leisure cycling group Kildare town

dagda1

Anyone know of an informal leisure cycling group Kildare town.
I'm doing 70 to 100k one day of the weekend, 23kph to 27kph.

derealbadger

Headstrong are the club in kildare great bunch of guys nilig on hear will give you all the info you need

http://www.headstrongcyclingclub.com/

dagda1

Thanks very much, done the club scene already. I'd rather stay away from the racers and politics, too much testosterone for me.

derealbadger

No bother best of luck with it

paddie9

derealbadger wrote: »

No bother best of luck with it

thank you

derealbadger

paddie9 wrote: »

thank you

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paddie9

derealbadger wrote: »

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Sorry, reading this and then responding to something else. Got them confused.

nilhg

dagda1 wrote: »

Anyone know of an informal leisure cycling group Kildare town.
I'm doing 70 to 100k one day of the weekend, 23kph to 27kph.

derealbadger wrote: »

Headstrong are the club in kildare great bunch of guys nilig on hear will give you all the info you need

http://www.headstrongcyclingclub.com/

dagda1 wrote: »

Thanks very much, done the club scene already. I'd rather stay away from the racers and politics, too much testosterone for me.

My experience would be that when a couple of guys get together ,whether on bikes or for whatever your sport is, eventually some element of testosterone squeezes it's way in, nature of the beast.

OP I don't believe that there's any other cycling group based in Kildare town, I think that there possibly is a group in Monasterevin similar to your requirements (ring Willoughbys Hardware and ask for PJ for more info).

Headstrong isn't a racing club, rather a leisure club with racers, you'd be more than welcome to come out with us some weekend on a look see basis if it's not for you no harm done, check out the facebook page, weekend activities will be posted there,

https://www.facebook.com/headstrongcyclingclub

Stevieg2009

I 2nd the headstrong recommendation attended there sportive recently and they are a very friendly club with all abilities catered for from what I saw,they also attended our own sportive in Edenderry Saturday in good numbers great bunch of lads

paddie9

I ride with the local club and we have a fair few intermediate "Tourers" who are more interested in talking and helping one another. Their is a element of improving, but I wouldn't be chasing anyone. Just a matter of getting to know the people in your abillity zone and riding with them.

dagda1

Thanks, I'll check out them.

dagda1

Thanks, I'll check out them. I appreciate everyone has there own way and teh ebst of luck with them either way.

Roadtoad

There's a no-name club leaves Keadeen most Sunday mornings at about 9am. Give it a shot.

quirkee

There is a group that leaves Junction 14 Monasterevin at 7.30 every saturday morning. You are more than welcome to join us.

dagda1

Excellent that's some great ideas, seems to be a lot going on when you scratch the surface. I'm sure I'll find a home in one of them.

boysinblack

Could anyone tell me which club in Kildare might be best for riding with people aged between the 18-30 bracket?

nilhg

boysinblack wrote: »

Could anyone tell me which club in Kildare might be best for riding with people aged between the 18-30 bracket?

We're all young at heart:)


In don't think any of the local clubs would have a group whose members are defined by age, Naas are by far the biggest and so would have the most members in the 18-30 bracket but I doubt the proportion is any much different to any other club.

I'm a member of Headstrong in Kildare Town, we'd have several members at the lower end of your range but to be honest we don't see them that regularly, we'd have quite a few regulars a couple of years either side of the 30 mark.

boysinblack

Cheers I was thinking it might be like that. Couple of quick questions, How would one go about joining the headstrong group? Do you guys meet up midweeks night or weekends? And do you generally go far on your cycles?

nilhg

boysinblack wrote: »

Cheers I was thinking it might be like that. Couple of quick questions, How would one go about joining the headstrong group? Do you guys meet up midweeks night or weekends? And do you generally go far on your cycles?

Our chairmans number is on the Facebook page,

https://www.facebook.com/headstrongcyclingclub/info

give him a shout and he'll sort you out with membership, we do allow prospective members to come out on a couple of spins with no obligation sometimes the group thing isn't for everyone.

Our spins are usually on Wednesdays @7.30, aimed mainly at beginners, stays fairly local but sometimes depending on how many are there could be two groups and our weekend spin can be either Saturday or Sunday, routes are always posted in advance on the Facebook page 80km-100Km, there'll always be the option to head back early for anyone under pressure for time or who doesn't fancy the full spin.

There's often a Friday evening spin too, Dave, one of the members usually organises that, he'll put a message on the Facebook page if it's going ahead.