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

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    #7472
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,205 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Went up Howth Hill today. Took 30 seconds off my PB. Good day and enjoyed that!


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    #7473
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,578 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    which side did you go up?


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    #7474
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,205 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    which side did you go up?

    The southern side


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    #7475
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,578 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i was hoping to tackle it tomorrow, but the forecast is damp.


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    #7476
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,246 ✭✭✭secman


    Took to the hills tonight, up Cruagh to view point and on up the military road, down Cunard to Glenasmole and back up ballinascorney and in to Brittas. Up to the Lamb, into manor Kilbride and back via Lisheen, Brittas, down the embankment and home. 54km avg 23.28kph 768 m elevation. Horloxed :)


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    #7477
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,070 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    The hellfire traffic jams, i have stopped going up/down stocking lane on weekends because of them, stick to stocking lane mon-fri, use cruagh sat/sun.

    Herself was wondering if ikea queues were still bad, so used it as an excuse to go for a spin. 150+ still queuing after 7pm, and the store closing at 8 - madness. Decathlon also ready to go beside it, opening on sat - cheap bike gear ahoy!

    Went out for a lap of the road between the runways then, a short tt with & then into the wind. Lovely empty road there in places, new tarmac, rarely used. Lack of planes on the runway is pretty eerie as well


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    #7478
    triggermortis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    godtabh wrote: »
    The southern side

    Which side is that? I prefer to go up the village side and down past the graveyard. I don’t like descending into the village but I want to try and beat my times up the “scenic” side


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    #7479
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,205 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    triggermortis wrote: »
    Which side is that? I prefer to go up the village side and down past the graveyard. I don’t like descending into the village but I want to try and beat my times up the “scenic” side

    Not the village side.


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    #7480
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,578 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i generally refer to it as the TT side.


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    #7481
    Rogue-Trooper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭Rogue-Trooper


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i generally refer to it as the TT side.


    Surely you mean the 'easy' side.......??!!:pac:


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    #7482
    Tony04
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭Tony04


    Why does everyone seem to think theres only the 2 ways up Howth, theres so much other ways like balkhill, balscadden, barren hill and windgate which are steeper and arguably better.
    Rogue-Trooper wrote: »
    Surely you mean the 'easy' side.......??!!:pac:
    Both the village and graveyard side are dead easy when you compare it to some of the off road climbs.


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    #7483
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Roads are noticeably busier this morning - back to normal and I'm not sure if its the summer but there were so many more cyclists out in Limerick this morning


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    #7484
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Tony04 wrote: »
    Why does everyone seem to think theres only the 2 ways up Howth, theres so much other ways like balkhill, balscadden, barren hill and windgate which are steeper and arguably better.

    Both the village and graveyard side are dead easy when you compare it to some of the off road climbs.

    Indeed there are 12! Which I hope to do in 1 go later in the year, fitness pending.


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    #7485
    Tony04
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭Tony04


    mr spuckler wrote: »
    Indeed there are 12! Which I hope to do in 1 go later in the year, fitness pending.

    Do you have the route I might try that if I'm acctually motivated to not just cycle up whichever side has a tailwind on the day .
    I can only think of 10 going up somewhere different everytime, anything else I'm forgetting.
    1. Hill tt
    2. Village side.
    3. Fintans- old carricbrack.
    4. Summit via Balscadden
    5. Sutton castle- barren hill- thormamby
    6. Balkhill- windgate.
    7. Bailey to summit
    8. Grace o Malley- summit
    9. Howth village- asgard- greys lane- windgate.
    10. Deer park.


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    #7486
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,036 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    is this them?
    https://www.plotaroute.com/route/549265


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    #7487
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    is this them?
    https://www.plotaroute.com/route/549265

    I think that's even my map :pac:

    I lifted the route description from elsewhere and plotted it there, will see if I can find description again as might be helpful.


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    #7488
    devonp
    Registered Users Posts: 805 ✭✭✭devonp


    on the commute this morning noticed new cycle lane(s, double ?) on Wolfe Tone quay...and a dodgy bit on the left hand side going over the bridge from heuston station..


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    #7489
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    is this them?
    https://www.plotaroute.com/route/549265

    I was only thinking of trying something similar, there's a few spots in there I wasn't aware of! I've only made it back to Howth this week after a long break, but feel quite fit still. Laps of Portmarnock were more useful than I thought.

    I also finally changed my shoes/pedals from MTB SPD, to SPD-SL on my road bike. I was worried they SDP-SL's would be significantly harder to get out of... not the case at all. I actually think the old pedals had gotten progressively stiffer over the years. All was good, just have to remember that the pedals only have clips on one side...


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    #7490
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    I'd avoid the Clane to Barberstown road for the next while, as Kildare CC have seen fit to rip up the mostly asphalt surface and replaced it with a chip seal covering. Grrreat!

    Cycling it today was an exercise in dodging loose chippings kicked up by the passing traffic - not very nice. The vibrations were really jarring on the arms too. Thankfully, I found alternate routes during the 5km limit, but its a handy road for dropping the hammer and giving it a lash on the way back.

    Hopefully, it will settle down into something resembling a decent surface for cycling.


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    #7491
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,070 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Saw the sky clearing and the road drying, so decided at 8.05pm after half a pizza and a cod and chips to go for a quick one up the viewing point before dark. A combination of racing the sun and a slight tailwind going up resulted in PRs all over the shop, and knocking nearly a minute of my target for up stocking/down cruagh that I had set for the end of the year - result!

    https://www.strava.com/activities/3599878436

    I'll put it down to all the carbs though.


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    #7492
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,961 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Rode a rough outline of Co Dublin today (with a few minor incursions into Meath, Kildare and Wicklow). 231k with about 2,000m climbing. Was soaked to the skin for several hours and the wind was a killer.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/3599809528


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    #7493
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,578 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Bloody Nora.


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    #7494
    flutehook
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭flutehook


    That's epic! Fair play.


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    #7495
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,368 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Rode a rough outline of Co Dublin today (with a few minor incursions into Meath, Kildare and Wicklow). 231k with about 2,000m climbing. Was soaked to the skin for several hours and the wind was a killer.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/3599809528

    That's deadly fair play. Is there an app or something you planned that out with or did you just drop a whole bundle of way points on strava route builder.:eek:


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    #7496
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,961 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    That's deadly fair play. Is there an app or something you planned that out with or did you just drop a whole bundle of way points on strava route builder.:eek:
    I did it manually on Strava routes bit by bit choosing roads which were close to the border (although I did miss a few smaller boreens that could have taken me closer). I then had a few paper notes for some junctions and roundabouts that I was not very familiar with. Strava also wouldn't plot some of the route that I knew was possible (e.g.off road bits) and it led me the wrong way down a couple of one way routes.


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    #7497
    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭Plastik


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Rode a rough outline of Co Dublin today (with a few minor incursions into Meath, Kildare and Wicklow). 231k with about 2,000m climbing. Was soaked to the skin for several hours and the wind was a killer.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/3599809528

    Nicely done. I did the same around Wicklow a couple of years ago.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/1687397869


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    #7498
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,961 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Plastik wrote: »
    Nicely done. I did the same around Wicklow a couple of years ago.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/1687397869
    I thought Wicklow would be a lot longer than that. I'd like to see someone do Co Cork - probably take 5 days!


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    #7499
    CormacH94
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭CormacH94


    Fair play Ash and Plastik, giving me inspiration to do a Meath one now


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    #7500
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Rode a rough outline of Co Dublin today (with a few minor incursions into Meath, Kildare and Wicklow). 231k with about 2,000m climbing. Was soaked to the skin for several hours and the wind was a killer.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/3599809528

    I have a route file saved somewhere that looks like that, created it after seeing a fella from Luxembourg circumnavigate the country in one ride.


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    #7501
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,578 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    if you cycle around dublin three times in a row anticlockwise, does the bogeyman appear?


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