale before some horrible long drags home. must bring bike up to parents place to give it a wash. it looks like i have been doing a bit of off roading.:D