Photos taken on your cycle.

tigerboon

Crocked wrote: »

That's about the only downside of cycling in the Wicklow hills, even more so on the quieter roads where fly tipping/people throwing rubbish out of their vehicles/bikes is worse.

Seriously, who fills a bag of rubbish at home and thinks, I know what I'll do I'll put it in the car and **** it out on the side of the road somewhere and destroy our lovely countryside. Morons.

There's hardly a bit of road in the country that doesn't have litter in the hedgerow/verge.

iwillhtfu

Crocked wrote: »

Seriously, who fills a bag of rubbish at home and thinks, I know what I'll do I'll put it in the car and **** it out on the side of the road somewhere and destroy our lovely countryside. Morons.

In my experience they would be the ones that consider themselves a breed unto their own and persecuted for living how their fore fathers used to live.

As you say though Morons.

Charlie19

Above the cycle track in Clondalkin last week.

20150806_211751 by Charlie, on Flickr

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Whilst cycling along Military road, I found a telephone bill amongst all this rubbish and I gave to a guard I know, he told me that nothing will be done about it. He said that the culprits would have to be caught in the act.

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black_frosch

Somewhere between Baldoyle and Sutton

mjsc1970

black_frosch wrote: »

Somewhere between Baldoyle and Sutton

That'd be Cush Point, a lovely part of the world

Rogue-Trooper

Kids went over to Holyhead on the ferry this morning with their grandad so I stopped off at Poolbeg on my spin to wave to them!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Rogue Trooper I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but when you leave the summit take a left onto Thornaby Road, go down the hill past the Summit shop until you find a yellow ESB sign posted gate telling you its a private road (you'll have access on the bike)..

Follow this down the The Bailey Lighthouse and you have some spectacular views of the cliffs and a better view over Dublin Bay. Its really worth the little detour.

The tax man

Looking down on Keel in Achill from the masts on Maumnaman.
Stupidly steep climb but the views are worth the pain.

Not the best bike for climbing.

Some views from the coastal cycle route.

arybvtcw0eolkf

^^^Spectacular scenery

Alek

Last weekend, from a three day trip along Royal Canal and back with my friend. (he was the photographer)

Alek

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Rogue-Trooper

Case Hissing Wheelchair wrote: »

Rogue Trooper I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but when you leave the summit take a left onto Thornaby Road, go down the hill past the Summit shop until you find a yellow ESB sign posted gate telling you its a private road (you'll have access on the bike)..

Follow this down the The Bailey Lighthouse and you have some spectacular views of the cliffs and a better view over Dublin Bay. Its really worth the little detour.

Good thinking batman! Been yonks since I was down there so might detour down there in the morning instead of going straight for the wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee back down the hill!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Good thinking batman! Been yonks since I was down there so might detour down there in the morning instead of going straight for the wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee back down the hill!

Down by The Bailey..



And good news for me, I've just got rid of my old steam powered camera phone in favour of the new Samsung S6 so my photos should be decent enough from here on in

I might venture up there this evening, but I've a small problem with my hip which I've been nursing two weeks now.. But its a beautiful evening for the cliffs.

Mercian Pro

Alek wrote: »

Last weekend, from a three day trip along Royal Canal and back with my friend. (he was the photographer)

Great photos friend of Alek.

Got as far as Mullingar last week. Is the towpath west of Mullingar better or worse than to the east?

Alek

Very mixed - some nice long tarmac sections, some gravel, some grassy singletrack... All enjoyable in their own way!

Mind that we have seen quite a lot of road works being done, it seems that Waterways Ireland are improving cyclability of the canal as we speak

If they could only open all these gates we had to carry our loaded bikes over... 10-15 along the whole way? Very annoying.

Mercian Pro

Alek wrote: »

Very mixed - some nice long tarmac sections, some gravel, some grassy singletrack... All enjoyable in their own way!

Mind that we have seen quite a lot of road works being done, it seems that Waterways Ireland are improving cyclability of the canal as we speak

If they could only open all these gates we had to carry our loaded bikes over... 10-15 along the whole way? Very annoying.

I fully agree about the gates. I tackled a Waterways Ireland guy about it just past Furey's pub where there were three or four gates with new locks. He blamed the local gurriers who, he claimed, would drive up and down the towpath if the gates weren't locked. I pointed out that there were plenty of unlocked gates nearer to Dublin (home of the gurrier!) with no evidence of car usage. Hopefully the general upgrading of the towpath to Greenway will improve matters as far as Mullingar anyway.

cdaly_

Photos taken in advance of my cycle. Flying out to Paris tomorrow for PBP 2015. 1230km in 90 hours starting on Sunday evening. You can track me at http://suivi.paris-brest-paris.org/ using 'L177'. Maybe other boardsies will post their numbers too.

Bike ready to roll. The large red drybag will become a small red drybag on the ride itself. Two spare tyres under saddle will become one spare tyre (other one will be mounted in place of worn rear tyre). Everything else is as seen...


Route sheet...

iwillhtfu

Your shifter cable looks a tad loose there. Is that right?

Good luck on your trip.

cdaly_

That's the wiring to the cadence sensor so no problem (aparting from being a touch untidy...).

ford2600

cdaly_ wrote: »

That's the wiring to the cadence sensor so no problem (aparting from being a touch untidy...).

Do you carry 3 water bottles? You could drop 750g right there?

Best of luck, hope ye get perfect weather.

Bike attached in touring mode beside a beautiful beach in Asturias

ford2600

Asturias coast

Thargor

Never saw a bottle down there before...

G1032

The tax man wrote: »

Looking down on Keel in Achill from the masts on Maumnaman.
Stupidly steep climb but the views are worth the pain.

It's insane steep in parts. Climbed it last year and the garmin was reading 32% gradient at one stage. I felt a huge sense of relief when the gradient dropped to a more manageable 17%
Hoping to go back up there within the next few weeks.

Jawgap

From this morning's spin (taken with the Virb)

Laytown




Skerries

cdaly_

ford2600 wrote: »

Do you carry 3 water bottles? You could drop 750g right there?

Best of luck, hope ye get perfect weather.

Bike attached in touring mode beside a beautiful beach in Asturias

Third bottle is a tool kit. Weather forecast has been yoyo-ing between showers or sunny spells. Dunno what to believe now. Just so long as we don't get the thundery downpours forecast for today.

route66

G1032 wrote: »

It's insane steep in parts. Climbed it last year and the garmin was reading 32% gradient at one stage. I felt a huge sense of relief when the gradient dropped to a more manageable 17%
Hoping to go back up there within the next few weeks.

Achill is a beautiful spot all right, I'm just back from a very enjoyable week myself and I got some cycling in. The weather - a little on the damp side - is grand, the bloody midges though will drive you mad. They really enjoy the type of day that's perfect for cycling - warm and windless :mad:

Wishbone Ash

Thargor wrote: »

Never saw a bottle down there before...

It's a common feature on touring bikes (suitable as they usually have a LWB).

Harrybelafonte

Wishbone Ash

Looks like the road from Dunlewy with Errigal under cloud?

Harrybelafonte

Yes, well, road to Dunlewey for me