Photos taken on your cycle.

spoke2cun

At the top of the Knockalla climb today.

xxyyzz

Mtb ride

keano25

Photo of The Skelligs taken on iPhone 4s..

Long may this weather continue!

triggermortis

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yesterdays mis-adventure...

rizzodun

Made it to the top of Truskmore this morning, pushed the bike a good lot of the way too...



This is about 3/4 way to the top, looking down on the starting point.

EaSwe

rizzodun wrote: »

Made it to the top of Truskmore this morning, pushed the bike a good lot of the way too...



This is about 3/4 way to the top, looking down on the starting point.

What's the surface like on it? Would you ride a roadbike up OK?

rizzodun

EaSwe wrote: »

What's the surface like on it? Would you ride a roadbike up OK?

The surface is paved the whole way to the top, some bad patches but not over the whole road so you could take a road bike up it, but if you can cycle the whole way up please give me what ever you're taking! It's quite steep and sheep can wander on the road so watch the decent, and the patchy tarmac!

EDIT: Actually, the more I think of it, I'd say it's not really for a road bike at all, at least not right to the top, the descent wouldn't be advised IMO, unless you take it extremely slow on the way down. There's a strava segment from the gate to about half way up if you want to give it a shot though.

EaSwe

rizzodun wrote: »

The surface is paved the whole way to the top, some bad patches but not over the whole road so you could take a road bike up it, but if you can cycle the whole way up please give me what ever you're taking! It's quite steep and sheep can wander on the road so watch the decent, and the patchy tarmac!

EDIT: Actually, the more I think of it, I'd say it's not really for a road bike at all, at least not right to the top, the descent wouldn't be advised IMO, unless you take it extremely slow on the way down. There's a strava segment from the gate to about half way up if you want to give it a shot though.

Thanks, I think if (a very big if at that) I was going to do it I'd wimp out and walk the bike down..

Daroxtar

rizzodun wrote: »

The surface is paved the whole way to the top, some bad patches but not over the whole road so you could take a road bike up it, but if you can cycle the whole way up please give me what ever you're taking! It's quite steep and sheep can wander on the road so watch the decent, and the patchy tarmac!

EDIT: Actually, the more I think of it, I'd say it's not really for a road bike at all, at least not right to the top, the descent wouldn't be advised IMO, unless you take it extremely slow on the way down. There's a strava segment from the gate to about half way up if you want to give it a shot though.

What a great mountain. It's staring down at me everytime I visit the inlaws. I've been psyching myself up for the last few weeks so I'm heading up there next weekend. I did it years ago and nearly threw up, hopefully I'll handle it a bit better this time. Such a view

rizzodun

EaSwe wrote: »

Thanks, I think if (a very big if at that) I was going to do it I'd wimp out and walk the bike down..

I forgot to mention that there's 3 or 4 cattle grates on the route too, not really for a road bike at all, I'm going to do it a few times over the summer though, I really want to cycle up the whole way without getting off, it must be possible!

Grab a mountain bike for a day and give it a lash if you can.

Daroxtar wrote: »

What a great mountain. It's staring down at me everytime I visit the inlaws. I've been psyching myself up for the last few weeks so I'm heading up there next weekend. I did it years ago and nearly threw up, hopefully I'll handle it a bit better this time. Such a view

Best of luck Daroxtar, I really enjoyed the struggle, maybe I'll run into you on the way one morning! Don't forget to post a pic.

Daroxtar

Sound. I'll be flying up there like Pantani. By that, I mean I have a bald head and big ears like him. There the similarities end.

Seweryn

Not really sure where this is exactly, but somewhere on my commute one of the evenings this week.

OldBean

alaimacerc

Seweryn wrote: »

Not really sure where this is exactly, but somewhere on my commute one of the evenings this week.

Sounds like quite the adventurous commute you have there, if it involves not knowing where you are!

Seweryn

alaimacerc wrote: »

Sounds like quite the adventurous commute you have there, if it involves not knowing where you are!

Well, it still happens to me after over two years of commuting by bike that I cycle home through places I have never been on before. That's the beauty of bike commuting...

Seweryn

The famous places from yesterday's spin:

veetwin

Top of Nadd in glorious sunshine yesterday morning.

G1032

View of The Corrib from about half way between Clonbur and Cornamona. It's a stunning view on a clear sunny day but neither me my camera or the weather do this scene any justice!!

keano25

G1032 wrote: »

View of The Corrib from about half way between Clonbur and Cornamona. It's a stunning view on a clear sunny day but neither me my camera or the weather do this scene any justice!!

How do you find that sensa bike?

G1032

keano25 wrote: »

How do you find that sensa bike?

I love it tbh.
I came from a Trek 7.3 FX to that though so anything would have been an improvement!! The Trek was very heavy.
The wheels I got with the Sensa are bog standard (RA Comp) and they'd be the only thing I'd complain about, but that was my own fault for not upgrading them.
My bike is a 58cm frame and it weighs 10kg (with pedals and bottle cages on)
Hopefully next year I can afford to upgrade the wheels but I might not bother either. I don't race........

2 Wheels Good

A very small Fastnet lighthouse in the distance on the way back from Mizen head yesterday.

keano25

G1032 wrote: »

I love it tbh.
I came from a Trek 7.3 FX to that though so anything would have been an improvement!! The Trek was very heavy.
The wheels I got with the Sensa are bog standard (RA Comp) and they'd be the only thing I'd complain about, but that was my own fault for not upgrading them.
My bike is a 58cm frame and it weighs 10kg (with pedals and bottle cages on)
Hopefully next year I can afford to upgrade the wheels but I might not bother either. I don't race........

what sort of money for it?

Garzard

Overlooking Lough Tay & Tinnehinch earlier. Most exhausting cycle I've done in weeks.

Straatvark

Did the Montagu MTB race/event this weekend. Montagu is about 200km from CT and we made a weekend of it. Also best known for its sweet Muscadel (or Muscat) and dried fruit.



The kids below live on one of the farms we crossed and don't have a lot of luxuries. By now they know that almost every cyclist carry "sweeties" and usually they will shout support ending in a "sweetie please". (Usually you would carry extra or discard spare snacks when you close to the end) This group though offered to push you up one of the last short, but very steep, climbs in return for a energy bar. It always amaze me that the poorest people seems to be the most happy.

ford2600

G1032

3 photos from my spin up to Tourmakeady today. Got lost too!!! I reckon even the locals get lost up in Tourmakeady. A maze of roads and not a signpost to be seen!!! Some stunning views though

Peter T

veetwin wrote: »

Top of Nadd in glorious sunshine yesterday morning.

Used cycle from the city to home that way last summer. That sign comes as some relief as its downhill all the way home. Had a brown trouser moment at the horseshoe on melted tar. Felt like Rossi so I did

GIFSoup

veetwin

Peter T wrote: »

Used cycle from the city to home that way last summer. That sign comes as some relief as its downhill all the way home. Had a brown trouser moment at the horseshoe on melted tar. Felt like Rossi so I did

GIFSoup

You must be a Banteer man so! Fair old cycle from the City to there. All drag from Cloghroe for 15k or more. I've travelled that road all my life and never imagined I'd cycle it. I did on Saturday, 75kms from the city to the Kerry border over Nadd and through Kanturk. Great route.

Peter T

veetwin wrote: »

You must be a Banteer man so! Fair old cycle from the City to there. All drag from Cloghroe for 15k or more. I've travelled that road all my life and never imagined I'd cycle it. I did on Saturday, 75kms from the city to the Kerry border over Nadd and through Kanturk. Great route.

Yep not far from banteer just over the road. Its a great road to cycle, pretty tough going the other way too but again with a rewarding decent.

SomeFool

couple from my spin home this evening.