2011 National Hill Climb Championships

buffalo

Quality photos all, thanks for sharing them.

Mr. Grieves wrote: »

The start was about 100 metres above the school gate and the finish was a bit back from the farm gates. So it was about 40 seconds shorter (for me) than riding from the bridge to the top.

Are they marked on the road at all? Might have one last crack at it before I flee the country.

wanderer 22

Fair play to yer man on the bike with the front suspension and rear rack-saw him go up at least twice!

stevie_b

a couple of video's,

Diarmuid,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaRK81SBGqE

Damien Shaw,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4iguVLywAk

Mark Dowling,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV38Y4RB1C4

Ryan,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jSP5ClF_SE

tawfeeredux

The speed Mark Dowling was doing on that last section was incredible, 7:02 is an awesome time. Great effort by Ryan too in defending his title. The photos here are brilliant, as sy says they really capture the essence of the hillclimb, pain, passion, pain, really steep roads & a bit more pain! The look in people's eyes as they went past the 'Dutch' bend & saw that it still wasn't over said one thing: 'FFUUUUCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!' Well done all.

pprendeville

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Hmmm, must have something to do with those specialized helmets and shoes :rolleyes:

yes saw that too. next purchase so is Specialized shoes (from China).

pprendeville

Inquitus wrote: »

RAAM might not have won the hill climb but he definitely wins best facial expression!

looks like he just found out his other half is expecting.

kenmc

buffalo wrote: »

Dunno where the start was but there was some masking tape on the ground at the end; it's exactly where the road widens out at the very top to form the sort of carpark with the 3 gates - i.e. where it goes from a 1-lane road to a spot you can do a 3 point turn.

velo.2010

Agree with the comments about the great pictures really capturing the event and how bloody hard it was! There is one burning question though....

What was Raam doing on an 8-9kg bike with Mavic Aksium wheels, doesn't he have a tricked out Cervelo? Surely would have given him that sub 9!

edit, wow Brian Ahern great time, is that him on the Stevens, he's looking a fair bit thinner from what I remember-it obviously helped!

Diarmuid

velo.2010 wrote: »

edit, wow Brian Ahern great time, is that him on the Stevens, he's looking a fair bit thinner from what I remember-it obviously helped!

That's his brother. Great time by him too. Must be in the genes

Raam

velo.2010 wrote: »

What was Raam doing on an 8-9kg bike with Mavic Aksium wheels

Struggling.

Super Freak

Another Boardsie. Mr.Grieves.

Super Freak

Hail 2 Da Thief

Super Freak wrote: »

Caption Competition........

Is that guy in front of me wearing black socks?

RobFowl

€5000 and a trip to Thailand and I'm a national champion...

manwithaplan

I think I left the gas on

DirkVoodoo

I could only think of Dougal when I saw that:

Greyspoke

kenmc wrote: »

Were you the nutter on the fixie? Talk about rubbing it in! I went up to take pics on my commute bike, triple @ 30x25. Although I did have my heavy camera and lens in the panniers...

Sorry for the belated response - away at the youth champs in Roscommon all day. Yes, that was me, fool that I am and boy did I pay for it! At least I wasn't last! I had to laugh at the photo -I'm the only one shot from the rear and definitely not because I was going so fast past the photographer that he didn't press the button in time! Even at that stage it looks like I was about to keel over! Prior to the climb I had visions of giving it everything in a final sprint to the line but in the end it was all I could do to remain upright. Maybe I've learned a lesson!

sy

Never too old to rock and roll Greyspoke

J Madone

Super Freak wrote: »

Who abandoned that mini cooper there?

jeffontour

cdaly_ wrote: »

Still managed to outpace the walkers though while waiting at the top a jogger came up claiming 14m and something seconds!

I was running I'll have you know!



Thoroughly enjoyed watching everyone hammer up that fecker of a climb. Great event barring the minor traffic hiccup I saw at the top as one guy looked like he might have to stop because of the road being blocked but thankfully he got past without having to slow.

Raam

Lusk Doyle

With reference to his earlier pre-event post...

ryan_sherlock

I put together a quick report here: http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/2011/08/2011-irish-national-hill-climb.html

As others have mentioned - thanks to everyone who came out to cheer us along. It may not have looked like it at the time, but it was a huge boost - thanks!