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boardsies doing Tour of Kildare Sunday
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Are you alright? We were wondering what had happened to you when you didn't show at the finish.
Yeah I'm fine. Good thing the ditch was there or it would have been a lot more serious. I've never been happy with those brakes anyway, so I've ordered the Tektro mini-v brakes (I have cantilever braze ons). I would have let ye know sooner but I don't have anyone's mobile number from here. I was only 10km from my house so I got my girlfriend to come out and pick me up.
That was a very good time - you must have really hammered it
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3:05:15 for me which I think was the quickest of the Boards lot (although sounds like bunnygreen got in quicker?) Average speed overall 30.2km/h, 35.5km/h average from the point the pace car dropped off. It was a bit under the 100km as Celbridge was badly flooded; I made it 93.27km.
Tonto, Emty, Cadex and myself were keeping close to the front and were there when the pace car pulled off. I legged it after a breakaway at that point which was a bit stupid and we were caught. We were towards the front of the peloton when Tonto made the same mistake just a bit later, deciding to reel in another breakaway. (I think he claims someone yelled to close the gap.) I went after him and we were leading the peloton for a bit and then getting ahead of them into the gap. This was just coming into Robertstown and what I didn't know was that just around the corner was a hill. It wasn't terribly steep or long but I just had nothing left at that point and we were caught and dropped by the peloton.
The four of us continued along together then, picking a few more guys up as we proceeded, until the big climb of the day, which again was not very long but was certainly steep and with a lot of loose gravel. I made it to the top first and waited for a bit but decided to press on and try to catch the group just ahead of me. What followed was an extremely painful 10-15km, heart rate through the roof, where I had to go all out to try to get onto the back of them. Apparently we went through Kildare Town, honestly didn't notice I was in such a state Finally caught them on the Curragh, two lads from MAD MTB and one other guy. They were the perfect group for the rest of the cycle back to Naas. I don't think I did my fair share at the front with them (thanks guys!) but TBH catching them took a lot out of me.
We passed Martin Early in I think Oldtown and got back to Naas before him!*
The event was the best organised I have ever been on; the marshalling at junctions was just absolutely top-notch, all other traffic stopped and we were waved through red lights, etc. Not far off having closed roads I reckon. There was even a marshall at every major puddle!
Cycled back to Dublin with Irishmotorist and made very good time indeed, 34.4km in 0:58:47 (we had a tailwind.)
@bunnygreen- Sandals and short sleeves sounds like me all right, I had a blue top on. I would hazard a guess that I was probably the only person taking part in sandals. To be honest it was fine once we got moving but I was getting very wet and cold during the paced bit.
@penexpers- sorry to hear about that, hope you and the bike are OK. I would certainly suggest Mini-Vs myself if you are having issues with cantis, I have them on my tourer and they are great. You don't have the same modulation as you get with calipers and they are a bit "grabby" but they certainly stop the bike.
*he had a puncture0 -
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Only have three photos, wasn't really the sort of day that snapping away was that easy. I don't really feel like I saw any of Kildare. I think someone may have taken a shot of me just before I caught the MAD group but reckon they may only have the top of my helmet!
Anyway, first is the top of the Muur where I waited momentarily (guy in the photo is not a boardsie), second enjoying our food at the end (decent BBQed burgers were provided), third, the great man himself (with Martin Early.)
I blame Tonto's antics for our getting dropped, reckon we would have kept up with the lead group otherwise
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Boards.ie Cycling Forum - a great bunch of lads (and ladies I'm sure I'll say when I've met some!)
I really enjoyed that today, was great to be part of such a well organised event and I was also glad to get a glimpse of the lads at the business end of the bunch taking off like bullets when the pace car took off - very impressive stuff (including the rapid acceleration of blorg, emty and the others lads whose names I can't remember amongst the many names).
I'm very happy with my ride time of 3hrs 18mins for the course (I made it 93km too) as it smashed my target of 3:45 I set when I started building the leg back up 3 weeks ago after surgery. That said, I did benefit from resting the legs for the 20 minutes it took me to repair the double puncture I suffered after that big hill (the one where they had written 'Don't look up' on the road). When I hit the big sharp stone/small rock I went right over it and thought for a second I was a goner but stayed on and had a front blowout. Just on the bike after fixing it when I realised the back was punctured too.
The legs did stiffen up while doing that but I'd say overall I benefitted from that stop as I was really fresh for the remainder and didn't get passed by anybody from then on and reeled in loads to get back closer where I was before the puncture.
I was pure krud on the hills though - I like the rolling terrain and made up good ground on others there but lost lots on any hill over a 5% gradient. And I better admit that I got off and walked (for literally 20 seconds) on that 9% hill - maybe the punctures straight after were to teach me not to wimp out like that! The total ascent was 595m by the way.
So I think my 3:18 actual ride time hides the real extent of the gap between me and the top boardsie times above - I've a lot more than 13 minutes to go to be competing with them lads. And as emty said with some wise words - that course was a doddle in the grand scheme of things. But to be honest, I set a target for myself based on my middle/low division status and beat it so pretty damn chuffed as it's a good start and it's onwards and upwards from here.
Stats:
Before pace car left: 26.21km in 59.5mins, avg speed 26.4 Km/h
After pace car left: 66.73km in 2hrs18mins, avg speed 29 Km/h.
Overall: 92.9Km, 3hrs 18mins, avg speed 28.1 Km/h
Did the last 20km at 31.4 Km/h thanks to that lovely tailwind round the Curragh!0 -
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I blame Tonto's antics for our getting dropped, reckon we would have kept up with the lead group otherwise
You weren't telling me to slow down:D
And that photo you have of me makes me look like I ate all the burgers.Did my 93km in just under 4 hours (3hrs 46mins).
That's a good performance considering you've never done 100km before. And you're right, the ride down the start in Naas was horrific. Into the wind the whole way. I was bloody knackered by the time we got there. I think we deserve bonus points for that.FrankGrimes wrote: »I'm very happy with my ride time of 3hrs 18mins for the course (I made it 93km too) as it smashed my target of 3:45 I set when I started building the leg back up 3 weeks ago after surgery.
For a fella who had surgery a few weeks ago, you were flying today. I'd hate to see how fast you are when you are fully trained up.0 -
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