Ned Flanagan Sunday 15 Feb

Harrybelafonte · 10-02-2015 10:18AM #1

Let the games begin!

Stevieg2009 · 10-02-2015 10:24AM

And the A4 bashing!

Harrybelafonte · 10-02-2015 10:25AM

Why don't we stick to times, course etc eh?

Koobcam · 10-02-2015 03:54PM

Forecast looks decent

Harrybelafonte · 10-02-2015 04:03PM

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daragh_ · 10-02-2015 04:08PM

Koobcam wrote: »

Forecast looks decent

Shorts?

Chips Lovell · 10-02-2015 04:32PM

There was a good few in shorts last year, despite the cold.

daragh_ · 10-02-2015 04:38PM

Don't mind wearing shorts for the racing. It's the waiting around before freezing that I hate

daragh_ · 11-02-2015 04:04PM

For anyone doing this as their first race -

http://www.stickybottle.com/coaching/coaching-no-nonsense-guide-to-preparing-for-your-first-race-of-the-season/

The bit about bog roll is very important.

Harrybelafonte · 11-02-2015 04:10PM

Looks like numbers are gonna be down this year, considering the tumbleweed in this thread. May possibly be a handicap again this year then.

daragh_ · 11-02-2015 04:32PM

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Looks like numbers are gonna be down this year, considering the tumbleweed in this thread. May possibly be a handicap again this year then.

Hope not. Did it the year before last (my first open race) when it was a handicap and it was bit sketchy when we were caught.

Harrybelafonte · 11-02-2015 04:52PM

daragh_ wrote: »

Hope not. Did it the year before last (my first open race) when it was a handicap and it was bit sketchy when we were caught.

Snap! Except I wasn't there when they caught the A4s

daragh_ · 11-02-2015 05:00PM

I got blown out the back without mercy! :eek:

Granolite · 11-02-2015 05:03PM

Haven't got my CI race license yet..any chance one can race under a one day license or is that mechanism scrapped now?

Lusk_Doyle · 11-02-2015 05:28PM

Granolite wrote: »

Haven't got my CI race license yet..any chance one can race under a one day license or is that mechanism scrapped now?

Use the emailed pdf they sent you when you paid.

Harrybelafonte · 12-02-2015 08:26AM

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Use the emailed pdf they sent you when you paid.

This. This is my first year actually going with a proper licence.

coppinger · 12-02-2015 09:10AM

Paid for my licence on 24jan and it arrived in the post yesterday, no excuses for not racing sunday, only a headcold can save me now!!!

Bambaata · 12-02-2015 09:32AM

coppinger wrote: »

Paid for my licence on 24jan and it arrived in the post yesterday, no excuses for not racing sunday, only a headcold can save me now!!!

Numbers and all? I paid for mine in December and still nothing!!

Chips Lovell · 12-02-2015 09:35AM

Bring the printout of your licence, explain the situation and you'll be issued with temporary numbers.

Koobcam · 12-02-2015 09:48AM

daragh_ wrote: »

Hope not. Did it the year before last (my first open race) when it was a handicap and it was bit sketchy when we were caught.

Had good numbers last year, so hopefully will be similar this year. No other races on the calendar for this weekend that I know of and the weather looks like it will be fine, so no excuses really. Good location for a race as well, easy to get to and plenty of parking in the town.

Plastik · 12-02-2015 10:20AM

Numbers and licence arrived in the post yesterday. Paid for a fortnight ago.

bwalsh1983 · 12-02-2015 12:32PM

Same as, they must go out in batches. Paid under two weeks ago, all recieved yesterday.

Slo_Rida · 12-02-2015 01:27PM

So was it separate races last year?
Slo

De Bhál · 12-02-2015 01:35PM

Slo_Rida wrote: »

So was it separate races last year?
Slo

A4 was seperate anyway, don't know about the rest

Chips Lovell · 12-02-2015 01:50PM

They had three races last year. A1/A2, A3/Women and A4.

Inquitus · 14-02-2015 02:50PM

Just got the race bike out of the loft, put it back together, gave it a nice set of shiny new Open Corsas, charged the battery, took it for a quick spin round the block, nice to hear the whoosh of the deep rims signifying the end of the winter, and the start of the new season. No ambition beyond hoping to not get dropped on account of this being allegedly flat as a pancake!

bcmf · 14-02-2015 03:50PM

I heard there is a big fook off climb in it.

killalanerr · 14-02-2015 04:00PM

bcmf wrote: »

I heard there is a big fook off climb in it.

It's all relative . A small hillock to me ....

Lusk_Doyle · 14-02-2015 04:26PM

bcmf wrote: »

I heard there is a big fook off climb in it.

No there isn't.

Unless they changed the route from when I did it.

Harrybelafonte · 14-02-2015 10:35PM

There's a little bit of a climb, then a sharp enough descent, nice big left hand corner, two cattle grids, a golf course or something, then back on the main road. It's mostly tiring false flats though, well tiring for some.

I'm finding the lack of interest in the race via the forum really interesting... have potential A4s been scared away or are we all just a bit more experienced now?

lennymc · 14-02-2015 10:51PM

maybe the lack of interest is because the race is 15 quid this year

Ned Flanagan Sunday 15 Feb

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