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

Budawanny · 19-05-2018 02:18PM

35km 1200M, of reverse Shay Elliot , reverse slieve Maan and then back Slieve Maan and shay Elliot to Laragh. It was hard. Reverse Slieve Maan never ends.

Felexicon · 19-05-2018 04:07PM

51km this morning. Swords > Malahide > >Portmarnock > Baldoyle and then the full length of the seafront and back.

Lovely morning for it.

ED E · 19-05-2018 06:14PM

Mount Leinster 145. Grand ole day of it. Earned that 99.

patrickc · 19-05-2018 06:32PM

ED E wrote: »

Mount Leinster 145. Grand ole day of it. Earned that 99.

I was up there for walk today, fair play to ye it was great to see it. every time I stopped to let a group on they were all courteous

I did 68km myself today, my furthest yet legs are in bits and that wind was a nightmare.
Carlow-Paulstown(back road)-Gowran-Gorsebridge-Borris-bagenalstown-carlow

secman · 19-05-2018 07:31PM

Out to blessington and did the lake drive, stunning views on the day that was in it, met the Russborough 50km guys and gals on the stretch from Lacken to blessington. Love that spin.... blessed to have it so close to home..... embrace the lakes . Ended up doing 75 km avg 27 kph. 650m

The tax man · 19-05-2018 10:51PM

ED E wrote: »

Mount Leinster 145. Grand ole day of it. Earned that 99.

Did that myself today. The wind heading up to Nine Stones was cruel though. Liked the new route.

LollipopJimmy · 19-05-2018 11:24PM

Not me, but my buddy deserves special mention. He started cycling last September, today He did a solo 110k with 2000m @26kph.
To me that's seriously impressive

saccades · 20-05-2018 01:58PM

cdaly_ wrote: »

What hubs? Many of them are serviceable. Might be just a matter of cleaning and oiling...

They are dead, I've ignored the clunks from the back end for ages, the springs keep popping over the pawls and the Freehub is worn away.

PX selcof hubs which I think might be novatech, so will have a look at some point maybe.

I got a bonus at work so now on a shiney new 20five hope hoop with a RS4 hub, really smooth, doesn't sound like a herd of bees and supported for ages.

Step up in distance and speed today, 95km @ 28kmph, thought I was terrible struggling to keep up and getting a tow for the last 25km or so as we scooted down to Ferns and then back through the country. Strava tells me I have loads of PRs.

I have no idea of my fitness any more.

Justwinginit · 20-05-2018 04:26PM

Longest spin yet. Just shy of 60k.1 stop for food and drink. Managed quite well. 58.65k, 2hr12min, avg speed 26.5kph. Preperation for croi coming along nicely.

magicbastarder · 20-05-2018 05:06PM

48km today - out along the clontarf bike path, up over howth and back to glasnevin via portmarnock and malahide.
decided to try out the right hand turn at the church in howth which several people here have mentioned. good thing there was the word 'SLOW' painted in the road every 200m or so, i'd have shot up it otherwise.

LollipopJimmy · 20-05-2018 05:51PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

48km today - out along the clontarf bike path, up over howth and back to glasnevin via portmarnock and malahide.
decided to try out the right hand turn at the church in howth which several people here have mentioned. good thing there was the word 'SLOW' painted in the road every 200m or so, i'd have shot up it otherwise.

Took a similar route today with a buddy. D8 to Howth, we left the head off though (said buddy did 2000m yesterday) then over to Portmarnock and Malahide, back into the city and onto the Royal Canal which we followed to Castlenock, Strawberry Beds and through Lucan to the Grand Canal and home. 82kms all in. Me and bike covered in mud, clean now though

LollipopJimmy · 23-05-2018 07:20AM

I went out chasing a bit of speed last night, managed a PR on the Howth Hill TT, still slow compared to you lot but it was all in the saddle and without killing myself.

Uneventful for the rest, although a few times over the last couple of weeks along the coast since we've had the decent weather I've had people grab my wheel and stick on me for the length. I'll be honest and say I got a fright a couple of times

magicbastarder · 23-05-2018 08:20AM

heh, some lads from clontarf tagged onto me in ardcath a few months ago and shouted hello. scared the living bejesus out of me.

magicbastarder · 23-05-2018 08:23AM

41km yesterday evening - chillier than expected, but really nice. a day for keeping your mouth shut with all the swarms of flies about.
managed my fastest 40km yet, 29.3km/h average.

loyatemu · 23-05-2018 08:40AM

Into work and back yesterday, 60K round trip. Normally I'd cycle in one day and back the next due to the distance, but Irish Rails signalling difficulties meant it was probably quicker to cycle. Surprisingly I was quicker going home, and broke a bunch of PRs.

Got the replacement bus service into town this morning, and sure enough it was much slower than cycling (though not helped by the driver taking us on a magical mystery tour of south Dublin's traffic blackspots - dude there's a feckin' bus lane on the N11, why not use that?)

selwyn froggitt · 23-05-2018 09:18PM

Watched the Ras come over the Healy Pass today in absolutely glorious weather.Drove down to Glengarriff this morning with a few friends.Rode the Caha pass and then a few back roads to pop out West of Kenmare,soup and a sandwich in Bunaw and then on through Lauragh to the pass.
Great atmosphere and plenty of like minded spectators.
The best 80km I’ve done for ages
The only downer was the lad who we went to cheer on from the Longford team had a nightmare of a day after first crashing and then mechanicals.
Glad to at least hand him a can of coke on the final ramp.,

Felexicon · 24-05-2018 04:17PM

Felex junior woke me up early this morning so decided to get ready and take a bit of a longer route in to work.

Just over 35km in very nice conditions.

saccades · 24-05-2018 07:09PM

Just started commuting again, 63km each way. Totally ballsed it up, 1 bottle of plain water meant I struggled in the last 20 km or so on the way in.

Forgot shower gel and had to 'borrow" some, forgot cash for lunch and had to borrow some and managed to leave my pump at work.

Tired now but chuffed with myself.

magicbastarder · 24-05-2018 07:09PM

Each way? Bleedin hell.

Tell me how · 24-05-2018 07:16PM

saccades wrote:

Just started commuting again, 63km each way.

Seriously? A one off or do you plan to do regularly?

That must have been 2hr plus each direction.

saccades · 24-05-2018 08:11PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Seriously? A one off or do you plan to do regularly?

That must have been 2hr plus each direction.

2:30 in as I got caught up in the school run in Bray and 2:15 home, go up wind gates and rathnew hill so some nice climbs.

Only have time to do it once a week with family commitments unfortunately.

Wishbone Ash · 24-05-2018 11:07PM

saccades wrote: »

... and managed to leave my pump at work..

I was 55k into my ride this morning when it suddenly dawned on me that I had forgotten to take my mini-pump. Funny how there suddenly seemed to be glass and other sharp debris everywhere!

Daroxtar · 25-05-2018 12:48PM

Got my first race win last night. We've amalgamated with 2 other small clubs to do an inter club league. It's going really well in my opinion averaging about 40-50 riders out. I'm in the semi scratch group. We held off the scratch for the second week in a row. Last time out I left the sprint a bit late and came 2nd. No way that was happening again!!! Went with about 200 yards to go on a 3% drag and held on by a bike length. Delighted.
On a somewhat sour note one of the groups had to abandon after an absolute fking psychopath jumped out of his car and start flinging punches and grabbed a marshal screaming about "f...ing cyclists holding up the road"
I'm not sure what's going to happen but if it was me, he'd be in custody now. Utter lunatic

triggermortis · 25-05-2018 01:18PM

A rare day off work at the moment and had things to scan/copy/email etc. home scanner decided to not play so span into and out of work to use theirs.
38km round trip but didn’t leave enough time to get home and get the car after, so had to pick the youngest up on the bike and walk her home. She loved it

rushfan · 25-05-2018 03:04PM

Yesterday morning 6am, 10 of us plus support crew of 4 left the fire station in Dublin airport and cycled to Westport for charity. Baltic when we left but warmed up by 8am or so. Tough going at times, managed around 220km of the 266km myself, the last 10km into Westport was torture. 5 of the lads are running a marathon on the Greenway atm, not me though. I'm support crew today. We'll rehydrate later!!

Justwinginit · 26-05-2018 11:01AM

Just an easy 25k as doing 95k on Sunday. Still having problems with numb feet/toes after about an hour:-( but will give it a good lash on Sunday. Boy was it hot yesterday:-D

loyatemu · 26-05-2018 01:06PM

home from work, stopped at Teddies in Dun Laoghaire for a 99 in the sun. Must be some "special" ingredient in their ice cream as I broke a bunch of PRs on the remainder of the ride (or it could have been the tail wind

). Beautiful evening for a cycle, especially heading into the weekend.

lizzylad84 · 26-05-2018 07:56PM

Tour of connamara 140k. 27k average speed. Underestimated the hills in the last 50 km. Enjoyable day all the same

Boscoirl · 27-05-2018 10:11AM

Did the Tour de Connemara 140km yesterday. With a 20km detour out to Renvyle for a few pints. One of the lads was out there a few weeks ago and said it had the best pint of Guinness he ever had. We gate crashed a wedding and got a pic with the bride & groom ðŸ˜

160 for the day. Avg dropped to 25kmph over the last 30km. Not sure was that because of the hill or the pints ðŸ˜

wirelessdude01 · 27-05-2018 10:25AM

Daroxtar wrote:

Got my first race win last night. We've amalgamated with 2 other small clubs to do an inter club league. It's going really well in my opinion averaging about 40-50 riders out. I'm in the semi scratch group. We held off the scratch for the second week in a row. Last time out I left the sprint a bit late and came 2nd. No way that was happening again!!! Went with about 200 yards to go on a 3% drag and held on by a bike length. Delighted. On a somewhat sour note one of the groups had to abandon after an absolute fking psychopath jumped out of his car and start flinging punches and grabbed a marshal screaming about "f...ing cyclists holding up the road" I'm not sure what's going to happen but if it was me, he'd be in custody now. Utter lunatic

Was chatting to some of your lads on the Gap yesterday watching the Ras and they were telling me about that. Lunatic behaviour from him.

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