Cycling Car Boot Sale. Balrothery Inn, Saturday 22nd October - 2-4pm

koutoubia

OK so myself and Rob Fowl spoke to our local innkeeper about staging a car boot sale for cyclists.
He had no issues using the carpark of The Balrothery Inn in North County Dubin!
In fact he was more then accomadating and gave us pointers on what to do.
We have to sort out a date to make sure he has no major events pencilled in.

We are 'probably' looking at 4 weeks time on a Sat afternoon BUT but needs to be finalised.

Any input appreciated but as I said our hands may well be tied with dates and times.


If interested 'follow' this thread and one of us will post updates as we get them!

koutoubia

Ok so we are looking at a date of Sat 22nd October.
This is the weekend BEFORE the October Bank Holiday.
Pub need to come back and confirm the date but provisionally its a go!
We will be looking at running it for a a few hours in the afternoon so people can get their Sat spin in!

Directions:
M1 exit 5 ( Lusk/Balbriggan South)
Keep going North on R132 (Old N1) until you reach traffic lights. Just after traffic lights the re is a right hand turn in Balrothery. Balrothery Inn is directly on the left.
Please if your interested in selling or buying can you let me or Rob Fowl know as seller numbers will depend on where we set it up.
Ta!!

magicbastarder

i hope to make it, not looking for anything specific so i may end up being a time-wasting tyre kicker...

koutoubia

Time wasting tyre kickers welcome.
Good to put faces to monikers!

RobFowl

Just to be clear we have a venue with a good sized car park, food, coffee and decent beer. We have the landlord on our side and a bit of planning already done.

Be nice to us and support it

De northside and indeed the North County is not that scary or that far .

secman

RobFowl wrote: »

Just to be clear we have a venue with a good sized car park, food, coffee and decent beer. We have the landlord on our side and a bit of planning already done.

Be nice to us and support it

De northside and indeed the North County is not that scary or that far .

Is there security at the venue do we need passports to go over there?

koutoubia

We are looking at getting an area secured for us so we can control numbers.

crosstownk

secman wrote: »

do we need passports to go over there?

No passports to go north but you will need them if you plan to travel back south of the Liffey. :pac:

ted1

Any rides planned to leave from the car park ?

koutoubia

ted1 wrote: »

Any rides planned to leave from the car park ?

As in....?

ted1

koutoubia wrote: »

As in....?

60-100km boards cycle leaving 2 hours after start of car boot sale

magicbastarder

ted1 wrote: »

Any rides planned to leave from the car park ?

well, *i* will have to leave the car park at some point.

koutoubia

ted1 wrote: »

60-100km boards cycle leaving 2 hours after start of car boot sale

With a beer supply so close I will be happy to walk out of the car park!

RobFowl

VCB club spin will leave and return from near there that am but sure others may want one later?

robyntmorton

RobFowl wrote: »

Just to be clear we have a venue with a good sized car park, food, coffee and decent beer. We have the landlord on our side and a bit of planning already done.

Be nice to us and support it

De northside and indeed the North County is not that scary or that far .

Damn you leaving me very conflicted, putting the north side and decent beer in the same post. Is enjoying one worth braving the other?

Wishbone Ash

RobFowl wrote: »

... but sure others may want one later?

Want what.....a ride?

CramCycle

RobFowl wrote: »

De northside and indeed the North County is not that scary or that far .

The clubs of South Dublin are debating the journey, behold the representatives from Orwell, Tiernans, UCD, SDCC etc (Just insult the rest by not including them).

RobFowl

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Want what.....a ride?

De Northside is full of great roides ...

Wishbone Ash

RobFowl wrote: »

De Northside is full of great roides ...

That may be, but what about us men of the soil of the North County?

Wishbone Ash

Weepsie wrote: »

I'm interested so long as I can buy stuff that fits in panniers

Jayus, it's hardly a lucky dip. I'm sure koutoubia will allow you to see before buying.

koutoubia

Weepsie wrote:

I'm interested so long as I can buy stuff that fits in panniers

Well if the stuff doesn't fit you will probably be able to buy bigger panniers.

Harrybelafonte

Sounds good. Give me a shout if I can help out guys.

As for the south siders, I travelled twice in peak traffic to Lamb Doyles from NCD just to attend these before, so a Saturday morning makes much more sense and it really is just a short and easy trip off the M1

RobFowl

CramCycle wrote: »

The clubs of South Dublin are debating the journey, behold the representatives from Orwell, Tiernans, UCD, SDCC etc (Just insult the rest by not including them).

I presume that's the 4 Tiernans reps at the front

magicbastarder

one does not simply walk to balrothery.
what is this, a triathlon?

CramCycle

RobFowl wrote: »

I presume that's the 4 Tiernans reps at the front

https://goo.gl/photos/1nxTgfHR1mdrZQX59

RobFowl

magicbastarder wrote: »

one does not simply walk to balrothery.
what is this, a triathlon?

You can cycle, drive, get the bus (dublin bus stop literally opposite Pub), train station 1 mile away

Surprisingly short trip from the city centre

godtabh

I'll head out to have a look. May have a few bits to get rid of also. The weather and if I have anything to sell will determine if I drive or cycle out (once I ask my wife of course wont mention its a cycling car boot sale!)

koutoubia

Ok... starting to get interest from sellers already. Let's hope this can work out. Can you spread the word amongst your respective clubs and cycling community in general.

RobFowl

CramCycle wrote: »

https://goo.gl/photos/1nxTgfHR1mdrZQX59

And the IRC rep?

koutoubia

magicbastarder wrote:

one does not simply walk to balrothery. what is this, a triathlon?

You are barred from it!

koutoubia

Just gonna give this an end of weekend 'bump' for anyone interested!

cython

CramCycle wrote: »

https://goo.gl/photos/1nxTgfHR1mdrZQX59

Eh, Blanch are technically a northside club - Strawberry Hall (meeting point) being on the north bank of the Liffey, after all (even if the address might be Chapelizod). :pac:

RobFowl

cython wrote: »

Eh, Blanch are technically a northside club - Strawberry Hall (meeting point) being on the north bank of the Liffey, after all (even if the address might be Chapelizod). :pac:

Blanch are effectively culchies

ILIKEFOOD

cython wrote: »

Eh, Blanch are technically a northside club - Strawberry Hall (meeting point) being on the north bank of the Liffey, after all (even if the address might be Chapelizod). :pac:

Saw a load of Orwell passing through Straw Hall this morning...on the North side I can confirm at that

Must have been running a reccie for the big day..that or they've defected

magicbastarder

sometimes the straw hall is *in* the liffey, to be fair.

alexinkildare

I'd be on for the car boot sale. Good idea.

Borderfox

Definitely on for this, loads of bits and pieces to shift

koutoubia

For those intertested in selling can you ,at some stage, drop me a pm (if you haven't done so already) so we can get an idea of numbers.
Ta

Chuchote

RobFowl wrote: »

I presume that's the 4 Tiernans reps at the front

Nah, they're the Brompton riders.

Beasty

koutoubia wrote: »

For those intertested in selling can you ,at some stage, drop me a pm (if you haven't done so already) so we can get an idea of numbers.
Ta

Might just open up the lair - that should be more than enough gear for anyone who's not Campy....

koutoubia

Beasty wrote: »

.. not Campy....

....not invited...:p


You probably have enough stuff to stage your own stand alone sale!

Beasty

koutoubia wrote: »

You probably have enough stuff to stage your own stand alone sale!

You can never have enough spares, just in case.....

koutoubia

spares in case the spares let you down!

RobFowl

You are not just welcome Beasty, we have a section reserved and staff available to show people around your spares

Beasty

koutoubia wrote: »

spares in case the spares let you down!

Well that's exactly what happened this weekend when the spare, spare, spare track bike came a cropper. That means the spare, spare one will need to emigrate to Manchester, leaving me only one spare here. Well for now only one anyway.

Might have a few spare parts when I dismantle the broken one though.....

lennymc

there are a few spares on this thread already!

Beasty

lennymc wrote: »

there are a few spares on this thread already!

You speak for yourself

BTW, do you realise your signature is 4 years out of date???

lennymc

Beasty wrote: »

BTW, do you realise your signature is 4 years out of date???

yes.

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

BTW, do you realise your signature is 4 years out of date???

It's for the next time 2012 comes around

lennymc

RobFowl wrote: »

It's for the next time 2012 comes around

im living in the past

koutoubia

Beasty wrote: »

came a cropper. .

Whoa...Did you crash again?
Bit of a bad habit you have going there!