Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

stampydmonkey · 08-06-2016 04:54PM

155k today around the Burren. Unbelievable day. Looked like the med around the coast road from Doolin to Ballyvaughan. have Panda eyes from the sunglasses. Only 1 idiot tried to knock me down too....happy days. Beer will be drunk later

magicbastarder · 08-06-2016 07:45PM

46km just now mainly between the airport and ratoath. two punishment passes in the space of 20 mins by bus eireann buses. how do i report them? at local station or via trafficwatch?

Bloggsie · 09-06-2016 06:57AM

thanks to the guy on a felt this morning, gave me a great lift from along the Porterstown road all the way to the PP.

28.8kms in 69 mins. 24.8 avg kmph. if I could only get the return journey in under 70 mins!

Bloggsie · 09-06-2016 06:59AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

46km just now mainly between the airport and ratoath. two punishment passes in the space of 20 mins by bus eireann buses. how do i report them? at local station or via trafficwatch?

if you got the reg numbers of the buses & have the approximate times report them directly to BE and tell BE that you are going to trafficwatch as well, go to their social media pages and post there also!

secman · 09-06-2016 07:04AM

Kilnamanagh to blessington and straight back main road.... no pump so needed to stay on main road, reckon least chance of punctures and best chance of flagging down a cyclist if I did get one

45 km from memory as computer was acting up...think it's sorted now . Lovely evening last night....just got back before the sea fog rolled in... still foggy our there now.

magicbastarder · 09-06-2016 08:21AM

Bloggsie wrote: »

if you got the reg numbers of the buses & have the approximate times report them directly to BE and tell BE that you are going to trafficwatch as well, go to their social media pages and post there also!

already mailed BE with the details - i have the number of the bus in the first incident, which was the worse of the two - and asked them what they could do which would prevent me from going to the gardai.
i mailed them almost exactly one year ago about a similar incident on the old N2.

noby · 09-06-2016 08:37AM

First spin on the Deise greenway last night. Did Clonea to Durrow and back. Fantastic views. Loads of cyclists, walkers and runners using it last night. The lights in the tunnel at Ballyvoile look great. Looking forward to doing the full length when it opens.

2RockMountain · 09-06-2016 12:00PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

46km just now mainly between the airport and ratoath. two punishment passes in the space of 20 mins by bus eireann buses. how do i report them? at local station or via trafficwatch?

TrafficWatch is better, as they get logged on some system straight away, and the local Garda then has to follow up. From past experience, if you go into the station, you run the risk of it being filed in the wastepaper bin when you walk out.

dahat · 09-06-2016 12:05PM

Local spin today, a circuit used for the 2012 Womens TT Championship so did 3 laps of it whuch totalled 38.6km at 32avg, pretty much gave it what i had to see so was pleased, PB the climb on it as well.

All set now for The Sean Kelly Classic Sunday which is sure to be fast and furious.

Luxman · 09-06-2016 01:07PM

Actually yesterday, but as I was coming from the Trim rd roundabout towards Dunshaughlin (on the link road which has been known for some Strava hunting). I passed a tractor which was tossing muck off its wheels. I proceeded to get in front of it, thinking at the time that I would have to keep the effort up or your man will be laughing. I was halfway across this road when the tractor came past me, 'yes' I thought as it passed ' a tow'. I got in behind it and was walloped by a muckball off the trailer wheels, luckily it only hit my shoulder. Dangerous drafting indeed.

magicbastarder · 09-06-2016 02:24PM

2RockMountain wrote: »

TrafficWatch is better, as they get logged on some system straight away, and the local Garda then has to follow up. From past experience, if you go into the station, you run the risk of it being filed in the wastepaper bin when you walk out.

grand; i may leave this lie as i did get a response from BE - which could be bull**** for all i know - but at least they claim to take it seriously and bring the driver in over it.

Borderfox · 09-06-2016 05:11PM

62km getting lost looking for bray!! Ended up on Vico hill, must be at least 20 years since I was out that way and they have changed everything!!

https://www.strava.com/activities/603807574

Bloggsie · 10-06-2016 09:36AM

28.9 km home yesterday in 78mins.
saw a gorgeous black cube(dont know model) rocking a pair of zonda's at the lights at the cross roads outside the farmleigh exit to the PP.

nice bike sir!

loudymacloud · 10-06-2016 01:20PM

62km yesterday morning, Donabate to Howth Summit and back.

Was a bit overcast and the fog up Howth Summit made things interesting, but a nice cycle nonetheless.

neris · 11-06-2016 12:41PM

first century of the year dodging the rain today. flatish route home-swords-ratoath-skreen-garristown-malahide-home. feckin garmin wasnt charged and packed up about 40km in. came across 2 sportives or charity cycles along the way. 1 near skreen all decked out in the same green and red jerseys with full entourage then another down near swords and malahide spread out over a few km. Next challenge 160km next sunday

ImThatGuy · 11-06-2016 12:59PM

Just in from a 77km cycle to Glendalough pretty happy coming in under the 3 hour mark, I think that was probably due to the downhill bit by the Sugar Loaf where I was convinced my pads were going to disintegrate. https://www.strava.com/activities/605734194

ofthelord · 11-06-2016 02:45PM

Trying to build up to my first 100km cycle that i plan on attempting next weekend - feeling ok about it after today - did 69km (was nice and dry weather at the start but very wet by the end). felt fine the entire time, reckon i could have hit the 100km if i kept going.
https://www.strava.com/activities/605846208
It was lunchtime traffic going through Bray on the way back so my average speed dropped to under 25km.
I joined my first Strava challenges at the start of the month to try and get me out on the bike more - today got me to over the 50% mark on the June Climbing Challenge. After a couple of weeks of cycling the hilly routes I am finding them a lot easier to deal with already so happy with that progress.

secman · 12-06-2016 12:16AM

Killenagh to Gorey.. Arklow.. Ballymoney..courtown. ballygarret kilmuckridge home. 73km 25kmph lovely sunny day for a spin. Headed to Cahore for a swim in the evening... lovely day all round.

dahat · 12-06-2016 04:43AM

115km Sean Kelly Classic today for me, hopefully goes better than my last Sportive where i wrecked the bike and me with it!

moonshadow · 12-06-2016 12:23PM

neris wrote: »

first century of the year dodging the rain today. flatish route home-swords-ratoath-skreen-garristown-malahide-home. feckin garmin wasnt charged and packed up about 40km in. came across 2 sportives or charity cycles along the way. 1 near skreen all decked out in the same green and red jerseys with full entourage then another down near swords and malahide spread out over a few km. Next challenge 160km next sunday

Wahayy that was us !!
See next post....

moonshadow · 12-06-2016 12:31PM

185 km from Dunleer in Louth to Kilkenny .
Yesterday morning 130 people set off in support of www.D2Kcycle.com for motor neurone disease. 5 groups, first group leaving from 7am and then every hour to arrive at 5 pm, group one avg 20kmph, 2@24, 3 mine at 26, 4@ 28 and the "hares" chasing us at 33kmph.
Fabulous day and some of the mad yokes are cycling home today...as I write this on the bus

https://www.strava.com/activities/606215716

dahat · 12-06-2016 02:37PM

Well i did the Sean Kelly Classic run by Slievenamon Cycling Club, a great day and run off excellent. Well organised with a good spread after it.

116km at 35.3 km/h, a savage spin altogether.

Daroxtar · 12-06-2016 04:27PM

Did the Ox mountains sportive today.
It's my local sportive, passed by my homeplace so I tore off up the front so I'd look like I was "winning the race" for my kids as we went by

I felt good and stuck to the front of the group for most of the first 60 km, not quite intentionally but no-one else really offered so I just ploughed on until a few lads took over shortly before the tea stop. 64.7km in 1:52- we were motoring!!!
I did the second half solo but the earlier efforts took their toll on the way out by Lough Easky and I was well shot by the time I climbed the Ladies Brea. The last ten or twelve km were along a rolling road into a headwind so I was well b0lloxed by the time I finished.
139km @30.8kmh with 821m climbed but it felt like an awful lot more, 5th man home. I forgot to restart the garmin for the last 3km back home so it would have been over 140 and my biggest spin to date.

https://www.strava.com/activities/607056383/overview

BTW, the route was great. Loads of rolling twisting roads and bohreens, 3 decent climbs, well marshalled and nice pasta and loads of cake and sandwiches and strong tea. Weather held up, 2 showers but nothing major. I never bothered with wet gear at all and was dry by the finish.
Overall, I really enjoyed it and I'm quite chuffed with myself for not withering completely.

neris · 12-06-2016 08:27PM

went out and did a short 40km up around north dublin ashbourne. was out a few weeks ago and took a trip down a small road I,d never been down before and what looked like a large house or hotel that seemed to either not have been finished off or abanadoned so took a trip down the same road again. Rubbish dumped in the front entrance of the drive way of what from google earth seems to be a relatively modern very large house & gardens thats been abandoned. The gates were electric and a pedestrian gate was wide open which was tempting but with the bike probably not a wise idea.

Google street view and earth link

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.5274393,-6.3664972,3a,75y,89.52h,82.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMTIZnH8AhoiKmwBe7AynSA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.5271362,-6.364575,191m/data=!3m1!1e3

magicbastarder · 12-06-2016 08:45PM

my parents in law live very near there. that house used to belong to a country singer - sandy kelly - and that rubbish has been there for weeks. the stupid thing is that so much of that is garden waste which could have been left in a ditch without the bags and no-one would have batted an eyelid.

magicbastarder · 12-06-2016 08:50PM

they've also had issues previously with people dumping in the next field (if you're coming from the garristown road direction, it's the field as the road swings 90 degrees to the right, after you pass the house), anything from 3 piece suites to tyres.

that said, the thing which annoys me most about cycling around NCD on a nice evening are the garden fires where people are obviously burning household waste.

godtabh · 12-06-2016 09:06PM

Havent been out since the Evil last week. I think the crap roads loosened something up in the old noggin and have been suffering all week (previous jaw issues re occurring) and only managed get out today. Still didnt rain

neris · 12-06-2016 09:48PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

my parents in law live very near there. that house used to belong to a country singer - sandy kelly - and that rubbish has been there for weeks. the stupid thing is that so much of that is garden waste which could have been left in a ditch without the bags and no-one would have batted an eyelid.

Was alot of domestic rubbish in with it aswell. You notice alot more **** by the side of the road and in ditches when your on the bike. Wonder has the house been taken by nama. The front of it looked nice in the google streetview from years ago

NamelessPhil · 12-06-2016 11:54PM

250km solo spin incorporating the Ardattin 200. I had fantastic weather for the whole spin and I even missed the Wicklow 200 crowds. It was 20 years ago that I did the Wicklow 200 (I still have the control card!)

https://www.strava.com/activities/607615009

Pinch Flat · 13-06-2016 08:45AM

After setting my alarm for 5.30am and heading to the bathroom in torrential rain to smother my nether regions in chamois cream, I really wondered the sanity of setting off towards Greystones in a torrential downpour.

My run up to the W200 had been erratic - lots of weekends where I wasn't on the bike for one reason or another. So was kind of dreading the pain that was in store.

But, had the bike rack on the car and gear packed from the previous night, so a bowl of porridge with trimmings and off I went. Got to the registration at the leisure center - bit of faffing about with people turning up without cards and holding up the rest of us. Maybe a suggestion would be to have a separate desk for these scenarios? anyway, got sorted and saddled up - the guys I was meant to be doing it with were 7 hr merchants, so I hadn't a hope of keeping up with them - got dropped within 500m of setting off. So settled down into a solo day in the rain.

Food stop at Baltinglass was a bit chaotic, with one poor unfortunate puking up his heart and soul in full view of those queueing for food. Usual long queues. Had my sandwich (no fruit cake?) and pressed on to 100km - Garmin was telling me I'd covered the first 100 km at 26kph, so not bad. Still a long way to go though, and Slieve Maan and Shay Elliot though really took it out of me this year - I limped up both. Animals have been put down suffering less.

At this point, I remembered my rear Schwalbe Lugano tyre was showing some wear when I was going through the bike the night before - took a spare foldaway tyre just in case. I stopped around Mecreddin to take off the leg warmers and over shoes, and had a quick inspection of the tyre. Was alarmed to see about a 2 inch strip of rubber had peeled off, exposing the underside. My thoughts were a blow out at any stage, so took it handy to the food stop in Rathdrum, where I changed out the tyre and a friendly Belgian mechanic had a decent foot pump.

fed and waterred, I got going and got in several groups on the way home, some too fast, but managed to limp into Greystones, 201.6km on the Garmin and 8:10 rolling time.

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