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

Kevhog1988

Seth Brundle wrote: »

^^^ Correct Link = https://www.strava.com/activities/4086178744

That's a nice route Kevhog. I drove down that way yesterday morning along the old N4 heading to a minor hurling match. Absolutley loads out along there - both groups and individuals.

It is a nice spin. What hurling game were you at?. i met the b group of my club (team 905) when going through Enfield and there must of been 20 together.

No more sunday spins for me for a few weeks. Were playing the county semi final this sunday

Seth Brundle

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

It is a nice spin. What hurling game were you at?. i met the b group of my club (team 905) when going through Enfield and there must of been 20 together.

No more sunday spins for me for a few weeks. Were playing the county semi final this sunday

The young fella had a challenge game against Raharney yesterday.
Confey lost but we also started with one less player (don't ask!)

Kevhog1988

Seth Brundle wrote: »

The young fella had a challenge game against Raharney yesterday.
Confey lost but we also started with one less player (don't ask!)

I used to go to the gym in Confey for a while, Lovely setup over there.

.red.

Nothing to get excited about but worth throwing up just to act as another non NCD cycle lol.

Cloughduv, Crookstown, Beal na Blath, past the Micheal Collins memorial, into Newcestown, Bengour, then looping back towards Beal na Blath, Crookstown, onto the N22 for a few kms and back into Cloughduv for a nice 30kms, 73mins averaging 24.6kph and 225m gained
Lovely morning for a cycle, if a little warm.
The hills are killing me tho, there's a couple on this route that I can't physically make it up without stopping for a quick breather. Hopefully as my fitness improves and my belly shrinks I might make it round in one go without a break.

https://strava.app.link/oAhvQ3kCX9

CramCycle

GazzaL wrote: »

Anyone on here cycle into the back of a car today and cycle off without giving their details to the driver?

I did, oh wait, no, a car skimmed me and drove off without stopping. You don't know who it was do you? Maybe I should go over to Motors with a vague and unsubstantiated claim about an accident that it isn't clear where it happened, or any other info, Do you think you could ask around? I am sure you know who it was, shure why wouldn't you :rolleyes:

secman

A short recovery spin this evening. Up to Ballyedmund left out the main road, left for Screen , Curracloe and back along the coast road to Blackwater, Kilmuckridge and home.
46 km avg 27.5kph 500 odd meters.

bilbot79

secman wrote: »

A short recovery spin this evening. Up to Ballyedmund left out the main road, left for Screen , Curracloe and back along the coast road to Blackwater, Kilmuckridge and home.
46 km avg 27.5kph 500 odd meters.

Do you get much traffic out those roads?

secman

bilbot79 wrote: »

Do you get much traffic out those roads?

Started around 5pm, a bit of traffic on main road, nothing mad, likewise on coast road, in fairness wide passes were the order of the day, no close passes.

magicbastarder

the evenings are drawing in fast now, won't be too many countryside evening spins left.

i was nearly witness to what would have been an amusing collision earlier. they're working on the road (again) between the naul and ballyboughal, and on the ballyboughal side of the nag's head i got caught at temporary traffic lights. the roadworks meant we were using the oncoming lane when we had the green, so i set off at a reasonable clip so as not to delay the car behind me, and when we passed the end of the roadworks, i pulled back into the normal lane and the guy in the car behind me floored it to get past me. except he'd forgotten that there would be a temporary traffic light at this end of the roadworks too, and as there were no cars waiting at it (and it was facing away from us) he only spotted it with (rough guess) 30m to spare. at least he found out his brakes work under heavy load.

also got a hearty 'fair play' from a former minister for health out for a walk, as i passed and greeted in return.

bilbot79

In an unusual move I hit the S2S of a Tuesday night. Getting faster I think and the hills in howth aren't the monster they were a few weeks back. If I can only shift a few pounds more I should be able to fly up them. I'm fast on the flats, woeful on the hills.

Seth Brundle

bilbot79 wrote: »

I'm fast on the flats, woeful on the hills.

Practice makes perfect!

thesimpsons

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Practice makes perfect!

I'm practicing 6 years now and still crap on the hills. I can keep up on club spins of 28 averages, 90k distances no problem but throw in a hill and I'm so I far behind everyone else

thesimpsons

thesimpsons wrote: »

I'm practicing 6 years now and still crap on the hills. I can keep up on club spins of 28 averages, 90k distances no problem but throw in a hill and I'm so I far behind everyone else

I'm a big guy - 6'4" and just shy of 14 stone - but I'm very strong on the hills and can keep up with guys three stone lighter but don't seem to enjoy the flats as much. Maybe I'm not very aerodynamic because of my size. Amazing how we all have different strengths.

Anyway, got out for what is probably my last evening spin last night. Weather and light closed in very quickly and had to cut off early, getting just 40k in. It's a pity as I have very small kids so my only chance to get out now, weather permitting, for the foreseeable is on Sunday mornings.

However, I have an electrician coming to put power into my shed so I'll hopefully get lots done on the trainer this winter!

thesimpsons

thesimpsons wrote: »

I'm practicing 6 years now and still crap on the hills. I can keep up on club spins of 28 averages, 90k distances no problem but throw in a hill and I'm so I far behind everyone else

Have you practiced getting in and out of the saddle? I had an irrational fear of getting out of the saddle before and was a big gear grinder on the hills but based on some research and tips from here I spend plenty of time out of the saddle now and it has transformed my climbing. Maybe something to look into.

Seth Brundle

thesimpsons wrote: »

I'm practicing 6 years now and still crap on the hills. I can keep up on club spins of 28 averages, 90k distances no problem but throw in a hill and I'm so I far behind everyone else

I have a lot of love for hills. In groups, I find myself ahead of the others early on and can hold position. They can be a challenge, but a satisfying one.
Don't like going up them though.

Gervais08

Hi, hope I’m welcome here - I pootle around at the weekend doing barely 5km a time so this isn’t about me.

Just wanted to share a few days ago I saw a family out cycling near me - mum in front followed by three kids then dad. It was the sweetest thing and they all looked so happy!

So much better than the kids being cooped up in screens!!!

positron

^^ Agreed. You will see that type of happy moments frequently at the Boyne canal path from Drogheda to Oldbridge as well, such a positive thing to see.

magicbastarder

Deleted User wrote: »

I had an irrational fear of getting out of the saddle before and was a big gear grinder on the hills

you were seated *and* grinding? at least you were getting good exercise!

Oymyakon

Heard the dreaded click click click sound before the gears started jumping up and down the cassette of their own accord. Had only fixed up the bike this weekend because of a broken rear axle!!

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

you were seated *and* grinding? at least you were getting good exercise!

Yes, it was a bad habit. As I said here before, I didn't see the small ring for a year and did some big hills, all in the saddle. My knees did start to hurt and I feel much better now that I've discovered the small ring and an ability to get out of the saddle.

thesimpsons

Deleted User wrote: »

Have you practiced getting in and out of the saddle? I had an irrational fear of getting out of the saddle before and was a big gear grinder on the hills but based on some research and tips from here I spend plenty of time out of the saddle now and it has transformed my climbing. Maybe something to look into.

I don't ever get out of the saddle, feel I can't pull myself up out of it (mmm I should loose some weight and it might help alot). I don't grind the gears either though, I found the small ring long time ago and just spin my way up them. I don't give up but would really love to get better. One problem with me is I try to stay with the rest of the group, burn myself out and die for the second half of the hill. When I go out on my own for hills it's at my own pace and so much better for me.

Does anyone use heart rate much to train by? Just recently I've noticed training at 80% I'm perfect, speed up pace or throw in a hill I'm up to 90/95% & struggling to breath correctly and I'm sure this can't be good - or is it ok? My HR does come back down quickly once over the hill or after the sprint

Luxman

Decided to trundle across some new roads around Rosnaree on the way towards Slane. Nice bit of climbing, actually more drags than proper hills, 600m over 66k. Cracking day out there. Lovely part of the country too. I was troubled most of the way round as I didn't remember locking the back door of the house , so was wondering did I do it or not. I remember someone telling me when you do something like this , to also make a noise (they gave an example of a dog bark) to yourself, its like a brain placeholder as it would stand out in memory as its not normal behaviour. When I returned I found the back door locked :-). Ruff.

lawrencesummers

First time in about 5 years doing 100km! Happy out
25.8 avg. Minimal elevation.

magicbastarder

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, it was a bad habit. As I said here before, I didn't see the small ring for a year and did some big hills, all in the saddle. My knees did start to hurt and I feel much better now that I've discovered the small ring and an ability to get out of the saddle.

i couldn't tell you the last time i did a hill in the big ring.

Luxman

Luxman wrote: »

Decided to trundle across some new roads around Rosnaree on the way towards Slane. Nice bit of climbing, actually more drags than proper hills, 600m over 66k. Cracking day out there. Lovely part of the country too. I was troubled most of the way round as I didn't remember locking the back door of the house , so was wondering did I do it or not. I remember someone telling me when you do something like this , to also make a noise (they gave an example of a dog bark) to yourself, its like a brain placeholder as it would stand out in memory as its not normal behaviour. When I returned I found the back door locked :-). Ruff.

Did you go via Duleek towards Rosnaree? If I'm out that way I normally take a right off the R150 just before the GAA grounds after Duleek and head on to Rosnaree that way. I think you cross the train tracks 3 times on the way such is the way of the road. Some nice houses out that way.

Luxman

Deleted User wrote: »

Did you go via Duleek towards Rosnaree? If I'm out that way I normally take a right off the R150 just before the GAA grounds after Duleek and head on to Rosnaree that way. I think you cross the train tracks 3 times on the way such is the way of the road. Some nice houses out that way.

No, I came from Balrath woods directions, across the N2 towards Duleek and then a left all the way up to the Staleen road near the Boyne, then back across the N2 to Fennor and towards Stackallen. Trying to keep off the main roads

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

i couldn't tell you the last time i did a hill in the big ring.

It was a bad habit that I've ended now. My knees were starting to get sore. I'd still go up a long drag of a hill in a big gear as I prefer to maintain momentum

retalivity

magicbastarder wrote: »

i couldn't tell you the last time i did a hill in the big ring.

I was the same, now i find that the high gears in the big ring rub of the front derailleur, so shift into the small ring asap. Find myself climbing much faster now, seated and dancing over the saddle like contador

magicbastarder

thesimpsons wrote: »

I don't ever get out of the saddle, feel I can't pull myself up out of it (mmm I should loose some weight and it might help alot). I don't grind the gears either though, I found the small ring long time ago and just spin my way up them.

i generally find what i try settle into my optimum cadence (while seated) and when i start to slow a little too much, stand up out of the saddle and use my weight and the extra torque to keep going for a while (my natural cadence standing is slower than seated); then drop a gear as i sit down, and pick the cadence up a little again. rinse and repeat.

i'm not saying that's the correct way of doing things in general - it usually works for me - and helps keep slightly different muscle groups used so you're not overtiring one particular set unduly, i guess.

wheelo01

Stop all this talk of hills please, they nearly killed me today LMAO

Very muggy day today, when I came home I saw on Strava that the humidity was 72% - feck me, I sweated buckets.

Did 70 km with about 1100m of climbing - Drimnagh, Tallaght, gunny hill, Rockbrook, Pine forest, right turn at Johnnie Foxes (plenty of weeeeee moments, scuppered by aaaaagh moments when it all got a bit twisty), over to the Sally Gap, down to Kilbride holiday village, and up by Kilbride, Ballinascorney, and home again. Legs really weren't up to it, average speed just over 20kph.

https://strava.app.link/EsYZdQTA19