Photos taken on your cycle.

Moreilly

Where it all begins.......

alaimacerc

Group cycle to Berrings yesterday. Minuses: lost most of the group (several times in fact!), still have a couple of niggles from a fortnight ago, and got a puncture. Pluses: pleasant route, all the bits hung together sufficiently for the task, and the weather was absolutely amazing.

The tax man

Stormont from the front gate.

Carnlough harbour.

View across Torr head, Scottish coast in the background.

Mercian Pro

Lough Bray


Between Sally Gap and Glenmacnass


X marks the Wicklow Gap

crosstownk

A few from today.

But first (for comparison given today's weather) - Sally Gap, 27th October 2014.


And today.....



The spectacular view of Lough Tay.....




Dreadful traffic on the busy approach to Butter Mountain.


View of Blessington Lake from Ballysmuttan.

Hauki

First +100k ride this year!

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From Dublin to Glendalough and back. What a perfect day out on the road.

alaimacerc

Hauki wrote: »

First +100k ride this year!

i.imgur.com/Lk9rVYY.jpg

From Dublin to Glendalough and back. What a perfect day out on the road.

IMG'd that for you.

yop

Truly was a great day to be alive. Took around 7am this morning at Belclare, Westport in Mayo.

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Daroxtar

crosstownk wrote: »

A few from today.

But first (for comparison given today's weather) - Sally Gap, 27th October 2014.


And today.....

Last time up Kippure- 28/02


Today-

mhiggy09

Daroxtar wrote: »

Last time up Kippure- 28/02


Today-

May I ask what frame/bike that is? It's a beauty.

Daroxtar

Thanks
Its a Wilier Cento 1 SR.
I got it from here.
http://www.salden.nl/en/bikes-and-frames/roadracing/roadbikes/wilier-101sr-dip-opbouwfiets.html

Biopace

Headin' to County Cork

xxyyzz

The road less travelled

yop

Without been biased and looking at some of the pics over the last week we really do live in one of the nicest places in the world!

Charlie19

yop wrote: »

Without been biased and looking at some of the pics over the last week we really do live in one of the nicest places in the world!

Clear skies always seem to helps:)

maxamillius

xxyyzz wrote: »

The road less travelled

Where's that pal?

xxyyzz

maxamillius wrote: »

Where's that pal?

Queen's drive in killarney. It's a bit of a ballbuster of a climb but the rewards are worth it

alaimacerc

xxyyzz wrote: »

Queen's drive in killarney. It's a bit of a ballbuster of a climb but the rewards are worth it

Would that he one of the hairier routes in and around Muckross Lake, near Torc Mt? Didn't quite get my head around how those were supposed to work -- entrance I came across had "no bikes" and "one way" (huh?) signage...

xxyyzz

alaimacerc wrote: »

Would that he one of the hairier routes in and around Muckross Lake, near Torc Mt? Didn't quite get my head around how those were supposed to work -- entrance I came across had "no bikes" and "one way" (huh?) signage...

No, this road leads up over Torc. Head out the Muckross road and turn left just after the Muckross Park hotel up the Mangerton road. After a few hundred metres you'll come to a left 90 degree bend and the entrance to the gravel road in the picture is across the road here

You'd need a mountainbike, its quite rough at times. There's a gateway at the top after a lot of climbing with a small pedestrian gate to the right of it, this is the entrance to Bill Cullen's summer house but there's a public right of way through the front of the property. The right of way will lead you to some nice trails over Torc waterfall, it can be a bit of a maze up there.

The trail you mentioned around Muckross lake is ok for bikes but I think you are meant to do it in an anti-clockwise direction. The 'no bikes' are only for people going around in a clockwise direction (don't ask me what the thinking is behind this).

MugMugs

yop wrote: »

Without been biased and looking at some of the pics over the last week we really do live in one of the nicest places in the world!

As I sat on top of the Cooley Mountains at 8am on Sunday morning, munching on my Banana and staring out over Carlingford, I thought the very same thing.

When the sun shines here and sometimes even when it doesn't, there is just nothing else even close to it........... even in Louth

OldBean

It absolutely is. I spend about a week of each month travelling either around Ireland, Europe or the US with work and there's not much that has come close to how amazing Ireland can be on a great day, or how atmospheric it can be on a terrible day.

alaimacerc

xxyyzz wrote: »

No, this road leads up over Torc. Head out the Muckross road and turn left just after the Muckross Park hotel up the Mangerton road.

Ah gotcha, similarish area to where I was thinking right enough, then, but on the other side of the RoK road. Logically enough, lough on one side, hill on the other!

The trail you mentioned around Muckross lake is ok for bikes but I think you are meant to do it in an anti-clockwise direction. The 'no bikes' are only for people going around in a clockwise direction (don't ask me what the thinking is behind this).

Right, wondered if that was the case. Sign at that end is very unclear. Had originally route-planned it the other way, I think, then ended up at the far end on spec after a different cycle, scratching my head wondering if it was feasible or not!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Ok just some from my commute home this evening, including a selfie of yours truly ~ just putting a face to the username..





And lastly, 'tis me

Micilin Muc

Galway Bay coastal commute

Pinch Flat

Not the best quality pic, buit took a bit of time out from the commute home yesterday evening to admire the deer grazing and the sunset in the Phoenix Park

OldBean

Lambay Island



Malahide



All important cold press coffee...



Amazing morning.

G rock

^^nice shoes.

I Can't make it out from the photos of your bike, but are those for clipless pedals?

OldBean

G rock wrote: »

^^nice shoes.

I Can't make it out from the photos of your bike, but are those for clipless pedals?

Half and half.

SPD's on one side, flat gripped pedals on the other. M324 from memory, but I could be wrong. I find them great.

Shoes are Exustar SPD's, pretty good balance between stiffness, comfort and being able to walk around.

velopeloton

Lac d'Estaing this morning. It's a 15km climb to 1200 metres. Spring is melting that snow fast.

Moreilly

A few from a recent spin