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

Takca · 06-06-2018 08:46PM

Takca wrote: »

... First ride since a bike fit last week, during which the position of my shifters was moved, I guess this put some extra tension on the cable as I couldn't get the lower 3 cogs on the cassette...

Found the problem, the shifter cable had frayed half way through unside the shifter, the frayed bits weren't letting the cable out enough. Cable replaced and should be good to go again. So not related to the bike fit.

rodneyTrotter. · 06-06-2018 10:36PM

Late spin out to Howth today , never seen as many cyclists out there . Was like a stage of the TDF . Bizzarely French accents everywhere too . Passed a few packs of French lads . Was tempted to mention Thierry Henry but decided to finally let it go !

magicbastarder · 07-06-2018 07:01AM

just the work commute this morning - lovely morning - but finally managed to beat the three minute mark on the top half of newtownpark avenue.

positron · 07-06-2018 10:01AM

Did the Dundrum-Drogheda commute yesterday evening (Just the return leg. Got bus in the morning).

Slow, flat yet tiring. It was so warm, I was looking for shade the whole way. There was pleasant cross-wind, could have been a lot worse without it. Garristown/Naul type small roads would be better for shade - fingers crossed I haven't jinxed it buy saying that!!

Distance: 56.95km
Moving Time: 2h 24m 33s
Elapsed Time: 2:40:07
Elevation: 287m
Avg Speed: 23.6km/h

Justwinginit · 07-06-2018 10:58AM

Just a quick 25k spin to keep the legs loose yesterday evening, man it was warm, Will probably do 40k this evening, Croi 120k on Sunday...

Boscoirl · 07-06-2018 11:06AM

66km club spin on Tuesday night and a solo 45km Spin last night both at a decent pace (for me) I love and hate the heat at the same time

Our Club is hosting the Munster TT championships this Sat and had a practice run last night for people to try it. I popped out to see how they were getting on. It’s not a flat route and they were under serious pressure with the heat.

FastFullBack · 07-06-2018 02:57PM

Back cycling the last few weeks for the first time in a few years. Training to do ROK later. Nice cycle last night down around Kinsale, weather was perfect.

Distance: 62.34 km
Elevation Gain: 811 m
Time: 2h 30m
Avg Speed: 24.9km/h

This was my longest and hilliest cycle to date, but also my best avg speed, so I'm definitely building my bike fitness. Planning to push it up by another few KM's on Friday evening.

moonshadow · 07-06-2018 10:28PM

Very very different spin today,
I was lucky enough to be invited to a track day in Mondello park, so we spun around the track in 28 dg , at about a 30 avg and one hell of a wind on the nose the long straight for 30 km...it's a 1.5km loop..dizzy !!!
What a buzz......no potholes, no cars Deadly !!
And when we finished we had bit of grub which was a bad idea timewise......
As we then jumped in to a BMW M4 and M2 for a rattle around the track driven by the pros....
Holy feck , 165kmph top speed sideways most of the time, took the garmin for the craic, avg 77kmph over 3km.
Deadly buzz and a few grand raised for charity.

loyatemu · 08-06-2018 09:43AM

Beautiful day to cycle into work, beat a bunch of PRs on the way, the council have patched some of the holes on the Rock Road and done a half decent job too. One close pass from a truck in Bray, but otherwise no real aggro. I assume this long term good weather is now permanent and it'll never rain again?

magicbastarder · 10-06-2018 11:38AM

beautiful morning out there. i've been taking just pure water out with me in the bottle of late, so i can rinse the sweat off my glasses and off my face. shouldn't complain...

50km around NCD, including a couple of roads i've not been on before, between the R130 and the N2 around garristown. nice rolling hills and quiet enough roads.

pjmn · 10-06-2018 02:22PM

Did the Croi cycle this morning - 114km - averaged 29kmph very happy with that...

https://www.strava.com/activities/1629175897

ted1 · 10-06-2018 07:34PM

I lost me greenway V card today. A lovely relaxed 60km spin after a night out in Waterford.
Had a great day still trying to figure out how mist of the 60km was downhill even though we came back the same way.

triggermortis · 10-06-2018 08:04PM

66km around NCD this afternoon. Didn’t see many folk out, must have all been in Wicklow...

Internet Friend · 10-06-2018 08:06PM

33km this evening avg 29.7km/h, set a PR on every segment along the way

Thargor · 10-06-2018 08:27PM

Roasted after doing a loop around Bray>Sally Gap>Enniskerry>Bray.

My back brake has developed the most amazing screech that Ive ever heard on a bike if you tap the lever instead of squeezing it, Im not even going to fix it, its like having a car horn built into the bike for letting people know you're behind them now.

magicbastarder · 10-06-2018 08:34PM

disk or caliper?

rushfan · 10-06-2018 09:12PM

triggermortis wrote:

66km around NCD this afternoon. Didnâ€™t see many folk out, must have all been in Wicklow...

Some of us were in Croker!!

magicbastarder · 10-06-2018 09:16PM

we need a boards secret signal for identifying each other on the road. given my usual stomping ground for leisure spins is garristown/oldtown/naul/ballyboughal, it's pretty certain i've nodded hello to a few boardsies in my time.

FastFullBack · 10-06-2018 09:26PM

FastFullBack wrote: »

Back cycling the last few weeks for the first time in a few years. Training to do ROK later. Nice cycle last night down around Kinsale, weather was perfect.

Distance: 62.34 km
Elevation Gain: 811 m
Time: 2h 30m
Avg Speed: 24.9km/h

This was my longest and hilliest cycle to date, but also my best avg speed, so I'm definitely building my bike fitness. Planning to push it up by another few KM's on Friday evening.

59.9 KM Friday night. Cork city to Kinsale and back. Took different route this time. Felt tired but managed a better average speed so happy with that.

Distance: 59.9 km
Elevation Gain: 656 m
Time: 2h 19m
Avg Speed: 25.7km/h

Torres09 · 10-06-2018 09:35PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

we need a boards secret signal for identifying each other on the road. given my usual stomping ground for leisure spins is garristown/oldtown/naul/ballyboughal, it's pretty certain i've nodded hello to a few boardsies in my time.

I must have passed you many times, my usual route these days, I done 75k around them parts Saturday morning

magicbastarder · 10-06-2018 09:38PM

it's usually sunday mornings and tuesday evenings that i'm out that direction. bright yellow genesis bike, should you spot me.

loyatemu · 10-06-2018 10:17PM

very slow spin around Wicklow with the club, made up for it by burning past a load of W200 participants on the way home to Greystones (granted they had all done at least 100KM more than me, and almost certainly at a much faster pace :pac:)

magicbastarder · 10-06-2018 10:19PM

i hope you were wheelieing and high fiving each other as you passed them.

loyatemu · 10-06-2018 10:39PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i hope you were wheelieing and high fiving each other as you passed them.

no wheelies, but I was out of the saddle and singing "Never going to give you up" :cool:

Thargor · 11-06-2018 08:34AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

disk or caliper?

Caliper, Giant Defy.

Ray Bloody Purchase · 11-06-2018 09:01AM

pjmn wrote: »

Did the Croi cycle this morning - 114km - averaged 29kmph very happy with that...

https://www.strava.com/activities/1629175897

I did that cycle yesterday too! It was my first time cycling in a (small) group or ever doing a serious charity cycle.

It was class, i hit out around half seven with my auld lad and a few others. Average speed overall was 23.1kmph. It would have been a bit higher, but i ran out of steam from Oughterard to Galway. I was flying it between Maam Bridge and Oughterard, fcuking booting it. I thought i'd be in Galway in no time.

The arse literally fell out of me though. The longest cycle i'd done previously was 80k. The last section of this kicked me square in the goolies. Nothing in the tank, even though i was well hydrated and probably over fed.

Very well organised event. Three waterstops along the way with chocolate and bananas at them and a stop mid section for sambos and tea.

A great day out. Delighted i did it.

Miklos · 11-06-2018 09:17AM

I did a sort of make-it-up-as-you-go-along spin through the mountains yesterday. Ballinascorney, Sally Gap, Luggala, down through the Vartry into Newtown Mount Kennedy, Greystones over Windgates, Enniskerry and then home. Lovely morning for it, I had forgotten about the Wicklow 100, plenty of people streaming back through Greystones.

Justwinginit · 11-06-2018 02:37PM

Another Croí initiate here, longest spin yet. Started off slow as didn't want to burn out in the latter stages. Plenty of stops, weather was ok, nice cooling breeze. A couple of toughish climbs, but manageable all the same, avg speed 25.4kph. Max speed 60.2kph! Probably could have gone faster (average) in hindsight, but didn't know the hills situation and the goal was to finish and still be able to walk to the van and drive back home:-) I kinda know how much food and drink I need now to keep me going which is also a help. Arse was a bit sore last 5/10k. Also picked up a nice Jersey for €15 as well as the long sleeved one I got for the sponsorship monies:-) Just a group of three of us and we kept each other going...Great day all round...

Ray Bloody Purchase · 11-06-2018 02:47PM

Justwinginit wrote: »

Another Croí initiate here, longest spin yet. Started off slow as didn't want to burn out in the latter stages. Plenty of stops, weather was ok, nice cooling breeze. A couple of toughish climbs, but manageable all the same, avg speed 25.4kph. Max speed 60.2kph! Probably could have gone faster (average) in hindsight, but didn't know the hills situation and the goal was to finish and still be able to walk to the van and drive back home:-) I kinda know how much food and drink I need now to keep me going which is also a help. Arse was a bit sore last 5/10k. Also picked up a nice Jersey for €15 as well as the long sleeved one I got for the sponsorship monies:-) Just a group of three of us and we kept each other going...Great day all round...

There was a savage hill between Cong and Maam Bridge. It sort of wound around a bit.

Very hard gauge pace with that distance.

They'd a serious selection of food along the way. Delicious desserts back at the finish line too.

Justwinginit · 11-06-2018 02:53PM

Ray Bloody Purchase wrote: »

There was a savage hill between Cong and Maam Bridge. It sort of wound around a bit.

Yeah, that was a tough one, I dropped into the lowest gear, stuck the head down and ploughed away, out of the saddle for the last 20metres or so. Had to stop at the top and wait for the other two:-) The far side of that is where I hit my top speed on the way down. Some lovely scenery:D

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