Ardattin 200 Audax

LastGasp

Hi all,
The Ardattin 200 will be starting from Bray Wheelers Clubhouse on Saturday 6th April. This is a very popular (and relatively flat) 200 so a great one to start off your long rides for 2013 if you haven't done so already !
Full details on Audax Ireland website here Ardattin200

The Ardattin Motte & Bailey
Date: Saturday 6th April 2013

Organiser: Paul O’Donoghue
Address: 12 Tinnapark, Kilpedder, Co. Wicklow
Entry Fee: €5 (download Event Entry Form) payable to Paul O’Donoghue by post to above address, or €5.50 by Paypal (extra 50c to cover PayPal transaction charges) to podluna@gmail.com with scanned Entry Form.
Cycling Ireland or IVCA licence required. Day licence available on the day for €2.
Closing Date: Monday 1st April. No entries on the line.
Start Point: Bray Wheelers Clubhouse, Bray, Co Wicklow
Start Time: 8am

Konkers

Have the form filled out, now I just need to do a bit of cycling an send it in.:o

cdaly_

Ooh yes, I'm up for this. Step two on my Super Randonneur plan...

Dermot Illogical

cdaly_ wrote: »

Ooh yes, I'm up for this. Step two on my Super Randonneur plan...

Ditto

LastGasp

Hi all,

Just a bump to remind everyone that the Ardattin 200 is on next Saturday, 8am, from Bray Wheelers Clubhouse. You have until Wednesday to get entries to Paul.

http://www.audaxireland.org/calendar/gazetteer/ardattin-200/

Cheers, LG

Captain Havoc

Totally not fit enough to do this but a large part of me wants to try.

The tax man

The stooopid part of me is saying the same. No doubt the sensible part would be telling me "told you so" around the 130km mark. Tis a lovely route though.

Captain Havoc

I'm just thinking the weather won't be as cold as the Lap of Laois and my morale might be able to take a little bit more punishment. I can always bail out at Ardattin and cycle home anyway.

The tax man

Always handy to have a bail out close to home.;)

cdaly_

There's also the forecast for freshening southerly winds on sat. That'd be nice for a second half tailwind...

Dermot Illogical

Signed up. Now to organise the day off work

smcclaw

Signed up (based on CDaly's promised tailwind the whole way home!)

cdaly_

<inserts standard met.ie disclaimer here>...

Guill

Way too unfit for something like this but just out of interest how long should this takew a rider? Pro-average.

LeftBlank

Guill wrote: »

Way too unfit for something like this but just out of interest how long should this takew a rider? Pro-average.

The time limit is 13 hours 30mins and after that does it really matter?

(If I was doing it, I'd probably aim for 10 hours, maybe)

NamelessPhil

I'm in! Second audax of the year, I might be developing a taste for them.

LastGasp

Guill wrote: »

Way too unfit for something like this but just out of interest how long should this takew a rider? Pro-average.

Lots of variables obviously, but I tend to average around 5 hours per 100kms including stops. Some will be pushing the time-limit, and others could come in around 7hrs 30. Depends on how often and for how long you stop, and how fast you pedal ! The Ardattin tends to attract a fair few club racers (more than your average Audax) so that pushes the pace up a bit.

LastGasp

NamelessPhil wrote: »

I'm in! Second audax of the year, I might be developing a taste for them.

If you're not careful we'll have you doing a 300 next !

Konkers

Great day for this. Sons party so could not make it. Great day though. Enjoying I presume.

NamelessPhil

It was a great spin, 250km for me including getting there and back.

When I left this morning at 7am my Garmin was reading -2 degrees. There was heavy frost everywhere but the roads were mercifully dry. I got to the clubhouse just before 8am and signed on and we rolled out just after 8am. I was glad of the ride over because we hit Bray Head within the first 3km!

After that a fast group formed that stayed together for most of the rest of the ride. The weather was good with some cloud cover at the start adn bright spring sunshine later. There was little or no wind for the first part which meant that there were clouds of midges between Brittas Bay and Arklow.

The drag out of Arklow split the group but we re-grouped at the control at Woodenbridge. The next drag just before Carnew splintered the group again and four of us rode together to the next control at Ardattin. There's a nasty little 9% hill just up a small road out of Clonegall that was a bit tough. Lunch wasn't great but the food and support on offer at the other controls was excellent.

After lunch three of us rode together for the next 20km, myself, Mike and Blaize from Bray Wheelers. We were beginning to flag over the repetitive drags when the bunch caught us and we remained together at a zippy enough pace until the clubhouse in Bray.

Overall the organisation was fantastic, for €5 I was not expecting the amount of food and support available at all the controls. In fact some of the controls aren't even closed yet!

I left at 8:00am this morning and got back to the start at 4:45pm.

Planet X

Ardattin Inn on the John Murray Show RTE Radio 1 just now.
Last Wednesday it was rolled. 3/4 guys after the cig. machine etc. Pick axe job. Owner loaded the shotgun and discharged over their heads. They got some cash and messed up the place.