Photos taken on your cycle.

monkeyslayer · 21-05-2014 10:26pm

Grand evening for it, manor kilbride ish

darkvalley · 21-05-2014 10:40pm

First mid week spin with the cycling club. The group leader decided that since we were out on a wednesday evening we must be more serious cyclists than the sunday crowd and therefore took us up a 14% incline, ignoring the fact that we were the sunday group out on a mid-week spin. I stopped at the top of the hill to take a photo of Lough Melvin, not because I was having a heart attack!

Moreilly · 21-05-2014 10:55pm

Time to take the'ol horse out......Sooo unfit !!, lovely evening for a cycle though. Taken along the grand canal near Allenwood.

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maxamillius · 21-05-2014 11:21pm

Moreilly wrote: »

Time to take the'ol horse out......Sooo unfit !!, lovely evening for a cycle though. Taken along the grand canal near Allenwood.

That's a lovely trek what model is that??

rizzodun · 21-05-2014 11:31pm

maxamillius wrote: »

That's a lovely trek what model is that??

I'm gonna take a guess that's it's a Fuel Ex 8

lismore7 · 21-05-2014 11:32pm

Beautiful evening for a spin...

Moreilly · 22-05-2014 12:27am

maxamillius wrote: »

That's a lovely trek what model is that??

Thank's, Its a Trek fuel 9.7 carbon

rizzodun · 22-05-2014 12:30am

Moreilly wrote: »

Thank's, Its a Trek fuel 9.7 carbon

That's what I meant

alaimacerc · 22-05-2014 1:29am

darkvalley wrote: »

The group leader decided that since we were out on a wednesday evening we must be more serious cyclists than the sunday crowd and therefore took us up a 14% incline, ignoring the fact that we were the sunday group out on a mid-week spin.

That guy clearly has "officer material" written all over him. Don't let inconvenient facts get in charge of a good operational theory!

Dermot Illogical · 22-05-2014 9:25am

Moreilly wrote: »

Thank's, Its a Trek fuel 9.7 carbon

I can't stand the look of their road bikes, but that bike is luvly!

Scrappy600 · 22-05-2014 9:34am

lismore7 wrote: »

Beautiful evening for a spin...

Think i looked at that bike for sale recently enough in Spokes in Waterford, no?

ford2600 · 22-05-2014 9:44am

lismore7 wrote: »

Beautiful evening for a spin...

Did you tty climbing it from Newcastle side yet?

Hauki · 22-05-2014 11:46pm

Oh man, Wicklow looks so good. Anyone care to suggest any good Wicklow-routes starting from Bray and maybe ending there as well? Figured I'll cheat a bit and take the Dart from Dublin to there and back and venture deeper into countryside with all that saved energy. Looking for 3-4h ride.

BFassassin · 23-05-2014 2:01am

Had an awesome weekend riding my new DH bike. On Saturday I went to Whistler and got a lesson which was great. So much fun on the trails then. Then on Sunday I took the place of another guy at the new Coast Gravity Park set up by the Coastal Crew. This place has great potential. I stuck mainly to the blue and red runs but everyone else was raving about the big jumps. Thats a bit early for me yet.
They dont have a chairlift yet but they were running uplifts with a Unimog and a few big trucks.

g0g · 23-05-2014 7:55am

Hauki wrote: »

Oh man, Wicklow looks so good. Anyone care to suggest any good Wicklow-routes starting from Bray and maybe ending there as well? Figured I'll cheat a bit and take the Dart from Dublin to there and back and venture deeper into countryside with all that saved energy. Looking for 3-4h ride.

Depends a bit on how fast/slow you go. I'd be suggesting something like this or maybe make it slightly longer/shorter.
Would suggest trying to include:

Road along the river down to Enniskerry is scenic although can be busy with traffic
Head up from Enniskerry past Powerscourt Park entrance to get to one of the more quiet routes up to Sally Gap
Sally Gap itself and the great route from there across to Laragh
Come back from Roundwood via the less busy roads like those in the linked route

If you have more in the legs you could turn right at Sally Gap at the top and go around Manor Kilbride and back over Wicklow Gap, but that would add a lot more km. Before Sally Gap there's also a great one-way extra climb to the top of Kippure if you're looking for more climbing. Laragh is an ideal spot for a break with a few spots to choose from.

Hope this helps!

lismore7 · 23-05-2014 10:16pm

Scrappy600 wrote: »

Think i looked at that bike for sale recently enough in Spokes in Waterford, no?

Bought this particular steed in Dungarvan last year. You maybe saw one of it's relations...?

lismore7 · 23-05-2014 10:21pm

ford2600 wrote: »

lismore7 wrote: »

Beautiful evening for a spin...

Did you tty climbing it from Newcastle side yet?

Nope not yet. The Newcastle decent is fairlly sharp, so recon climbing it from that side would be interesting challenge. Have you ford2600?

Plastik · 24-05-2014 12:01am

Hauki wrote: »

Oh man, Wicklow looks so good. Anyone care to suggest any good Wicklow-routes starting from Bray and maybe ending there as well? Figured I'll cheat a bit and take the Dart from Dublin to there and back and venture deeper into countryside with all that saved energy. Looking for 3-4h ride.

g0g wrote: »

Depends a bit on how fast/slow you go. I'd be suggesting something like this or maybe make it slightly longer/shorter.
Would suggest trying to include:
Road along the river down to Enniskerry is scenic although can be busy with traffic

Head up from Enniskerry past Powerscourt Park entrance to get to one of the more quiet routes up to Sally Gap

Sally Gap itself and the great route from there across to Laragh

Come back from Roundwood via the less busy roads like those in the linked route

If you have more in the legs you could turn right at Sally Gap at the top and go around Manor Kilbride and back over Wicklow Gap, but that would add a lot more km. Before Sally Gap there's also a great one-way extra climb to the top of Kippure if you're looking for more climbing. Laragh is an ideal spot for a break with a few spots to choose from.

Hope this helps!

Your route isn't visible g0g.

Assuming you're only out to enjoy the sights and smells, maybe some like the following http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4808931

Skip Bray and go to the last stop on the Dart, Greystones. Bray has an more urban feel (no surprise) to it than Greystones which is a more coffee culture relaxed village atmosphere.

The route in my link has nice places for a coffee in 35km, 65km and at the end. If you're feeling particularly energetic you could also include the road up to the Kippure TV mast at 60km.

triggermortis · 24-05-2014 12:13am

Haria. Lanzarote

ford2600 · 24-05-2014 1:00am

lismore7 wrote: »

ford2600 wrote: »

Nope not yet. The Newcastle decent is fairlly sharp, so recon climbing it from that side would be interesting challenge. Have you ford2600?

Went up there this evening, climb it a few times every year. It's the hardest climb in Knockmealdowns after Shanrahan. I'm from within a few miles of Newcastle.

If it's your first year cycling you might be better waiting until August/Sept when you have more miles in.

If you enter Newcastle and turn upby pub (there is only one) that road also crosses knockmealdowns and brings you out between Cats Bar and Cappaquin.

Then there's the Comeraghs.......

lismore7 · 24-05-2014 5:32pm

ford2600 wrote: »

lismore7 wrote: »

Went up there this evening, climb it a few times every year. It's the hardest climb in Knockmealdowns after Shanrahan. I'm from within a few miles of Newcastle.

If it's your first year cycling you might be better waiting until August/Sept when you have more miles in.

If you enter Newcastle and turn upby pub (there is only one) that road also crosses knockmealdowns and brings you out between Cats Bar and Cappaquin.

Then there's the Comeraghs.......

I'm just outside Lismore (hense username) I climb the Lismore side of the Mt Mellary regulary. Midweek it's an up to the top and back down again. On Sunday spins I carry on down into Newcastle road, then left to Clogheen and back over the "Vee" to Lismore around 80k spin.
Might try oppisite way and give that accent a go??
Been cycling for 2 years. Off tomorrow to do the Comeragh Challenge but wil probably leave out Mahon Falls this time.... Forecast iffy...

Thargor · 24-05-2014 8:03pm

Plastik wrote: »

Your route isn't visible g0g.

Assuming you're only out to enjoy the sights and smells, maybe some like the following http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4808931

Skip Bray and go to the last stop on the Dart, Greystones. Bray has an more urban feel (no surprise) to it than Greystones which is a more coffee culture relaxed village atmosphere.

The route in my link has nice places for a coffee in 35km, 65km and at the end. If you're feeling particularly energetic you could also include the road up to the Kippure TV mast at 60km.

Your route isnt visible either, its just a map of Greystones. Is there any list or blog of good rides from around Bray and Greystones?

EDIT: Nevermind worked the third time I tried it.