Mondello tonight

lennymc

Anyone racing mondello tonight?

CramCycle

Sign on at 7pm, annoyed I forgot about this, looks like fun.

fat bloke

lennymc wrote: »

Anyone racing mondello tonight?

Loadsa people yeah. There's a big race on sure.

daragh_

Can't go tonight but hoping to give it a lash if and when I can blag the car for the evening.

wav1

lennymc wrote: »

Anyone racing mondello tonight?

I'm going if you want a lift?Almost sure race starts at 7pm and not sign on at 7pm.

wav1

Confirmed.7pm start.

lennymc

wav1 wrote: »

Confirmed.7pm start.

ill be heading straight from work. Give the new bike an outing.

The flyer says sign on is 7 and race start is 7.30.

Ill get there for 6.30 just to be sure. Are the three lads racing tonight?

wav1

lennymc wrote: »

ill be heading straight from work. Give the new bike an outing.

The flyer says sign on is 7 and race start is 7.30.

Ill get there for 6.30 just to be sure. Are the three lads racing tonight?

Not sure how many yet.

Harrybelafonte

I'm out. Had hoped to do it, but domestics got in the way. Can someone throw up an idea of what the traffic is like out to it? Might help make decision for next time.

markens2

I'm only a few minutes from Mondello and was wondering would it be worthwhile going to watch this never seen a race before. Is there a charge to watch it?

killalanerr

markens2 wrote: »

I'm only a few minutes from Mondello and was wondering would it be worthwhile going to watch this never seen a race before. Is there a charge to watch it?

No charge afaik and most definitely worth a look bring the camera get to one of the fast corners you can stand at the side of the track unlike the motorsport events and get some good shots

michael196

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

I'm out. Had hoped to do it, but domestics got in the way. Can someone throw up an idea of what the traffic is like out to it? Might help make decision for next time.

friday traffic usually stalls around exit 9 for naas,. this is exit 10( further out) usually 18 minutes nass to say newlands. allow more time for delay at red cow, newlands and Naas exit 9


alos traffic over the M 50 onto the Naas N7(?) dual carraige , at the red cow heading toward Naas road can be very slow after 6 pm.

wav1

A nice spring evening out there earlier.Good big field and it all came together with about 3 laps to go.The big dude Aidan Crowley from DID sprinted home for the win.A good few lengths to spare.

lennymc

I love handicap races, so much tougher than open a4 races, no dawdling at 25 kph. Brilliant training. Averaged about 41 kph and finished in the bunch. Bmc performed flawlessly.

wav1

lennymc wrote: »

I love handicap races, so much tougher than open a4 races, no dawdling at 25 kph. Brilliant training. Averaged about 41 kph and finished in the bunch. Bmc performed flawlessly.

Nice machine Lenny,the BMC,means BULLET MACHINE for CORK.

michael196

lennymc wrote: »

I love handicap races, so much tougher than open a4 races, no dawdling at 25 kph. Brilliant training. Averaged about 41 kph and finished in the bunch. Bmc performed flawlessly.

my first Mondello outing, much tougher than open A4. Found I had to adjust to the constant swerving for corners, almost dizzying experience

fast !! Not too much negative riding. !! Up to the A4 to stay away longer next time

Slo_Rida

How does this work? Looked at the flyer and logged onto irish road club but no explanation. SOunds interesting...

colm_gti

Slo_Rida wrote: »

How does this work? Looked at the flyer and logged onto irish road club but no explanation. SOunds interesting...

You turn up, pay your entry fee, sign on and race....:p

Slo_Rida

colm_gti wrote: »

You turn up, pay your entry fee, sign on and race....:p

So is it just like a handicapped race but on a circuit? A4's go first then A3's and so on is it?
By the way...SMART-ARSE!!

colm_gti

Slo_Rida wrote: »

So is it just like a handicapped race but on a circuit? A4's go first then A3's and so on is it?
By the way...SMART-ARSE!!

Yeah, just like any other handicap race, only there's no traffic coming towards you.

The mondello race in June last year was my first ever race, they're good fun, you can see around all the corners, and they're all soft enough bends to be able to pedal through them.

Craig06

How many laps did you do and is it the national or international track?

colm_gti

Craig06 wrote: »

How many laps did you do and is it the national or international track?

Think it's usually an hour plus 5 laps on the international circuit

Craig06

Our club racing is on there tomorrow and thinking about having a crack for a laugh.

Slo_Rida

colm_gti wrote: »

Yeah, just like any other handicap race, only there's no traffic coming towards you.

The mondello race in June last year was my first ever race, they're good fun, you can see around all the corners, and they're all soft enough bends to be able to pedal through them.

How long are the laps? Sounds beardy!!

lennymc

Slo_Rida wrote: »

How long are the laps? Sounds beardy!!

http://app.strava.com/segments/1951877

i dont think it would suit you.

Slo_Rida

lennymc wrote: »

http://app.strava.com/segments/1951877

i dont think it would suit you.

Yep...too hilly

lennymc

actually - i think its a great venue, lots of fast corners, lots of having to work, as said earlier, not much negative riding, there was allways someone trying to break away in the a4 group. Not too much dodgy riding.

manwithaplan

colm_gti wrote: »

they're all soft enough bends to be able to pedal through them.

Maybe for you - my cornering was a complete disaster on my only outing in Mondello last year, although there was a biblical downpour. I was in great form but was using up silly amounts of effort to compensate for my crap handling. It was a real eye-opener.

colm_gti

manwithaplan wrote: »

Maybe for you - my cornering was a complete disaster on my only outing in Mondello last year, although there was a biblical downpour. I was in great form but was using up silly amounts of effort to compensate for my crap handling. It was a real eye-opener.

Just need to know the right line

Years of tipping around mondello in cars probably stood to me...

manwithaplan

Absolutely. Killalanerr of this parish was a dab hand around Mondello last year, having roared a few motorbikes around there in the past.

lennymc

manwithaplan wrote: »

Absolutely. Killalanerr of this parish was a dab hand around Mondello last year, having roared a few motorbikes around there in the past.

my last time round mondello on a motorbike involved me sliding up the track on my ass. I had great fun pointing out (to anyone who would listen) the corners I crashed on (most of them)

colm_gti

lennymc wrote: »

my last time round mondello on a motorbike involved me sliding up the track on my ass. I had great fun pointing out (to anyone who would listen) the corners I crashed on (most of them)

Thankfully I've only ever went off on Dunlop.....hammering down the straight in the clio, do I go for 4th, do I stay in 3rd....went for 4th, under the bridge, hard on the brakes....no brakes, oh sh1t....into the gravel, wall getting closer, OH SH1T....lock the wheel right, handbrake up, foot welded to the floor on the brakes....stopped about 2 or 3 foot from the wall.

I was finding gravel in my wheel arches for a few weeks afterwards....

lennymc

Luckily, a photographer was on hand to capture for all eternity my last moments racing a motorbike!
I retired after that crash.

michael196

a few flew off on dunlop last night on the last run in to the finish

killalanerr

manwithaplan wrote: »

Absolutely. Killalanerr of this parish was a dab hand around Mondello last year, having roared a few motorbikes around there in the past.

Didn't make it last night unfortunately but in the wet last year i found squeezing the cheeks of your arse together instead of the brakes saves lots of effort on the sprint out of the corners as one of my club mates say only pink blouses pull brakes in mondello

Beasty

lennymc wrote: »

Luckily, a photographer was on hand to capture for all eternity my last moments racing a motorbike!
I retired after that crash.

WTF?!! And now they're letting you out to cause mayhem on proper bikes

lennymc

Beasty wrote: »

WTF?!! And now they're letting you out to cause mayhem on proper bikes

i know! id rather crash the motorbike in full leathers than the pushbike in lycra.

GlennaMaddy

Veloflow of last nights race.

buffalo

GlennaMaddy wrote: »

Veloflow of last nights race.

omg, we're bees!! Who's that one guy who stays for about an hour doing laps? That you GnM?

mjpmclean

Who's the Dude taking all the photos, is he on facebook or anywhere. He's there the whole time but never seem to see any of the photo's he takes online.

Be a good idea to move that tyrewall back a bit next time as well. Made for an interesting last lap.

buffalo

mjpmclean wrote: »

Who's the Dude taking all the photos, is he on facebook or anywhere. He's there the whole time but never seem to see any of the photo's he takes online.

Be a good idea to move that tyrewall back a bit next time as well. Made for an interesting last lap.

http://www.davidryanphotography.ie/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.487479061320636.1073741830.144980672237145&type=1

Slo_Rida

lennymc wrote: »

Luckily, a photographer was on hand to capture for all eternity my last moments racing a motorbike!
I retired after that crash.

HAHAAHAHA The third pic is like your CBoardman in the Lucan GP This is proof beyond any doubt that you are not safe on 2 wheels and do in fact cause crashes.

GlennaMaddy

buffalo wrote: »

omg, we're bees!! Who's that one guy who stays for about an hour doing laps? That you GnM?

Not me, fair play to whoever it was. Looks like somebody dropped their Garmin too.

DamoRed

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

I'm out. Had hoped to do it, but domestics got in the way. Can someone throw up an idea of what the traffic is like out to it? Might help make decision for next time.

Aren't domestics supposed to work for you, not get in your bloody way? :P

GMCI

The penultimate round of the Bike Worx Series takes place tomorrow night at Mondello. Forecast looks good too.

colm_gti

First time out to mondello this season, forgot how fast them races were, christ my lungs are on fire now!

Actual Paramedic

colm_gti wrote: »

First time out to mondello this season, forgot how fast them races were, christ my lungs are on fire now!

Faster than usual, short circuit was just non stop power and speed. Lungs aching still. Some race, good fun

couerdelion

Found that tough. when we were caught by the A3's it was still pretty manageable but as soon as the A1's and A2's came up it was just relentless. Eventually dropped off the back and coasted round a couple more times before pulling in. Great workout though.

Ryath

Any one ride it tonight? Great end to the series. Only my second one I made this year but probably the most enjoyable races I've done this season. Great to hear they will be extending the series next year will definitely try and make most of them. Really enjoy the different style of racing that I think suits my ability's.

Actual Paramedic

Some of the best races to use as race training and to bring along the fitness and ability. Great organisation and delighted there is gonna be more events next year.