Orwell/UCD/Tiernan's/Lucan/Usher Club League May 31st Cancelled

Mr. Grieves

According to here: http://www.orwellwheelers.org/forum/5-racing/3609-cancelled-league-race-31st-mayalternative-option.html

Hillclimb TT up Kilmashogue Lane proposed instead. Brilliant!

buffalo

I was actually looking at the National Hill Climb Championships results earlier today. If you don't knock at least sixty seconds off your time Mr Grieves, I'll be very disappointed! I expect my KOM spot to be much further down the leaderboard on Friday.

Going to miss this due to moving house shenanigans. Enjoy!

Lumen

buffalo wrote: »

I was actually looking at the National Hill Climb Championships results earlier today.

Was this the course used for the Nat. Champs?

Diarmuid

Lumen wrote: »

Was this the course used for the Nat. Champs?

Yes

CramCycle

Awesome, I love hill climbing, are many from here coming out to it or will the weather dampen numbers?

kenmc

I'll be along if it's dry and sunny like I'm used to.

daragh_

Am I right in thinking it's only open to folks already in the League and not general club members?

Have fun. If I get a chance I might swing by and watch the pain and suffering.

buffalo

kenmc wrote: »

I'll be along if it's dry and sunny like I'm used to.

You've gotten soft man! Get out there and set a PB! And don't bring the panniers this time!

kenmc

buffalo wrote: »

You've gotten soft man! Get out there and set a PB! And don't bring the panniers this time!

They weren't panniers, they were sandbags :pac:

AstraMonti

That road wet will make things very interesting.

kenmc

AstraMonti wrote: »

That road wet will make things very interesting.

Mainly descending though...

AstraMonti

If I remember the road correctly the surface is quite bad and we ll end with back wheel spinning on the way up, especially on the last 300-400 meters which is much steeper.

CramCycle

daragh_ wrote: »

Am I right in thinking it's only open to folks already in the League and not general club members?

Have fun. If I get a chance I might swing by and watch the pain and suffering.

Generally yes but this isn't official and no points are being awarded.

Nice to have a clubmate out for support regardless

and by support i mean to run after me and push me up the hill

joker77

daragh_ wrote: »

Am I right in thinking it's only open to folks already in the League and not general club members?

Have fun. If I get a chance I might swing by and watch the pain and suffering.

This isn't a league event, so I don't see any reason you wouldn't be allowed join in? (It's only for kudos)

Mr. Grieves

AstraMonti wrote: »

If I remember the road correctly the surface is quite bad and we ll end with back wheel spinning on the way up, especially on the last 300-400 meters which is much steeper.

Road surface is very good, it was resurfaced a while back. Descending requires care even in the dry, due to the gradient.

I presume you'll be there - a 6 kg bike would be great in a hill climb!

joker77

Mr. Grieves wrote: »

Road surface is very good, it was resurfaced a while back. Descending requires care even in the dry, due to the gradient.

I presume you'll be there - a 6 kg bike would be great in a hill climb!

'Tis pretty steep alright, only ever been up it in a car. What distance is the TT part?

kenmc

Mr. Grieves wrote: »

Road surface is very good, it was resurfaced a while back. Descending requires care even in the dry, due to the gradient.

I presume you'll be there - a 6 kg bike would be great in a hill climb!

Careful now.

daragh_

Can't make it - family stuff on. Sorry CramCycle.

Phew. That was a close one, thank jebus I got out of that!

buffalo

Jebus Grieves, 48 seconds faster!? Please tell me you're entering the Hill Climb champs again this year. 7th September - mark it down!

Also, you should definitely sneak into the Rás Dhun na nGall this weekend.

CramCycle

Turns out I have never climbed that hill before and boy did I suffer, blew up a little over half way up but then seen two orwellians and thought, yay, finish line. Got as far as them while my lungs tried to evacuate my body.

It was not the finish line

Tried to shift into the small front ring to just spin away till my legs came back but the chain would not budge, eventually had to stop and move it over by hand but at least I could move then.

Got to the finish line in 13minutes, think I was last, winning time was 9min5sec. Quite annoying as he started in front of me so I had no one to aim for he was gone around the first corner before I had even clipped in.

Must head up that way again to see can i improve.

manwithaplan

CramCycle wrote: »

Tried to shift into the small front ring to just spin away till my legs came back

You were in the big ring on Kilamashogue? No wonder you blew up!

TheNah

enjoyed this last night - pleasant diversion of a summer's evening! happy enough with my time, felt i could have gone a little faster but my climbing legs felt tired, being doing a lot of it recently. did it it 11mins 12sec.

thanks to the Orwell lads for organising.

Mr. Grieves

buffalo wrote: »

Jebus Grieves, 48 seconds faster!? Please tell me you're entering the Hill Climb champs again this year. 7th September - mark it down!

Also, you should definitely sneak into the Rás Dhun na nGall this weekend.

48 seconds?! Bit of confusion about the various segments I think. For anybody who's interested, this hill is worth having a go of. I get a weird feeling of dread every time I start off up it, knowing what's to come :eek:

Last night we rode from the roundabout at the bottom of the hill: http://app.strava.com/segments/631099

The Nationals started past the school gate: http://app.strava.com/segments/734760

I did manage to improve on my Nationals time by 6 seconds, probably due to the rolling start.

CramCycle

manwithaplan wrote: »

You were in the big ring on Kilamashogue? No wonder you blew up!

I wish, my big ring is 53.

I was on a triple but the shifting was odd so I was in the middle 39 most of the way up.

Oddly enough front derailleur cable broke on the way home leaving me spinning like a lunatic out of Dundrum.

fat bloke

Hill climb, scmhill climb, ladies.

The best craic was in Black Bull. 8 Ushers and 2 Lucan riders tore up the tarmac around the Green sheds, then Dorey's Forge and home the Mullagh circuit back 9 and Dunboyne. Top 8 places were all filled by Usher riders, and I'm going to say that I won. :pac:

buffalo

Mr. Grieves wrote: »

48 seconds?! Bit of confusion about the various segments I think.

I was basing it on this - http://www.strava.com/segments/kilmashogue-lane-kom-bridge-to-top-631099

Because, despite having done the climb a few times, I have been excluded by Strava on this - http://app.strava.com/segments/734760

CramCycle

fat bloke wrote: »

Hill climb, scmhill climb, ladies.

The best craic was in Black Bull. 8 Ushers and 2 Lucan riders tore up the tarmac around the Green sheds, then Dorey's Forge and home the Mullagh circuit back 9 and Dunboyne. Top 8 places were all filled by Usher riders, and I'm going to say that I won. :pac:

All Orwell and St. Tiernans, who all done themselves proud (cept me) but being Lanterne Rouge is an honour in itself

I seen an Usher rider but he looked at the hill and then left again, what can I say, some clubs have it, some clubs don't :pac:

Forgot to mention I nearly came off on the descent, I went ahead of 3 others and the front wheel nearly came out of my hand it was shaking so much, managed to hold it and skid into a driveway screaming and effing like it was my last chance to do so. Good times.

AstraMonti

CramCycle wrote: »

Forgot to mention I nearly came off on the descent, I went ahead of 3 others and the front wheel nearly came out of my hand it was shaking so much, managed to hold it and skid into a driveway screaming and effing like it was my last chance to do so. Good times.

Was an evening full of surprises yesterday.. my saddle fell off (did not break.. just fell off the seatpost) at the bottom of Blackglen road forcing me (I have no clue why!) to do an endo to stop. You should have seen Ken's face, hilarious moment lol.

kenmc

AstraMonti wrote: »

Was an evening full of surprises yesterday.. my saddle fell off (did not break.. just fell off the seatpost) at the bottom of Blackglen road forcing me (I have no clue why!) to do an endo to stop. You should have seen Ken's face, hilarious moment lol.

I was just looking at the exposed seatpost, and anticipating where you would end up relative to it, and how you were going to explain it to your missus!

capnsantini

Maybe it's just me, but I'd suggest anyone who rode up there yesterday have a look at their back tire to maker sure it's ok. I just gave my bike the once over for the weekend and noticed a patch on the back tire that was worn down to the threads under the rubber. As I checked the rest there were a good few worn through places around the tire. I had a bit too much pressure in for the wet road and had the back tire sliding all over the place, but didn't think it would have been that bad. Anyway, worth you all having a quick look.

CramCycle

capnsantini wrote: »

Maybe it's just me, but I'd suggest anyone who rode up there yesterday have a look at their back tire to maker sure it's ok. I just gave my bike the once over for the weekend and noticed a patch on the back tire that was worn down to the threads under the rubber. As I checked the rest there were a good few worn through places around the tire. I had a bit too much pressure in for the wet road and had the back tire sliding all over the place, but didn't think it would have been that bad. Anyway, worth you all having a quick look.

I actually had less pressure than usual, must check her over later