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

terrydel · 29-06-2018 07:35AM

secman wrote: »

Missus running a grow house as a sideline Donal &#55357;&#56846;

Surprised he has a missus with all the time he spends on a bike!

Mine would leave me if I increased mine anymore!

Macy0161 · 29-06-2018 01:22PM

Apart from the normal commute, had to go further into town for a couple of meetings. Free the cyclelanes indeed! Absolutely disaster with cars and vans parked on them - I can actually see why it's hard for people to make the transition to cycling the number of times you have to merge back out into the traffic flow.

07Lapierre · 29-06-2018 01:39PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

What heat?

I did a ride in the Greek mountains last year where my Garmin gave an average of 42 degrees (it was indicating 49 degrees at one point).

I love cycling in hot weather. I'd stay out all day if I could.

(I really must get my central heating system sorted out. Heating was on full when I came home from a ride this afternoon. :eek:)

You don’t seem to mind cycling in freezing cold either! (Stelvio)

Felexicon · 29-06-2018 02:23PM

Took the long way in to work this morning for a nice warm 35km spin.

Serious weather out there for it!

Idleater · 29-06-2018 08:38PM

Climbed the Cauberg today, on a Brompton.

positron · 29-06-2018 09:39PM

On holidays in Benalmadena near Malaga in Spain, I rented a bike from a shop near where I am staying (Wild Bikes, small operation, typical LBS with a handful of bikes to rent, I got a nice bike called 'Conor WRC Spirit X', aluminium frame with 105 components. Plus helmet and water bottle. Lovely bike to ride. Days rental was €19. €85 security deposit, refunded when I brought the bike back, I would recommend if anyone is staying close to Arroyo del Miel).

With temperature between 22 and 29 ddegrees, I decided to do a quick sightseeing trip. Benalmadena-Mijas-Alahurin de la grande-Alahurin de la torro-San Juan-Torremolinus-Benalmadena. It's all climbing to Mijas and then regular roads with net drop back to the coast back to the coast. It was. a stunning couple of hours on the saddle. Hard climbs, beautiful towns like Mijas with post card plazas and views, winding roads up and down, amazing view of the sea and the mountains, cheap and tasty food stops, and last but not the least, butter smooth tarmac. I don't think we have even a single kilometer of road that can compare to the quality of any one of the 60 Kms I did today. It was a sand realisation to be honest.

Total 58.5 Kms with 1115 meters climbing. The only downside of today's ride is that now I will have to replace the Boardman CX when I get home.

magicbastarder · 29-06-2018 09:59PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

What heat?

I did a ride in the Greek mountains last year where my Garmin gave an average of 42 degrees (it was indicating 49 degrees at one point).

i think my tolerance to temperatures is shifted 5C below normal. i find it hard to function in temps over 25C or so, but on the flipside, i've not owned a coat since 1994.

29-06-2018 10:42PM

positron wrote: »

On holidays in Benalmadena near Malaga in Spain, I rented a bike from a shop near where I am staying (Wild Bikes, small operation, typical LBS with a handful of bikes to rent, I got a nice bike called 'Conor WRC Spirit X', aluminium frame with 105 components. Plus helmet and water bottle. Lovely bike to ride. Days rental was €19. €85 security deposit, refunded when I brought the bike back, I would recommend if anyone is staying close to Arroyo del Miel).

With temperature between 22 and 29 ddegrees, I decided to do a quick sightseeing trip. Benalmadena-Mijas-Alahurin de la grande-Alahurin de la torro-San Juan-Torremolinus-Benalmadena. It's all climbing to Mijas and then regular roads with net drop back to the coast back to the coast. It was. a stunning couple of hours on the saddle. Hard climbs, beautiful towns like Mijas with post card plazas and views, winding roads up and down, amazing view of the sea and the mountains, cheap and tasty food stops, and last but not the least, butter smooth tarmac. I don't think we have even a single kilometer of road that can compare to the quality of any one of the 60 Kms I did today. It was a sand realisation to be honest.

Total 58.5 Kms with 1115 meters climbing. The only downside of today's ride is that now I will have to replace the Boardman CX when I get home.

Can you imagine your trip to Donegal last year on a superior machine ???

Agree with the tarmac in Spain and other places especially Switzerland silky smooth compared to here and UK way less road chatter, we love our high chips to tar ratio here. Heavy roads vs over there.

AndrewJRenko · 30-06-2018 02:29PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Some morons reaching out and trying to push cyclists off/nudging into ditch with car on the way up Sally Gap this evening. :rolleyes:
Be careful out there folks, sunshine seems to be evaporating the few brain cells these people have.

Where could they possibly have got the idea from?

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/video-irish-thugs-push-cyclist-into-ditch-from-moving-car-as-they-film-and-laugh/

Don't suppose you got a reg number by any chance? Hopefully, they'll be caught on dashcam or helmetcam soon enough.

RacoonQueen · 30-06-2018 04:34PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Don't suppose you got a reg number by any chance? Hopefully, they'll be caught on dashcam or helmetcam soon enough.

Nah unfortunately not. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt thinking "did that really just happen" as they drove off and I steadied myself, wondered if I should shout a warning to the cyclist up ahead. Then they got to him, brake lights went on and I realised, yep that definitely just happened. Morons.
That poor guy had to climb off, but didn't fall, just as he was climbing at Lough Bray. Poor fella had the worst place on the climb from that direction to be doing a hill start.

floodser · 30-06-2018 05:01PM

Glorious spin up to Sally Gap. Loads of gorse fires.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1671740953

magicbastarder · 01-07-2018 01:32PM

second ever KOM this morning. like the first, an inconsequential laneway which doesn't see much cycle traffic so the champagne will stay on ice.

LollipopJimmy · 01-07-2018 01:51PM

Glorious out there this morning, I had a fair few beers last night so the first few kms were tough but ended up doing a nice 60kms around NCD. My first proper spin with Di2 and I have to say I love it, the child in me especially loves the noise the derailleurs make when you shift, my bike sounds like a transformer! Not as many around Howth today as I expected, all must e out doing the Leinster Loop

North of 32 · 01-07-2018 02:54PM

75km. Bolloxed. I went straight to sleep after arriving home. A lot of the ride was into a headwind and the breeze really disguised just how hot it is.

Learned from my mistakes and brought money this time so I could refill my water bottle and guzzle back a sprite during a break.

patrickc · 01-07-2018 09:23PM

I did a 60k spin this morning did 30k in an hour but wind against me and it took an hour and a half on the way back.

I also said I'd set myself a goal and registered for the 105 km great Dublin bike ride

Takca · 01-07-2018 09:30PM

161km this morning (and early afternoon) around sligo/leitrim/cavan/roscommon, after about 60km I noticed my back wheel was rubbing the brakes, when I took a look the wheel was free to move a few mm left/right, assuming bearings were going I changed my route a bit to avoid the second climb I had planned. I tagged on the lost km's at the end as I was hoping to do my first 100 mile ride.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1673954470

I took the cassette off tonight and turns out the freehub was a bit loose, all tightened up now.

loyatemu · 01-07-2018 09:39PM

50k this afternoon as I couldn't make it to the Paddy Martin spin this morning. Thought I was making great progress @ 28km/h on the first half - only realised quite how wind assisted it was when I turned around. Still another great day for it - it's warm but it hasn't quite reached the "too hot" stage (I don't know how people fly off to do 200K events in Majorca and the like).

fat bloke · 01-07-2018 09:41PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Nah unfortunately not. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt thinking "did that really just happen" as they drove off and I steadied myself, wondered if I should shout a warning to the cyclist up ahead. Then they got to him, brake lights went on and I realised, yep that definitely just happened. Morons.
That poor guy had to climb off, but didn't fall, just as he was climbing at Lough Bray. Poor fella had the worst place on the climb from that direction to be doing a hill start.

I was doing intervals up Cruagh Road on Friday and there was a gaggle of what looked like 14 or so year olds hiding in the ditch and pegging sticks and stones at cyclists.
Honest to God, is that really the best idea they could come up with to pass the day? :mad:

Borderfox · 02-07-2018 08:28AM

100km out to Bettystown then back home towards Naul, great day out and superb breakfast out in Relish

https://www.strava.com/activities/1671456992/overview

Exiled1 · 02-07-2018 08:57AM

Check out Liam Lysaght, cycling down the Danube and writing a superb blog on the way.

https://www.strava.com/athletes/999787

http://www.wildirelandtour.ie/

Miklos · 02-07-2018 09:07AM

Tara Hill to Dublin yesterday evening, 3hr10 door to door into the wind which wasn't too shabby.

LollipopJimmy · 02-07-2018 09:49AM

I just tidied a few bits on the bike last night and wanted to spin around the block to ensure all was tip top. I ended up going out to Howth again, was too nice not to and I went up Balkill Road.

So yesterday morning I did 56.1 and last night I did 43.9... 100 on the nose, completely unintentional

QueenMTBee · 02-07-2018 10:27AM

I did my first MTB enduro race yesterday. I was absolutely bricking it but finished all three stages without breaking myself or my bike (which was the goal) so very happy. Lots to work on going forward though!!!

py · 02-07-2018 12:16PM

Had a spin up around Blessington a few days ago. Came across several Tiernans/Lucan CC members, inter club league occurring up there during the week?

LollipopJimmy · 02-07-2018 12:32PM

Cycled up to a Cafe at lunch, 3kms all in and I'm soaked. The heat is unreal, fantastic mind but unreal

pjmn · 02-07-2018 02:33PM

Did 100km this morning on a Connemara loop - fabulous morning but a bit of a northerly wind to cope with...

https://www.strava.com/activities/1675781794

triggermortis · 02-07-2018 08:41PM

Just my usual 19Km to work, but the breeze was nice - for once.
Got stuck behind a lorry, behind a tractor, between Lusk and Blakes Cross doing 25Km max on the downhill parts. The lorry driver was going mad on the horn and was all over the road, so I didn't dare to try and get past him as it might have pushed him over the edge!!

saccades · 02-07-2018 08:52PM

terrydel wrote: »

Sounds awful Injury or illness?

Pulmonary embolism which kicked off a lung infection.

Quite a **** state of affairs, lung still aches at the end of a long day and no reason for the PE so was advised to take thinners for the rest of my life.

But I've a 24 hour Mtb race coming up and thinners are too expensive too...

magicbastarder · 02-07-2018 09:03PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

second ever KOM this morning. like the first, an inconsequential laneway which doesn't see much cycle traffic so the champagne will stay on ice.

well, that lasted less than 36 hours.

rodneyTrotter. · 02-07-2018 09:20PM

triggermortis wrote: »

Just my usual 19Km to work, but the breeze was nice - for once.
Got stuck behind a lorry, behind a tractor, between Lusk and Blakes Cross doing 25Km max on the downhill parts. The lorry driver was going mad on the horn and was all over the road, so I didn't dare to try and get past him as it might have pushed him over the edge!!

In all the different countries and different roads I’ve cycled that road is the worst . It would actually put you off getting on a bike!

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