Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Zzippy · 22-02-2015 12:00AM

Off the bike since November due to a knee injury, had keyhole surgery on it last week and got out for a nice easy spin today. Great to be back, and not have any pain... a short 22k or so at a leisurely pace but I just wanted to spin easy and loosen up the knee. Looking forward to building up the distance over the next few weeks

Cee-Jay-Cee · 22-02-2015 10:22AM

not yet wrote: »

30k around Dunboyne today on my brand new, out of the box, just installed, shiny and sparkly new zonda wheels with new Veloflex corsa tires...

all I can say is roll baby roll...

What did they replace? Mine are on the way and interested to hear comparisons

Pinch Flat · 22-02-2015 11:02AM

Managed just under 50km today - castleknock - rathoath - Kilbride - St Margaret's then home. Wasn't too bad - miserable enough to cut short though

Borderfox · 22-02-2015 03:09PM

Out into a headwind and hit the deck around the Dunboyne roundabout. Hip is mega sore to move in any direction. Two nice guys gave me a lift home. Put a hole in my sorpasso tights and alpha jacket. Off for an x-ray now :-(

wanderer 22 · 22-02-2015 03:13PM

Borderfox wrote: »

Out into a headwind and hit the deck around the Dunboyne roundabout. Hip is mega sore to move in any direction. Two nice guys gave me a lift home. Put a hole in my sorpasso tights and alpha jacket. Off for an x-ray now :-(

Sorry to hear it, hope all is ok. Was out for 50k myself today and the roads were slippy - glad I had my 28mm tyres

Zyzz · 22-02-2015 05:17PM

Borderfox wrote: »

Out into a headwind and hit the deck around the Dunboyne roundabout. Hip is mega sore to move in any direction. Two nice guys gave me a lift home. Put a hole in my sorpasso tights and alpha jacket. Off for an x-ray now :-(

How is the bike???

Daroxtar · 22-02-2015 05:23PM

Borderfox wrote: »

Out into a headwind and hit the deck around the Dunboyne roundabout. Hip is mega sore to move in any direction. Two nice guys gave me a lift home. Put a hole in my sorpasso tights and alpha jacket. Off for an x-ray now :-(

Ouch, hope you're not too bad. That roundabout is slippy enough at the best of times. Any damage to the bike?

Did a quick spin today, testing new shoes and a new-ish (second hand off EBay) Garmin. Very blustery 32 km but surprisingly warm. Shoes were great, fit like a glove or indeed like shoes. Garmin was great too but I spent half my spin watching my cadence and HR and fiddling with the display settings. HR was quite high but I've been doing feck all excercise the last few weeks and was cycling into the wind from the start. Happy enough with my cadence, averaged around the 100 throughout the spin. Of course, being the clown that I am I didn't read the manual properly so I didn't record the ride. Got it on the phone though. 2 windy PRs, I'll take them without guilt.
https://www.strava.com/activities/258453256/overview

Borderfox · 22-02-2015 09:51PM

Haven't even looked at the bike yet, just back from Swiftcare clinic for an x-ray but all clear.

Pinch Flat · 22-02-2015 10:41PM

colm18 wrote: »

Sorry to hear it, hope all is ok. Was out for 50k myself today and the roads were slippy - glad I had my 28mm tyres

Sorry to hear that borderfox (I'm Gavan from the rathoath wheelers). Glad you're ok, colm I was with you today - crappy weather ok

Borderfox · 23-02-2015 12:25AM

Thanks Gavan, seen you were out with some of the gang too

Pigeon Reaper · 23-02-2015 09:19AM

The cycle this morning was horrendous. Headwinds at gale force and then it started snowing.

cdaly_ · 23-02-2015 10:45AM

^^^
I preferred to think of it as 'bracing'...

Mind you, I knew what I was in for when, waiting at traffic lights to get onto the coastal cycle path, I saw a cyclist casually doing about 50kph downwind... :eek:

neris · 24-02-2015 03:35PM

decided to avoid the wind and cold today so half an hour on the turbo. they really are feckin awful boring mind numbing yokes. hopfully wind fecks off by this evening and can get out for an hour

Luxman · 24-02-2015 06:29PM

35k for me today. Headwind on the way out and floated home although I had to listen to a knackered freehub most of the way home. Some tlc needed in the lbs tomorrow to get back to hearing myself suffering instead

neris · 24-02-2015 09:57PM

neris wrote: »

decided to avoid the wind and cold today so half an hour on the turbo. they really are feckin awful boring mind numbing yokes. hopfully wind fecks off by this evening and can get out for an hour

Wind died down abit this evening and rain fecked off so got a nice quick hilly proper 18k spin in around Howth tonight. One new PR on starva. Been a while since i remember seeing one of them before.

One little fecker of a wall though ive started using on the back roads though at the junction of balkhill and windgate road. Killer but enjoyable when you hit the flat

Gearsofwars · 24-02-2015 10:14PM

You know its going to be a tough day on the bike when you get to your first descent and you have to keep pushing (in small ring) to get down it due to the wind. Still got a nice 76km in felt like double that on the legs but hey, no pain no gain!!

rushfan · 25-02-2015 04:01PM

All set for a good spin today, hoping to get out just after 10am, til I got caught up watching the cricket, ( & what a game ) so as soon as we got the win I was off. Quick 33km as I was in work for 3.

quozl · 26-02-2015 09:56AM

I head-butted a pigeon on my cycle this morning.

Someone walking on the path startled it and it flew away from them and straight into the front of my helmet. Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the helmet mega-thread

eeeee · 26-02-2015 11:05AM

quozl wrote: »

I head-butted a pigeon on my cycle this morning.

Someone walking on the path startled it and it flew away from them and straight into the front of my helmet. Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the helmet mega-thread

I always fear that happening to me when I see them fly up close to me :eek:. It's good to know you survived!

quozl · 26-02-2015 11:26AM

gadetra wrote: »

I always fear that happening to me when I see them fly up close to me :eek:. It's good to know you survived!

It was surprisingly light! It wasn't even sore - for me. I felt a bit sorry for the pigeon

Yuck though!

RainyDay · 26-02-2015 03:43PM

quozl wrote: »

Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the helmet mega-thread

Why? Were the pigeons wearing helmets?

Bloggsie · 26-02-2015 04:27PM

quozl wrote: »

I head-butted a pigeon on my cycle this morning.

Someone walking on the path startled it and it flew away from them and straight into the front of my helmet. Wasn't sure whether to post here or in the helmet mega-thread

cant imagine what its like having your head whacked by a bird, especially early in the morning!

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 27-02-2015 11:23AM

Got an hour in on the turbo last night, fecking miracle I got anything at all done this week so happy enough to keep the legs ticking over. Out for my first 100 km of the year on Saturday. Should be ok as I did 93 km last week so not a whole heap of a jump. Already looking forward to the bacon sandwich and coffee afterwards.

Bloggsie · 27-02-2015 11:24AM

mmmmmh bacon sandwich!

triggermortis · 27-02-2015 02:18PM

1 degree and snowing this morning....

DMW22 · 27-02-2015 02:58PM

I had a goal to do a 100km cycle by the end of February but on Monday I realised I only had a week to do it. With the weather being crap and work being busy I didn't think I was going to get out.

From checking the forecast the only day that looked possible was today and luckily enough I had today off work so decided to try my best.

I headed out at 10 and wanted to try complete it in 4 hours with an average speed of 25km/h as I thought it would have been a doable time but as the day went on the wind got stronger and stronger and I was wishing had was in a group but that wasn't going to get me home.

At 80km my legs were dead from pushing into the wind for so long and even the slightest hill had me changing down through the gears. I managed to struggle on and made it home with 100.8km done.

I was delighted to be home as the wind had everything taken out of me. Time to put the feet up for a day or two I think

100.8km, 27km/h, 500m

https://www.strava.com/activities/260516842/overview

Alek · 27-02-2015 03:22PM

27kmh for your first 100k and 253 suffer score? Impressive!

Roquentin · 27-02-2015 06:23PM

pretty pissed because its so windy and i cant cycle

ted1 · 27-02-2015 06:37PM

I walked my bike home today

the pedals are spinning but the wheel ain't moving. My inexperienced self says it's the free hub. Debating weather to take it back to the shop I got it, or bring it to a more capable shop and just get it fixed.

Any thoughts?

Zyzz · 27-02-2015 06:46PM

Freehub is either busted or some dirt/grime has gotten in and is preventing the little mechs from catching! What hub is it?

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