IRC/Lucan/Orwell/UCD/Tiernans Club league opener - February 26

velo.2010

Just throwing this out there. I won't be racing in Monasterevin on Sunday so plan a reece round the course for Sunday weeks IRC/Orwell/Lucan/UCD/Tiernans league opener on the 26th.

With frost and possible early ice forecast, I'm gona skip the early morning club meet with a view to getting out to Black Bull a little later. Would like to do the course which takes in a lap round Doreys Forge and the bottom half of the Mullagh back round to Batterstown. Maybe do it twice!

Anyone interested in meeting at Black Bull for 11am?

levitronix

i might be on will you bang you an email if im going to make it

Lumen

You might want to edit the thread title. This is a national forum. :pac:

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velo.2010

@Lumen, I see your name down for the league. Getting out on Sunday?

CramCycle

WooHoo marshalling duties, great way to make my debut in the league. Who else is coming out for this?

AstraMonti

I ll be there racing. Should be fun The route has some interesting spikes so we ll probably see groups splitting up.

morana

Lumen wrote: »

You might want to edit the thread title. This is a national forum. :pac:

can anybody ride this? Is there 1 days available?

Chips Lovell

morana wrote: »

can anybody ride this? Is there 1 days available?

I'm afraid not. You need to be a member of one of the five clubs.

velo.2010

I see there's a course change for Sunday. The Green Sheds circuit (face to palm). Heads should roll for leading us to believe it was Dorey's.:rolleyes:

70km though!

The Crunch

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

morana wrote: »

can anybody ride this? Is there 1 days available?

I'm afraid not. You need to be a member of one of the five clubs.

I believe Lucan have a vacancy!

AstraMonti

70k is a bit mad to start with. Last May we were racing 47k, and we are starting in February with 70? I don't have a problem with it, it just doesn't make sense.

Lumen

AstraMonti wrote: »

70k is a bit mad to start with. Last May we were racing 47k, and we are starting in February with 70? I don't have a problem with it, it just doesn't make sense.

We only have short races during the week because it gets dark.

Chips Lovell

AstraMonti wrote: »

70k is a bit mad to start with. Last May we were racing 47k, and we are starting in February with 70? I don't have a problem with it, it just doesn't make sense.

The evening races are restricted in length due to daylight.

EDIT: Lumen beat me to it.

Beasty

velo.2010 wrote: »

I see there's a course change for Sunday. The Green Sheds circuit (face to palm). Heads should roll for leading us to believe it was Dorey's.:rolleyes:

70km though!

morana wrote: »

can anybody ride this? Is there 1 days available?

Dublin Wheelers have a training race on Dorey's Forge starting at 10.30, which presumably explains the change - morana you may wish to enquire about that one, as I know Swords riders are invited - it may be a similar situation to the Xmas races

morana

Beasty wrote: »

Dublin Wheelers have a training race on Dorey's Forge starting at 10.30, which presumably explains the change - morana you may wish to enquire about that one, as I know Swords riders are invited - it may be a similar situation to the Xmas races

Thanks. I spoke to Ciaran today and he kindly invited us. My initial inquiry was an attempt at humour but lost in translation from DNS to the Southside

Beasty

morana wrote: »

My initial inquiry was an attempt at humour but lost in translation from DNS to the Southside

I suspect it was because posters simply assumed you don't understand the licencing rules;)

Anyway, you can at least now start thinking about some of those over 50s races ....

Chips Lovell

Actually, I took it seriously because I know other club leagues allow guests.

Beasty

... but your league is already up to it's maximum "5 clubs" that may be represented in any Club League race

Chips Lovell

Exactly.

Idleater

CramCycle wrote: »

WooHoo marshalling duties, great way to make my debut in the league. Who else is coming out for this?

I volunteered to Marshall so I'll be on the motorbike.

levitronix

70km sounds a nice distance for first race of the season, am looking forward to try out some new wheels

doozerie

70km - ouch! Last year the opening race was about 45km, I was hoping for something similar this year, it would have tied in nicely with my haphazard training. Hmm, 35 hours remaining in which to cram some quality training in...

Is there a group riding out to this by any chance? I know that a group left Phoenix Park last year (I distinctly recall seeing that group disappear into the distance as I arrived late and my planned casual ride to the race turned into a sprinting, gurning, hyperventilating bonanza ...in preparation for a sprinting, gurning, hyperventilating bonanza). Mind you the extra race distance makes the 30-odd km ride to there a bit less appealing, my inner couch potato is looking at my car with interest.

CramCycle

Can anyone put up a link to the official start point?

oflahero

doozerie wrote: »

Is there a group riding out to this by any chance?

There'll be be a few leaving Joe Daly's at 9:30, and if you roll past the Pope's Cross at around 10 there'll no doubt be a few too.

oflahero

CramCycle wrote: »

Can anyone put up a link to the official start point?

Usual signon & start for these races is here, but tomorrow it looks like it'll be the pub car park here.

buffalo

ugh, was really hoping to be ready to race in this, but I was in bed at 10.30 last night. Bloody jet lag. On top of which I seem to have picked up a chest infection on the way home, huzzah for anti-biotics.

Anyone who suggests I'm sandbagging will witness my wrath.

DirkVoodoo

buffalo wrote: »

ugh, was really hoping to be ready to race in this, but I was in bed at 10.30 last night. Bloody jet lag. On top of which I seem to have picked up a chest infection on the way home, huzzah for anti-biotics.

Anyone who suggests I'm sandbagging will witness my wrath.

Sandbagger.

buffalo

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Sandbagger.

fat bloke

Will there be lots of us out for this tomorrow? 4 laps is mental, considering the usual club league thing is 2 laps! Must be trying to reduce the numbers early on in the season .

Chips Lovell

4 laps? We were told 3.

I'm racing anyway.

levitronix

4 laps now im driving out

Chips Lovell

Changed thread title since it's morphed into a general thread about the race.

velo.2010

4 laps?

doozerie

Can someone confirm whether it is really going to be 4 laps? My poor little legs would like to know.

Edit: Just had it confirmed that it is indeed 4 laps, so 80km or so, but that the final decision will be made tomorrow so it may yet be reduced (please ...oh please!).

fat bloke

4 laps is what we were emailed anyway.

What'll they have to give limit - a full lap nearly??

Chips Lovell

I make that around 74km actually. That's not too bad.

AstraMonti

Well done to Lumen for taking the 4th place! Awesome ride!
The pace was hard for a first race, I blew up fairly fast, don't know why, legs were great but I couldn't breath. Anyway, many more races to come.

fat bloke

Nice one. Congrats.

Thank fcuk it was 3 laps in the end. Did all i could to drive on for the Usher lads on the break on the 3rd lap and sat up then on the main road, i was bollixed. Great 1,2,3 result for the club though

Chips Lovell

Well done to the Road Club, that was a great move. Congrats to Lumen too. I'd say he can wave goodbye to semi-limit now.

levitronix

what was distance today didnt have a computer with me

Lumen

62.3km according to mine.

levitronix

well done lumen, first result of the year and no power data haha you think if only ....

velo.2010

Fair fcuks to Lumen!

Who's your coach?:)

fat bloke

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Congrats to Lumen too. I'd say he can wave goodbye to semi-limit now.

i think there's a 5 race amnesty or something so people can stay put and see how the groups settle down. They're trying to even things out so that it's not just one amorphous semi scratch . Was good today anyway I thought. Lots of capable riders in semi limit and at least a decent pretence made at working together

Who is everyone anyway. I never know who anyone is. Who's who and on what?

I had my new Ridley "hack" out with my photogenic Zipp 606 specials riding for Usher.

Was that astramonti on the white planet x with the non-decaled stealthy carbon deep sections?

Levitronix, didn't spot you are you still on black/orange canyon?

What's Lumen ride?

AstraMonti

fat bloke wrote: »

Was that astramonti on the white planet x with the non-decaled stealthy carbon deep sections?

Yeap that was me. Please tell me you were not the guy with the Ridley that had a Look sticker on it :rolleyes:

Moral of the day btw: Doesn't matter how light is your bike, if you suck.. well you suck :pac:

The Crunch

Vlad's lightening quick race report:-
http://orwellwheelers.org/racing/19-club/373-latham-leads-orwell-home-in-batterstown.html

dave_o_brien

Well done to all, impressive show from the 3 Usher lads and Lumen. It was a great day for marshalling; cold, windy and overcast! From where I was standing, it seemed like carnage, an awful lot of guys going a lot better than they should be for February...

Chips Lovell

fat bloke wrote: »

Who is everyone anyway. I never know who anyone is. Who's who and on what?

I'm Orwell. Black Wilier and Eastons.

fat bloke

AstraMonti wrote: »

Yeap that was me. Please tell me you were not the guy with the Ridley that had a Look sticker on it :rolleyes:

Moral of the day btw: Doesn't matter how light is your bike, if you suck.. well you suck :pac:

Ha ha, no. Missed that one. Ridley with ridley stickers.

Lumen

fat bloke wrote: »

i think there's a 5 race amnesty or something so people can stay put and see how the groups settle down.

Fistpump!

fat bloke wrote: »

What's Lumen ride?

Black Canyon AL, so that doesn't really narrow it down :pac:. 50mm carbon wheels on today, and a death rattle of some sort.

joker77

Well done to all who came out and competed today - it was a bit of an ask for a 70kms race this early as a league pre-season (more of an open racing pre-season really?), especially for those who hadn't raced before.

I was marshalling on the corner turning back onto the main road, it looked fairly tough on the second lap, a fair few flushed faces and open, panting jaws