Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

smacl

Rathfarnham - Cruagh - Sally gap - Seefin - home, 52k 21kph average. Very windy on the Military road and into the wind all the way to the gap. Had planned on a longer spin, but struggled hard to get as far as the cross roads and bailed at that point. Unreal descent towards Manor Kilbride, with a tail wind giving me my fastest speed to date on the bike of 78kph. Really need to get more hills in, as I'm finding them tougher than I should.

crosstownk

I'd planned to do Sally Gap from Manor Kilbride and back home across the Featherbeds but my chest is still a bit sore from last weeks spill. It gets worse the more I cycle and it seems to be aggravated by the constant jarring on our not smooth roads. The constant pain didn't do much for my motivation.

I turned left off the R759 and went up past the firing range and back home via Manor Kilbride rather than continue to Sally Gap. Similar distance but not as much climbing as I had planned. The surface on that road didn't help - at all

54km @ 23.3km/h, 444m.

Some ibuprofen and a few days off might do the trick.

Cee-Jay-Cee

38km @ 25kmph yesterday. Drumkeen Raphie Convoy and home.

It was beautiful day and optimum cycling conditions for this time of year. The wind was behind me the whole way (it seemed) as I never had a strong head wind or even a breeze In the face when travelling at speed. I don't really know how to explain it but it's like the wind direction was following me. Only for time restrictions I'd have gone much further.

ROK ON

23 km up and down Molls Gap with my eldest daughter (10) and her friend.
Interesting to see how comfortable both of them were on the descent.

smacl

ROK ON wrote: »

23 km up and down Molls Gap with my eldest daughter (10) and her friend.
Interesting to see how comfortable both of them were on the descent.

Fair play to them. Sneem or Killarney direction on the descent? Molls gap - Sneem descent has great visibility and more importantly a rocking pancake house en-route.

not yet

Dunboyne to the Ben Dunne gym in Blanch...

20 min in Steam room, 20 min in Jacuzzi and home, great way to shake of the hangover..

jober

Got 82k in
Headed from tallaght up thru blessington to Hollywood then did the lake drive then up balnascorney and home

Very annoying Creeking noise coming from bottom bracket area, time for a service I think

devonp

some hill training around the strawberry beds
57km 2:04m 27kph avg 456m
strava.com/activities/255223663

manafana

Thargor wrote: »

I needed a junk bike that I could leave locked at the DART station in Bray overnight so got this beast today out in Crumlin for €25:



Then cycled it 25 km Crumlin>Dundrum>Kilternan>Enniskerry>Bray in 90 minutes.

Its fine, the gears work, the brakes are terrible, the saddle is like an armchair its so comfortable, wrecks your legs though probably because it weighs about 3 tons. You realise how slow you're going when you're outside Enniskerry and the roadbikes start shooting past you like motorbikes. Absolutely wrecked now, bones feel like lead. For 25 quid you cant complain. Thanks to the guys in Wolfe Cycles on Sundrive Road for fixing the pedal for free for me.

pmsl

DMW22

ted1 wrote: »

Intresting to hear your view on cadence sensors. Must treat myself next payday

I think the cadence sensor is a massive addition to the bike. While I was getting into cycling again I was watching youtube vids and reading anything I could. Nearly everyone was saying you should be cycling at 70-90 rpm and hills around 80-100 rpm. As I had no idea what rpm I was doing I decided to get a cadence sensor.

I always preferred to spin a high gear rather than spin at high rpm. Over a few training sessions where I was trying to keep my average over 80 rpm I slowly seen an improvement and my legs don't seem to be as tired as they would be while mashing out a high gear.

I have also been working on being in the right gear before a hill or climb and be spinning at 90-100 rpm. Over the last 2 days when out with the club I have seen the benefits of being prepared early while other club members die as they have to change to a lower gear during the hill and end up losing momentum. I still have a lot to learn but I only have the garmin 510 3 weeks and already seeing improvements.

manafana

ted1 wrote: »

a good 55km this morning Killiney- dundrum-enniskerry-kilmacganouge- bray-dalkey -killiney

a good few hills, no overshoes so my toes were freezing, the rest of me was nice and toasty. the hills are killing me. Going to add on a few trips up killiney hill on my commute home. anyone got an tips for hill training?

https://www.strava.com/activities/255217622

avoid the big hills if you want keep improving, good paced flatter spins great for fitness and weight loss save the hills for now

Wishbone Ash

The_Sub wrote: »

No idea how it happened but I lost my pannier somewhere between work and home. Wallet, spares, and a few others bit gone. FML Country roads and drove the route when I got home but no sign of it. Raging.

The_Sub wrote: »

No cash, but cards and sentimental stuff. But I worked out about 120-150€ worth between bag, tools, gear etc.

I'd recommend beginning a dedicated thread on this as many may not read this thread. It's possible another cyclist/motorist/pedestrian picked it up and may be trying to identify you and get it back to you. It would also help if you gave a general idea of the route taken.

The Cycling pianist

Got out for my first proper spin in a good while this afternoon. Coming back from Enniskerry a guy sucked my wheel from the scalp filling station to Aiken's village. Eventually came up alongside me to tell me my bar tape was coming undone. And that he wants to do the Wicklow 200 this year.

If you're reading this, you're welcome.

Unknown Soldier

ted1 wrote: »

Intresting to hear your view on cadence sensors. Must treat myself next payday

Personally, if I could go back in time in cycling terms, it's probably the first thing I'd have gotten for the bike, knowing what I know now. I had the sensor for months before I fitted it.

It's probably the only bit of data that I pay attention too while cycling*. Makes a world of difference and really changes the way you cycle, plus time flies by when you are concentrating on it

When you get one, you'll understand

*(I'm a leisure and commuter bike user, for the record.)

Wishbone Ash

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Personally, if I could go back in time in cycling terms, it's probably the first thing I'd have gotten for the bike, knowing what I know now. I had the sensor for months before I fitted it. Makes a world of difference and really changes the way you cycle....

It's something I've never used or even considered. Perhaps I should. I adjust gearing according to what my legs/lungs/heart are telling me.

One thing I've noticed though, is that I generally use a higher gearing/lower cadence on a club ride than when solo. For example, when going up Howth in a group (Sutton side) I'll stay in the big ring but would rarely do it when solo.

drogdub

I decided to try a new route today down to Lusk from Drogheda amd back by the hills in around North County Dublin and Meath. Don't know the roads but how hard could it be to get back to Drogheda? Headed up to Ballyboughal and Garretstown I heard of both, then I saw i sign for Ardcath which I also heard of. After Ardcath, I had to make the decision to either head for Bellewstown or Stamullen, decided to go for Bellewstown. Got to Bellewstown then took a wrong turn and then took a second wrong turn when I ignored a sign for Duleek and went the opposite way think that I would end up on the Julianstown to Duleek road nearer to Drogheda. I soon realised that this was wrong when I ended up back in Ardcath! So retraced by route as far a sign for Stamullen, took this road as I know how to get back from there. I was feeling good but starting to get a little tired and hoping to come across somewhere for a quick coffee. Finally got to a sign for Drogheda and followed it. When I saw the Drogheda skyscape I actually blew it a kiss Was delighted and relieved when I got to the motorway bridge at Darridstown. for the first time in over two hours I knew exactly where I was.

Despite the fact that at times I didn't know where I was, got lost and went in circles I loved every minute of it. Ended up doing 90KM and was still fairly flying by the end. Probably could have done another 10km no problem to bring it up to a round 100km, mainly because I brought enough food. It was getting late and had to be home. Great cycling around there, nice quite roads with some good training.

Wishbone Ash

drogdub wrote: »

...and Garretstown..

Garristown - probably the highest ground in NCD.

drogdub

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Garristown - probably the highest ground in NCD.

Ooops, certainly felt high

neris

Sometimes those spins where you take the wrong turn or are undecided on the route choosing turns as you go can be the most enjoyable

Dcully

First sportive of 2015 under the belt yesterday @ the Ned Flanagan my local event so no excuses.
This time last year i had yet to get out for any sort of spin.


https://www.strava.com/activities/255164421

OldBean

First non-turbo cycle with my new Garmin today - It really changes how you ride - Was able to keep my cadence between 80 and 90 for pretty much all of the 30km.

I also didn't really realise how fast I cycled, there's one flat stretch on the way into town that I always take around the same pace as a warmup. Looked down and saw I was plugging along at 34-36km/h. Although hitting a nasty headwind on the return and seeing 17-19km/h was pretty depressing.

Orion

Galway Cycle training both days this weekend. Most I've done in one weekend and over half in two days than I did in all of Jan. Legs feeling it last night so dug out the foam roller to work out the kinks.

https://www.strava.com/activities/255218760 - same route on Saturday and Sunday.

Bloggsie

well done Orion.

i will need stabilizers when I back into the saddle, September 5th was my last spin!

Amprodude

60km yesterday at 30km/h avg speed. 83km today at 26.4 km/h. Bring.on the racing season.

Don't Chute!

Just a quick 22kms around Greystones tonight. Cannot wait for the bright evenings now! Got a fright though coming through the town when a van pulled out from a carpark and had to hit the brakes hard. However there is a new surface which was put down recently and it's like glass to cycle on so the brakes did nothing. Luckily the driver saw me at the last minute and stopped. Very close call though.

Unknown Soldier

Can I take the snow tyres off my cBoardman now?

Anyone?

It's a helluva slog tbh

15km in the morning and 19 home is tough

zl1whqvjs75cdy

40 km in an hour on the turbo at 75% max heart rate. Trying to build the base endurance a bit more.

not yet

Dunboyne to Ballyfermot through the park 20k Wind in my mush all the way, and don't you know..it'll still be in my mush on the way home..

One of gods little miracles..

OldBean

Short spin cut shorter this morning. The south side of Dublin City seems to be absolutely coated in broken glass, got my first ever puncture on my Panaracer Pasalas, after a lot of KM over what I thought would be a lot worse.

Was too short on time/patience to fix it myself, so just dropped it in to get fixed up.

Frustrating.

Bloggsie

not yet wrote: »

Dunboyne to Ballyfermot through the park 20k Wind in my mush all the way, and don't you know..it'll still be in my mush on the way home..

One of gods little miracles..

Shure, it wouldnt be normal if it wasnt in your mush on the return leg, with some numpty hanging on your back wheel letting you do all the work!