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First spin in 3 months yesterday, choose a cold day for it. 50km out to Blessington. Glad to break the duck and need to stick to it again now. Just about to tip over the 3000km mark for the year, 1300km total each of the last 2 years so its been a big improvement

Despite the fact that much of our outbound route to Drogheda was on the horrible R132, we had a really enjoyable club spin this morning. Coming back we turned for Skerries at Balbriggan and then back over to Man O'War. Getting into Swords I decided to add a loop over to Baldoyle via Broadmeadows before heading home along the S2S.
After a pretty miserable November, it was great to cycle in sunshine again. There were a couple of downsides though - heading south on narrow roads I was conscious that anyone approaching from behind mightn't see us due to the blinding low sunlight and the temperature was pretty close to zero leaving Swords. Fortunately, my new "extra warm" Roeckl gloves had arrived from Bike-Discount and they did what it said on the label. Two base layers and two pairs of socks combined with a Mistral jacket and bib tights kept everything else toasty

magicbastarder wrote: »

windy out there this evening coming home. managed to puncture on strand road and it was the first 'honest' puncture i've had in years, in that it was obvious and easy to find, something penetrated the tyre. it's only my fourth in about five years; two of the others were pinch flats, because of my own laziness, and i never found the cause of the other one, i think the tube just got old and tyred and failed.

I actually feel sad for that tube after serving you so well, please fix it . Don’t throw it away . Old tubes need loving too .

Mercian Pro wrote: »

Despite the fact that much of our outbound route to Drogheda was on the horrible R132, we had a really enjoyable club spin this morning. Coming back we turned for Skerries at Balbriggan and then back over to Man O'War. Getting into Swords I decided to add a loop over to Baldoyle via Broadmeadows before heading home along the S2S.
After a pretty miserable November, it was great to cycle in sunshine again. There were a couple of downsides though - heading south on narrow roads I was conscious that anyone approaching from behind mightn't see us due to the blinding low sunlight and the temperature was pretty close to zero leaving Swords. Fortunately, my new "extra warm" Roeckl gloves had arrived from Bike-Discount and they did what it said on the label. Two base layers and two pairs of socks combined with a Mistral jacket and bib tights kept everything else toasty

I think, I met you just north of Balbriggan.
I had just turned on the road and was heading home.

anyone brave enough to go out in it today??

Headed into Gorey for club spin only 6 others out, last week 24 out, out the coast road and inland from Kilmuckridge, the approx 2km on the main road was a bit dodgy with crosswind, headed over to Enniscorthy and back to Ferns and Gorey but at Ferns i headed for The Harrow , Boolavogue and home. 88km avg 28.2 kph approx 700m .
Tough into the headwind but tailwind was soooooo nice.

Same as Weepsie bar the chores!!!

Savage day with 2 mates, easy 2hrs with a coffee in the bike shop after it, love days off work when everyone else is working!

Working from home so did a quick 10k at lunch time. I hurt my knee either overgearing or running last week so felt great to be back out. The wind was brutal on the home stretch so i eased off and just took it handy.

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A tough weekend on the bike, yesterday did the spin out to blessington via manor Kilbride and three castles,we stopped at blue gardenia to assess , it was Baltic, low visibility due to a sleet/snow /hail blast, decided to reassess once we hit blessington, bitter cold and windy, we decided to carry on out main road and left for Valleymount and lake drive. Caught in another snow/hail blast heading for Lacken. A small clearance was very welcome fir the embankment descent. 72 km.. a slow 24.5 kph avg frozen feet.

Today in sunny southeast, Gorey club spin out to Enniscorthy where the lights went out and the heavens opened with freezing sleet/rain. Just under 60km avg 29.8kph.. a full 30km in the freezing rain...

Out for a quick spin yesterday evening, the plan was to do 50km but then, I noticed one of my front lights wasn't working, fine I thought thats why I have two. Then it started lightly raining about an hour earlier then I had expected (I thought I'd be home before any showers), all was still fine until I started thinking what it would be like if the rain turned to snow when I was at the top of a planned climb. Next a message came up on my garmin, "warning 15% phone battery remaining". That was the last straw and as I imagined myself at the top of a climb in the dark and freezing cold with no lights or phone, so I turned early and managed to get home with my phone down to 3%....
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Alanstrainor wrote: »

Bloody gorgeous out there this morning. I've not been on the bike as much of late, and I missed it. It was just the right amount of cold for me this morning, fresh and not quite bitter. There was a gorgeous sunrise too, I brought my camera just in case and stopped at the wooden bridge to Bull Island to take a few snaps.

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Nice enough out today now the wind has died down a bit. Will pass my 10,000Km yearly target on the ride home later

Very poor visibility this morning meant a switch to the Royal Canal greenway. What a boon it is in weather like this!

Plenty of cyclists, including several groups, making good use of an amenity growing in popularity and importance.

A leisurely spin from Tallaght to Hollywood cafe this morning for mince pies ðŸ‘. 70 km spin , avg 26.5kph nice and handy one. 140 ish left to hit 10,000 km.