Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Mugser

Over the Mahon Falls as part of a 100k 'spin'. Saw 1 or 2 others up there too.

colm_gti

Out for a lovely short recovery spin in the sun on the TT bike. Met a girl from Swords CC on my way home that happened to live around the corner from me, there are more cyclists in my estate!!

Zyzz

66km done today, heading from Howth to the Phoenix Park through town..car absolutely blasts through a red light along the quays (if a pedestrian had stepped out they'd have ended up in the Liffey..).

I catch up, knock on the window and ask if he knew what a red light was..he asked me did I know what a Garda car was while giving me a ear full of his siren (unmarked car), I ask him if he was on a call, he said no, I ask why he broke the light then, his response..

"..because I can" and drives off









Cowboys Ted.

bcmf

Went out for a nice day off spin towards Howth.
Had changed the battery in the data display device on Sun after it gave some strange readings.
Looking at it early into the spin and thinking I am going shocking slow although I feel like I am going faster.
When I got close to where I know is approx 8km I checked the device and it read 4.65
The penny drops. I never set it to KM/H and it was reading in M/H.
Spent most of the ride converting.

Brad768

Quick 20km spin, lovely weather over here! Speed is slowly going up and avg heart rate is slowly decreasing, yay improvements!

Jocry

Covered near 70km commuting the last two days and it has been divine, beats the rain and cold of the past few months!

Felloffmebike

Quick spin tonight. Just under 30k. Two good hills. Tara from the steep side (Bellinter) and then the narrow road up to Mrs Os on the Hill of Skryne. Nice downhill run back to Navan. First midweek after work spin this year. Nice.

Skrynesaver

colm_gti wrote: »

Out for a lovely short recovery spin in the sun on the TT bike. Met a girl from Swords CC on my way home that happened to live around the corner from me, there are more cyclists in my estate!!

I believe I saw you going over Tara @ 8:30ish

colm_gti

Skrynesaver wrote: »

I believe I saw you going over Tara @ 8:30ish

Wasn't me, stayed local enough yesterday, must be someone else out there on a similar routine

nilhg

A little chilly at first this morning but enjoyed a nice spin around West Kildare, somehow managed to route myself through 7 sets of traffic lights in Kildare Town which is a bit of a PITA.

Darkglasses

Just home from my first 100km cycle, a really fantastic day out for the most part. A moderate pace down and around the Ring of Hook, then over to Kilmore and then home. A few worrying moments between 60-70km, was feeling fairly sick and generally not all that happy. Once I was back on roads that I knew well, had a little bite to eat I was back on track and feeling good. Stunning weather to boot.

Two pretty sweet moments. First of all, the cafe at the lighthouse on Hook head. Decent cake with a decent view I think you'll agree.

Also, the random tap at the side of the road at Baginbun. Cool, tasty water was very, very welcome. Filled my bottles and had a little shower. Fantastico.

http://app.strava.com/activities/51936100

Zyzz

60km tonight, out to Howth, to the airport and then home through town.

Going down the Sutton side of Howth hill, trundling along at around 60km/h...to my actual amazement, some a*sehole starts beeping at me and then over takes..the speed limit is fookin 60km/h :mad: not only was it completely reckless and dangerous but to beep a cyclist at that speed..

Then on the way out to the airport I was overtaken by a 'LAD' in his parents car on a bloody S bend..never have I seen such idiocy.. :mad:

How I havent been seriously injured on the bike is beyond me

ford2600

Short holiday in Cataloynia. Rented a bike in Girona and did a hilly 158km in mountains west of Girona.
Wss here last yesr too, great place to cycle. Very mannerly drivers, super surfaces and the scenery is stunning.
Nice bikes in Dan's shop to, cannondale super six.
Great grub too!

RobFowl

ford2600 wrote: »

Short holiday in Cataloynia. Rented a bike in Girona and did a hilly 158km in mountains west of Girona.
Wss here last yesr too, great place to cycle. Very mannerly drivers, super surfaces and the scenery is stunning.
Nice bikes in Dan's shop to, cannondale super six.
Great grub too!

Planning summer hols there, would appreciate details of the bike hire places !

ford2600

RobFowl wrote: »

Planning summer hols there, would appreciate details of the bike hire places !

Rented bike, cannondale super six, in girona cycle centre. Second time using them. €25/day.
Shop part owned by Dan Martin.

Where will you be staying? On coast or Girona?
PM me in a few days and I'll email you links to a the routes I did, if you like to climb. Mountain roads are really quite.

MTBing seems very popular, which I'll do on next visit.

Did I mention the food? Dinner for two with wine came to €36. Calamari to start followed by rabbit stew..

Cookie_Monster

Cycled to my wedding today. Enfield to Kilbeggan, 52km

derealbadger

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Cycled to my wedding today. Enfield to Kilbeggan, 52km

You never get a puncture when you need one:D

mossym

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Cycled to my wedding today. Enfield to Kilbeggan, 52km

there is a joke about ride, saddle, wedding day somewhere there but for the life of me i can't think of what it might be:)

well done though..:)

G rock

Following a give week lay off due to some itb trouble and a holiday, I went out this morning on the first longish (90k) spin since the virginia 300 back in march.

It's depressing how quickly you lose fitness; hr was in the red all morning. To add insult to injury I got the worst case of the knock I've ever experienced-dizziness, trouble seeing, going all over the road. 5k from home I had to call the OH to get some food brought out by car to me before i hit the deck

Embarrassing

feck sake lads

G rock wrote: »

Following a give week lay off due to some itb trouble and a holiday, I went out this morning on the first longish (90k) spin since the virginia 300 back in march.

It's depressing how quickly you lose fitness; hr was in the red all morning. To add insult to injury I got the worst case of the knock I've ever experienced-dizziness, trouble seeing, going all over the road. 5k from home I had to call the OH to get some food brought out by car to me before i hit the deck

Embarrassing

i got the nock last week lucky enough i had loads of food with me, i wasn't one bit embarressed can happen to anyone.
well done on the 300 audex mega respect.:cool:

josealdo

60km hills and wind , average speed 26kph , good , i'm only out since feb . heading to alps in june !!!

seanin4711

61km head wind in all directions and one or two nice hills taboot!Ran the marathon last year out there so thought it would be a nice spin en velo also!!!
proved to be the case.
Next time i will try to start at oughterard making it 100km +
https://maps.google.ie/maps?saddr=Maam+Cross,+Co.+Galway&daddr=recess+to:kylemore+pass+hotel+to:leenane+to:maam+cross&hl=en&ll=53.525615,-9.686165&spn=0.165111,0.308647&sll=53.525615,-9.686508&sspn=0.165111,0.308647&geocode=FUSsLwMdBGtu_ylx8Y5Qps5bSDFiGrsZqMcAJg%3BFbjRLwMdyqBr_ymlmQjW_zJaSDGSDMcZqMcAJg%3BFepTMQMdtPlp_yF1LmDdY3cMpCnXtksmmedcSDF1LmDdY3cMpA%3BFczNMQMdNBhs_ykrFpBXWtNbSDEQDjKXqccACg%3BFUSsLwMdBGtu_ylx8Y5Qps5bSDFiGrsZqMcAJg&mra=ls&t=m&z=12

Bloch

Went out by Cappagh hospital across the M50 and through industrial estates (very quiet) then on to Ratoath, then the Skryne road to Skryne (2 pubs and a medieval ruin).
It was 10 degrees and ferociously windy, so I turned back to Ratoath, had a warming cup of tea in Centra, then did a few extra kilometres on small local roads to get in 100 kilometres by the time I got home.
By the time I got home it was about 13 degrees and sunny.
Lovely road from Ratoath to Skryne though.

Jocry

Armed with two energy drinks, nutri-bar, a banana, and most importantly a packet of jelly babies I completed my first 100km this morning (Howth -> Malahide -> Swords Airport -> Naul -> back through Malahide -> coast road -> Howth! Only new to cycling, generally just commute to and from work in town but managed the 100km in 3:58hrs with a five minute break so I'm chuffed with having reached my first milestone Legs feel a tiny bit tired now by overall grand, just waiting for it to hit me in the morning lol.....One thing I must say, out around the Naul has some nice roads for cycling! Roll on my next long ride, I'm hooked on the sport now

pelevin

I cycled up to Lidl & got some groceries. All in all there & back about 4.5 km or maybe a bit more. Tobh didn't take much out of me.

t'bear

76k on rolling roads from Coleraine to letterkenny in a vicious wind for Cancer care. Brother in law volunteered me. Grouped then dropped. Grouped again and dropped. Finished just behind first group. Happy enough with avg today though.

Darkglasses

Pure frustration on the roads today. Apparently the risks of overtaking at 80 kph around a totally blind corner with a solid white line with on-coming traffic just doesn't register with people. I'm too ****ing nice! Far too many people have died at that corner, one school friend of mine included, and one cyclist last year.

Must make a mental note to just not take it personally and stay calm. Use a camera and report it if I want.

alexanderomahon

Dublin to Athlone and now heading off to Galway. Cycle4 haiti. Quite a few sore heads at the breakfast tables around me

c0rk3r

Had my bike shipped over to Melbourne a month ago (65euro with anpost!). Got myself one of those garmin computers too. I've got to says its probably my most prized gadget at the moment. Absolutely love it.

So instead of telling you about my cycle i can show you !

http://connect.garmin.com/player/307857901

Unfortunately the power crapped out after late 85km-ish into the 100km ride

Heres the ozzies take on Chamois cream

Mugser

90km. The 1st 40km or so into a stiff headwind had me looking forward to a nice tailwind for the homeward leg. No such luck. :rolleyes: Still thoroughly enjoyable mornings excercise. Took me the guts of 4 hrs all in.

Surveyor11

104km around Meath, moving time 3:38 with a coffee break in Tara. Average speed 30km / hr, which I was happy with. First day out in summer gear as well.

josealdo

90km, 27kph average , tandem , great ride , really enjoyed , summer gear on . all good .

denbatt

77k with company for a change, couple of Kom's to cap my week off nicely:D

http://app.strava.com/activities/52432194

reilig

100km tour of sligo. My second ever 100km. Very enjoyable. Very sore and tired - I suppose it's a good sign.

Brad768

72km spin today. Did an extra 10km loop instead of stopping with the club. Added around another 25minutes on to the journey. Tried to catch the group on the way back but ended up coming in 5 minutes after they arrived back. Still, was good training for when I get dropped next year when I plan to race

djemba djemba

Only planned to set out for a short spin,but with the weather so good and I was enjoying it so ended up going around the Sally Gap for the first time. Finished up doing 70km or so.

funnights74

reilig wrote: »

100km tour of sligo. My second ever 100km. Very enjoyable. Very sore and tired - I suppose it's a good sign.

As steve cram commented during the recent london marathon "The aches and pains will go away but the satisfaction that you did it will remain with you forever."

Was in Kerry and we headed from Killarney over to Glengarriff and back, 115Km and a lot of climbing, cool and drizzly but it's kerry and a tail wind coming back to help us along.

f1000

Out to Howth and back today & yesterday. Big headwind on the way back both days, made for a lot of cursing the wind. Was marginally easier today with some effort involved. Looks like the wind direction is to change tomorrow and will give it another blast tomorrow. Good to see so many out enjoying the good spell.

detones

First 100k done on Tour of Sligo. Great event, so well organised. Different class to other sportive i have done. Been recovering from knee trouble this year so well happy to finish pain free. Must have been a thousand cyclist on this. Super experience. Really chuffed with myself was a tough enough route but the hill climbing training I have been doing around North County Dub really paid off. Ladies Brae was the big climb and it came early which was good at around 35k. paced myself on it and made full use of the granny was surprised when I reached the top as I thought it would be longer! Fair few lads ended up walking in parts. First food stop wad at 50k but decided to keep going as was in with a nice group an and hit the one at 70k. Got in with a group from a Longford club airhorn and all for the last 15 and the finished with a nice flurry.

Only tarnish on the day was the Tw@t with the aero bars and ear phones in who nearly took me out 20k in but successfully managed to take 2 or 3 lads down. The organisers must have said they both were not allowed 10times at the start. I honestly would have slapped him had he knocked me off. It's amazing in every group of people of a large size there is always one ;-)

Until next year and the 160!

Jocry

After doing the 100km yesterday, was in no humour to part in consumption of alcohol last night even though a babysitter was organised so it was early to bed! Up early this morning myself and herself went for a leisurely 30km spin out around Malahide and back and was delightful for a number of reason, 1) first thing this morning was beautiful, 2) life feels so much better without a hangover and tbh the kick from feeling so good knowing that you're not hungover and enjoying the cycling much more for this reason is brilliant, 3) the coffee and pastries from the Avoca shop in Malahide Castle are gorgeous

RobFowl

Nice and quick spin sat am, 80k around North County Dunlin with good company from some of Swords CC.
Sunday did the Vets race in Drumree on a cirucuit new to me. 88k at 36kph with me being unusually active in the first lap especially and actually dragging group up hills (glorified drags!). Abolutely shagged after ans much to the annoyance of Mrs Fowl spent the rest of the day dozing and being half there!.
All in all an enjoyable weekend on the bike and a short family spin today beckons..

07Lapierre

140k on Saturday, 70k on Sunday and another 70k around Wicklow today... Weather is great and you cant beat cycling in Wicklow when the sun shines! ( off home now to beg forgiveness from the missus for abandoning her for the weekend)

Cushtie

first tme out on the bike in about 18 months today. have signed up to do a charity cycle at the end of June so alot of traing to do.

Did around 30Km, all relatively flat. last few Kms home were into a stiff breeze, would have been faster walking seriously unfit and ass on fire :eek:

any training tips greatly appreciated.

funnights74

Cushtie wrote: »

first tme out on the bike in about 18 months today. have signed up to do a charity cycle at the end of June so alot of traing to do.

Did around 30Km, all relatively flat. last few Kms home were into a stiff breeze, would have been faster walking seriously unfit and ass on fire :eek:

any training tips greatly appreciated.

Eat less, cycle more.

detones

funnights74 wrote: »

Eat less, cycle more.

Funny I cycle more so I can eat more ;-)

To the chap looking for traing advice I can only pass on what I learned. Make sure your bikes set up right and comfortable. Build up the miles gradually. Say no more than 5% more miles per cycle Don't over do it you make all you gains in your rest days. No point cycling7 days in a row and killing yourself with ni time for recovery. Try and eat healthier (though I haven't) and think about joing a club when your able for 50k or so or even less, that will really bring you along.

Mercian Pro

First 100 of the year from Glasnevin to Drogheda and Bettystown and home again. Out and back on the R122, one of my favourite roads in NCD to avoid my least favoured, the R132 (old N1). Thought I was going pretty well somewhere between Oldtown and the Naul when I saw a leaf blowing down the road towards me. Cheered me up no end until I turned for home in Morninton and realised I had had a following breeze all the way out despite the bloody leaf. Paid for it too on the way home but a really enjoyable cycle despite this.

Fanny Biscuit

I went out to Dun Laoghaire saturday, 48K. This was only my second time back out on the bike since June last year. Great to be back out, didn't realise how much i missed it.

wirelessdude01

On Sunday I did Drogheda, Duleek, Julianstown, Balbriggan, Skerries and then straight back into Drogheda. Lovely cycle in 2hrs 15mins.
Road from Duleek to Julianstown has a savage surface.

mossym

went out in a group in an effort to help the stiffness after the great limerick run yesterday . seemed to work, a fast 70k. was feeling good, but knew towards end legs hadn't a lot left. punctured 500m from home, decided to walk it so as not to waste a co2 cartridge, by the time i got home legs had stiffened up completely and been beyond sore since. might do a nice easy spin tomorrow

Zyzz

130km done today, shade over 5 hours..sun was so nice..and I actually got burnt :pac: