Dublin Saturday Spin - 6th Feb 2010

DirkVoodoo

Seeing as I am not the best at route planning, I won't suggest one. Possibly something lowland.

Is anyone planning on heading out tomorrow in Dublin?

Weather looks ok:

Most areas will stay dry tomorrow with further sunshine at times, but overnight fog may be slow to clear in places. Still the risk of a few showers near northern and eastern coasts. Highest temperatures 6 to 9.

9/10 am start.

blorg

I'm heading out up the mountains... north of Malaga. Clear, 20C... Muwahhahaha

Chips Lovell

Can meet you at 9am in Dundrum if you're on.

DirkVoodoo

blorg wrote: »

I'm heading out up the mountains... north of Malaga. Clear, 20C... Muwahhahaha

You're a jerk and I don't like you anymore! Have a good trip to all going, take some photos!

@El Tonto: It's a date, is the claw coming?

LastGasp

el tonto wrote: »

Can meet you at 9am in Dundrum if you're on.

A 9am start for a Boards Spin ? Hallelujah !

Sounds good to me. Might even manage an Orwell spin on Sunday too.

buffalo

I'm definitely interested, but would we back in time for the match? 14.30 iirc.

joker77

How long timewise is the average boards spin?

Lumen

joker77 wrote: »

How long timewise is the average boards spin?

Take lights.

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

@El Tonto: It's a date, is the claw coming?

He's being interviewed on the radio I believe, so can't make it. After last week's adventures, fancy a turn out to Brittas to see the race course there?

buffalo wrote: »

I'm definitely interested, but would we back in time for the match? 14.30 iirc.

I plan on being back by then as well.

joker77 wrote: »

How long timewise is the average boards spin?

It depends, but I think most people will want to be home by lunchtime tomorrow given the match.

joker77

Lumen wrote: »

Take lights.

Wowzer

Chips Lovell

joker77 wrote: »

Wowzer

Pay no attention to Lumen. Me and Voodoo run a tight ship.

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

Pay no attention to Lumen. Me and Voodoo run a tight ship.

I think that the last few weeks have conclusively proven that you know your way around neither the north nor the south side of Dublin.

I'd suggest you bring lights and a map.

Chips Lovell

rottenhat wrote: »

I think that the last few weeks have conclusively proven that you know your way around neither the north nor the south side of Dublin.

I'd suggest you bring lights and a map.

Ahem. Who guided you out of the wilderness in Blanch on Saturday?

Raam

Consider a spin to Howth on Sunday. On your way out or back you can drop in to St Annes and watch the cyclocross race which is on at about 1pm.

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

Ahem. Who guided you out of the wilderness in Blanch on Saturday?

Along the N3, as I recall.

Chips Lovell

rottenhat wrote: »

Along the N3, as I recall.

I got you home, didn't I?

Anyway, are we going to see this new bike tomorrow?

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

Anyway, are we going to see this new bike tomorrow?

Weeellll...the crank bolt has not been tightened to the Campagnolo-approved 42Nm, so I'm not sure I want to bring it out on a proper spin until that's done. And I need to do at least 120km tomorrow so I was planning on heading out around 7:30 or 8. So probably not.

Chips Lovell

No worries. I can do your crank bolt for you if you want to drop over at some point this weekend.

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

No worries. I can do your crank bolt for you if you want to drop over at some point this weekend.

That's a very gentlemanly offer - would you be around Sunday afternoon for return of your chain tool and crank fettling, then?

Chips Lovell

rottenhat wrote: »

That's a very gentlemanly offer - would you be around Sunday afternoon for return of your chain tool and crank fettling, then?

Not sure yet. I may well be.

DirkVoodoo

Brittas sounds good, yeah I think everyone wants to make it back for the match so we can decide a route according to this in the morning based on who lives furthest away and how much we can get in before everyone being in their respective homes for ~ 2pm.

Chips Lovell

If we do one lap of the Brittas circuit and then a lap of the entire lakes, that should be around 100km. Assuming we don't dawdle, we'll all be home by 2pm at the latest.

Cadex

Hey chaps - looking forward to seeing you tomorrow ....9 though.....uhhhh! I have to get up early enough for the 10:00 starts as it is.

@Tonto + @Rottenhat - are you guys talking in code for some kind of dodgy behaviour.....?

petethedrummer

I hate you people. I have one more weekend in work, then I'll be out in a rage destroying the wicklow mountains*.





* actually I'm totally out of shape.

LastGasp

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Brittas sounds good, yeah I think everyone wants to make it back for the match so we can decide a route according to this in the morning based on who lives furthest away and how much we can get in before everyone being in their respective homes for ~ 2pm.

Excuse my ignorance, but is this still a Dundrum start, or somewhere else ?

Beasty

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Dublin Saturday Spin - 5th Feb 2010

@El Tonto: It's a date

A date it is - today's date!

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the 6th:pac:

Chips Lovell

Yes, Dundrum

DirkVoodoo

Beasty wrote: »

A date it is - today's date!

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the 6th:pac:

Bugger, I could have sworn I edited it when I posted it first.

DirkVoodoo

Ok, so meet up 9am sharp, leave at 9:10 at the latest. If anyone misses the start head out the N81 direction through Tallaght, would this be right?

Chips Lovell

I think we'll go down the Firhouse Road and turn off for the N81 at Old Bawn.

DirkVoodoo

It's a little darker and wetter than I thought, hope it warms up a bit during the day.

AvidIrishReader

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Seeing as I am not the best at route planning, I won't suggest one. Possibly something lowland.

Is anyone planning on heading out tomorrow in Dublin?

Weather looks ok:



9/10 am start.

I heard this forecast last night and this morning on RTE. I thought about it as I headed out through Lucan this morning at 09.30, getting pissed on from above. I met a friend and he arrived in shorts! The bike was a right mess.

Chips Lovell

Great spin. 105km for me, with DirkVoodoo, LastGasp and Cadex. Foggy and damp, but we kept warm with a nice brisk pace.

Diarmuid

Did 70km in 2:15 around the flatlands of Meath. Gotta get mudguards.

DirkVoodoo

Good spin alright, nice of El Tonto to guide us around the Brittas circuit. Good crowd like he said, strong crowd too. I should have heeded El Tonto's wise words about not grabbing onto wheels being my achilles heel. Heading down the N81 I managed to somehow drop back about 5 yards from the bunch. Bad idea. At this moment the Tonto train was winding up. 5 yards soon became 50 and then they were gone. Found Lastgasp, the other two had headed off north, I think exploding bladders might have had something to do with it. Trundled back home at a relaxed pace, heard a "boardsie" shout when we were in Tallaght and we met some triathletes who kept popping up during the day.

108km, 24.8 km/hr but the cold and damp fog made it a lot tougher than the numbers would suggest.

Also, just before the Luas bridge at Dundrum a guy was knocked off his bike. He was being looked after by the drivers of two cars, I'm guessing one of which was the other involved in the collision. I didn't stop as he seemed in good hands but if it was anyone who is on here then I hope you have a speedy recovery!

ROK ON

80km for me in gorgeous sunny Kerry weatherm not a cloud in the sky. Not a bit of wind. Don't get days like this in Kerry to often.a lot of cyclist out.
Glorious.

jimm

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

heard a "boardsie" shout when we were in Tallaght

If it was on Firhouse Road West at about 12.50 it was me. Wasn't really looking out but just saw 2 Boards jerseys (you and ?) out of the corner of my eye as we passed. Managed to get the "call" out in time. Now back to the rugby.

DirkVoodoo

jimm wrote: »

If it was on Firhouse Road West at about 12.50

No idea, must have been.

jimm wrote: »

2 Boards jerseys (you and ?)

Me and Lastgasp. Good shout!

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

Great spin. 105km for me, with DirkVoodoo, LastGasp and Cadex. Foggy and damp, but we kept warm with a nice brisk pace.

Posted at 13:41. Nice one, I retract my scorn. I vote you lead all future spins, starting at 09:00.

Also, well done for dropping Dirk. He needs to learn to HTFU

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Also, well done for dropping Dirk. He needs to learn to HTFU

Where are you racing tomorrow? Might pop along for...encouragement.

I look forward to a race report.

Lumen

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Where are you racing tomorrow? Might pop along for...encouragement.

I look forward to a race report.

LOL. Yeah, this is the race you said you'd be doing too, remember?

Phoenix Park* @ 11:00 or 12:00 (depends which race I enter). Unfortunately it pretty much clashes with the CX champs (1pm), which should be properly entertaining.

* That's the grassy place with the big cross in it

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

LOL. Yeah, this is the race you said you'd be doing too, remember?

Good luck, I expressed interest, you never contacted me about training so I assumed it wasn't going ahead.

Lumen wrote: »

* That's the grassy place with the big cross in it

Touche.

Lumen

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Good luck, I expressed interest, you never contacted me about training so I assumed it wasn't going ahead.

Ha, that reminds me of the old Dirk, of the "I can't go on a spin because I can't find any bar tape". What happened to him?

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Ha, that reminds me of the old Dirk, of the "I can't go on a spin because I can't find any bar tape". What happened to him?

He's busy looking for new excuses for tomorrow morning.

ROK ON

Lumen. Given that tomorrow is your first official TT I really think you should get the missus out to take photos of you the hat and the bike.

DirkVoodoo

ROK ON wrote: »

Lumen. Given that tomorrow is your first official TT I really think you should get the missus out to take photos of you the hat and the bike.

+1. A video camera would be better, part of the fun is hearing him complain. Do you wear your cycling kit running? Not the shoes obviously, although you would gain major kudos for this.

Cadex

Well done today chaps (LastGasp, El Tonto + DirkVoodoo). Not the nicest of mornings with fog making it hard to warm up but the pace etc. certainly made it possible. I hadn't a clue where I was going other than Blessington was involved. Avoiding the hills didn't make it flat - 'undulating' would be the least it was. It was really foggy for most of the time particularly around the lakes. The eventual stop in Blessington at the garage for a quick cuppa was most welcome. Once refuelled was in much better form for the rest of the trip home and thoroughly enjoyed the fast bit coming into Tallaght. Myself and Tonto waited and saw the lads meet up together so were happy enough knowing they were heading off a different route at the end. While in Tallaght, we met a damsel with a puncture heading to Rathfarnham, no pump nor spare tubes...so we sorted it out for her. She's new to the sport so I guess this was a lesson.
In the end, 120k for me, cycling 4h33 (elapsed 08:20 - 14:00) - with an average 26.5km/h. Felt pretty empty once I stopped but was ok while I was still going. Fab bath and beer then watched the match - deadly!

shaungil

4 hours for me with swords mainly . Hardish hills on ardgillan and snowtown and then the Halpin engine room (father and son) drove us home to Skerries via the airport. amazing how youi forget about the rain and Belgian tootpaste when you're hanging onat 40kmp for an hour.

A first birthday party int he afternoon with Bulmers and rugby was a perfect reward after a 13 hour week. Savoury for the first half and sweet for the second was a nice combination. Roll on my rest week of 6 hours from Monday.

@ Beasty have to say all the lads who have been out with us during the week it has shown results esp on the hills. Much stronger when the hammer goes down and hanging on where they would have struggled last year.

Beasty

shaungil wrote: »

Savoury for the first half and sweet for the second was a nice combination

You call Thursday evening sweet?

Bloody masochist:D

kavanagh_h

Cadex wrote: »

While in Tallaght, we met a damsel with a puncture heading to Rathfarnham, no pump nor spare tubes...so we sorted it out for her. She's new to the sport so I guess this was a lesson.
In the end, 120k for me, cycling 4h33 (elapsed 08:20 - 14:00) - with an average 26.5km/h. Felt pretty empty once I stopped but was ok while I was still going. Fab bath and beer then watched the match - deadly!

Lucky damsel meeting you two gents! You cetainly make me feel lazy using the weather as excuse to go shopping instead of any physical activity at all.

shaungil

Beasty wrote: »

You call Thursday evening sweet?

Bloody masochist:D

Well I meant shovelling crap food in my face during the rugby but funnily enough 90 mins of intervals into a 40k headwind in the lashing rain is something that will harden you up. Chuck Norris says Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Anyway from thr man who does 50 km everyday on his commute on the roads of North dublin the terms kettle pot and black come to mind.