Tell us about your new improved government regulations compliant cycle part II

magicbastarder

73km @27km/h, 750m climbing. managed to avoid the mist, it was quite misty around parts of NCD this morning. now to wash the bike.

velo.2010

A dull day and a dull spin.

Only thing of interest was spotting a guy who clearly went a couple of kilometres up the wrong side of the Royal Canal Greenway after Ferns Lock. He was brought to a stop by the surface, had his phone out, and looking at me on the correct side of the canal. I could only shrug my shoulders.

devonp

up past Kippure today before SG , small Peugeot being hauled out of the bog by a tow truck...

CormacH94

devonp wrote: »

up past Kippure today before SG , small Peugeot being hauled out of the bog by a tow truck...

Jaysus, how was the fog up the Gap today?


120k 30kmph club spin, out to Garretstown for a few loops. Feels good getting the winter miles in

secman

Club spin with Gorey cc touring group. Gorey to Ferns and on to Enniscorthy where 4 of us did an extra section of 4km out and 4km back with a view to catching the others at or before Oulart, they just about got to Oulart before us. We then gave them a 5 min start and caught them again near Ballyedmund, on to Ballycanew and back to Gorey.
83 km 600 meters 29.7kph Avg

LollipopJimmy

My first 50kms in about 12 weeks now since tearing my rotator cuff. My garmin wouldn't switch on so went without it, it was nice to get out and tbh the 12 weeks off didn't show which mightily pleased me.

devonp

CormacH94 wrote: »

Jaysus, how was the fog up the Gap today?

not too bad at the Gap was there around 1pm

visibility wasn't great at the top of Cunard at the Military rd junction

FouxDaFaFa

Saw the aftermath of cyclist who had come off outside Wilde & Greene in Milltown this morning about 8.40ish. Not sure what happened but a lot of cyclists had stopped to help and someone was keeping her on the ground until the ambulance came.

I had a close call in the exact same spot (like, down to the metre) last week when the car in front of me saw a free parking space and started turning before indicating. But again, no idea what happened here.

mr spuckler

velo.2010 wrote: »

Only thing of interest was spotting a guy who clearly went a couple of kilometres up the wrong side of the Royal Canal Greenway after Ferns Lock. He was brought to a stop by the surface, had his phone out, and looking at me on the correct side of the canal. I could only shrug my shoulders.

I did that last year on the way from Athlone to Dublin, closer to Mullingar. I ended up off-roading through a field cut up from horses hooves before some proper off-road action, all on a carbon road bike with 23mm tyres :pac:

I called across the canal at one point to a lady walking her dog, she assured me I didn't have far to go to reach the next bridge and she was right, just another 1.5km or so of road bike off-roading! Was wrecked from that effort though and ended up having to have a feed in Kilcock just to give me a boost to get home!

Pigeon Reaper

The buzzard has been in the same spot three times in the past few mornings. I'm always amazed how much wildlife you can see cycling into work in the middle of Dublin.

Utter Consternation

Pigeon Reaper wrote: »

The buzzard has been in the same spot three times in the past few mornings. I'm always amazed how much wildlife you can see cycling into work in the middle of Dublin.

I've spotted plenty sh1tehawks alright.

Alanstrainor

Wew that was some craic. The wind blowing hard, but ended up blowing me into work for the majority. I guess that makes up for the lashing rain. Currently trying to dry all my gear in the office, I don't have much hope.

mr spuckler

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Wew that was some craic. The wind blowing hard, but ended up blowing me into work for the majority. I guess that makes up for the lashing rain. Currently trying to dry all my gear in the office, I don't have much hope.

Was nice to be blown in along the coast alright, especially seeing the length of the queues of traffic! My gear is in a drying room in work, I'm hoping it can be effective enough as I was able to wring water out of some of the gear when I landed in!

magicbastarder

by gum, i think i prefer cycling in rush hour traffic than through 'school pick up time' traffic. you can be almost guaranteed someone is going to pull out on you without looking. four times in two cycles, in two days. all four in SUVs.

anyway, a 50km spin out over howth. was a bit blustery up the top, but at least i could actually see dublin bay from the car park today.

mr spuckler

Had lined up today for a spin since last weekend, all week it showed as being the best day midweek. Last night my weather app showed this morning as being dry - it wasn't

So I did less than I'd originally planned, 3 laps of Howth for 53km of cold & constant rain! Temperature hovered between 3 & 4 degrees all morning and water got into my right shoe, shelving any thoughts I had of a 4th lap or stretching out the spin on my way home. Still good to get out!

triggermortis

https://www.strava.com/activities/2897428526

Did a group spin in the morning and then home for a quick sandwich and off to work. Didn't reset the Garmin so I could do my November Fondo on Strava.
Weather was pretty miserable and I was struggling a few times, but managed it in the end.
Main talking point was the dumb@ss in the boxtruck who stopped in the middle of the road, just after a bend (with a manhole cover badly placed on it) to ask directions from a car driver who was blocking the other lane. We all managed to stop in time so no harm, but seriously...

Kevhog1988

Really struggled today on the group cycle. Pace was a bridge too far for me. Even with us stopping for 3 punctures it was still an average of 23 km/h and we were hitting 30 for the majority of it.

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/8db00n7F21

dahat

When your mudguards break before leaving those the gods are telling you something...

4hrs with a few efforts in the last 2, first two hours nice, had a buzzard type bird fly beside me for near 100 yards over a ditch and of course no camera to catch it.
The last 2 hrs ruined by 4 punctures from hedge trimming, sickened plus I also left an empty tool bottle on a wall which is now lost. A quick visit to lbs to restock tubes & gas for tomorrow's drama I'm sure.

105km @ 27.5 & 1200m elevation, nothing went right bar the efforts.

velo.2010

Nice new road surface on the N81 for a few km's as you head north from Blessington. Only gripe was the cement and muck mix that formed a blob on the seat tube where it's unprotected from the Raceblades.

Passed by that Luggwoods 'Christmas experience' on the way back. €70 for a family of 4 to ride in a tractor trailer up a hill to see Santy in a barn! Good luck with that.

Kevhog1988

I went out with the c group from the cycling club today. Really struggled with the pace as it was about 5km/h faster than usual. average was only 23 as we stopped 3 times for punctures but it was mostly 30 and above. Got dropped a good few times and was completely wrecked by the end.

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/kumWPOG121

Got out for 2 and a half glorious hours in brilliant sunshine this morning. Between two colds and a vomiting bug it's been too long since I got out. Wasn't sure how fit I was so just took it easy and enjoyed every minute of it. I'd say about 60k @ 27kph but didn't even bother to check.

Started out at first light in about 2 degrees and took a while to warm up but the fresh air and the blue skies were a tonic after what was an awful November.

magicbastarder

Not quite as dry this morning in NCD/meath. Got rained on reasonably heavily for about 20 mins, but the rest of the cycle was dry, rain wise. Cool enough, 4 or 5 degrees.

wirelessdude01

magicbastarder wrote: »

Not quite as dry this morning in NCD/meath. Got rained on reasonably heavily for about 20 mins, but the rest of the cycle was dry, rain wise. Cool enough, 4 or 5 degrees.

Some amount of ****e on the roads today. Use of mudguards in our group would be a godsend but not to be.

ednwireland

50km on the main roads noticed a loose spoke on the bike,



expensive month

took a while to thaw out after the spin though

Oberkon

magicbastarder wrote: »

Not quite as dry this morning in NCD/meath. Got rained on reasonably heavily for about 20 mins, but the rest of the cycle was dry, rain wise. Cool enough, 4 or 5 degrees.

Have you seen the floods there recently ? Some pretty bad ones . I went through one and it wasn’t a good idea !

bingobars

7-8 pints of Guinness last night. In knots this morning but put myself out for a punishment ride of 20km.

magicbastarder

Oberkon wrote: »

Have you seen the floods there recently ? Some pretty bad ones . I went through one and it wasn’t a good idea !

nothing today anyway, main issues i've had to deal with over the last few weeks on the roads were some overflowing ditches, but that was basically just shallow moving puddles.

though there was some serious flooding just north of the three sisters recently, but on land with no public roads crossing it AFAIK. a temporary lake of 10-15ac was visible.

saccades

Changed plans meant a late start to the day.

33km, 550m of climbing up Croghan on the wicklow/wexford border.

Was in shorts and arm warmers so decided to turn back when the weather turned wet (was only 1 degree up there). Caned it up the new line, 2 minutes slower on the mtb at the start of the day than end of the day on the road bike.

saccades

Pigeon Reaper wrote: »

The buzzard has been in the same spot three times in the past few mornings. I'm always amazed how much wildlife you can see cycling into work in the middle of Dublin.

Apt user name.

Kevhog1988

Easy 30k today with my father

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/WKymljKL41