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Sportives 2022

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,317 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    At the risk of making you acknowledge every Boardsie who enters Corker, I do have to say done and shared with McNally Swords!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    Brilliant race, eh sorry I mean sportive!! Well organised and great grub afterwards



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Boyle is quiet enough, few nice pubs.

    Carrick will be full of hens and stags, if you're into that



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭lissard



    Thanks for the heads up. Entering this is one of the easiest decisions of the year - such a well run event. Will be back with a load of club mates this time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 Sandlands


    I posted this in Adverts as well.

    I have one ticket for sale for Ring of Beara 40 Euro : Start and finish in Kenmare 8.30 am May 28 .

    Participants will have a choice of an exciting 140km or 110km cycle, by the rugged Wild Atlantic Way coastal route on the Beara Peninsula.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭terminator74


    2022 Wicklow Mountains Cycle Challenge cancelled. Shame, I was looking forward to this.

    Note from organisers on website:

    Please note that the 2022 Wicklow Mountains Cycle Challenge scheduled for Saturday, 14th of May has been postponed due to circumstances beyond our control.

    All registered participants have been sent an email and a new date will be announced as soon as it is confirmed with all parties.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Keep_Her_Lit


    I was going to do the Wicklow Mountains Cycle Challenge myself but missed the cut-off date for online registration, which was 2nd May. So I rode the course on Sunday to see what it's like. Plenty of climbing and some rough roads down near Donard. A nice course overall. 3-days beforehand is leaving things pretty late to cancel.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 862 ✭✭✭mamax


    This might suit anyone that was planning to do the tour de burren (which was cancelled) on 18th June, 90km or 160km

    160km Route

    http://www.strava.com/routes/2937329824763556732

    90km Route (incl E-bikes )

    http://www.strava.com/routes/2937334589599717466





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Think I'll head to Boyle tomorrow. Weather is promised good and there's some lovely scenery around south Sligo and north Roscommon with a few steep climbs



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Will also be there. Have just put the bike on the car and heading off now. Enjoy.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭motley


    Have entry for Tour De Connemara.

    Saturday 28th May. Will sell for €50.

    PM me if interested.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭lochdara


    I did the cycle yesterday as I planned and so did several other riders that I met along the way. I parked in the Avon where the Cycle of the lakes was starting with Ronald McDonald house. I didnt see a single ambulance in attendance for that.

    I enjoyed the route, coffee in laragh, lunch in glenmalure lodge. Lots of slow long drags and fast downhills.

    Lots of cyclists which was great and the weather was awesome. Looking forward to Migrane Ireland 100k and Reservoir Dog 120k now. Connenamara first in 2 weeks.

    ______________________________________________________

    Currently fundraising for Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association

    In Memory of my fab Wife www.sinsin.ie



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Keep_Her_Lit


    I did the Ashbourne Wheelers Sportive today and it was very enjoyable. 87km and approx. 820m ascent. No long climbs but plenty of drags and a few sharper kicks along the way. Max gradient on the course was about 8% I think. There were lots of junctions on the route but all were marshalled and they kept us moving along very well. There were a few poorly surfaced stretches of road but they were relatively short and the course overall was in very good condition and wound its way through lots of very pleasant scenery. The food stop was about 36km in at Glen Emmetts GAA Club in Tullyallen. I managed to hang on to the group at the front until the food stop. The average speed up to that point was about 34.5 km/h. I did the last approx 30km solo and my overall moving average ended up at 32.7km/h. Bumped into Boardsie smcclaw along the way, pleased to meet you! This was the inaugural Ashbourne Wheelers Sportive and they did an excellent job. I would recommend it and hope to be back next year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Brilliantly organised Lough Key Classic today.

    The king of mountains at the end was a tough climb

    Well done to the Curlieu Wheelers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ThomasMcD


    Have one entry that I can't use for the Tour de Conamara 80km if anyone else still searching is reading this, apparently the last day for transfers is the 19th May. Cost €56, will sell for €40 or a decent offer



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Drdenise75


    Is ring of beara ticket still available? I'll take if it is



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭Johnners1878


    Glad you enjoyed it BB - the feedback was good, everyone seemed to really enjoy it. See if you can spot yourself - lots of pics on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057546845598



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 a_shed


    I have a ticket for sale for the Ring of Beara - Saturday 28th May at 08:00, Kenmare start/finish - 60 euro.



  • Posts: 531 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    no word on the Great Dublin Bike Ride this year, it's on the cycling Ireland calander, but nothing on the website.

    While, it was far from perfect, one of the few I could cycle to and home from. I think the route needed work, but it's a pity all the same, especially considering there was talk of a Great Belfast Bike Ride a few years ago



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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    If there is anyone going down to Kenmare for the ring of Beara this weekend and is stuck for a place to stay, DM me. One of our group has dropped out so I’ve a spare room in a lovely Airbnb about 2km outside kenmare.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,539 ✭✭✭hesker


    Weather forecast for ROB. Life doesn’t get any better than this. (In Ireland anyway 😊)




  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle
    Brundlefly


    It is a similar forecast for Conamara on Sat 😀



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,206 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    Hi all,

    1 ticket for https://ringofclare.ie/

    Value €50, selling for €40, transferred are permitted.

    A beautiful, scenic ride with option of 160km or 120km.

    16TH JULY 2022, ENNIS, CO. CLARE

    I was in the first 1,000 to register so you get a FREE LARGE JERSEY

    Cheers,

    Pa.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭2lazytogetup


    are there rules, or even good manners on the type of bike you can ride in the sportives? im wondering if i can get away with wide handlebars and lack of mudguards. i recall antedotally that some of the sportives are ridden so tight that a wide handlebars and no mud guards is heavily frowned upon.

    finally, what would the average speed be. if i ride at 15km/h over 100km would i be so far behind the group that i might as well go cycling on my own.

    any views appreciated.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,539 ✭✭✭hesker


    I’ve seen lads on high nellies and recumbents so don’t worry about what you ride. Some do have restrictions such as no ebikes.

    There won’t be one big group either. Ride at your own pace. It’s not a race



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  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle
    Brundlefly


    I did the Blanch Wheelies Sportive last year (good craic and all!) but one lad was on a mountain bike and was keeping a decent pace



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭heraldo


    If anyone is stuck for an entry for the Tour de Conamara this weekend, drop me a DM.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭grouchyman


    I'm booked to do the 80km route for conamara on saturday, just wondering if I'd be allowed switch to the 140km. Has anybody ever done this and were there any issues. Can't find anything about it on the website.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    gearing up for the Tour de Connemara this weekend myself.

    afaik they give different coloured wristbands to the 8km or 140km cyclists. and then they have separate food areas at the food stops.



  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle
    Brundlefly


    The TdC website's FAQs state:

    Transfers are now closed.

    Transfers between cyclists are now closed. This was an option open to cyclilsts between January 1st 2022 and May 19th 2022. We can no longer facilitate any more transfers. As per the event terms and conditons when you registered, we do not provide refunds or allow deferrals to next years event.

    Furthermore, as @beggars_bush said, there are different coloured wristbands which allow or deny you access to the food stops...

    Event ID – Wear your wristband

    Cyclists will receive a colour coded wristband based on the event they signed up to do. You must wear this to gain entry to the feed stations. This is also your voucher forth ene dof event BBQ back in Clifden.




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭grouchyman


    The use of the different coloured wristbands probably means that you can't just rock up on Saturday morning and decide then. I'll probably be registering in Monaghans on Friday evening so I'll ask when I'm in there. It might be just a case of them giving me the wristbands for the 140km.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭AxleAddict


    I did this when I took part for the first time in 2016 - I signed up for the event before I'd really started cycling regularly and opted for the smaller route, but by the time the big day came around, I was fit enough to do the longer route (and I was so glad I did!). I just let them know when I called in to sign on at registration and it wasn't an issue. I've done it a few times since then and I can't recall anyone ever checking at foodstops whether you're on the 'right' route or not. From what I recall there was no difference in the price of the ticket regardless of what route you were doing so its not like they're losing out financially - I guess they only need reasonably accurate numbers to ensure they have allocated enough food to each of the routes. The only time I found that wristbands were checked were when getting a burger at the end - they didn't care which band you were wearing, as long as you had one.

    Post edited by AxleAddict on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,690 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    I sent Eventmaster an email enquiring about this a couple of weeks ago and got no response back. My experience is the same as that already mentioned above in that there isn't any real checking done on wrist bands etc. I recall one year where I did the 80k and food was scarce at the food stop as it had already been cleared out by the 140k cyclists (even though it was only supposed to be for the 80K crowd).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,690 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    I have two tickets for the 80K Tour de Connemara still available if anyone wants. It's a glorious cycle in good weather which is forecast for this weekend. To my mind it's the more scenic of the two routes.

    If interested you can message me by going to https://www.boards.ie/messages/add and type in DeepBlue in the grey Recipients box



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    In all the sportives I've ever done here or abroad I've never seen any "security" enforced at a foodstop or en route. Nobody has ever checked wristband / entry / number / chip. Lots of people bail out for shorter routes so I'd be surprised if you were stopped (how could they anyway, on public roads) from doing a longer route. Similarly I'd be astonished if some jobsworth refused you a cup of tea a sandwich based on the colour of your wrist band.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Paul_Mc1988


    I second this, do the 140km route anyway and say ye got mixed up along the way😅



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Not at the food stop, but I saw people stopped going up Molls Gap on my 1 and done RoK!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    They definitely checked at a pinch point somewhere early enough on the last time I did Beara.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭AxleAddict


    Yep - I remember that also - it may work fine when cyclists are coming through in dribs and drabs, but my recollection from a few years ago was that it was quite chaotic - lots of cyclists arriving at the pinch point at the same time, trying to keep moving whilst waving their wrists in the air at a few people stood either side of the road. I don't know how they would actually manage to stop someone in the middle of the group if they felt they needed to. It still says the following in the route notes for this years event, so it sounds like it will be in action again:

    Warning

    1. You cannot complete this cycle unless full registered

    2. Bike Plate and Wristband will be checked to gain access to all food stops,

    3. Garda checkpoint within the first 20km of the cycle, you will not be able to proceed if you fail to show wristband and bike plate

    I don't recall any Gardai at this checkpoint when I did it - just volunteers. I can't recall anyone checking wristbands at the (pretty decent) foodstops either.

    UPDATE: I went back and checked my GoPro footage - there was actually a Guard at the side of the road :) Still think you'd have trouble getting someone stopped if they were determined to keep going though...


    Post edited by AxleAddict on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    ROK is a bit a special case there cos they close the road for the final Molls gap section which I guess allows them to restrict access to paid up participants. Though again, I've done it myself a number of times and the yella jackets' attitudes at the road barrier could best be described as... casual.

    Anyway, it doesn't apply to the Beara sportive referred to above.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭grouchyman


    My reading of Transfers when I looked at it was that it referred to transferring tickets between people rather than a person transferring routes. Fiddlers if I took it up wrong.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭grouchyman


    Registered for tomorrows spin in Monaghans garage earlier today. I asked about changing routes and changing from 80 to 140 would be no problem. I got the impression from the way they said "changing from 80 to 140 would be no problem" that changing the other way mightn't be so straight forward

    So doing 140km tomorrow and have the right 140km wristband for the foodstops and right event id.

    Really looking forward to it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Was up there myself and appeared to be a steady stream going in and out. Weather to be good also tomorrow with light winds so really looking forward to it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Cracking day yesterday out around Connemara. Well organised food stops, though the first was very busy. Wanted to buy some Skoda cycling gear after the event but they must have been tight for staff to man it

    Bit of a headwind for the first 80km or so along the coast and the open countryside towards Maam cross. then once heading for Maam it was lovely. Long drag at the end but we got there.

    31kph average with 1000m climbing

    Surprisingly felt good today.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 862 ✭✭✭mamax



    A new pilot Leisure National Series is launched for 2022 featuring five leisure events located around Ireland.


    Specially selected participants will be awarded special achievement awards and prizes at the end of the series.


    For information contact the Leisure Commission at leisure@cyclingireland.ie.


    https://www.cyclingireland.ie/events/national-series/leisure-national-series/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,317 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    Good to see CI showing some interest in sportives. I've been on to them a few times about all their Facebook posts featuring the road series, paracycling, BMX, track and CX with nothing on the super sportives that have been run already this year. I even sent them a link to the excellent video of the Ride Dingle event and suggested it deserved further distribution but no joy. Do they not realise that the majority of their members are involved in non-competitive cycling and that most of the major sportives attract far greated numbers than any of the races?

    Maybe the new board with its more diverse membership will change the focus a bit?



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,874 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    First time I did the Wicklow 200 it was a flat bar hybrid with front suspension, used the same bike on the Orwell Randonee the following year. These days my main bike is a CX which is grand for these events. Also slow enough out there but there is plenty craic at the back.

    Down to do the WW200 again in a couple of weeks but going to a party the night before with no handy transport out to Bray the next morning. Will probably wimp out and do a leisurely WW100 instead, cycling to and from it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,388 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    Do you have far to cycle to the start? I've no transport to the event start either and last time the event ran cycled from Rush, done the 100km and cycled home after. Will do likewise this year



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,874 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Not too far at all, about 20k so 140k for the day. All very doable with a few scoops had the night before ;)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,412 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    I'm down for the WW200 but if it's anyways wet or miserable I'll be bailing out. I did the Sleive Bloom extreme in the rain all day in 2018 and it was the worst spin on the bike I've ever done. I don't think I was right for about a month after it.



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