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Tell us about your cycle today part III

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smacl

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Are you on a mountain bike?

CX bike, geared down to have a 34/34 climbing gear which works well for steeper Coilte paths. Currently on 32c slicks but will probably change to knobblies if we get a lot of rain. Really need to get a second set of wheels so I can pick the tyres on the day. Would be tempted by a light MTB but love having the drops on the road.

smacl

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Spent much of the climbing bits hearing a squeak which I'm hoping isn't my BB (hard to pinpoint where exactly it's coming from)

BB is a real blame hound when it comes to unwanted bike noise but more often than not isn't the guilty party.

adrian522

Seth Brundle wrote: »

I received my second dose of Pfizer on Thursday and spend yesterday suffering from a form of manflu so was thinking I'd be too I'll to go out but a good few bottles of Smithwicks last night seemed to have cured me.
Went out on a spin with the club around the Blessington Lakes. 103km @28.5km/h with 779m.
Was thinking before I left home whether I should wear a gilet but thankfully I didn't as it wasn't long before the sun was splitting the stones.

We stopped for a coffee in The Eating House, a cycle friendly cafe in Blessington. Would highly recommend!

Spent much of the climbing bits hearing a squeak which I'm hoping isn't my BB (hard to pinpoint where exactly it's coming from)
https://strava.app.link/l3rAWsGQdhb

Stopped into that cafe in Blessington myself last week, pretty tasty stuff there. Vegan sharwma wrap or some such thing.

Wildly Boaring

smacl wrote: »

BB is a real blame hound when it comes to unwanted bike noise but more often than not isn't the guilty party.

Had a few noises last week. Load of GT85 on the pedals sorted it

secman

Seth Brundle wrote: »

I received my second dose of Pfizer on Thursday and spend yesterday suffering from a form of manflu so was thinking I'd be too I'll to go out but a good few bottles of Smithwicks last night seemed to have cured me.
Went out on a spin with the club around the Blessington Lakes. 103km @28.5km/h with 779m.
Was thinking before I left home whether I should wear a gilet but thankfully I didn't as it wasn't long before the sun was splitting the stones.

We stopped for a coffee in The Eating House, a cycle friendly cafe in Blessington. Would highly recommend!

Spent much of the climbing bits hearing a squeak which I'm hoping isn't my BB (hard to pinpoint where exactly it's coming from)
https://strava.app.link/l3rAWsGQdhb

Think i saw ye heading out as i was heading back toTallaght, i was in the shocking pink boards.ie jersey this morning. Saw a few groups, one was definitely a St Tiernans , haven't stoped seeing that jersey since i dissed it

Seth Brundle

secman wrote: »

Think i saw ye heading out as i was heading back toTallaght, i was in the shocking pink boards.ie jersey this morning. Saw a few groups, one was definitely a St Tiernans , haven't stoped seeing that jersey since i dissed it

As nice a jersey as it is, i was in LCRC (Lucan) kit. Didn't see any boardsies today.

youtube!

A very easy leisurely ride along the boardwalk from boyne bridge into drogheda and back . Then a cycle around the visitor centre in oldbridge house and a sweep down Slane road and into Navan . Sweet .

Large bottle small glass

Seaswimmer wrote: »

It was a lovely cycle. We spent about 95% of it off N or R roads. Only one dodgy section of about 4km in south Kilkenny where a good L road turned into a poorly surfaced track.

Where exactly is that road?

Wishbone Ash

Eamonnator wrote: »

....Met lots of groups, Diblin Wheelers, Whiteriver, a few Drogheda Wheelers and one from St Tiernans....

Unusual to see a St Tiernan's so for north. Hope he had his passport with him. He was also spotted entering the new coffee shop in Garristown and kept under observation. Very suspect!

[Deleted User]

Got out for two shorter spins on Friday and Saturday as the forecast for Sunday was poor.

40k at 31kph with 500 up on Friday evening and then another 65k at 29.5k with 600 climbing first thing Saturday. Left the Garmin at home for the Saturday spin and just enjoyed it.

Glad I got out in lovely conditions when I did as the forecast was right for my area.

Reality_Check1

Biggest day out for me ever yesterday. 161km @27km/h with 2150 of climbing.

Met a friend in Clonee at 6am and headed up stocking lane, over the Sally gap, over the Shay Elliot and then over Slieve Mann before turning for home and coming back by Blessington.

Despite planning it out still found getting enough fuel in difficult and I became irrationally upset after getting my 2nd puncture of the day at 130km in.

Glad to have done it all the same - nice sense of achievement at the end

nomdeboardie

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Biggest day out for me ever yesterday. 161km @27km/h with 2150 of climbing. ...

As a wimpy-distance cyclist: :eek::o

... became irrationally upset after getting my 2nd puncture of the day at 130km in.

Does not compute - unlimited expressions of frustration allowed :pac:

magicbastarder

Grand week for me, 260km all in which according to Strava is the best week I've had.

retalivity

Out to enniskerry, round powerscourt, crone woods, up to glencree,featherbeds and back into dublin. 52k in just over 2hrs with 750m of climbing. Calling this a warmup for a very early summer solstice spin i'm planning tmoro...
Was also passed by multi-kom jolder Aaron O'Donoghue, no wonder he's top of so many leaderboards, lad must have a hidden motor!

https://www.strava.com/activities/5500103410

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

... which according to Strava is the best week I've had.

Is there an easy way of finding that out in Strava?

magicbastarder

Just had to scroll back through the 'bar chart' display and load it several times for each year period. I don't think there's a single 'show me my busiest week' option.

Also, it's possible that I may have done more in a week if you define it as simply any seven day period, Strava uses Monday to Sunday.

ednwireland

what a day . forecast as a washout upto yesterday got a dry 80km club spin in. glenties portnoo ardara and home. wrecked now

dahat

Did a road race in Knockderry today, great to be back in the bunch racing again.

No joy but still a great day.

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

Just had to scroll back through the 'bar chart' display and load it several times for each year period. I don't think there's a single 'show me my busiest week' option...

I just realised it can easily be displayed on VeloViewer.

[Deleted User]

71.6km for me today with 429m @25.5k/ph to Dundalk and back to Drogheda.

Stopped half way to roll up my sleeve and get stabbed with a needle.

Lovely day for it and plenty of others out. Wished I'd picked a different route though, when the road is wide and straight it gets boring at times and you can see the ups and downs coming from ages away.

Passing the Valley Inn on the way home, they looked to be doing a roaring trade. No fewer than 3 areas set up for outdoor dining. Great to see. Donegan's in Monasterboice on the other hand was looked up tight

magicbastarder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I just realised it can easily be displayed on VeloViewer.

am curious to ask now what your best week is!

Wildly Boaring

[Deleted User] wrote: »

71.6km for me today with 429m @25.5k/ph to Dundalk and back to Drogheda.

Stopped half way to roll up my sleeve and get stabbed with a needle.

Lovely day for it and plenty of others out. Wished I'd picked a different route though, when the road is wide and straight it gets boring at times and you can see the ups and downs coming from ages away.

Passing the Valley Inn on the way home, they looked to be doing a roaring trade. No fewer than 3 areas set up for outdoor dining. Great to see. Donegan's in Monasterboice on the other hand was looked up tight

Ah yeah Blackrock Clogherhead route be nicer but maybe you chose right if there was lot of seaside traffic about

[Deleted User]

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

Ah yeah Blackrock Clogherhead route be nicer but maybe you chose right if there was lot of seaside traffic about

Exactly my thinking, sunny weekend afternoon I figured it would be crazy out that way.

spiggotpaddy

Nice couple of hours this morning. 50 k . Only to discover my foot said no 'I'm not leaving the pedal ' and bang fell over outside my own house.

secman

I skipped the morning club spin, went solo later but cut the spin short ,felt tired today.
A mere 35km, avg 29kph, 212 meters.
Up to , Kilmuckridge, Ballygarrett, Killenagh, Ballycanew, Ballyedmund and home.
HAPPY fathers day to all the boardsie cycling fathers

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

am curious to ask now what your best week is!

I thought I did well this week at 648kms but it ranks around 10th. I did 1,006kms one week in July 2015.

magicbastarder

madre de dios.
i typically get out for two to two and a half hours at a time, so generally about 50-70km each, and four times a week is good going for me.

Seaswimmer

Large bottle small glass wrote: »

Where exactly is that road?

I think this was it.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/52.4886898,-7.1021302/52.4360999,-7.108359/@52.4724041,-7.1073101,12.99z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e1

Wishbone Ash

Deleted User wrote: »

...Passing the Valley Inn on the way home, they looked to be doing a roaring trade...

For years it was the other way around - Donegan's was always the more popular spot.

(I was only in The Valley Inn once but it sticks in my memory for all the wrong reasons as that day in July 1989 6 people were wiped out in a RTA nearby.)

patrickc

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I thought I did well this week at 648kms but it ranks around 10th. I did 1,006kms one week in July 2015.

wow just wow.

ps you've too much time on your hands.

I'm lucky to get 200k a week in.