Stephen's Day burn the hangover spin NCD

cdaly_

Anyone up for a gentle 50-70k Stephen's Day spin to burn off the food/drink of Xmas day? I reckon on heading north from Baldoyle around 8 am. T'will be a fairly easy pace with occasional cafe puke stops and other unscheduled halts to cope with various self-inflicted gastrointestinal disorders...

bcmf

cdaly_ wrote: »

Anyone up for a gentle 50-70k Stephen's Day spin to burn off the food/drink of Xmas day? I reckon on heading north from Baldoyle around 8 am. T'will be a fairly easy pace with occasional cafe puke stops and other unscheduled halts to cope with various self-inflicted gastrointestinal disorders...

I may be up for this BUT 8am onStephen's morn.!!!!!!!!!

colm_gti

bcmf wrote: »

I may be up for this BUT 8am onStephen's morn.!!!!!!!!!

Likewise....10am would be more realistic....

cdaly_

Well, sure by the time I make it to some sensible meeting point it'll be later.

Sure might start out later indeed, we can negotiate...

t'bear

cdaly_ wrote: »

Well, sure by the time I make it to some sensible meeting point it'll be later.

Sure might start out later indeed, we can negotiate...

Interested in this also. But I have to work a couple of hours so closer to eleven for me before I get to meeting point. Assume that would be swords somewhere


Should be well carbed for this one

cdaly_

Eleven is a bit late for me. I wanna be home by 1. Pick us up en-route?

victorcarrera

I'm in. How about meet at Swords GAA club. (Same as last NCD boards spin.)

bcmf

victorcarrera wrote: »

I'm in. How about meet at Swords GAA club. (Same as last NCD boards spin.)

Colmcilles GAA is a good central meet uppoint

t'bear

I will follow the majority. Plot the route and if I cannot make the official start then I will try to latch on somewhere else

bcmf

What about more or less the same route as the last one?

RobFowl

Interested but will be well (and I mean well hungover)

killalanerr

bcmf wrote: »

Colmcilles GAA is a good central meet uppoint but i will miss the start time as i will be in the garage getting coffee

Fixed that for ya

bcmf

killalanerr wrote: »

Fixed that for ya

I wasnt alone you know!

cdaly_

Anyone got a link to the last route?

Around 9.30 to meet?

victorcarrera

cdaly_ wrote: »

Anyone got a link to the last route?

Around 9.30 to meet?

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/138268150#share

bcmf

Am out.work interfering with life again

colm_gti

Am hoping to head out for a relatively gentle 100km from Ashbourne in the morning, give or take a few kms, if anyone that posted here is still game for a spin?

RobFowl

colm_gti wrote: »

Am hoping to head out for a relatively gentle 100km from Ashbourne in the morning, give or take a few kms, if anyone that posted here is still game for a spin?

Name a place in NCD and I'll try to meet you there

victorcarrera

That'a about 5 interested so far.
Would Ratoath 08:45, Ashbourne 09:00, Swords St Colmcilles GAA 09:30 suit?
I have the map of the previous NCD 75km spin on my garmin or another similar one using better roads.

t'bear

Proposed times too early for me due to work pressures. Couple of laps round howth around lunchtime me thinks

midonogh

RobFowl wrote: »

Name a place in NCD and I'll try to meet you there

Heading out but need to be back for 11. Fancy thevsaturday spin from 8am trying to persuade deano as well

cdaly_

victorcarrera wrote: »

That'a about 5 interested so far.
Would Ratoath 08:45, Ashbourne 09:00, Swords St Colmcilles GAA 09:30 suit?
I have the map of the previous NCD 75km spin on my garmin or another similar one using better roads.

Works for me. I'll head for Swords for 09:30 and see what happens...

colm_gti

victorcarrera wrote: »

That'a about 5 interested so far.
Would Ratoath 08:45, Ashbourne 09:00, Swords St Colmcilles GAA 09:30 suit?
I have the map of the previous NCD 75km spin on my garmin or another similar one using better roads.

I'll do my best to be out on the bike for 9am, where's handiest to meet you in Ashbourne?

Are ye planning a coffee stop? If so I may just keep pedalling and depart from the security of the group...

victorcarrera

colm_gti wrote: »

I'll do my best to be out on the bike for 9am, where's handiest to meet you in Ashbourne?

Are ye planning a coffee stop? If so I may just keep pedalling and depart from the security of the group...

The roundabout south of Ashbourne on the R125.
I would prefer to keep going too. The cafes/shops may not be open tomorrow so everyone bring enough food and drink to get home.
I think there are only 3 now and whoever else turns up in Swords.

colm_gti

victorcarrera wrote: »

The roundabout south of Ashbourne on the R125.
I would prefer to keep going too. The cafes/shops may not be open tomorrow so everyone bring enough food and drink to get home.
I think there are only 3 now and whoever else turns up in Swords.

Sounds good, I should be there for 9!

cdaly_

That was grand. Met victorcarrera and colm_gti at swords, headed north and picked up midonogh and Beasty shortly after. Bcmf sure knows how to pick every tiny, twisty back road around. North to Nevit, across to Man O War, down into Skerries, up past Beasty's lair back over to Man O War where I left to head for home (t'was a handy spin I had in mind). Got caught by the rain for the last 15 min but sure I was cosy and warm by then so it was no bother. 72k in about 3 hours...

colm_gti

Good spin, thanks lads! Got caught in pretty heavy rain for the last 20km or so, best decision ever to cut the spin short!

moneyteam84

lol why not just go gym lift weights you'll get in alot better shape than cycling..what women go for skinny cyclists lol

colm_gti

moneyteam84 wrote: »

lol why not just go gym lift weights you'll get in alot better shape than cycling..what women go for skinny cyclists lol

Don't really cycle or work out to pull women, but whatever you need to help you then so be it...

bcmf

cdaly_ wrote: »

Bcmf sure knows how to pick every tiny, twisty back road around

And I wasn't even there.

Beasty

bcmf wrote: »

And I wasn't even there.

Potholes - he forgot to mention the potholes (and the mud)

Anyway having commenced in the Skerries Branch of Swords CC with midonogh around 8.30 (lights still required) we met up with the Boards spin just north of Swords then headed back towards Skerries

Over 3 hours and 77km or so for me - time-wise my longest spin of the year. Just getting over a bit of a head-cold so the temptation of heading back into the lair was too much and I left the 3 remaining guys to continue on.

bcmf

Beasty wrote: »

Potholes - he forgot to mention the potholes (and the mud).

Well I had originally entitled the original thread as l'enfer du North County. North County has its own special pave which somehow dissapears once in the vicinty of Chateau Beasty.