Sunday Spin, 17th August

TinyExplosions

Right, I'm not about tomorrow (dentist appt to get my tooth looked at), so how about a Sunday spin. It has to be flat, as I've a bit of a chest infection and won't make it up and serious hills at the moment, so how about 10am at the Papal Cross in Pheonix Park?

Route to be decided (not Drogheda though!)

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Right, I'm not about tomorrow (dentist appt to get my tooth looked at), so how about a Sunday spin. It has to be flat, as I've a bit of a chest infection and won't make it up and serious hills at the moment, so how about 10am at the Papal Cross in Pheonix Park?

Route to be decided (not Drogheda though!)

no Humpy 100 for you then?

fish-head

I won't be free this Sunday unfortunately.. was hoping for a Saturday spin!

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

no Humpy 100 for you then?

Most definately not -even my commute has me a little breathless at the moment. Need to get a new inhalor I think

TinyExplosions

fish-head wrote: »

I won't be free this Sunday unfortunately.. was hoping for a Saturday spin!

Start a Saturday Spin thread -there's bound to be someone who wants to head out (looks towards Blorg)

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Most definately not -even my commute has me a little breathless at the moment. Need to get a new inhalor I think

We'll need to see an AUT (or TUE or whatever they call it) for that before you go on any more spins.

fish-head

Done and done.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

We'll need to see an AUT (or TUE or whatever they call it) for that before you go on any more spins.

How about a note from me mammy?

blorg

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Right, I'm not about tomorrow (dentist appt to get my tooth looked at), so how about a Sunday spin. It has to be flat, as I've a bit of a chest infection and won't make it up and serious hills at the moment, so how about 10am at the Papal Cross in Pheonix Park?

10am is a little late; would need to be quite early if we want to be in Carlow for a 9:30am start.

ROK ON

COuld be on for Sunday, but would need a 9 start as opposed to 10.

Caroline_ie

I'm in :pac:

unionman

I'm up for it as long as this awful bloody rain takes a break.

Is it 9 or 10 at the cross?

TinyExplosions

It's most definitely still on -rain or shine I'm heading out.

Papal cross at 10 -any earlier is too early for me

blorg

Might be more on for this after all than the Lumpy Humpy, emty and myself were a bit undecided after this morning's experience!

Caroline_ie

I heard that rain would hold off until later on in the afternoon ... we could have a dry-ish sunday spin. I will be there anyway ... 7 days to the SKtour ...

unionman

TinyExplosions wrote: »

It's most definitely still on -rain or shine I'm heading out.

Papal cross at 10 -any earlier is too early for me

Sounds good, I'll be there.

mloc123

Any idea what route ye will be taking?

TinyExplosions

mloc123 wrote: »

Any idea what route ye will be taking?

I think it'll be a case of deciding tomorrow, but could be Maynooth, Trim type way

unionman

Nice one guys, really enjoyed the spin.

I had 106.6km clocked from leaving and returning to the park.

We lucked out with the weather too, who'd have thought?

But perhaps the most significant moment today was discovering the secret power of wasps*

*like Kryptonite to fixed gear riders, though not actually visible in this picture:D

blorg

Indeed, nice spin, 121km in total for me. We were very lucky indeed with the weather, very nice sunny break in Trim and a bit of a downpour there immediately after I got back in my door. Emty kept pushing the pace and was in really top form.

Had to cycle from Batterstown back with my knee in bits after I turned around to look at unionman falling over- not sure exactly what happened but think when looking back I might have momentarily forgetten that you can't just stop pedalling!

Unionman came out of it rather better than me I think, small bit of blood in the attached photo BTW

Caroline_ie

Nice spin indeed, exept that I was cycling with a 100% dry chain ( from cycling in the heavy rain yesterday) making an aweful metal to metal grinding sound, making me push the pedals so hard my knee eventually got a bit sore. But overal a pleasant spin

112km for me I think ... and I have the bike already cleaned up and everything lubricated so no more grinding and squeaking. Ready for my Monday spin.

( oh ye ... I did just buy a fixie too ,,, shame on me I am also a blorg wannabe and a fashion victim )

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

( oh ye ... I did just buy a fixie too ,,, shame on me I am also a blorg wannabe and a fashion victim )

Hurrah, and welcome to the dark side

blorg

Well done on buying the fixie Caroline, I am sure you won't regret it! I'd be on for a spin myself tomorrow but reckon it would have to be up the mountains.

fish-head

I'd be in for a spin I reckon.

unionman

blorg wrote: »

Had to cycle from Batterstown back with my knee in bits after I turned around to look at unionman falling over- not sure exactly what happened but think when looking back I might have momentarily forgetten that you can't just stop pedalling!

Unionman came out of it rather better than me I think, small bit of blood in the attached photo BTW

Great photo blorg. Could be used by the special effects department to simulate an exploding volcano.

My fall was the usual unionman-in-cleat-induced-pratfall, and would have had a lot more comic potential had you not upstaged me with your superior bleeding all over the road skills!:D

Well done on getting the fixie Caroline, and welcome indeed to the dark side:cool:...but you're not going to start doing big long spins on it are you, I mean that's just mental. Who in their right mind...

...I'll get me coat.

Chips Lovell

My Sunday morning spin: A quick 60km ride out to the village of Manzanares el Real and back. Got to stretch the legs after a long week in work and tweak the bike. Got my first front puncture ever on a descent on the way back. Was a little scary for a minute and had to conceed the day to the Spanish dude I was racing.

blorg

Well if nothing else you got a puncture.

BTW you do know it has been clear blue skies and 20+C ever since you left, right?

Caroline_ie

el tonto wrote: »

My Sunday morning spin: A quick 60km ride out to the village of Manzanares el Real and back.

Amazing Photo! I noticed you're not too far from Noblejas where I spent a lot of my childhood summers, where my dad's familly is. ( actually that depends where you are coming from heading to Manzanares)

Our spin was kinda sunny too, I got a bit of a tan

Chips Lovell

blorg wrote: »

BTW you do know it has been clear blue skies and 20+C ever since you left, right?

That would be just my luck alright.

Chips Lovell

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Amazing Photo! I noticed you're not too far from Noblejas where I spent a lot of my childhood summers, where my dad's familly is. ( actually that depends where you are coming from heading to Manzanares)

That's near Aranjuez, isn't it? We're on the northern side of Madrid, in Tres Cantos.

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

That would be just my luck alright.

OK guys, just need to keep up the deception, in to the sun tan parlours for the lot of us in preparation for Tonto's return.