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

Utter Consternation · 01-05-2019 10:53AM

mr spuckler wrote: »

e-bike?

Excellent advice. I'll need the gaff in Greystones first though!!!

silverharp · 01-05-2019 11:24AM

loyatemu wrote: »

First spin into work of the year, good to see lots of other cyclists out.

Greystones-Bray road still very unpleasant to cycle during rush hour, rest of the route into town is OK though (except for Macken St which is a sh!tshow).

Not remotely quick but still beats sitting on the Dart.

I sometimes go to the gym on Macken st on the way home from work, from GCD down its awful , a certain satisfaction zooming down on a bike, though once you cross Pease St there isn't much space for bikes

North of 32 · 01-05-2019 04:59PM

I have the day off work so I decided to head out for a 100km spin. It was a late decision so I hadn't eaten much and only brought a couple of cereal bars. This left me low on energy. After 70km I got a pinch flat - my third flat in a week (all of them, I would argue, would have been avoided if I had not been using the cycle path).

I'm so well practiced now I had the inner tube changed in no time. However, I just could not get the damn thing inflated using my mini pump. After an hour of trying, I sheepishly ventured across the road to a small garage and asked them if they could inflate it for me but their pumps weren't compatible with my valve. He asked if I had a valve adapter but told him I only had a minipump. He took it and inflated my tyre enough to get me home. I offered him the tenner I had on me as payment, mostly out of embarrassment, but he refused and wished me good luck.

Thankfully I made it home without another pinch flat. 3 hours riding time, 5 hours outdoors and after all that I only managed 99 ****ing kilometers. Average speed just over 31kph.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2333901875

CormacH94 · 01-05-2019 05:29PM

71km Sally Gap via Cruagh Road, home through Enniskerry/Dundrum
24kmph
3 hours

Much nicer weather than yesterday!

triggermortis · 01-05-2019 06:31PM

Life has got in the way of my cycling lately but was back on the bike this morning for work. Arrived to find that my key wouldn't fully turn in my lock (left locked in place at work). Off to local shop to buy a new one.
Apart from that, was a nice morning for the commute.

07Lapierre · 02-05-2019 12:46PM

Came off my bike this morning.

I was too warm so I decided to pull into a driveway to take my Gillet off. As I “glided” over to the left, my front wheel slipped on that black Tar they use to fill the gap between sections of tarmac ( the driveway was about an inch higher that the road, so there was a slight slope from the road surface up to the driveway)

Came down on my left side. No injuries, other than a small tear in my jersey sleeve and a small cut on my left knee.

Just as well I was wearing a helmet or “ I could have DIED!

“

Wishbone Ash · 02-05-2019 12:51PM

07Lapierre wrote: »

....so I decided to pull into a driveway to take my Gillet off....

So it's safer to take it off on the move!

LollipopJimmy · 02-05-2019 01:07PM

07Lapierre wrote: »

Came off my bike this morning.

I was too warm so I decided to pull into a driveway to take my Gillet off. As I “glided” over to the left, my front wheel slipped on that black Tar they use to fill the gap between sections of tarmac ( the driveway was about an inch higher that the road, so there was a slight slope from the road surface up to the driveway)

Came down on my left side. No injuries, other than a small tear in my jersey sleeve and a small cut on my left knee.

Just as well I was wearing a helmet or “ I could have DIED! “

Yeah yeah whatever, great to hear and all but is the bike ok? No marks?

Seth Brundle · 02-05-2019 01:29PM

07Lapierre wrote: »

Came off my bike this morning.

I was too warm so I decided to pull into a driveway to take my Gillet off. As I “glided” over to the left, my front wheel slipped on that black Tar they use to fill the gap between sections of tarmac ( the driveway was about an inch higher that the road, so there was a slight slope from the road surface up to the driveway)

Came down on my left side. No injuries, other than a small tear in my jersey sleeve and a small cut on my left knee.

Just as well I was wearing a helmet or “ I could have DIED! “

Glad yur ok hun x

Joking aside, that'll teach you to try and remove your high-viz gear!

07Lapierre · 02-05-2019 03:36PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Yeah yeah whatever, great to hear and all but is the bike ok? No marks?

Good point.. Brake shifter has a few scrapes, but very superficial. The chain came off so there are a few scrapes on the chainset now. Bummer!

07Lapierre · 02-05-2019 03:50PM

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Glad yur ok hun x

Joking aside, that'll teach you to try and remove your high-viz gear!

It's a gilet. It does have a "Reflective stripe across the pockets, but its certainly not an RSA tyre Hi-viz yoke!

LollipopJimmy · 02-05-2019 03:51PM

07Lapierre wrote: »

Good point.. Brake shifter has a few scrapes, but very superficial. The chain came off so there are a few scrapes on the chainset now. Bummer!

No such thing, it's either mint or ruined. There is no in between!

Joking aside, glad you're ok. These silly falls can do a lot of damage

07Lapierre · 02-05-2019 03:53PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

So it's safer to take it off on the move!

I tried that before. I didn't fall but it wasn't pretty!

07Lapierre · 02-05-2019 03:55PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

No such thing, it's either mint or ruined. There is no in between!

Joking aside, glad you're ok. These silly falls can do a lot of damage

New bike it is so!

Actually i should have added... a van driver who witnessed my falling did stop to see if i was ok. A nice man and nice to know if i had been more seriously injured that someone cared.

cdaly_ · 03-05-2019 08:46AM

North of 32 wrote: »

After 70km I got a pinch flat - my third flat in a week (all of them, I would argue, would have been avoided if I had not been using the cycle path).

You're not pumping your tyres hard enough or did you hit potholes/curbs etc?

mr spuckler · 03-05-2019 04:35PM

Weepsie wrote: »

Went to Wicklow today. Cruagh Road - Glencullen-Enniskerry-Roundwood (via Scenic Route). Stopped for coffee and scone. Up the the Sally Gap and decided to day was the day I'd try Kippure.

Other than the surface I was getting a bit cocky until I got over the bridge. Surface improved, but it got harder, and then the last 250-500 metres started to really bite. Walked the last 50 or so. Descended it very slowly as there's gravel everywhere and you pick up so much speed. Survived it, got to the bottom to greet another cyclist who was about to head up.

Onwards to featherbeds where I started to cramp. Stopped to stretch. Viewing point, down via stocking lane and ran the School run gauntlet home. 102 km with 1896 meters of climbing.

Have sunburn on my ears, I was going to stop in Enniskerry to get suncream just in case as it was trying to get out, but I didn't. Froze from Kippure home. Strange day.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2338646708

the top section is a real sucker blow when you're already struggling!

got out for 55km from Raheny to Malahide & Howth, with an extra bit of a loop added on at the end. wasn't feeling the love and abandoned thoughts of a longer spin as a result so was a bit slower than usual but still great to get out.

Garmin reading 18 degrees at top of Howth, then 14 by the time I got the the village and 11 by the next time up the summit

:rolleyes:

Wishbone Ash · 03-05-2019 05:56PM

Weepsie wrote: »

... and decided to day was the day I'd try Kippure.....

......Descended it very slowly as there's gravel everywhere and you pick up so much speed.....

The gravel doesn't seem to bother Tutschel!

(Doesn't look near as steep in the film as it actually is).

wheelo01 · 03-05-2019 07:10PM

Very enjoyable 57 km - inspired by secman, but took a couple of wrong turns.
Drimnagh to brittas via the n81, up to kippure village and a sharp left up and over to Ballinagee and Ballinascorney, Rathfarnham, Harold's Cross, Kilmainham and home.
Average of 23.1kph, not bad going for a fat auld fella.

https://strava.app.link/aNCJylfCoW

Seadin · 03-05-2019 08:05PM

Did 85km today. Lots of climbing. Loved the bike and the day out.

pjmn · 04-05-2019 01:14PM

Just did the 100km loop out west - fabulous day but breezier than I thought it would be...averaged 28.3kmph...

https://www.strava.com/activities/2340881570

LollipopJimmy · 04-05-2019 05:12PM

Out to Howth and then up and down the head until we hit 1000metres. Stunning out there today and certain I did every possible ramp out there.

Turning a hill into a mountain ha..

hesker · 04-05-2019 05:54PM

95km Kinsale CourtMac Clon and back today. Beautiful weather and views though there was a fairly stiff headwind at times. Good few cyclists out.

First spin of the year apart from bike to work. Roll on the Summer.

secman · 04-05-2019 10:24PM

An early start 7 am, was only 2°, full winter kit on, out to blessington, poulaphuca, left around top lake and on to valleymount, lake drive, manor Kilbride and home. 70km, avg 26 kph, feet were as cold as I can remember for a long time. Got caught in a hail stone shower too,
Stiff enough northerly too. May !
One of those non enjoyable spins, then it turned out a nice enogh afternoon in sunny southeast

nilhg · 05-05-2019 05:09AM

I'm in sitges south of Barcalona for a few days staying with my cousin and her husband, he's a keen cyclist and asked me out to sample the roads round the area.

They've had a very dry spring here but as luck would have it our first day, friday, was as wet as they come so we didn't push it too much, just 75km, it was pretty miserable by the end though.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2338489254

Payback came yesterday though, 137km through vinyards, forests, by lakes with castles overlooking them, all on super quality roads in glorious sunshine, the only slight fly in the ointment was a persistent breeze that seemed to back around as the day went on so it seemed to often be in our face, a fantastic day out though

https://www.strava.com/activities/2341556983

neris · 05-05-2019 09:19AM

7.5km into a spin this morning heading up to Howth summit and went to change to my big pin the front only to hear the clumping of chain against derailuer. Looked down to see the cable flapping about loose. Derailuer had slipped down the frame and of course I didn't bother to bring a multi tool. Nice free wheel back down by graveyard but painfully slow spinning on the flat

magicbastarder · 05-05-2019 12:02PM

i went up howth this morning, from the village, and about halfway up passed i think four cyclists stopped dealing with a mechanical relating to what i thought was the chainwheel - was that you? from what you say, i suspect not, if you went back down by the graveyard?

anyway, on said ascent of howth i knocked 25s off my PB so i was happy with that.

rushfan · 05-05-2019 01:52PM

62km this morning around NCD. In work at 3 otherwise I would've stayed out a bit longer as it was one of those more enjoyable days.

John Hutton · 05-05-2019 02:57PM

Trying to get in some sort of shape for some bicycle touring so I took my touring bike out for a 60 km cycle today.

I'm even less fit, and even fatter, than I thought. Glacial average speed of 18km/h, seemed quite hilly, Garmin tells me I did a total ascent of 700m.

Be honest, how terrible is this? ðŸ˜‚

I did enjoy most of it so it wasn't all bad.

Justwinginit · 05-05-2019 03:07PM

Just shy of 50k this morning. Was only going for 25, but the sunshine made me fo further. Cool enough when the clouds covered the sun, but lovely calm morning for it. 48.76km, 1.56 and avg 25.1. Nice to keep above the 25kph avg....

neris · 05-05-2019 05:58PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i went up howth this morning, from the village, and about halfway up passed i think four cyclists stopped dealing with a mechanical relating to what i thought was the chainwheel - was that you? from what you say, i suspect not, if you went back down by the graveyard?

anyway, on said ascent of howth i knocked 25s off my PB so i was happy with that.

Wasn't me on I was on the far side just past Ceanchor Road heading up. I tried to do a repair hidden out of sight

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