Be Active Cycle Challenge Enniskerry 3rd August

c2010

The Be Active Cycle Challenge is a new cyclosportive on Saturday 3rd August 2013.

Start: Bog Meadow Community Centre, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow.

Two Routes: 120Km and 50Km

120K Route - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/242601799
50K Route - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/231244271

Sign-On: 8am

Start: 9am

Entry fee €25 In aid of Bray Cancer Support Centre's services in Wicklow & Dublin. www.braycancersupport.ie

Register online at www.beactive.ie

Tomred13

c2010 wrote: »

The Be Active Cycle Challenge is a new cyclosportive on Saturday 3rd August 2013.

Start: Bog Meadow Community Centre, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow.

Two Routes: 120Km and 50Km

120K Route - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/242601799
50K Route - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/231244271

Sign-On: 8am

Start: 9am

Entry fee €25 In aid of Bray Cancer Support Centre's services in Wicklow & Dublin. www.braycancersupport.ie

Register online at www.beactive.ie

Hi c2010

Sound like a good event and a great cause, If you have a FB account post it up on Irish Cycling Sportives FB page, they have about 5000 followers and are asking people to post their events on their site at the moment.
Tom

c2010

Thanks Tom for the info, I will post it there now!

FYI the FB account is www.facebook.com/BeActiveSeries and on twitter http://www.twitter.com/BeActiveSeries

bazermc

Hey c2010

The poster says 100km route but website and mapmyride says 120km

In any event I am hoping to sign up, looks like a good preparation for the Tour of Waterford.

smacl

Hi C2010,

Looks good, but the descent off the Sally gap via Lugala is currently rather dangerous due to road conditions, see this thread. Could be worth giving the council a shout to see if it will be improved before the event or considering a re-route if not.

funkyjebus

smacl wrote: »

Hi C2010,

Looks good, but the descent off the Sally gap via Lugala is currently rather dangerous due to road conditions, see this thread. Could be worth giving the council a shout to see if it will be improved before the event or considering a re-route if not.

+1 to this. I wont be doing it if it goes that route. Its a death trap.

djemba djemba

As this starts near enough outside my house I will have to mark this into the calender

2x4

Looks good, but the descent off the Sally gap via Lugala is currently rather dangerous due to road conditions, see this thread. Could be worth giving the council a shout to see if it will be improved before the event or considering a re-route if not.

Wicklow County Council have told us that the surface chippings at Luggala will be swept before the 3rd Aug. They will update us this week on all roads on both routes. We will change the routes if there is a safety issue.
I appreciate the comments.

Tomred13

Hi Folks

Hoping to do this on sat but might be working, is it possible to register on the day??
Tom

2x4

Because of safety concerns we have made a few changes to the routes for the Enniskerry Cycling Challenge in aid of Bray Cancer Support Centre this Saturday.

The 50km route: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/255497061
The 110Km route: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/255492203[/URL]

You can register on-line at: http://www.beactive.ie We will take entries on the day.

djemba djemba

Is there any food or water stops along this route

bazermc

c2010

Couple of questions before saturday:

Were abouts is the Bog Meadow Community Centre in Enniskerry? Is it at the bottom of the Monastery road hill on the right (coming from Dublin) before you get to the square?
Is there any parking available at that location?
Are there any food/water stops on the route?
Will there be sign posts along the route, I know most of the route but wont be that familiar with the Blessington area?

Cheers
Bazermc

Johnny Jukebox

Yes, that's where it is. You can't miss it, there are several football pitches and a tennis court beside it.

Parking is very limited unless they allow access to the football pitches in the Bog Meadow. Otherwise there is a handful of spaces in the Bog Meadow itself and around the village.

There is no mention of food/water stops on the beactive website so I'd assume none and bring your own provisions. Likewise, no mention of marshalling, signposting, mechanical back-up etc etc.

bazermc

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

Yes, that's where it is. You can't miss it, there are several football pitches and a tennis court beside it.

Parking is very limited unless they allow access to the football pitches in the Bog Meadow. Otherwise there is a handful of spaces in the Bog Meadow itself and around the village.

There is no mention of food/water stops on the beactive website so I'd assume none and bring your own provisions. Likewise, no mention of marshalling, signposting, mechanical back-up etc etc.

Cheers Johnny

Yes I know the place well, never knew it was called Bog Meadow

Agree on the no mention of food water stops marshalling etc, doesnt sound like it is going to be well organised as the website doesnt say anything about it or even give specific directions to the start area.

get on your bike

bazermc wrote: »

Cheers Johnny

Yes I know the place well, never knew it was called Bog Meadow

Agree on the no mention of food water stops marshalling etc, doesnt sound like it is going to be well organised as the website doesnt say anything about it or even give specific directions to the start area.

Think I'll do this in prep for SKT. Anyone know if it's a group start. Can't open the route for some reason. Is it a tough 120k?

bazermc

get on your bike wrote: »

Think I'll do this in prep for SKT. Anyone know if it's a group start. Can't open the route for some reason. Is it a tough 120k?

Should be good prep for the SKT, this is the first year the event is being held, but some medium climbing and distance of 110k should mean good prep for the SKT.

Try this route which is the revised one following changes due to bad roads in the area;

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/255492203

c2010

djemba djemba wrote: »

Is there any food or water stops along this route

Yes, water & food stops along the route as follows:

110km Route: Food stop at 85km at the Brookagh Centre in Laragh.

50km Route: Food stop at 37km at Luggala Car Park

There will also be food and refreshments at the finish

bazermc

A food stop at 85k on a 110k cycle is a bit late IMHO

I would prefer to bring enough food and push through rather than stopping and than completing the remaining 25K

c2010

bazermc wrote: »

Cheers Johnny

Yes I know the place well, never knew it was called Bog Meadow

Agree on the no mention of food water stops marshalling etc, doesnt sound like it is going to be well organised as the website doesnt say anything about it or even give specific directions to the start area.

All the information you need to know about the day is on this link, including parking, food stops, directions to the start etc https://www.activeglobal.com/cycling/enniskerry-ireland/be-active-cycle-challenge-2013

Route will be well sign posted and all participants will be given route maps

c2010

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

Yes, that's where it is. You can't miss it, there are several football pitches and a tennis court beside it.

Parking is very limited unless they allow access to the football pitches in the Bog Meadow. Otherwise there is a handful of spaces in the Bog Meadow itself and around the village.

There is no mention of food/water stops on the beactive website so I'd assume none and bring your own provisions. Likewise, no mention of marshalling, signposting, mechanical back-up etc etc.

Hi Johnny,

We will have extra parking available on the football pitches on the day. We also have plans for parking in the adjoining fields if we need it.

We have a large team of volunteers who will be making sure everyone is well fed and watered on the day.
Food stops on each route and also food and refreshments at the finish.

Mechanical backup will be provided and a contact number will be given to each participant along with a route map on the day. The course will be well sign posted too.

Hope you can join us on the day as it's all for a good cause www.braycancersupport.ie
100% of the €25 entry fee is going to the Centre who provide cancer support services to people in Wicklow & Dublin.

Johnny Jukebox

Thanks for the updates, looking forward to this.

Bray Cancer support do great work - I'll be bringing along a couple of friends to ride this too.

bazermc

c2010 wrote: »

All the information you need to know about the day is on this link, including parking, food stops, directions to the start etc https://www.activeglobal.com/cycling/enniskerry-ireland/be-active-cycle-challenge-2013

Route will be well sign posted and all participants will be given route maps

Cheers, didnt notice the info was on the activeglobal website

Johnny Jukebox

Just registered through that website and it charged me 26.40 instead of the advertised 25.00 ! WTF ? :mad:

c2010

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

Just registered through that website and it charged me 26.40 instead of the advertised 25.00 ! WTF ? :mad:

Just to clarify the €1.40 is ActiveGlobal.com online booking fee which goes to them.
The €25 goes to the charity.

get on your bike

c2010 wrote: »

Just to clarify the €1.40 is ActiveGlobal.com online booking fee which goes to them.
The €25 goes to the charity.

Is it ok to rock up on Sat morning to sign up
?

c2010

get on your bike wrote: »

Is it ok to rock up on Sat morning to sign up
?

Yes no problem to register on Saturday morning.
Sign on opens at 8am and the cycle starts at 9am.

Cheers

get on your bike

c2010 wrote: »

Yes no problem to register on Saturday morning.
Sign on opens at 8am and the cycle starts at 9am.

Cheers

Cool. Thanks for reply. See you there. D

bazermc

c2010 wrote: »

Just to clarify the €1.40 is ActiveGlobal.com online booking fee which goes to them.
The €25 goes to the charity.

So, if you register on the morning you just have to pay €25 to charity and activeglobal.com get nothing!!!!!!

c2010

bazermc wrote: »

So, if you register on the morning you just have to pay €25 to charity and activeglobal.com get nothing!!!!!!

Yes that's right, nothing goes to ActiveGlobal.com if you register on the day!
But pre-registration helps us plan for numbers!

c2010

Update: On the 110km route there will be an extra stop for water and bananas at 45km Manor Kilbride school as well as a food stop at the Brookagh Centre in Laragh at 85km

g0g

Just in the door from this. Nice day out and a well organised event. Not a massive turnout, but I think it was their first year so might have suited them! Cycled with others about as far as Glencullen then pretty much spent the rest of the cycle on my own. Food stops well placed, despite the Laragh one being up a hill from the road! :pac:

Strangely I was the first back. This doesn't make sense as I'm no faster than previous years and normally further back in the field. I know these things aren't races, but it just goes to show how much the average pace can vary from one event to the next! My normal strategy is to start the day fast then have groups passing me later on to tow me home! This strategy backfired on me today! That said, I didn't stay long at the stops as they tend not to cater for coeliacs at any event (so I eat my own food as I go) plus SWMBO is more likely to tolerate more cycles if I get back early!

Just over 5 hours door to door.

get on your bike

g0g wrote: »

Just in the door from this. Nice day out and a well organised event. Not a massive turnout, but I think it was their first year so might have suited them! Cycled with others about as far as Glencullen then pretty much spent the rest of the cycle on my own. Food stops well placed, despite the Laragh one being up a hill from the road! :pac:

Strangely I was the first back. This doesn't

make sense as I'm no faster than previous

years and normally further back in the field. I know these things aren't races, but it just goes to show how much the average pace can vary from one event to the next! My normal strategy is to start the day fast then have groups passing me later on to tow me home! This strategy backfired on me today! That said, I didn't stay long at the stops as they tend not to cater for coeliacs at any event (so I eat my own food as I go) plus SWMBO is more likely to tolerate more cycles if I get back early!

Just over 5 hours door to door.

Great day. Great bunch. Great WIND.

eoghan84

great spin, nice bunch. I went back over Sally Gap a second time on the way back because i was having a good buzz! It was really cool to think the 25e goes to Bray Cancer Centre.
Will get a feed now

J Madone

Great day out, plenty of food at the stops and a friendly crowd. Took it steady with a pal who did his first sportive today, (well done bb). It was fairly windy but managed to miss the rain. The side winds on the 2 gaps were interesting to say the least
Well Marshalled and signed on the roads, pity for the organizers it clashed with tour de Kilkenny.
10/10 for the effort the folks put into running this.

djemba djemba

Did this today. Great event, great route. Well signposted and marshaled, although I did miss the food stop but the food at the end made up for that. Well done to all involved and a great cause. Looking forward to next years.

BeepBeep67

J Madone wrote: »

Great day out, plenty of food at the stops and a friendly crowd. Took it steady with a pal who did his first sportive today, (well done bb). It was fairly windy but managed to miss the rain. The side winds on the 2 gaps were interesting to say the least
Well Marshalled and signed on the roads, pity for the organizers it clashed with tour de Kilkenny.
10/10 for the effort the folks put into running this.

Good day indeed, I don't get out on the bike too often and it's mainly solo, so was nice to be out on an organised spin.
Climbing wasn't too bad, but I chickened out on some of the descents with those cross winds and had a few speed wobbles.
Longest distance and time I've been on the bike to date, so happy I finished in reasonable shape.
Well done to the BCC crew for an enjoyable outing.