Tell us about your cycle today part III

Reality_Check1 · 20-06-2021 8:59am

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 · 20-06-2021 10:57am

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 · 20-06-2021 1:36pm

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

retalivity · 20-06-2021 1:50pm

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 · 20-06-2021 3:22pm

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 · 20-06-2021 3:46pm

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 · 20-06-2021 4:15pm

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

dahat · 20-06-2021 4:29pm

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 · 20-06-2021 5:12pm

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.

20-06-2021 5:20pm

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 · 20-06-2021 5:26pm

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 · 20-06-2021 5:26pm

[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

20-06-2021 5:34pm

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 · 20-06-2021 6:11pm

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 · 20-06-2021 6:44pm

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 · 20-06-2021 8:18pm

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 · 20-06-2021 8:19pm

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 · 20-06-2021 9:57pm

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 · 20-06-2021 11:32pm

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 · 20-06-2021 11:37pm

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.

20-06-2021 11:42pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

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.)

One of the many unfortunate tragedies on that stretch of road. Girl in my year at school among those taken out there in 1997.

Amprodude · 21-06-2021 12:51am

Back today cycling with my brother and cousin after a whole year off the bike. My cousin is racing so he was taking it handy today as he's racing mid week with the juniors in his club.Just as well. Did 30km great to be back on the bike again. I missed it. Hung on eventhough my fitness is no where it used to be.

dinneenp · 21-06-2021 12:29pm

Cycled from home (Turloughmore) to Tuam via the 'back road', did a few bits and cycled home.

Out, into the wind- 18.28km, 45.31 mins, 24.1km/h Strava link

Back, with the wind- 35.49 mins, 30.9km/h Strav link

Granted I cycle quicker on the return leg anyway but the wind is a lovely helper!

22-06-2021 6:55am

52k in glorious sunshine for me last night. 26.5kph with 800 up in what was a very leisurely effort.

That spin took me over 3,000 km for the year which is comfortably the most consistent 6 month period I've had since I started cycling two years ago.

Hoping to get over 7,000km for the year.

Seth Brundle · 22-06-2021 9:00pm

Myself and two team colleagues met up for the first time since March 2020 in a trip to Tara.
Met one at Leixlip and we travelled casually to Tara where we met the other. Lovely to catch up over coffee and danishes in the sunshine.

After we went our separate ways I had about 75km under my belt so did another few to get over the 100 mark. It's been a while since I didn't push myself as much as usual and it felt nice.
In the end: 102km @ 26km/h with 488m
https://www.strava.com/activities/5512205635

secman · 22-06-2021 9:17pm

Short commute from Inchicore to Cherrytree to meet up, heavy enough traffic from there to parkwest and across to Newcastle. Towards Celbridge, left on Lyons to Ardclough, Boston hill and towards Kill, Punchestown, Blessington, Brittas and home.
68 km, avg 29.2kph, 427 meters.
Avg would have been pretty decent taking out Inchicore to Newcastle due to heavy traffic.
On off spitting rain during the spin.

devonp · 22-06-2021 9:47pm

extended commute , cc to yellow hse then up cruagh to the line , down cunard back over to Tallaght bypass mt seskin and home over mcDonaghs lane to leixlip

on my way out to Rathfarham 2 very fancy ebikes?? passed and left me for dead. man and a lady in the bike lane prob 30kph+ min
both were pedaling , bikes had leather paniers at the back , pulled in at Rathgar but across the rd...modeled on WWII messanger /courier bikes...nice looking very wide tyres motorbikish width ...any idea of brand type?

Reality_Check1 · 22-06-2021 9:51pm

First club road race - got my head kicked in. Im addicted

dahat · 22-06-2021 10:02pm

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

First club road race - got my head kicked in. Im addicted

Great stuff, sounds enjoyable.

22-06-2021 11:16pm

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

First club road race - got my head kicked in. Im addicted

Was it a "Reality Check" ?????

I'll see myself out

23-06-2021 7:00am

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

First club road race - got my head kicked in. Im addicted

How was it? I'm considering taking the plunge in the next while. Any tips or advice?

ednwireland · 23-06-2021 6:37pm

killybegs, glengesh, glencolumbcille, carrick 70km nice tailwind back to killybegs though, nice and warm once the rain stopped

magicbastarder · 23-06-2021 10:12pm

ludicrously humid out there this evening. the air just felt dead.

23-06-2021 10:53pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

ludicrously humid out there this evening. the air just felt dead.

I was sweating buckets playing in the garden with the kids. Almost instantly got more comfortable when a few spits of rain came down. Herself wasn't so lucky, she was less than 8km away sheltering from an absolute downpour

Wishbone Ash · 23-06-2021 11:32pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

ludicrously humid out there this evening. the air just felt dead.

The warm dampness brought out all the evening insects - I could have done with one of those PPE face visors on tonight's ride.

magicbastarder · 24-06-2021 9:02am

yeah, same for me, flies everywhere. managed to get one right in the eye at one point, that was a 'drop anchors instantly' moment, thankfully on a graveyard quiet back lane.

Isot10 · 24-06-2021 7:14pm

Yesterdays cycle :

Approx 70k on the road/ greenway.
You can go in either direction, it involves 2 ferry's , available on Wednesdays , Saturdays and Sundays for July and August.

3hour wait in Clare island if you go clockwise , 20 mins if you go anticlockwise:)

Seth Brundle · 26-06-2021 5:50pm

Club spin this morning and we headed up aroind NCD. My first time up there is several months, it was a welcome change of route.
Lucan > Garristown > Naul > Rolestown and coffee in Dunboyne before heading home.

There was a headwind on the outward leg that seemed to still be there on the way home. What made it feel worse was the cool temperature. Had my Galibier Izoard Pro gilet on so was nice and cosy despite bare arms.

I replaced my chain on Thursday and reckoned the cassette was ok. Took it out for a 35km spin yesterday with no issues on the flat or climbs but for a good bit of today the chain was slipping or jumping off - PITA

Exactly 100km @ 29.0km/h with 571m.
https://strava.app.link/ldd42Atlphb

magicbastarder · 26-06-2021 6:03pm

i see you passed the airfield at ballyboughal. i don't think i've been past there since someone (i think of this parish) had one of his overshoes shredded by dogs on that road, but that was a good three or four years ago i think.

Seth Brundle · 26-06-2021 6:16pm

I recall seeing a solo bearded cyclist somewhere around there and thinking 'was that mb?' Probably not though.

magicbastarder · 26-06-2021 6:19pm

i didn't get out on the bike till after 2pm so t'wasn't me, honest, guv.

jon1981 · 26-06-2021 7:56pm

devonp wrote: »

extended commute , cc to yellow hse then up cruagh to the line , down cunard back over to Tallaght bypass mt seskin and home over mcDonaghs lane to leixlip

on my way out to Rathfarham 2 very fancy ebikes?? passed and left me for dead. man and a lady in the bike lane prob 30kph+ min
both were pedaling , bikes had leather paniers at the back , pulled in at Rathgar but across the rd...modeled on WWII messanger /courier bikes...nice looking very wide tyres motorbikish width ...any idea of brand type?

What you describe sounds like a Van Moof

Nigzcurran · 26-06-2021 10:17pm

Not much of a cycle and more of a test drive but finally got a bike at last today after many months of waiting. It probably weighs more than all your bikes put together but its an absolute machine and I cant wait to pack the bags and put some decent kms on it!

Luxman · 26-06-2021 10:26pm

Being Meath bound for what feels like forever we headed to Wicklow, I plotted a route there and back, taking in Mount Seskin, Bohernabreena, Sally Gap to Laragh via Lugulla, Wicklow Gap and home. Misty and cold up high but relatively dry. Happy enough with my fitness but still can't love Wicklow Gap and Lake drive road is still hateful. 180k with 2200m up. Tired is an understatement.

27-06-2021 1:39pm

Over and back the Wicklow gap for me today, 100km, 1300M, lots of cyclists, bikers and traffic, forgot how popular the place is on Sundays, will head in a different direction next week,

Wildly Boaring · 27-06-2021 2:08pm

Drogheda, Clogherhead, Port beach for banana stop.
Tenure, Oldbridge, Donore and back to Bettystown.

Lovely seaside spin for first half.
Rolling hills for second.
I do like that climb up from the Boyne to Donore.

Great to see the amount of cyclists about the place.
Roads very quiet earlier.

Eamonnator · 27-06-2021 3:09pm

Lovely out this morning, 8 of us.
Drogheda- Collon-Lobinstown-Ardee-Tallonstown-Castlebellingham-Annagassan-Grangebellew-Drogheda-Coffee at Mother Hughes.

85kms, ave. 30.0kph.
First time this year for me to average 30kph.

Daroxtar · 27-06-2021 6:01pm

Cracker of a day for a spin down in the Blooms today. Started in Kinnity and went up the Wolftrap. Had a bit of a scare on the descent when a young deer hopped across the road. I wasn't going too fast and it was about 50m away but there were a lot of loose chippings on the road after it being resurfaced so braking or swerving were not really an option!!
After that I went rambling on roads I hadn't been on and found the Ridge of Capard. It's a little brute. Three times I saw the garmin hit 20% and every time I looked it was well above 10%. The views on the way up were fantastic, I think maybe the best I've seen in the Blooms. Loved it!!
Had words in the car park at the top with some half Ape/Donkey hybrid about just how close of a pass he made. Not fully sure if he understood human but a couple of the other hikers seemed impressed with my sign language.
I rolled on over to Clonaslee for the coffee and got chatting with some sound chaps from Wolftrap CC and spun over towards Kinnity and up Lackarhoe with them. I got an almighty cramp in both my hamstring and quad right at the top when I stood out of the saddle and had to lie in the ditch for a couple of minutes, hasn't happened me in a long long time. Probably not enough fluids, only drank half a bottle up to that point. That was enough for me, descended back down the Wolftrap to Kinnity and wrapped up with 77km and just over 1000m
https://www.strava.com/activities/5536982245

magicbastarder · 27-06-2021 6:27pm

Went out this morning at about eleven and it was cloudy so I never thought to put sunscreen on. I am visibly displaying that mistake now.

secman · 27-06-2021 7:39pm

After a good gallop yesterday with Gorey cc touring group..80 km , 30.5kph and 600 meters i decided to help the tourers club csptain out with a new group of newbie tourers. Gorey to Arklow, Woodenbridge, Avoca, Meeting of the waters and stopped in Ballinaclash. Back the exact same route. 70km avg 26kph and 500 meters. Felt like a real recovery spin after yesterday.

Tell us about your cycle today part III

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