Spin tomorrow a.m. to Powerscourt Mountain

pprendeville

Am heading out in the a.m. to Powerscourt Mountain (at least that's what I think it's called, correct me if I'm wrong, it has a big mast on top of it and is near Glencree) and wouldn't mind a bit of climbing company if anyone wants to join me. Good climbs in this spin as I come back by Johnny Fox's and there's a few nice steep sections before here. Here's a route for anyone interested. Pace fastish.

http://www.worksmartlabs.com/cardiotrainer/tracks.php?trackId=664732167&sig=01cebcff60351b1460bab1d5fab439292e4004e9

Oldlegs

Reckon that it is Kippure you are talking about

neris

thats kippure mountain. need a good set of tyries to get to the top on that surface

pprendeville

ah the road surface isn't that bad. have gone up there twice recently and it's grand. just need to take it handy on the descent.

Kippure is it, looks like Powerscourt Mtn at the base on google maps. Kippure looks like it's further south. But I'm not familiar with area so I'm not saying you're wrong, just looks like a strange one to me.

pprendeville

apologies, dragged that little man out of the zoom bar on google maps and it says Kippure on the photos.

blorg

Google Maps has Sally Gap called "Kippure" for some reason. It is Kippure all right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippure

Hermy

Google Maps has Airways Industrial Estate in someones back garden in Malahide.
Not the most reliable mapping to be sure.

pprendeville

nobody interested so for tomorrow? guess i'm the only one out of work here. hope the weather is as balmy tomorrow as it is now. have the back door open and you'd swear twas the middle of july. the thoughts of winter are depressing me already. if anyone sees this late and wants to head out send me a text on 0861082223. will be heading from Finglas around 9am.

pprendeville

is there a way of measuring gradient on google maps. want to see what it is like going up to Kippure. Kinda steep the last 100m or so.

daragh_

It's only fun if you do it in the howling wind and rain.

blorg

pprendeville wrote: »

is there a way of measuring gradient on google maps. want to see what it is like going up to Kippure. Kinda steep the last 100m or so.

www.ridewithgps.com will give instantaneous gradient; www.mapmyride.com will give averages. Not very accurate and you will have issues with there not being a road marked on Google Maps so it may calculate the gradient of the side of the mountain instead. I think it nears 20% IIRC from my Garmin.

Ant

Google, or to be more precise Teleatlas, who supply the street map data to Google, aren't the most reliable for matching names and locations. Ordnance Survey while not 100% perfect either are much more reliable as their mistakes are normally just in the spelling of place-names.

One Google/Teleatlas mistake I've noticed repeated a lot is Kilakee Road being referred to as Stocking Lane.

pprendeville

daragh_ wrote: »

It's only fun if you do it in the howling wind and rain.

nice weather today thank God. didn't necessarily make it any easier though. met a fella trying out a rifle right at the bottom. my HR was high enough and then i heard a gunshot which really woke me up. didn't think you'd be allowed try out rifles there.

last fri week visibility was only about 50ft on Kippure. gas to see the sheep up there i think. would be nice to have a boards TT up to the top of it i rekon.

daragh_

pprendeville wrote: »

nice weather today thank God. didn't necessarily make it any easier though. met a fella trying out a rifle right at the bottom. my HR was high enough and then i heard a gunshot which really woke me up. didn't think you'd be allowed try out rifles there.

last fri week visibility was only about 50ft on Kippure. gas to see the sheep up there i think. would be nice to have a boards TT up to the top of it i rekon.

Think there was one already.

I've only been up there twice. Once (on a lovely day last spring) to see if I could do it. Answer = Barely.
The second time was (in the rain and wind) to see if it was as bad as I remembered. Answer = Yes.

funkyjebus

im near enough to you pprendeville, was thinkin about a cycle like this for the first time, what the total distance you did today from door to door?
well done, glad you had the weather, would have tried it with you but a man must bring home the bacon.

brayblue24

Hermy wrote: »

Google Maps has Airways Industrial Estate in someones back garden in Malahide.
Not the most reliable mapping to be sure.

Is that not just the route you usually take your fares?? (sorry couldn't resist);)

pprendeville

funkyjebus wrote: »

im near enough to you pprendeville, was thinkin about a cycle like this for the first time, what the total distance you did today from door to door?
well done, glad you had the weather, would have tried it with you but a man must bring home the bacon.

74k d2d. IF I had a job I prob wouldn't be trying it. If u fancy it some weekend let me know. tough on my own.

Hermy

brayblue24 wrote: »

Is that not just the route you usually take your fares?? (sorry couldn't resist);)

What fares!:(

jimm

pprendeville wrote: »

would be nice to have a boards TT up to the top of it i rekon.

There was one last year, 17 pages to read here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055516001