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Drogheda wheelers races this weekend 21/22
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17-04-2012 1:06pm#1
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I love how there's a 12m difference between the start of the course, and the, despite them being at the same junction!
Will be doing this on Sunday. Whereabouts is the finish line on that circuit?
start/finish line is between gaffney and beaumount on that map (at about 9 km)
the 12 m vertical drop is good fun
(or it was my garmin acting funny)
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Anyone have a rough idea how steep that Copperhill Rd section is? Looks like the climb is about 600/700 metres long, but is it just a drag or does it kick up severely.
@buffalo - I'm with feck sake lads, if you don't think the sprint is for you then you've gotta do the damage somewhere else. sounds easy when you say it
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Anyone have a rough idea how steep that Copperhill Rd section is? Looks like the climb is about 600/700 metres long, but is it just a drag or does it kick up severely.
@buffalo - I'm with feck sake lads, if you don't think the sprint is for you then you've gotta do the damage somewhere else. sounds easy when you say it
its more of a steady drag than a steep kick. 2 - 4 %.0 -
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Dirty day at the office, and nothing to show for it. Was dry when the A4s set off, but a lovely shower got us all saturated before we'd done half a lap. Tried my hand at a few attacks, stayed away for about a third of a lap at one point, but nobody bridged (despite some efforts.). Attacked on the last lap on the road into Duleek, a Stamullen rider came with me, but he dropped off at the last corner - not sure why, maybe he saw we were doomed. Went up too early to the front coming into the finish, and the legs gave up long before the finish line was in sight. Essentially pulled over then to let everyone pass me, and rolled over the line paddy last, but happy with the legs and the work done.
Congrats to kenmc of this parish for his placing!
PS anyone care to marshall for me in the Hammond race next Sunday?
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killalanerr wrote: »Was anyone else cold i was not dressed for the job at all when i got wet i could not feel my hands and was shaking with the cold not nice
I was too wet to notice if I was cold. Your problem is you are too skinny 0 -
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I was in two minds as to wear tights or shorts, in the end I stuck with the tights as they were already on and I didn't want to change. Delighted I did, as the hail came down on the first climb. My poor white shoes though, they'll never be the same again
So much for " ah sure it's nice enough, I don't need to bother with overshoes".
As regards the riding, there was one or two lads who couldn't hold their line in the corners, but other than that I felt very safe in the bunch, it's really settled down in the last couple of weeks compared to the early season races. Thankfully. There's a big difference between taking risks and riding dangerously.0 -
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killalanerr wrote: »Was anyone else cold i was not dressed for the job at all when i got wet i could not feel my hands and was shaking with the cold not nice
I tend not to comment on the standard of riding other to add that i felt safe today for most,but it is a race and racing involves taking risks so their is and should be a bit of bumpers involved,its part of the game
Sure there's a risk involved, we all know that when we sign up. Also I've touched wheels myself in the past, my own fault and I accept that. But I also think there's an expectation that every rider in a bunch is going to ride in a reasonably straight line most of the time and show some awareness of who's around him. When someone drops anchors or veers wildly from their line in the middle of the bunch (on more than one occasion) you have to question are they ready for racing in a bunch, no? Anyway, I'm not going to labour the point, just hope for his own sake he learns from today and is a little less panicky for his future races.
As for the cold, following the hail storms we had in league race on Thursday night, today's weather was positively balmy 0 -
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Love reading the race reports on here - gives you so many different perspectives on the day, as well as making you aware of what the race meant to other people.
Well done to you bcmf for getting out there despite everything! Wish I'd know you were there, would've said hello. I presume I'll see you for the last day of the Rás again?
And fair play to Drogheda Wheelers, it was great marshalling, and a lovely course (even if it didn't suit mise!). The fact that only one rider went down amidst all that rain and dirt says a lot - and there had been some cones on that corner before, but someone removed them.0 -
Love reading the race reports on here - gives you so many different perspectives on the day, as well as making you aware of what the race meant to other people.
Well done to you bcmf for getting out there despite everything! Wish I'd know you were there, would've said hello. I presume I'll see you for the last day of the Rás again?
And fair play to Drogheda Wheelers, it was great marshalling, and a lovely course (even if it didn't suit mise!). The fact that only one rider went down amidst all that rain and dirt says a lot - and there had been some cones on that corner before, but someone removed them.
I was at the corner, where the chap came down. There was a marshall there with a brush.He was constantly clearing the water from the corner. He did a fantastic job.
I saw the cones, when I arrived there and couldn't understand, why they were there, as they seemed to be on the racing line. I don't know why they were removed, but I don't think their absence was a factor in the fall. I spoke very briefly to the rider involved and he blamed nobody, but himself.0 -
Great race, bipolar course, sopping wet and bone dry and lashing hailstones and blinding sunshine all very well marshalled by Drogheda Wheelers. Really well organised so thanks to them, great lads in the club and the at the prizegiving the main man had a obvious love for both the sport and his clubmates, past and present.
As to the racing, we had 5 laps in A3.
Lap 1 kinda seemed to happen really quickly after a close shave with a wee doggie on the first drag and then laps 2-4 I tried (as did loads of others) to get away a few times but nothing stuck and then on the last lap four of us somehow got clean away and stayed clear to the finish. woohoo! I can't sprint so breaks are the only way for me.
I was last of the four but hey, great to get some points and very nice to be in the break with my mate and delighted for him to get the win, and the GIGANTIC trophy 0 -
Eamonnator wrote: »I was at the corner, where the chap came down. There was a marshall there with a brush.He was constantly clearing the water from the corner. He did a fantastic job.
I saw the cones, when I arrived there and couldn't understand, why they were there, as they seemed to be on the racing line. I don't know why they were removed, but I don't think their absence was a factor in the fall. I spoke very briefly to the rider involved and he blamed nobody, but himself.
I thought the same thing on the warm-up - we thought they were there to prevent parking on the corner, and would be removed when the racing started. When they were still there after we started, figured that patch was hazardous, and avoided it even when the cones were gone. He took a line through there though, hence my thinking.
Fair play to the guy with the brush - it's great to see that level of dedication! 0 -
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Eamonnator wrote: »Padjo5 is flying, I have a feeling, that he''ll take it a bit more seriously from now on, but I thought lennymc was a revelation. Today was his first open race,
and he was never in trouble, finished comfortably in the bunch.
thanks Eamonn. im all blushing now. guess the training must be doing something.
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