Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Cue possible spin tomorrow morning to peoples park, dun laoghaire for one of Dave's wood fired Pizzas for breakfast.

Job done. 46km today means 630 Km for November.

Kind of knackered though

Very close to clocking up 3,500 on lpb's boardman bike too, which is kind of cool.

Wishbone Ash

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Job done. 46km today means 630 Km for November...

Well done.

I was just looking back over my year to date. I covered the same distance in November as in July which seems weird given the shorter days, worse weather etc.

simonrooneyzaga

Planned a nice ride out via Enniskerry, Roundwood, Laragh, Sally Gap and home today. My first puncture in roughly 4000km at Dundrum did little to dissuade the positive mood on a beautiful day. The blown out tyre going up the wall in Enniskerry did! Broom wagon required for the first time. Pops kept going and got the km in. By all accounts it was a lovely spin :-)

Alek

69,6km before work Started at 5:20, went Rathfarnham > around Bohernabreena reservoirs > Military Road > Glencree > Devils Elbow > Stepaside > Harold's Cross > Santry.

Two hours in solid darkness was great, only faint silhouette of hills, stars and my breath appearing in the front light beam... I could swear I am cycling Featherbeds for the first time

Descending in Glencree was hairy enough, too many blind corners I had to almost stop at.... Helmet light would help I assume. Devils Elbow took me by surprise, I've completely forgotten it is there

24,2kmh, not too bad for the conditions.

http://app.strava.com/activities/225430006

smacl

Been off the bike for awhile so took a short spin over lunch, Rathfarnham, Burrow road, Johnnie Foxes, Cruagh road and back. New prescription sun glasses totally fogged up while climbing, and chain seemed to skip and grind under any pressure in certain gears so not a great spin. Fantastic weather though, and the new glasses make descended at speed way more fun, so still enjoyable enough. 23k @ 20kph, slowest I've been all year, will try to get out again tomorrow to rectify.

Alek

New prescription sun glasses totally fogged up while climbing

Same with mine, I hate this. Had to climb with my (normal) glasses half way down.

Contact lenses arrived today, managed to put them on after half an hour of wrestling with my eyelids, lets see how they work.

not yet

30k back roads of Dunboyne, just in the door not to comfortable cycling in the dark..

lukegjpotter

I completed the December Gran Fondo on Strava around Galway today.

131km @ 25.5km/h, more than 5 hours pedaling.

Had a crash at 62km, tried to mount a kerb to get out of the way of traffic and hit the deck, hip has a decent bit of road rash.
But I "Proved it" by deciding to be a tank, and tanks keep rolling (when they have antifreeze).

http://app.strava.com/activities/225524416

Unknown Soldier

lukegjpotter wrote: »

I completed the December Gran Fondo on Strava around Galway today.

131km @ 25.5km/h, more than 5 hours pedaling.

Had a crash at 62km, tried to mount a kerb to get out of the way of traffic and hit the deck, hip has a decent bit of road rash.
But I "Proved it" by deciding to be a tank, and tanks keep rolling (when they have antifreeze).

http://app.strava.com/activities/225524416

Saw that on Strava earlier and was wondering what the "crash" bit was about.

Well done. Hard enough to do a GF nevermind the current weather!

Alek

I completed the December Gran Fondo on Strava around Galway today.

You're bit in hurry, aren't you? ;-) Well done, crashes only build your character

Wishbone Ash

Alek wrote: »

.....crashes only build your character

You must be hoping to build more character yourself Alek what with heading to the mountains at 5am on a frosty morning! :eek:

Alek

I have crashed maybe twice in my life, got as much character as a boneless chicken. Have to improve somehow!

Unknown Soldier

The canal from parkwest to the grange is getting a bit dangerous. Bloody miscreants running amok

Was waved down by another cyclist yesterday to tell me there were some sh1t heads further on down the canal who'd just hit another cyclist over the head with a crutch.

Luckily I had already been past the place where the cyclist was assaulted and was only coming back that direction as I was doing a little extra cycling and was taking the next right off the canal.

I came across the guy who was attacked at the grange road exit but he was on the phone to the police, as far as I could tell.

You don't need this kind of crap when commuting or out cycling.

Anyways... managed to kill of the Strava 20 Hours of cycling in 14 days Challenge. Today was rough though as my legs are pretty dead for some reason. I don't think my legs are suited to the hybrid anymore.

I miss using my road bike.

Alek

Commuter race for 9km through the city centre, against a young chap on a carbon Lapierre. He was was blatantly jumping reds, so I have won it twice

00sully

nuff said about my commute today - apologies for the profanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zndlRAYgqPQ

simonrooneyzaga

00sully wrote: »

nuff said about my commute today - apologies for the profanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zndlRAYgqPQ

nail on the head though. What a Fupping idiot! Drove over the roundabout too!

zl1whqvjs75cdy

00sully wrote: »

nuff said about my commute today - apologies for the profanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zndlRAYgqPQ

Did you chase him? You seemed to be lining yourself up for a chase there at the end?

00sully

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Did you chase? You seemed to be lining yourself up for a chase there at the end?

The park was pretty empty so no way I could but I tried to just calm down was fairly rattled after it If I had of passed I might have said something alright. she looked right at me when she was already past the point of no return smiling obliviously :eek:

padyjoe

Did 57k today. The lower back was awfully cold :-( (underwear, compression long yolks, cycling shorts, running shorts). Still cold. Should get a nice warm winter bibs now! I've bought xl cycling trousers in Aldi last winter they're too big now the padding moving around.

ford2600

padyjoe wrote: »

Did 57k today. The lower back was awfully cold :-( (underwear, compression long yolks, cycling shorts, running shorts). Still cold. Should get a nice warm winter bibs now! I've bought xl cycling trousers in Aldi last winter they're too big now the padding moving around.

Wiggle dhb or altura on swimcyclerun are decent at an ok price.

Mudguards help the lower back more than any jacket once road is wet

padyjoe

Cheers! I have the mudguards on all the time they were the first to be put on the bike I won't go for a spin without them. My clothing gear needs to be improved.

Wishbone Ash

Bloody cold out there today. Set out to do a 200k but threw in the towel at 172k. I just couldn't really get warm or get the legs going and my toes remained cold for the entire ride. I need to HTFU!

2 punctures didn't help either (one on the front and one on the rear). There's little fun to be had dealing with a rear puncture in the dark and bitter cold.

http://app.strava.com/activities/226484489

Alek

There's little fun to be had dealing with a rear puncture in the dark and bitter cold.

I gave up and added some Bontrager TLR sealant to my tubes. Maybe 60g extra, so far so good. Apparently this one is the best for butyl tubes:

http://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Things_that_Roll/Tires/Sealant_Test_-_Part_2_4155.html

I have plenty left, if you want I can give you some if you want to give this idea a try.

Wishbone Ash

Alek wrote: »

I gave up and added some Bontrager TLR sealant to my tubes. Maybe 60g extra, so far so good. Apparently this one is the best for butyl tubes:

http://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Things_that_Roll/Tires/Sealant_Test_-_Part_2_4155.html

I have plenty left, if you want I can give you some if you want to give this idea a try.

Thanks Alex but in fairness I rarely puncture - usually one per 5,000kms or so. It's a long time since I got 2 on the same ride but there's loads of crap out there particularly on the hard shoulders. I even had puncture resistant tyres - a Gatorskin on the front and a Panaracer Ribmo on the rear.

godtabh

Been sick all week. Reading this thread makes me sicker. I just want to ride my bike

nilhg

Wanted to finish out the 20hr short days/long nights challenge on Strava and needed a 1hr 45min spin to do that so took off after lunch, it's bloody hard to cycle to a countdown clock......

Finished up doing 55km in 2hrs or so, glorious afternoon for the job, a bit of a chilly breeze out OK but I'm getting the hang of layering up for the conditions again now so was nice and toasty touring around East Offaly/West Kildare.

Some folk would say spins like that are nothing miles, not hard enough to be proper training but not easy enough to be recovery but I always enjoy them, there's time to enjoy the countryside and look over the neighbours hedges....

Wishbone Ash

nilhg wrote: »

....Some folk would say spins like that are nothing miles, not hard enough to be proper training but not easy enough to be recovery but I always enjoy them....

I hear that occasionally - "there're just junk miles" but I have no interest in the more technical aspects of cycling - HR rate, cadence, lactate levels, VO2 max, Zone this, Zone that etc.

I just like to ride my bikes.

Zyzz

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I hear that occasionally - "there're just junk miles" but I have no interest in the more technical aspects of cycling - HR rate, cadence, lactate levels, VO2 max, Zone this, Zone that etc.

I just like to ride my bikes.

..your santa list for a new Garmin 1000 with HR and cadence sensors says otherwise

dancrowley

Road race, yesterday... http://www.strava.com/activities/226370532

An extremely windy morning gave this large cyclist a lot of hassle (I'm basically a sail unless I'm in a super-aero position), but the tailwinds, when i had them, were fun. The average speed of the winner was 35.1kph, and the podium was basically chaps under 65kg

For perspective, the "Elites" race was twice the length and they finished with an average of 40kph...! I've some work to do!

Summary:
48.4km in 1:37:15 @ 29.9kph

Borderfox

Only had an hour today after work. 27km @ 29.4kmh put in some hard efforts. Wind was westerly 34km gusting