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

Peterx · 14-02-2017 02:24PM

Cycled The Barrow Way with a lovely lovely tailwind on Saturday. It's currently idyllic with the grassy bank.
The grassy bank is due to be replaced by hardcore so chances to enjoy it as it is are going to come to an end soon.
CX bike, easy pace all day, lovely spin.

smacl · 14-02-2017 04:58PM

Chilly one out there today, and being passed by a Funeral cortege going up Cruagh road made me think of the poor woman from Orwell who died over the weekend which added a further shiver. Stiff enough headwind and misty rain going up by Pine Forest but even a filthy outdoor spin in poor conditions beats having to do an hour on the turbo this evening.

ford2600 · 14-02-2017 11:22PM

Chanced a quick spin on Monday after two lovely days on bike Sat & Sun.

Bit tight for time and rushing but threw on a new chain and bottom bracket and hopped on bike out the door into the darkness for a 30km spin on a few quite roads. Little voice in my head "did I squeeze those pinch bolts on crank? fcuk it's grand I have multi tool anyway" I didn't and I didn't.

Sure enough crank came off about 10km in, in the middle of nowhere! Contemplated a 10km one leg cycle but after 2.5km I was bollixed, that and the shame of going through a neighbouring village like a one man freak show convinced me to call the wagon.

The B&M IQ-X is still impressing on a side note

NamelessPhil · 15-02-2017 12:21AM

ford2600 wrote: »

... convinced me to call the wagon.

That's a nice name to call your other half when she's doing you a favour!

ford2600 · 15-02-2017 12:25AM

NamelessPhil wrote: »

That's a nice name to call your other half when she's doing you a favour!

It was my brother in laws van, kinda looks like a wagon ðŸ˜€

Chuchote · 15-02-2017 08:04AM

ford2600 wrote: »

It was my brother in laws van, kinda looks like a wagon ðŸ˜€

So a bro wagon rather than a broom wagon.

joey100 · 15-02-2017 03:33PM

A very very short 2km spin from Harry's bikes to work. Had to leave in the new build to get the front derailleur sorted, just couldn't get it done myself. So 1st spin ever on it was the short spin back to work. It's a supersix evo and it feels great, coming from a Scott CR1 pro and even though that's a good bike can feel a bit of a difference, feels a bit livelier or something. Looking forward to getting out on it properly now.

shootermacg · 15-02-2017 04:11PM

Disc brakes are starting to fade on my Giant defy 2. Nearly rear ended a car on the way to work, things are bad when you can't outbreak a car! Time to bring it in for a service methinks.

triggermortis · 15-02-2017 05:50PM

40km around NCD this morning in 1hr 30. Can't wait until my youngest starts school in September so I'll have more time to get out for longer...

https://www.strava.com/activities/867059164

smacl · 15-02-2017 06:05PM

Another slow 25k around Kilternan, Pine Forest and Cruagh at lunch, not helped by unusually heavy traffic. Highlight was meeting a small herd of deer on Pine Forest road, though pleased to have been climbing it rather than descending at that point. A bit wet and windy but not bad for all of that. Slowest time ever for the route thanks to having to stop for traffic twice and to take a call once, ah well.

Parchment · 16-02-2017 04:44PM

New route for commute - not loving it. Too much stopping and starting and really narrow roads.

Planet X · 16-02-2017 05:06PM

Devil's Elbow / Featherbeds etc.
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/12985535

Dangerously windy across the Featherbeds, cold, didn't have overshoes on.
51k. 886m el.

Strava gives me 802m and max 56.5kph
RidewithGPS gives me 886m and max 73.4kph. (actual reading on eTrex unit)
Me ahrse......good bye Strava.
https://www.strava.com/activities/868490504

iwillhtfu · 16-02-2017 11:52PM

Planet X wrote: »

https://www.strava.com/activities/868490504

Dunleary!! WTF?

RobertFoster · 17-02-2017 12:03AM

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Dunleary!! WTF?

You can click the link in the lower right corner to "Improve this map" if you spot an error.

Miklos · 17-02-2017 05:09PM

Had my first proper go of Zwift this morning. Have to say I was fairly impressed with it. Sitting in my living room cycling around London, up and down Box Hill a couple of times.

Borderfox · 17-02-2017 09:49PM

42km today and had a little spill after the coffee stop at Tara, checking on a car coming up behind me and the front wheel dropped into a rut at the side of the road and turfed me off. Banjoed my right hand finger and some road rash but nothing too bad. First thing I thought of was my hip after the last crash

shootermacg · 17-02-2017 09:55PM

Borderfox wrote: »

42km today and had a little spill after the coffee stop at Tara, checking on a car coming up behind me and the front wheel dropped into a rut at the side of the road and turfed me off. Banjoed my right hand finger and some road rash but nothing too bad. First thing I thought of was my hip after the last crash

Hope you're feeling better. Nothing worse than coming off while clipped in.

retalivity · 18-02-2017 03:08PM

97k lap round the homeland in donegal. Grey, windy, but relatively dry and warm. Lovely desolate roads, plenty of sheep, ****e and waterfalls. bonked badly after 2 hrs, coupled with a headwind on the descent into doochary had me pedalling squares for half an hr and dropped the avg speed to a measly 22kph

https://www.strava.com/activities/870657974

triggermortis · 18-02-2017 06:50PM

Just back from 51Km of NCD. Wasn't as cold as I expected and so was a little overdressed.
Had company from a workmate who leaves me for dead on the hills, but was good to have company for a change and it made me work a bit harder

https://www.strava.com/activities/871006432

secman · 18-02-2017 08:16PM

Bit of a loop around d24 and on out to Brittas, left for Manor Kilbride and back road to Blessington . Left in Blessington and small loop and back main road to home. 51 km Avg 26.6 kph. Lovely mild morning and dry too.

rushfan · 18-02-2017 08:23PM

After a few nightshifts it was after 3 when I headed off. 43km around NCD, no overshoes, kneewarmers, no winter tights. Happy days!

Planet X · 19-02-2017 02:19PM

Devil's Elbow both ways.......the Enniskerry approach, not having done it in years seems to be much tougher.

So, coming across Glencree Valley (bottom of Long Hill) via Knockree Hostel, Devil's Elbow and up Burrow road had me hoping that I'd done a 1000m cycle.
Not to be

Close but no cigar.

https://ridewithgps.com/users/74539/activities

51+k for about 925m.

smacl · 19-02-2017 04:08PM

Up that way myself with a crew organised by Bikerbhoy including Rollingscone and a bunch of others, only one way on the Devil's Elbow coming from Glencree. 62k with 1040m up at a relaxed pace for what was a very enjoyable social spin.

Planet X · 19-02-2017 04:11PM

That's alot of uphill

D13exile · 19-02-2017 04:30PM

Been putting a lot of kms in the bank lately building up to the Tour de Connemara but today I experienced puncture city. 8kms into the ride, I had a puncture in the rear wheel, my first in over three years. Wheel off, old tube out, check the tyre, nothing found, new tube in and off I go, at least for about two hundred metres when the rear wheel went flat again. So repeat, wheel off, check tyre, nothing there so instead of replacing tube again, I repaired it and as I was putting it back in, I rechecked the tyre in the exact spot where I'd patched the tube. There was a tiny thorn embedded in the tyre that was only noticeable when I bent the tyre inside out which forced it out of where it was hiding in the rubber. Ok, lesson learned. Check more thoroughly in future instead of just lashing in a new tube. Then off I go again nice and smug that I'd learned my lesson only for the front tyre to deflate after another five kms. Ok, so wheel off and check and nothing visible but checked, checked and checked again and finally I found another tiny thorn embedded in the tyre. Got it out eventually by flexing the tyre. Patched the tube and off I went again but decided to cut things short as the wheels weren't as pumped up as well as my track pump ta home can get them and I felt like I was cycling through mud. Just 30kms in 70 minutes not including the time spent fixing the punctures. Still, it was a nice spin and I got some useful practice in puncture repairs.

dahat · 19-02-2017 05:56PM

Today was to be the first spin for the Summer/racing bike with new bits and pieces, power meter plus a semi compact set up but for one reason or another LBS won't have it ready till later this week. Disappointing......

Club spin with today being a somewhat lumpy spin. We had one lad turn back up the My Rd with sickness and two more dropped out soon after for different reasons.
This left 7 of us and all better climbers than me so when one or two efforts were put in I was suffering a bit but overall it was a good enjoyable spin.
I let loose on way home on easier territory and was pumping 40km speed into a stuff headwind for 3/to near home. Eased the pain of lumpy efforts earlier!!

Finished with 110km at 29.1 avg with 915m of up.

T-Maxx · 19-02-2017 06:09PM

Not my spin but.....

Two idiots on the M1 southbound, just before the M50 interchange at around 9:30 am this morning.

Seriously WTF??

secman · 19-02-2017 06:54PM

Headed from house to Killenagh, ballycanew, Gorey, out old n11 to inch, Arklow and on up to Woodenbridge and out the Aughrim road for a bit. Stopped to have my home made banana jacks

. Headed back to Woodenbridge, Arklow but took the left turn out to rock of Arklow, and back the coast road to Castletown, Tara hill, Ballymoney, courtown and back to Ballygarrett, Killenagh and home. 86 km Avg was 25.5 kph.
Never knew that a Jack Russell whose arse was barely 2 inches from the road surface could get up to 35 kph... I had to get nearer 40 kph to drop the bastard

Don't Chute! · 19-02-2017 07:44PM

106kms between yesterday and today. Both great days for cycling and considering I hadn't done basically anything for the previous 3 weeks I actually felt great too!

https://www.strava.com/activities/871933042

Daroxtar · 19-02-2017 09:01PM

Have a bit of a cold so I decided against going with the fast group on the club spin. As it turned out, the other group was a bunch of solid riders so we all tipped along at a nice pace but well within ourselves. I've been blasting around the place on Zwift the past few weeks doing fairly high intensity work and I think it paid off a bit as I was never under any pressure when we were on the few bits of hills on the route.
I think I probably enjoyed the spin more for being able to chat away with the others instead of swinging off the back of the racing group gasping.
The weather was very mild in comparison to the last few weekends I've been out. 7-9 degrees with no sleet or hail seemed positively balmy. Got a nice tailwind for the last 30 km home too.

A very enjoyable and fairly flat 93km @28.8kmh

https://www.strava.com/activities/871970060

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