Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Bloch

Scouted out the first part of th Wicklow 200. Took the Dart to Bray, then cycled Roundwood->Laragh->Wicklow Gap -> Hollywood, and then speeded downhill all the way back to the city centre.

I thought the climb up to the Wickow Gap was manageable. Hoping that there is nothing harder (steeper) along the rest of the route.
My average speed was pretty low -- about 18.6kph by the time I rolled into Hollywood. But there are some long flattish sections to make up time on the wya to Baltinglass and beyond.

Hoping to scout out some other parts of the route next week.

rollingscone

Slight improvement on the Cruagh Climb tonight.

Still stopped a couple of times, but less, was passed by someone in a red specialized jersey making it look easy.

Actually really enjoyed descending back down the same route, kept it to under 40kph but found the cornering quite nice to glide through.

triggermortis

Did my usual loop today for the first time in a while. Legs were sore all weekend after 2 days out in the wind last week.
Did my fastest time over the 55Km loop yet, but just failed to get in under 2 hours (2.00.11) - but I only noticed I might be able to do it 15K from home and upped my pace. Wind was still a nuisance today too...

http://app.strava.com/activities/56940982#

Max_Charger

70Kms around west Cork this morning, with the weather it's Gods cycling country. First time this year I had to put on sun-cream!

on_the_nickel

I lost 8 KOMs since Saturday. Took out a bit of my frustration this morning.

http://app.strava.com/activities/56923659

rollingscone

Back up Cruagh road again today, after a day's self enforced rest and wit the psychological edge of knowing my bike was not geared for climbing.

Only stopped once for knackeredness and once for sweat induced blindness.

Good times. Feel guitly now for only doing 20km.

tunguska

Had to work early on saturday last(25th) and knew I wouldnt get any training in after due to champions league final and Froch fight so got up at 5:30am and headed up the dublin mountains. I did hill repeats, where its a steady climb of about 2.75 miles to viewpoint. It was amazing though. Had the place to myself, no cars, nothing just the birds singing in the trees and the cock-a doodle-do lad doing his thing. Blue skies above and not a breath of wind. At the end I had a few minutes to sit on a wall and look down at the city, the silence and sense of peace was unreal. Best training spin ever.

rp

Took the scenic route home from work, to increase my km's in the European Cycling Challenge (ends Friday), got lost out back of Kilcock and ended up doing 62km rather than the usual 25km. But what an evening to get lost! Might turn out to have been the nicest day of the summer...

Amprodude

Did 30km today. First road cycle since my 105km at start of Feb before my accident. Great to be back on bike again.

Mercian Pro

Five very enjoyable circuits of the Park tonight averaging about 18 mins each. No idea how that rates as I follow Rule 74 but it felt good. Beautiful evening and hopefully many more to come.

micar

Did my usual cycle to work. round trip 45km.
Heading down chuch street towards the river, car heading northwards turning right onto Marys lane decides to see if he can cross over before i arrive. Epic fail, had to pull the brakes, wet slippery road, wheels gave way, down i went for a slide along the road. Hip, elbow and shoulder took a hit. Thank god for the helmet. realised when I got into work that the screen of phone shattered. it was in my ruck sack.

triggermortis

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/320214112

planned to do a longer and slower spin today. First idea was to head to Monaghan town, but the wind was killing me so i turned off by the GAA training grounds at Cremartin. Don't know the area too well so just followed signs to Ballybay, then I knew how to get home. 83.5Km in 3hrs 10 wasn't too bad I thought, especially as I only managed 24K in the first hour..

AlanD

After being out on the bike Sunday, Monday & Tuesday, I was ready to take a break, but the sun was telling me to go again, so I went out for a great spin, 30k from Annacotty to Birdhill http://app.strava.com/activities/56964231

Broke a few PR's on the way which was really pleasing.

Guill

AS there seems to be some sort of fire ball thingy in the sky i decided to go for a 10k at lunch time to relieve the stress. Got 500 meters down the road and an artic (which I had noticed from about 100 meters away) decided to pull out just as I was passing, he was turning right and took up the whole road quickly. Luckily enough there was a curb I could go up on and get out of the way. I hopped front wheel up but back wheel took an awful thump. Burst the back tire and I'd say I was lucky not to buckle it. I got off the bike and forced the lorry to stop where I proceeded to give him my colourful view on the incident and him.

Spent the rest of my lunch break changing tire.

So much for stress relief.

allez

After work spin with some nasty short climbs for the craic, got to try out my new ultegra pedals which seem quiet delicious. Feel free to follow me on strava too always nice to see other local lads and their achievements around the area

http://app.strava.com/activities/57150488

Felloffmebike

55k. Navan - Bective - Jack Quinns - Laracor X - Summerhill - Dunsany - Kilmessan and home. Lovely evening. Getting fitter. Sailing up some of the hills that killed me last year.

donegaldude

54k in 2 hrs tonight, out the macroom road over the windy gap to coach ford dripsey and home, happy out, great evening for it though the headwind on the way out was a bit annoying. Must get out more starting to catch the bug again!

Zorba

Had my usual commute into work today, felt great going in thinking how great it is to be cycling in rather than in the car.

Got into work quicker than usual, tail wind helped, had a nice warm shower and was drying myself off when i realised i left me socks and jocks at home

Sooo was thinking maybe run up to Dunnes and buy some cheap ones, but i can't cos i'm on the feckin bike and not in the car so decided there's only one thing for it, i'll have to wear me cycling socks which thankfully were dry and go commando for the rest of the day !

Must say it felt very airy and kinda weird. Pulling up my zip was a nerve racking experience but i got through it in one piece, thank feck me work clothes were in me locker or i would have been rightly screwed

Done the 45k commute in 1hr 33mins by the way seen as this is a tell us about your cycle today thread and not tell us how u forgot your socks and jocks thread !

DaveyDave

Pretty tough Lucan to Ticknock spin today, walked from the car park up because I just wasn't up for the climbs today and struggled most of the way home, hunger and fatigue were creeping up on me making the light headwind pretty tough. I did 10km or so before while running errands though so all in all got a pretty good sweat worked up. I died a little inside when three lads breezed past me on the climb up even though a 16kg hardtail from Lucan is a bit more work than a higher end bike from the car park up, but still...I'll get a new bike someday

peposhi

Had a back injury 3 weeks a go and only getting back now to normal. Did a short cycle this eve, 17km. With the new bike is much easier.. Places I'd struggle before now were a song

Cee-Jay-Cee

55k this evening. Letterkenny>Glenswilly>trentagh and back. Took a tad over 2 hrs as there was a strongish headwind on the way out but it died away to nothing on the return. Was a beautiful evening for it but noticed a distinct lack of cyclists on the route today as its generally a very poplar road/route.

doozer16

Guill wrote: »

AS there seems to be some sort of fire ball thingy in the sky i decided to go for a 10k at lunch time to relieve the stress. Got 500 meters down the road and an artic (which I had noticed from about 100 meters away) decided to pull out just as I was passing, he was turning right and took up the whole road quickly. Luckily enough there was a curb I could go up on and get out of the way. I hopped front wheel up but back wheel took an awful thump. Burst the back tire and I'd say I was lucky not to buckle it. I got off the bike and forced the lorry to stop where I proceeded to give him my colourful view on the incident and him.

Spent the rest of my lunch break changing tire.

So much for stress relief.

Fair Play for f**ing him out of it, you should have memorised the reg and reported him to his employers and the cops.
Also, good 'tekkers' to hop the curb at what sounds like high speed :-)

triggermortis

Got out for the third day in a row, which is a first for me and did 66Km to bring my 3 day total to 202Km. Wanted to do the Tour of Louth on Sunday but got other things on.

Bloch

Set out through the Phoenix park, out the backroads to Summerhill, then backtracked and went through Dunsany village, close to Tara, then to Skryne and then I was in a place called Kentstown, and then I was on a very narrow stony road ....

I didn't have a map or a device with me, so basically I don't know where I went or what my route was, but I saw a signpost to Ratoath and when I got home there was 130km on the clock.
Last long trip before the W200.

sy

Bloch wrote: »

Set out through the Phoenix park, out the backroads to Summerhill, then backtracked and went through Dunsany village, close to Tara, then to Skryne and then I was in a place called Kentstown, and then I was on a very narrow stony road ....

I didn't have a map or a device with me, so basically I don't know where I went or what my route was, but I saw a signpost to Ratoath and when I got home there was 130km on the clock.

You were in Meath :P

hatch03

Did the Croi cycle today, 74ish miles around Lough Corrib. First time doin that kind of milage, v tired now but well satisfied, congrats to everyone who completed it. Thanks Croi

denbatt

Down in Beara visiting my folks. Did a 60k loop taking in the healy pass from cork into kerry and home. Got my personal record up the pass ranking 7th on strava. Did the whole loop in under two hours averaging 31kmph. I am buzzing now, just one of those good form days.

quozl

Did 27k today around rathmines, ranelagh, clonskeagh, UCD, grand canal cycle-path and the city centre.

I only learnt to ride a bike 4 weeks ago so I'm chuffed. Also loving my first cycle computer which I got yesterday, so that now I actually know how far I've gone

funnights74

2 days of it, was down around west cork yesterday. Kinsale-Timoleague-Clonakilty and back to cork 125 Km's after having the flu last week. Today a loop around cappoquin the vee twice over and back from clogheen and lismore. The vee isn't the hardest climb out there but is it the longest? 13 Km from Lismore to the top on a s++t surface which still has me aching!!.

Wishbone Ash

CJC999 wrote: »

55k this evening. Letterkenny>Glenswilly>trentagh and back

I feature somewhere in the Strava segments around there. They stick in my memory because I suffered the biggest rain showers around Glenswilly I have ever experienced in this country. Only in Calcutta can I recall heavier rain!

quozl wrote: »

I only learnt to ride a bike 4 weeks ago

Well done. I met a girl at work a few weeks ago who had never been on a bike. I thought it was incredible.

funnights74 wrote: »

The vee isn't the hardest climb out there but is it the longest? 13 Km from Lismore to the top on a s++t surface which still has me aching!!.

I'm hoping to do it soon. I've heard it described as a "tight climb" - whatever that means! It's only an average of 2.5% from Lismore but I suppose that's a drag when it goes on for 13kms.

Zyzz

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I feature somewhere in the Strava segments around there. They stick in my memory because I suffered the biggest rain showers around Glenswilly I have ever experienced in this country. Only in Calcutta can I recall heavier rain!

....it wasn't rain..






:pac::pac:

lizzylad84

tour of louth 105km in 3hrs 58....

funnights74

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I feature somewhere in the Strava segments around there. They stick in my memory because I suffered the biggest rain showers around Glenswilly I have ever experienced in this country. Only in Calcutta can I recall heavier rain!

Well done. I met a girl at work a few weeks ago who had never been on a bike. I thought it was incredible.

I'm hoping to do it soon. I've heard it described as a "tight climb" - whatever that means! It's only an average of 2.5% from Lismore but I suppose that's a drag when it goes on for 13kms.

It goes on for an eternity, the first 3 or 4 kms the surface is fine but after that you're just bouncing your way to the top. The climb from the clogheen side is excellent, a joy to cycle, and don't worry you won't be alone there's plenty of sheep to keep you company up there.

SomeFool

From my spin home last week, really nice night for a cycle otherwise!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfVbDXD-r5U

t'bear

SomeFool wrote: »

From my spin home last week, really nice night for a cycle otherwise!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfVbDXD-r5U

Bloody hell!

Zyzz

SomeFool wrote: »

From my spin home last week, really nice night for a cycle otherwise!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfVbDXD-r5U

Strong username to youtube video content correlation :pac:



Seriously though what a knob, was your shifter knocked out of place by the impact?

SomeFool

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Seriously though what a knob, was your shifter knocked out of place by the impact?[/QUOTE]

Only a fraction, rear disk caliper took most of the bang i think, needed new pads anyway, got some fright though!

Zyzz

SomeFool wrote: »

Only a fraction, rear disk caliper took most of the bang i think, needed new pads anyway, got some fright though!

Nothing too costly then Fair dues sticking out the red light mind you!

donegaldude

68k today, out macroom road, turned left somewhere and went on into bandon and back to the city, 2hrs 38 with 715m of gain average 26kph. Happy enough.

Yesterday was 62km, cork-inishannon-kinsale-halfway-cork in 2hrs 15 and 470m of gain. Getting to like this bike malarky again!

Felloffmebike

67k starting Navan on to Kells - Athboy - Kildalkey - Trim - Dunderry - Robinstown and home. Suffered every km though for some reason. Nothing felt right at any stage. No energy, legs dead, bike felt as sluggish as I did, slipping a gear. Met a freezing cold shower just coming into Trim. And then discovered I had knocked off the GPS by accident in Kildalkey. Maybe just as well. Not sure I'd want to see all the stats from that spin. Glad to be home. Shower, coffee and cheeses sandwich and I'll be grand again.

kendragon

Finally got out and done a 40k cycle from Limerick, out the Croom bypass, and back. Delighted with myself as its been months since I done any proper cycling.. A couple of km from home and a bus practically sideswipes me, forcing my into the curb and I came off the bike. No injuries thank god. Bike has a few scrapes. Blood was boiling after it though. Road was quiet and it just felt like complete bullying to me.

SomeFool

Zyzz wrote: »

Nothing too costly then Fair dues sticking out the red light mind you!

Only need to break a red light when this happens :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNjkDb24-zE

Felloffmebike

SomeFool wrote: »

Only need to break a red light when this happens :pac:

Dead right. Time to get out of there. I like the nonchalant whistling as you leg it ...

allez

tough oul day out! weather blew me up but its was nice, eyes are stinging from the sweaty salt on them haha. Phone went awol after shay elliot but i tackled slieve mann for the first time this year too, so we can add some more time and more elevation to my strava reading. also spotted a boards jersey at the summit of glenmacnass waterfall, hello to you

http://app.strava.com/activities/57950526

NamelessPhil

Thanks for the company on the way back after Glenmacnass today allez!

allez

no problem phil was good to have someone pace me up the expanse of baron heatherland!

Amprodude

85km today on bike at an avg speed of 29.5km/h. Great day for a cycle.

nilhg

Two highlights of yesterday's spin around Wicklow were listening to the Cuckoo going up Sleive Maan and the reaction of the chap I passed on Shay Elliot (and he must have been suffering if I passed him), his counter attack was Contadoresque:eek:, fair play to him.

quozl

Did 22km from ranelagh canal up to stepaside village and back today. Averaged 17km/h on the way up, and 19.5 km/h for the round-trip.

Have to caveat this again that I rode a bike for the first time 4 1/2 weeks ago or else these speeds/distances are too shameful compared to everybody elses!

Really enjoyed the hill up from dundrum to stepaside - I used to love running up that hill but always HATED running back down again as I'm an injury prone runner and down-hill running on concrete is asking for trouble. It's a pleasure to come down it on a bike I hit 44km/h on the way back, fastest I've done and could have easily gone a lot faster but decided quick smart to slow down when I saw I was doing that speed!

Had an amusing newbie cycling moment on the way out. I'm trying to keep a cadence of around 90-95 rpm and comfortable effort but at a couple of points on the way up the hill to stepaside I ran out of lower gears so I had to drop down to about 70rpm and hard effort - figured this was the price of having a hybrid bike. Turns out I'm just dumb! I only use the easier of the front two chain-rings as that's enough to be learning about for the moment but I was messing about with the harder chain-ring earlier and forgot to swap back down.

So I did the entire return trip to Step-aside on the harder chain-ring. No wonder I ran out of easier gears on the way up that hill

Ole Rodrigo

Went out from town by the Strawberry Beds to Clonee , Sumerhill, Trim and back on the fixie, 98 km, switched the tracks pedals for SPD SLs for a smoother ride. Co-ordinating a hill start at the sandpit traffic lights with clipless pedals on a fixed 48/16 was almost embarrassing but managed to blag it.:) Lovely day through the back roads of Meath.