Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Brad768

Made the jump from 75km to 100km today with the club today kept myself fuelled properly and it was easier than expected. Only really went into the red once when we were about 15km from home and we were stepping up the pace whenever the drags came. Good day out and I came home dry for once!

Dotsie~tmp

Brad768 wrote: »

Made the jump from 75km to 100km today with the club today kept myself fuelled properly and it was easier than expected. Only really went into the red once when we were about 15km from home and we were stepping up the pace whenever the drags came. Good day out and I came home dry for once!

What kind of average pace did u keep stepping up.

Brad768

Dotsie~tmp wrote: »

What kind of average pace did u keep stepping up.

It wasn't as much as an up in pace, it was more of holding the pace we were holding on the flat. So around 30-35km/h. Strung out the group a bit so when they dropped the wheel in front of them, having to sprint past to keep up really took its toll

mirv

New land speed record for me going down the Wicklow Gap eastward, helped by a nice tailwind.



Paid for it sucking down a head/crosswind up the Glenmacnass side of the Sally Gap all the way until Rathfarnham.

Garzard

I tried to cycle to the Hellfire Club today at around 3:00 to take a break from the studying. It just got too hot eventually and started to feel sick before I was even halfway up. A lot of it I think also had to do with the fact that I haven't cycled in nearly a month. When I was in college and busy on the bike every day a cycle like this up the Wicklow Mts and even as far as the Sugarloaf was a piece of cake.

smacl

Shorts, t-shirt, inadvertently eating small bugs and even some mild sun-burn. Summer is here! A very mellow 120k covering Rathfarnham - Sally gap - Wicklow gap - Lacken - Sallygap - Rathfarnham, followed by a few cold beers in the garden with the family. Feeling pretty tired today though, WW200 in a couple of weeks is looking like it could be a struggle.

burger1979

I achieved my first 100Km's in Saturday, Navan to Raheny via Duleek, Bettystown, Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lush, Swords, Malahide. Average of 28 km/hr. I was rather pleased with myself for doing it. Total cycle time was 3hours 45 mins. Legs were pretty dead at the end and any sight of a rise in elevation sent them into dead zone.

smacl

Feeling quite fresh and strong going over the sally gap yesterday evening until I saw a guy struggling with his head down going the other direction, and realised the wind behind me might be less helpful going home. Saw a lot of fresh, strong looking cyclists going the other as I gritted my teeth on the return trip. Some of the holes in the Military road are now beyond funny, though I'd guess they'll send a car or bus into the ditch before troubling anyone on a bike.

Fengol

Went for a quick spin after work last night around Blarney. Only got about 7k into it when my left calf cramped up for a good 3-4 minutes solid. Worst I've had in a while and just couldn't put any power to the left pedal afterwards. Ended up calling it and looping back round home

t'bear

You'd think I would be over my rookie mistakes at this stage, but no, last night dinner was consumed at 6:10pm, ass landed on a saddle at 6:50pm followed by 53km with over 500m vertical. Oh how I suffered - it was noted by others that I was 'quite tonight' - thats because I was trying to keep my dinner down

buffalo

Howth was perfect yesterday evening, apart from all the midges. Had a grand chat with a lad called Ken in the summit carpark, carer for the IWA. Then rolled home.

mirv

Went up to top of The Featherbeds three times yesterday, twice by Stocking lane and once by Cruagh. 1290m vertical in 65.7km, average 24.4kph. My shoulders were crusty white with salt after that. Hopefully will be alright for the Mick Byrne 200 this weekend.

TonyStark

Quick spin to Kilcock from Maynooth before the evening closed in. Hello to the group with the tailwind that waved at me at the graveyard. It was nice to have it at my back coming home!

Jocry

A nice commute in and a decent one home this evening along the cycle track out from town, really feel the last two weeks my stamina, cadence, etc is finally improving! Roll on the summer

Zyzz

Good spin tonight, only 50km mind you. Got a KOM in the phoenix park thats been ridden over 5500 times, happy days

Felloffmebike

Nice 40k tonight with a group. Navan, over Tara, around by Dunsany and Kilmessan and back. Can't believe how cold it is for 22nd May though. Red legs.

burger1979

Holywood to Laragh and back again last night. Tailwind on the way out and the descent into Laragh was great, very few cars and just cruised down. Getting back though not so much fun, long uphill and into a strong enough wind with some pretty harsh gusts. Made for a cold enough cycle back to Holywood, all done in 2.25hours.

Felloffmebike - do you live in Navan? Were you out with a local club or anything?

Felloffmebike

Felloffmebike - do you live in Navan? Were you out with a local club or anything?[/QUOTE]

Yes I live in Navan. Not in a club. Spin with a few friends from work a couple of times a week.

loinnsigh

PB'd my 35k commute home yesterday evening (shaved 1min off - 1h10). Wind must have helped but it felt more like a side-wind than a tailwind. Oh and sunshine - the sunshine definitely helped.

nilhg

Bloody chilly this morning when I was leaving the house, the decision to drag out the winter tights and jacket for (hopefully) one last spin before summer was the right one warmed up a little before I got home but not much.

Garmin was acting up a little so distance recorded came up a bit short but a pleasant 38km spin to set me up for the Tour De Connemara, this time tomorrow, all going according to plan, we'll be on the way west.

marketty

PB'd the route into work yesterday morning thanks to the tailwind, but then had a pig of a headwind on the way home down the old N3. Beat that PB this morning so I'm expecting another battle on the return this evening! Have gotten into the top 25% on some popular local climbs in the past couple of weeks which I'm very happy with (not all wind assisted either I swear!)

on_the_nickel

I just found a fly in my earlobe, a reminder of this morning's ride.

triggermortis

Was just getting dressed for my ride when I heard rain hitting the velux window in the bedroom. Decided to ditch the shorts and opt for tights and arm warmers.
It didn't look too windy from the house but straight away I found it hard work even on the flats and downhill parts as I was dead into wind.
Had to stop after 8Km to put on my rain coat for a heavy shower that turned to hail! A few Km further and my hands were numb with cold (short finger gloves!!) so I wussed out and turned back for home.
Got a PB on the last hill home as the gale force wind was now behind me, so it wasn't al bad. Pretty miserable ride though, and it took me ages to warm up in the house after.

triggermortis

Better effort today, but the wind was still killing me. Managed 66Km - most of it seemed to be into the wind - at 27Kmh, which was a bit of a surprise as it felt slow a lot of the time.
http://app.strava.com/activities/55992785

lennymc

lovely commute in this morning with a tailwind. going home should be fun

Paul Kiernan

Really struggled in the wind and cold. Tights, Overshoes, winter gloves, still had cold fingers. Then hit a stone on the Glencree descent and punctured. Fitted a brand new tube only to find it had a huge hole in it:mad:. Fitted my other spare tube and cycled home very gingerly.

godtabh

138.5km Dublin to Athlone. Did it about 10mins quicker than the last time I did a similar (but shorter) route. A good work out. Great weather

mirv

Went to Featherbeds by Stocking Lane today. Started feeling the midges on my face as I crested and came to the end of the good tarmac on the Military Road, but once I turned back for the descent there was a full thick crosswind of midges. Not good news a sweaty sticky cyclist at the end of a climb. Absolutely disgusting, hope it's not so bad tomorrow.

smacl

Some day out today. Went Rathfarnham - Sallygap - Laragh - Rathdrum - Aughrim - Slieve mann - Shay Eliot - Laragh - Sallygap and home. Narrowly missed the Ras outside Aughrim, didn't even know it was going through Wicklow today until a chat outside Laragh with a chap on his way up Shay Elliot to view it. Also passed a number of runners doing the Wicklow way race, with them running up Slieve Mann. Nearly hit a deer on the SM descent, mother crossed the road well ahead of me and the foal only decided to follow when it realised I was going to pass between it and mum. Also got whacked by a gob****e in a car brandishing a wire coat hanger on the Military road on the way home for my sins. Type of thing that would usually freak me out but having such a nice day, it didn't really bother me. I had a good look at the fool that did it though, and if I seem him again, I'll take him to one side and most likely leave him there. 142k all in at my usual pedestrian 21kph. BBQ lit, first beer consumed, and any lost calories about to be replaced with interest.

Dotsie~tmp

Finglas to Dalkey then climbed Killiney hill from the west. My second climb after howth last week but I held out. Fast coast descent but too many people/blind turn to get past 55kmph. Horrible headwind all the way out but going home was sweet. 54k in all.

ford2600

smacl wrote: »

Some day out today. Went Rathfarnham - Sallygap - Laragh - Rathdrum - Aughrim - Slieve mann - Shay Eliot - Laragh - Sallygap and home. Narrowly missed the Ras outside Aughrim, didn't even know it was going through Wicklow today until a chat outside Laragh with a chap on his way up Shay Elliot to view it. Also passed a number of runners doing the Wicklow way race, with them running up Slieve Mann. Nearly hit a deer on the SM descent, mother crossed the road well ahead of me and the foal only decided to follow when it realised I was going to pass between it and mum. Also got whacked by a gob****e in a car brandishing a wire coat hanger on the Military road on the way home for my sins. Type of thing that would usually freak me out but having such a nice day, it didn't really bother me. I had a good look at the fool that did it though, and if I seem him again, I'll take him to one side and most likely leave him there. 142k all in at my usual pedestrian 21kph. BBQ lit, first beer consumed, and any lost calories about to be replaced with interest.

Enjoy bbq, nice ride.

A young deer is a fawn.

colm_gti

Golf del Sur to Teide visitor centre and back down the way I went up....strava says 3,100m in 95km, but realistically all of the climbing was in the first 47.5km...like nothing I've ever climbed before, no let up at all!

ford2600

colm_gti wrote: »

Golf del Sur to Teide visitor centre and back down the way I went up....strava says 3,100m in 95km, but realistically all of the climbing was in the first 47.5km...like nothing I've ever climbed before, no let up at all!

Put up the strava link.

Those climbs go on forever

colm_gti

http://app.strava.com/activities/56135976

mirv

You came pretty close to the KOM there. Think you can go 3 mins faster?

colm_gti

mirv wrote: »

You came pretty close to the KOM there. Think you can go 3 mins faster?

Haha maybe, I'll never know, shorter spin to vilaflor tomorrow before I give the rental bike back!

mirv

Gwan gwan gwan gwan, just leave for your spin an hour and a half earlier. I think you'll really piss off whoevers on the top of that list.

colm_gti

mirv wrote: »

Gwan gwan gwan gwan, just leave for your spin an hour and a half earlier. I think you'll really piss off whoevers on the top of that list.

Haha already planning to be on the road for 7am, I've used up all my permission slips for the holiday by now, ~250km and ~7000m ascent is enough for 4 days, time to relax and enjoy the rest of the holiday now

mirv

Yeah yeah, tell yourself that after you sherlock the hell out of that segment.

colm_gti

mirv wrote: »

Yeah yeah, tell yourself that after you sherlock the hell out of that segment.

Haha I don't think my legs have it in them to do that climb two days in a row!

kingoffifa

well done colm! i am at the very bottom of most of those segments! no let up at all is right. still some buzz when you get to the top!!

el medano - grandilla - vilaflor is a little less horrific.

ford2600

colm_gti wrote: »

Haha I don't think my legs have it in them to do that climb two days in a row!

Great climbing. Hired a bike in Girona few weeks back, felt more comfortable than my own on long days climbing.

Mountains near the sea, great for keeping everyone happy. Beach for the ladies, good cycling for the lads

colm_gti

Headed for Vilaflor from Granadilla this morning, definitely the lesser of the three evils from Golf del Sur anyway!

That's me done on the bike now til Rás Dhun na nGall on Friday Time to start repaying herself for my absence the last few mornings!

allez

legs were a bit tired today from friday's 115km cycle combined with work on saturday and little sleep, so i crept up around half nine to get a few rays before work started. just did a few repeats of killiney hill and got a coffee in dun laoghaire before heading home, 25km or so. was delighted to get a few top tens on strava inc a well earned 5th on the dalkey commons segment!

oh i could do with a few followers, il follow back xxx

http://app.strava.com/activities/56326035
http://app.strava.com/activities/56321601

Dotsie~tmp

allez wrote: »

legs were a bit tired today from friday's 115km cycle combined with work on saturday and little sleep, so i crept up around half nine to get a few rays before work started. just did a few repeats of killiney hill and got a coffee in dun laoghaire before heading home, 25km or so. was delighted to get a few top tens on strava inc a well earned 5th on the dalkey commons segment!

oh i could do with a few followers, il follow back xxx

http://app.strava.com/activities/56326035
http://app.strava.com/activities/56321601

Its a nice area to cycle alright. Good views.

wirelessdude01

Maynooth, Dunboyne, Summerhill, Kilcock, Maynooth. Average speed of 27.8km. Plenty of people out cycling and met the Rás in Kilcock.

rollingscone

Made my second attempt up to Cruagh Wood from Rathfarnham today.

Got my arse handed to me nicely, must have stopped at least a dozen times on the main climb. Kept it conservative on the descent down Stocking lane, confident that if I let my speed creep up over 40 I'd meet a car on the wrong side of the road.

Feathered so much that my hands cramped.

Had a nice brief chat with a fellow Cyclist who was hanging back for someone else on the way through Terenure village.

Getting up that hill without stopping is my new goal in life (I mean apart from making something of myself professionally and stuff...).

smacl

rollingscone wrote: »

Getting up that hill without stopping is my new goal in life (I mean apart from making something of myself professionally and stuff...).

Started back into cycling about threes years ago myself, and getting up Cruagh without a break was also my goal for the first couple of months. Then the sally gap. Then the Devils Elbow. Then Kippure. Then the Wall. Then 100k non-stop. B'stard sport keeps moving the goal posts.

Ole Rodrigo

110 KM today on the fixie at somewhere between 25 and 28 kph ( split between a dead garmin and iphone ). City Center out to Clonee and Trim , back through Summerhill and Lexlip. Thoroughly enjoyed it, sort of makes you work harder than you would have done without it.

Kingdom Man

went from killarney - kilgarven-kenmare up molls gap and back to killarney 80km lovely day for it.