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  • 10-02-2015 11:18am
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    Harrybelafonte
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    Let the games begin!


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    #2
    Stevieg2009
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    And the A4 bashing!


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    #3
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Why don't we stick to times, course etc eh?


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    Koobcam
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    Forecast looks decent


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    Harrybelafonte
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    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Koobcam wrote: »
    Forecast looks decent

    Shorts? :)


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    Chips Lovell
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    There was a good few in shorts last year, despite the cold.


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    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Don't mind wearing shorts for the racing. It's the waiting around before freezing that I hate :D


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    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    For anyone doing this as their first race -

    http://www.stickybottle.com/coaching/coaching-no-nonsense-guide-to-preparing-for-your-first-race-of-the-season/

    The bit about bog roll is very important. :)


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    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Looks like numbers are gonna be down this year, considering the tumbleweed in this thread. May possibly be a handicap again this year then.


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    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Looks like numbers are gonna be down this year, considering the tumbleweed in this thread. May possibly be a handicap again this year then.

    Hope not. Did it the year before last (my first open race) when it was a handicap and it was bit sketchy when we were caught.


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    Harrybelafonte
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    daragh_ wrote: »
    Hope not. Did it the year before last (my first open race) when it was a handicap and it was bit sketchy when we were caught.

    Snap! Except I wasn't there when they caught the A4s


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    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    I got blown out the back without mercy! :eek:


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    #14
    Granolite
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭Granolite


    Haven't got my CI race license yet..any chance one can race under a one day license or is that mechanism scrapped now?

    5.6kWp - SW (220 degrees) - North Sligo



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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Granolite wrote: »
    Haven't got my CI race license yet..any chance one can race under a one day license or is that mechanism scrapped now?

    Use the emailed pdf they sent you when you paid.


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    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Use the emailed pdf they sent you when you paid.

    This. This is my first year actually going with a proper licence.


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    coppinger
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭coppinger


    Paid for my licence on 24jan and it arrived in the post yesterday, no excuses for not racing sunday, only a headcold can save me now!!!


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    Bambaata
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    coppinger wrote: »
    Paid for my licence on 24jan and it arrived in the post yesterday, no excuses for not racing sunday, only a headcold can save me now!!!

    Numbers and all? I paid for mine in December and still nothing!!


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    Chips Lovell
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    Bring the printout of your licence, explain the situation and you'll be issued with temporary numbers.


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    Koobcam
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    daragh_ wrote: »
    Hope not. Did it the year before last (my first open race) when it was a handicap and it was bit sketchy when we were caught.

    Had good numbers last year, so hopefully will be similar this year. No other races on the calendar for this weekend that I know of and the weather looks like it will be fine, so no excuses really. Good location for a race as well, easy to get to and plenty of parking in the town.


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    Plastik
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    Numbers and licence arrived in the post yesterday. Paid for a fortnight ago.


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    bwalsh1983
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    Same as, they must go out in batches. Paid under two weeks ago, all recieved yesterday.


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    Slo_Rida
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Slo_Rida


    So was it separate races last year?
    Slo


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    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Slo_Rida wrote: »
    So was it separate races last year?
    Slo

    A4 was seperate anyway, don't know about the rest


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    #25
    Chips Lovell
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    They had three races last year. A1/A2, A3/Women and A4.


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    Inquitus
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    Just got the race bike out of the loft, put it back together, gave it a nice set of shiny new Open Corsas, charged the battery, took it for a quick spin round the block, nice to hear the whoosh of the deep rims signifying the end of the winter, and the start of the new season. No ambition beyond hoping to not get dropped on account of this being allegedly flat as a pancake!


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    #27
    bcmf
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    I heard there is a big fook off climb in it.


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    killalanerr
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    bcmf wrote: »
    I heard there is a big fook off climb in it.

    It's all relative . A small hillock to me ....


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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    bcmf wrote: »
    I heard there is a big fook off climb in it.

    No there isn't.

    Unless they changed the route from when I did it.


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    Harrybelafonte
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    There's a little bit of a climb, then a sharp enough descent, nice big left hand corner, two cattle grids, a golf course or something, then back on the main road. It's mostly tiring false flats though, well tiring for some.

    I'm finding the lack of interest in the race via the forum really interesting... have potential A4s been scared away or are we all just a bit more experienced now?


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    lennymc
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    maybe the lack of interest is because the race is 15 quid this year :)


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