Mick Lally Memorial/Dublin Wheelers GP 06/03/10

zzzzzzzz

Are many of you planning on riding this next Saturday?

For any of you Orwell noobs - it's the same lap you did last saturday AFAIK, just more of them. (would I be right in saying 3 laps for 65k?)

Lumen

I'm in.

(if domestics permit)

Chips Lovell

I'm in too.

I'd say it's only two laps of that circuit.

RobFowl

We got this email regarding it


Hi All,

Dublin Wheelers CC will be hosting the annual Mick Lally Memorial and Dublin Wheelers GP on Saturday 6th March 2010.

The Mick Lally Memorial is for A+/A1/A2 riders and will cover a distance of 85 kilometres (3 laps). This race will be run on a handicap basis.

Dublin Wheelers GP is for A3/A4 riders. If a sufficient number of A3/A4 competitors sign on, there will be a separate race for each category. Otherwise it will be a handicapped event. It will cover a distance of 64 kilometres (2 laps).

The course for these events will be the Summerhill Road-Culmullin-Trim Road-Dorey's Forge circuit.

SIGN ON: Dunboyne Community Centre, Dunboyne, Co Meath from 9.15am to 10am.

Roll out from community centre at 10.10am for race start at McAleese Steel. (5k out the Summerhill Road)
This will also be the race finish.

Changing rooms and showers available.
Tea and sandwiches at Community Centre after race finish.

Contact Ciarán @ *********

Thank you.

Raam

I'm in

Chips Lovell

Early start, nice one. More recovery time for Sunday and at the prospect of being home in time for lunch.

shaungil

Maybe same re domestic situation. Are we going to get a reccie of the course from our Orwell buddies. We'll do the same for DNS ones later in year.

ba

i may be marshalling, so will hopefully see you all there. best of luck if i don't tho'.

niceonetom

Yay, Dorey's Forge!!

Tentatively in.

zzzzzzzz

niceonetom wrote: »

Yay, Dorey's Forge!!

In!!! And sure I'll probably win the feckin thing!

FYP

Lumen

niceonetom wrote: »

Yay, Dorey's Forge!!

Tentatively in.

Cool, I'll fit an extra bottle cage. What would you like in your sandwiches?

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

What would you like in your sandwiches?

Cake.

Chips Lovell

Which reminds me. Martin Ridge, who won the A4 race yesterday, started it with several pieces of cake taped to his top tube. He figured it was easier than pulling stuff out of his jersey pocket.

niceonetom

Lumen wrote: »

Cool, I'll fit an extra bottle cage. What would you like in your sandwiches?

Ham and cheese. No crusts.

EDIT: also, work on your wheel swapping technique.

Zipp101

I plan to race this one.

Planet X

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

Are many of you planning on riding this next Saturday?

For any of you Orwell noobs - it's the same lap you did last saturday AFAIK, just more of them. (would I be right in saying 3 laps for 65k?)

Aidan, I'm assuming Vets are allowed? Vet license OK?

zzzzzzzz

Planet X wrote: »

Aidan, I'm assuming Vets are allowed? Vet license OK?

I've nothing to do with the organisation of the race, but vets are categorised with the Seniors, and according to ability this year so you should be grand.

RobFowl

I'm not sure if the IVCA licence is ok for CI open races. Will check with "The lion of Fingal" and get back.....

Planet X

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

I've nothing to do with the organisation of the race, but vets are categorised with the Seniors, and according to ability this year so you should be grand.

Cheers.
Got an email from Vets. today also but just the fact that it never mentioned the "Auld Lads", was wondering.
Might give it a spin then, two laps.

Caroline_ie

Right, I will do it. Nothing better than racing to train for a race right ? ... what will happen is that I will get dropped after 10 km and go easy for rest of the race waving at the fast groups over lapping me one after the other.
Should be fun ...

fondriest

I was thinking of heading up to this one ,can anyone tell me what the circuit is like flat ,hilly ,rolling or my fav all downhill

Chips Lovell

It's relatively flat. The main obstacle is Dorey's Forge, a sharp enough drag just after you turn off the Trim Road. There is another, less severe drag shortly afterwards, before the Summerhill Road that can bite a bit if you're flaked from the previous one.

fondriest

Thanks el tonto will go up and give it a shot

Diarmuid

Anyone got a link to the route on MMR or BikeRouteToaster etc.?

DirkVoodoo

Well, if everyone else is going I suppose I don't have much choice. Time to suck it up and put the hammer down!

Chips Lovell

Diarmuid wrote: »

Anyone got a link to the route on MMR or BikeRouteToaster etc.?

Here you go.

Planet X

RobFowl wrote: »

I'm not sure if the IVCA licence is ok for CI open races. Will check with "The lion of Fingal" and get back.....

Ciaran (Dublin Wheelers) replied on the Vets site. IVCA license is good for this race.

velo.2010

Talking of licenses, is your new license sent out to you or do you have to pick it up from the club sec.?

Lumen

Domestic approval granted. I'm in, deffo.

I'm so excited my toes are tingly.

velo.2010

Any word folks on my previous query above? Have the licenses been sent out or do you collect? Just wondering as regards turning up at an event without proof of license!

Chips Lovell

velo.2010 wrote: »

Any word folks on my previous query above? Have the licenses been sent out or do you collect? Just wondering as regards turning up at an event without proof of license!

If paid through your club, I think you'd have to get it from the club sec. At least that's the way may club do it and others I know of.

velo.2010

el tonto wrote: »

At least that's the way may club do it and others I know of.

Your club is my club and my club is your club!!

edit, so thats a journey out to Dave I presume?

zzzzzzzz

velo.2010 wrote: »

Your club is my club and my club is your club!!

edit, so thats a journey out to Dave I presume?

A message went up earlier on the twitter feed that all racing licenses & numbers are in Joe Daly's for collection.

Zipp101

Any reccomendations on how to get a licence asap for this?

The online thing is down and just getting an answering maching at CI :mad:

blorg

Zipp101 wrote: »

Any reccomendations on how to get a licence asap for this?

The online thing is down and just getting an answering maching at CI :mad:

You could always take out a one-day license on the day for €10.

velo.2010

Are people making their own way out to this or is there a boards meet then roll out to Dunboyne?

Diarmuid

Do you need a club jersey for this race? Just joined up so I've got nothing yet...

Lumen

Diarmuid wrote: »

Do you need a club jersey for this race? Just joined up so I've got nothing yet...

Obvious solution (NSFW).

ROK ON

@Lumen. I love pink jerseys. I need to get one of those.

blorg

Lumen wrote: »

Obvious solution (NSFW).

Wouldn't be allowed, no helmets and their bars look wider than 50cm.

Raam

Diarmuid wrote: »

Do you need a club jersey for this race? Just joined up so I've got nothing yet...

I think you would be fine with any non-team jersey.

blorg

Raam wrote: »

I think you would be fine with any non-team jersey.

Yes, any plain jersey is allowed.

Chips Lovell

Anyone know where Dunboyne Community Centre actually is?

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

Anyone know where Dunboyne Community Centre actually is?

Dunboyne.

Lumen

Sorry. I Google mapped it a few days ago and it appears to be on the main road on the run in from Clonee.

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Dunboyne.

I think it's on the road out from Clonee, we would have passed it last week on the way back...I think! So, that road we were on, keep going until you meet bikes.

Chips Lovell

Anyone riding out? Sign on starts at 9:10, rollout is at 10:10. Dunboyne is around 13km from the Park, so I'd say a 9am meet up would work.

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

Anyone know where Dunboyne Community Centre actually is?

Is it where the Nationals met up last year?

Nietzschean

el tonto wrote: »

Anyone riding out? Sign on starts at 9:10, rollout is at 10:10. Dunboyne is around 13km from the Park, so I'd say a 9am meet up would work.

Aye turns out i'm free tomorrow morning to get dropped doing this.

Chips Lovell

Nietzschean wrote: »

Aye turns out i'm free tomorrow morning to get dropped doing this.

I think I'll be in the same boot. Grupetto?

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

I think I'll be in the same boot. Grupetto?

What's the story with clubs and open races? Do people from the same club generally help each other out?