Tell us about your cycle today part III

Seth Brundle

Took my new wheels (Scribe Pace) for a decent spin today to Blessington. Took the spin handy enough, stopping every so often to check my work phone as I was supposed to be working 😈 but also I did plenty of freewheeling simply to listen to the freehub turning

Lovely to see the autumn colours all along the way (as per the below photo).

78km @ 26.5km/h with 829m - https://www.strava.com/activities/6238889668

secman

A phrase just came into my head reading the above post, " I'm straight tellin on you " 🤣 really showing my age 😃

Looking forward to a blesso spin, my usual haunt but with recent illness just haven't been out that way, soon though 🤞

beggars_bush

Beautiful evening/night for a spin

63km at 26kph

mjsc1970

A WFH lunchtime 17km bit of fresh air. Grand day for it

smacl

Lunchtime spin up to Foxes via the Blue Light and back via Cruagh. Gloomy enough out but the Autumnal colours on Pine Forest road are pretty stunning and well worth the trip. Cross winds, lots of leaves and road works on Cruagh made for a focussed descent. 22k at a relaxed 21kph with 400m of up all in.

Seth Brundle

I cycled along the Royal Canal from Confey to Mayooth (and back) for lunch on my hybrid. Lovely and relaxing spin - no danger from cars, mostly quiet from car noise and beautiful autumn colours.

I locked my bike to the railings outside Manor Mills shopping centre and went in and got myself a croque monsieur and coffee. While I was eating al fresco, I'm 99% sure that the woman who walked up to where I locked my bike and looked as if she was making a call straight from her pocket was actually eyeing up my bike. Her call seemed to suddenly stop when she turned, looked around and saw someone holding a melted cheesy sandwich looking straight at her. She then put the phone away and walked off. Anyhow, that was that and I had a lovely afternoon out away from the laptop.

Luxman

Had a very blustery afternoon spin, feeling better after a few days of yucky cold (it was a cold). Stopped to check the phone and the new edge530 went nuts, beeping like mad as it was about to contact my emergency contacts due to an 'incident' , as it looks like I stopped too suddenly :-)

beggars_bush

63km at 27.4kph.

Left the house in blustery conditions but turned out a lovely evening/night for cycle and very mild. Didn't meet one other cyclist either

wheelo01

Set an alarm for 0815 yesterday, couldn't convince myself to get up until 1000, I had just pulled up the bibs when the heavens opened. This is my usual cue to get undressed, but yesterday I just decided to go for it.

Between the rain and the wind it wadnt the most pleasant of cycles, but glad I got out.

38km at 26kph

magicbastarder

Finally got out to do the bit along the estuary north of malahide today. You really do need to do it near low tide, I was there an hour before low tide and I'd say if I'd been there half an hour earlier I wouldn't have been able to do it.

grouchyman

short easy enough spin this morning. Weatherwise it was grey & overcast but mild enough. Anyway finished up with about 33kms at 23.5 kph. The main aim of the spin was to bring me over 6,000 kms. Finished up with 6008 kms for the year so far meaning I'm over 1,000 kms ahead of where I was this time last year. Happy days.

gn3dr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118147391#Comment_118147391

How do you find the wheels? Did you weigh them. Wondering if 1495g is accurate

Seth Brundle

I really like them. They do feel lighter than the Mavic Ksyrium Elites that were on before. Plus I love the song from the freehub.

As for weighing them, eh no.

Got out for my usual two hours first thing Saturday morning. Decided on a tempo effort as time was against me again but picked a bad route and didn't enjoy it as much as I usually love my few hours freedom.

Few roads on the route I selected were new to me and were not fun, with loads of potholes and not much to see. Bit too much climbing too for a tempo effort and was fairly wrecked for the rest of the day when I got home. I normally love finding new roads to spin on but only when I have time on my hands.

Anyway, just sort of 70k with 700 up at 31.6kph.

https://www.strava.com/activities/6250624252

Wildly Boaring

Christ you are fast.

Similar distance and elevation.

24.9kph

North then south of the Boyne from Drogheda

NamelessPhil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118166064#Comment_118166064

I wonder if I saw you today? I was in that area cycling a 200km route from Dublin along the coast to Annagassan and back. There were certainly plenty of cyclists out today.

magicbastarder

nice calm day for a 200km spin. humidity was 95%+ though, from the few stats i've seen on strava.

beggars_bush

106km today at 28.6kph in zone 3

Lovely day for it and every cyclist in the country seemed to be out today

secman

Terrible misty, gank day in sunny Southeast for the spin this morning. Mist never lifted at all, even at 10pm gank.

Went from Gorey out to Ferns, towards Enniscorthy but veered right to Clonroche and straight back same route to Gorey. 82km 570m 29. 4kph.

grouchyman

Out yesterday with the club. Lovely morning for it. The rain stayed away and it was warm enough. Thankfully the chippings from the hedge cutting have more or less been washed off the road at this point so the risks of punctures has lessened. 120kms at 26.5 kph on fairly flat roads. Enjoyable spin.

Wildly Boaring

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118166987#Comment_118166987

Probably not.

Strangely I only saw 3 or 4 cyclists today.

And they were not out for 200k spins

More like 2k

NamelessPhil

You can't tell from looking at me if I'm out for 20km or 200km!😃

NamelessPhil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118166064#Comment_118166064

Nothing like a deadline to focus the mind!

wheelo01

Lovely day for it, nicely cool, and the wind wasnt as strong as Friday.

53km at a not so fast 26 kph, Drimnagh up to Tallaght, across to Lucan, then Clonee, Blanchardstown, Stoneybatter, south quays, and home.

God, I'm loving these days off, if only I could get up when I set the alarm.

beggars_bush

a tale of woe from yesterday

fixed a puncture yesterday at home that I didn't realise I had picked up on Sunday - probably debris from hedge trimmers, anyway got ready to go out (it was a lovely mild night), lights etc got 3km down the road and another flat tyre. walked it home, took wheel off, checked it under the headlamp and two tubes gone in the one day and 3km done

smacl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118166064#Comment_118166064

You're still faster than me so! 22k at lunch @20kph with 415m of up taking in Cruagh road and back via Foxes. Gusty enough out there so was taking it handy on the descents but pleasant for all that. Nearly blown to a standstill at the back of Marlay park so feeling thoroughly aired and oxygenated right now :)

ARX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118186225#Comment_118186225

I had something similar recently, 3 punctures in a short time (the latter 2 occurring 20 minutes apart). Couldn't find anything in the tyre, then noticed that the holes were on the rim side, not the road side. Crappy rim tape not fully covering the spoke holes seems to have been the cause.

grouchyman

Out for a first retirement spin yesterday (I'm on pre-retirement leave at the moment) around Ballygar, Creggs, Glenamaddy, Moylough While the trees are losing the last of their leaves the colours on the leaves left on the trees are something else to see. I found the wind strong especially between Glen and Moylough, Anyways a very enjoyable 74 km spin @ 25.5 kph with signs that the winter is closing in.

beggars_bush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118186225#Comment_118186225

and add in a new tyre needed.