cycling clubs

monkey 456

Hi am 13 nd wondering about joining a cycling club. I have a felt f95 racer and want to start racing competitivly. Any details or suggestions on clubs and how i would go about it... Oh and in the dublin area

fat bloke

Fair play to you. Hope someone comes along & points you in the right direction.

Pablo Rubio

Dublin Wheelers have a Youth Training group.

http://www.dublinwheelers.com/news.php

uberwolf

what's your nearest big town, or if in a city what side of it do you live on?

victorcarrera

http://www.cyclingireland.ie/Home/Club-List.aspx

monkey 456

victorcarrera wrote: »

http://www.cyclingireland.ie/Home/Club-List.aspx

thanks a lot and i have heard about orwell wheelers but i am not to sure if there youth section is that big. I am based southside of dublin and wud be willing to go anywhere in dublin to find a good club. Do youths tend to have regualer spins like adults or rarly

stevie1267

Inspiration cycling club based in Dunboyne are a youth cycling club not sure of if they have a web site but they are on facebook. Hope this helps.

monkey 456

stevie1267 wrote: »

Inspiration cycling club based in Dunboyne are a youth cycling club not sure of if they have a web site but they are on facebook. Hope this helps.

Tks a million will inveytigate that futher.

Beasty

Have you thought about track cycling? - Sundrive run summer track leagues with youth categories - they can provide you with a hire track bike, and it's great (and safe) introduction to training and racing for kids

monkey 456

Beasty wrote: »

Have you thought about track cycling? - Sundrive run summer track leagues with youth categories - they can provide you with a hire track bike, and it's great (and safe) introduction to training and racing for kids

Thanks for the great idea but i think i will stick to road as i have a racer and i can train regulary all year round. Tks anyway

kumate_champ07

monkey 456 wrote: »

Thanks for the great idea but i think i will stick to road as i have a racer and i can train regulary all year round. Tks anyway

you can do both. alot of the track cycists in Ireland do road too, it would be very good at your age to learn proper sprinting technique to help with road race finishes.

also as Beasty mentined you dont need a track bike, you can rent one there and do road training with your own bike that will help with track

Beasty

Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and many more built their racing reputations on the track;)

mc2000

If you go to Orwell Wheelers website

http://www.orwellwheelers.org

and if you take a look at the winter spin roster (in the right hand column under General Info, it's towards the bottom of this panel)

- you'll get a spreadsheet that details all the spins over winter - you'll see spins organised for Youth all ages, and Youth 12 up.

Also the contact us page at:

http://www.orwellwheelers.org/contact-us.html

gives a list of people you could ask about what's going on in the youth section [e.g. or send an email to orwelladmin@gmail.com]


Good luck, and hope you take it up and enjoy it with any club

Highway_To_Hell

Both Sorrento and Bray wheelers which are soutside based have junior membership, depending on age parental consent might be required.

HTH

monkey 456

mc2000 wrote: »

If you go to Orwell Wheelers website

http://www.orwellwheelers.org

and if you take a look at the winter spin roster (in the right hand column under General Info, it's towards the bottom of this panel)

- you'll get a spreadsheet that details all the spins over winter - you'll see spins organised for Youth all ages, and Youth 12 up.

Also the contact us page at:

http://www.orwellwheelers.org/contact-us.html

gives a list of people you could ask about what's going on in the youth section [e.g. or send an email to orwelladmin@gmail.com]


Good luck, and hope you take it up and enjoy it with any club

Thanks a million. Think i will go.for them. I emailed dave about three weeks ago.and havent got a reply. Do u know how to join and get cycling asap?.....

monkey 456

Is orwell wheelers a good club and by good club i mean has it got a decent reputation?

Lumen

monkey 456 wrote: »

Is orwell wheelers a good club and by good club i mean has it got a decent reputation?

A cycling club is a lot of different things to different people. Touring? Racing? Debauchery?

Orwell is now a massive club (possibly the largest in the country, but possibly not). That may appeal, or not.

There are many other good clubs. Just don't join Lucan. :pac:

monkey 456

Lumen wrote: »

monkey 456 wrote: »

Is orwell wheelers a good club and by good club i mean has it got a decent reputation?

A cycling club is a lot of different things to different people. Touring? Racing? Debauchery?

Orwell is now a massive club (possibly the largest in the country, but possibly not). That may appeal, or not.

There are many other good clubs. Just don't join Lucan. :pac:

K i wont! im looking to be able to participate in club leagues and races. Any tips??

mc2000

monkey 456 wrote: »

Thanks a million. Think i will go.for them. I emailed dave about three weeks ago.and havent got a reply. Do u know how to join and get cycling asap?.....

See membership page here:

http://www.orwellwheelers.org/membership.html

Also in your case note the under 18 consent form.

From the membership page it says that new member welcome autumn to March. Actually the membership night was just last night (5th December). Your best bet is to try to get in touch with Dave, or just turn up on a Sunday where the youth spins are on and try out a youth group.

Also take a look at the link below - there seems to be contact info for Dave.

http://www.orwellwheelers.org/racing/23-youth/344-summertime-youth-interclub-league-returns.html

happygoose

Inspiration Cycle Club Dunboyne is a club set up for lads your age, really well run
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inspiration-Cycling-Club-Dunboyne/160655380634886

morana

as a young person trying to become as good as you can and enjoy it go to a club with some knowledgeable people. A club that will give you a good workout each week. you should be learning something new each week. Ask if they have a coach going with them for each spin. Older riders tend to do what they like best, so for me no mountains for the mountain guys no hard sprint type efforts whereas a coach with a group will make sure you get a good balance of differnet types of efforts.

South dublin are good. Lucan are good, Wheelers are good these are just off the top of my head.

monkey 456

morana wrote: »

as a young person trying to become as good as you can and enjoy it go to a club with some knowledgeable people. A club that will give you a good workout each week. you should be learning something new each week. Ask if they have a coach going with them for each spin. Older riders tend to do what they like best, so for me no mountains for the mountain guys no hard sprint type efforts whereas a coach with a group will make sure you get a good balance of differnet types of efforts.

South dublin are good. Lucan are good, Wheelers are good these are just off the top of my head.

Thanks for some good tips.

morana

monkey 456 wrote: »

Thanks for some good tips.

oh and I forgot probably the most important thing. CI clubs are obliged to have leaders/supervisors/coaches who work with young or vulnerable adults to be garda vetted and to have completed a Child protection course.....probably not of interest to you but your mother/father/guardian will be I bet......