Gerard Brannigan Memorial Cycle: Nov 11

bcmf

Email from the Lion of Fingal:
'Hi Folks,

Please note in your diary "Gerard Brannigan Memorial Cycle"

Date Sunday 11th November'2012

Sign-On Opens - Time 09.00am - Start 10.00am

Sign-on "Grasshopper" Pub

Clonee Co. Meath

Two routes will be available – 45 miles (75km) & 20 miles (35km) Both routes will be marked and supervised at all junctions

Tea, Coffee, Sandwiches afterwards, spot prizes etc'

I plan to be there.

Felloffmebike

What's the route?

kennyb3

Hope to be there too.

@BCMF - good to see you again yesterday and catch up

bcmf

kennyb3 wrote: »

Hope to be there too.

@BCMF - good to see you again yesterday and catch up

Ditto! Hope there were no reprucussions from yest. If not should see you again next Sat!?

Marq-dublin

Jaysus I hope the weather is better then last year

jimm

I have done this one for the last 3/4 years and hope to be there on Sunday. Great event and always well supported.

I remember last year, the organizers had to get all the rugby fans out of the bar and onto their bikes, as the World Cup final was on the telly in there.

t'bear

jimm wrote: »

I have done this one for the last 3/4 years and hope to be there on Sunday. Great event and always well supported.

I remember last year, the organizers had to get all the rugby fans out of the bar and onto their bikes, as the World Cup final was on the telly in there.

Was the route ever posted?

Chips Lovell

This is the usual route

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/11440335

t'bear

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

This is the usual route

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/11440335

Cheers. Checking calender

uberwolf

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

This is the usual route

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/11440335

I'm trying to figure out if I can join up with this in to my Sunday spin. The map you've linked isn't either of the specified distances, do you know where it might be extended to?

bcmf

Not going due to family commitments.:( Was looking forward to it as well

Surinam

Hey does anyone know how much this costs? Or is it a case of voluntary donations? What is the exact cause of the charity, can't seem to find it on the internet?

Diarmuid

Surinam wrote: »

Hey does anyone know how much this costs? Or is it a case of voluntary donations? What is the exact cause of the charity, can't seem to find it on the internet?

Entry is €20. Details here

Surinam

Diarmuid wrote: »

Entry is €20. Details here

That's weird, when I type in "Gerard Brannigan memorial cycle" I get fairly different results. The title of this thread is "Gerard" so that's why I searched for that name rather than the "Gerry" you used. The figure of €20 also wasn't on the Orwell Wheelers link and it turns out the bigger route is 60k rather than the 75k quoted at the top of this thread.

Thanks all the same

Diarmuid

Surinam wrote: »

Thanks all the same

You're welcome.

t'bear

Diarmuid wrote: »

You're welcome.

Yup. Clocked 63k. At 30kph avg. ! I was nearly maxed out. But really enjoyed it. Lots of slowing for cars on the opposite side of the road as cyclists were also on the wrong causing a bottleneck. Keeps you on your toes. Added 22k as I cycled to clonee and back

detones

Great spin today, brilliant weather, really enjoyed it. It was my first sportive and a good one to do. Fair play to Orwell for organising and it seems to be for a very good cause. Raffle went on for about as long as the spin though!! Won nothing suffice to say. Pace was manageable, it’s amazing the affect a big bunch has, it just pulls you along. Got a bit a held up with a crash ahead in the group about 30mins in, nothing serious and I struggled to catch the leading group but managed to find some other like minded stragglers and get round at a good pace. Spun up from Blanch to Clonee and did around 75k total. Only wish there were more big sportive’s coming up, but it seems to be the end of the season now.

furiousox

There's an 80k sportive in Drogheda on the 25th.

Surinam

Absolutely perfect weather, good road conditions (apart from one of those last roundabouts where my back wheel lost traction entirely), fantastic organisation, decent banter along the way, v nice scenery at times (especially around Dunsany) and a little bit of a sprint at the end - what more could you ask for.

Met plenty of people from Orwell along the way, seems like a great sociable club.

patrick151

furiousox wrote: »

There's an 80k sportive in Drogheda on the 25th.

Link to details?

Edit: cancel that, it has appeared on the front page

dc2

Weather was great, roads were great but why do we have to put up with simpletons who dont know which side of the road to cycle on.

Every time we met a car, the whole bunch had to slow to let them back on the correct side of the road. That said, I saw a number of bird brains continue to cycle on the wrong side of the white line (including solid white lines) while there was traffic coming towards them, forcing cars into the verge. What opinion do you think these motorists will have of cyclists? Of course the people I'm refrerring to probably dont care. Its a shame cycling clubs dont have an intelligence test as a requirement to become a member!!

shamalam

must agree with dc2.
how do we expect any respect from motorists if they are witnessing the idiotic wrong side of the road cycling on display today.
Also this behaviour was from mainly club cyclists,should you not be setting some good example?

ian_rush

shamalam wrote: »

must agree with dc2.
how do we expect any respect from motorists if they are witnessing the idiotic wrong side of the road cycling on display today.
Also this behaviour was from mainly club cyclists,should you not be setting some good example?

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