Boards cycle against cancer

Wishbone Ash

bcmf wrote: »

@Wishbone Ash
Was that you that had 'tagged' onto the back of our group across the city.
Were you in the Pink Boards Jersey and shorts and kept shooting off in seearch of KoM's with the tailwind.
We were a small group of Swords-ies
I was in a Pink Boards jacket and white gilet.

Apologies - yes that was me. The pace was too slow for me especially with the tailwind and I wanted to stretch my legs but didn't want to be rude either. I normally ride solo so my group manners need attention. Nice to meet you all.

bcmf

Monday 28th October

Ah no worries.
It was the others that were keeping it slow.
Good to 'sort of ' meet ya.

godtabh

Monday 28th October

ckeego wrote: »

What a turnout today-a true testament to Padraig and a reflection of the true gentleman that he is.

Chapeau! to all involved.

Got to ride to Glenamuck with godtabh-he had the bit between his teeth and had to be hauled in a few times:D It was obviously the good warm up he had cycling from DNS as fast as he could!

Rode most of the rest beside and in the ditch (mechanical!) with funkyjebus..Pleasure to have made your acquaintance!

Heartwarming to see the community club together in support of Padraig and his family.

Sorry when you have half DNS chasing you across the city its hard to slow down!

What mechanical did you have?

The tax man

Monday 28th October

Great to see such a big turn out today. It was a pleasure to meet and have a brief chat with Padraig before we set off.

Great to see most of the faces from the old Boards spins meeting under the bridge once again.Enjoyable spin despite the wind and very glad to have the mudguards today. Surprised bcmf let me ride alongside him out towards Enniskerry with them on the bike. Good chat on the way out.

Apparently the queue in the cafe was down to quozl ordering a full breakfast.:D (only joking)

The stint over the feather beds with Keep Her Lit was certainly a test of balance with those crosswinds. Luckily I only had to freewheel down to my door, so fair play to those that had to battle across the city in such conditions.

I think bcmf hit the nail on the head on how I felt today, very proud to be part of this community we have on Boards.

godtabh

Monday 28th October

Lads this should be a yearly thing. An end of season get-together and continue the support of these worthy causes

Zyzz

The tax man wrote: »

Great to see such a big turn out today. It was a pleasure to meet and have a brief chat with Padraig before we set off.

Great to see most of the faces from the old Boards spins meeting under the bridge once again.Enjoyable spin despite the wind and very glad to have the mudguards today. Surprised bcmf let me ride alongside him out towards Enniskerry with them on the bike. Good chat on the way out.

Apparently the queue in the cafe was down to quozl ordering a full breakfast.:D (only joking)

The stint over the feather beds with Keep Her Lit was certainly a test of balance with those crosswinds. Luckily I only had to freewheel down to my door, so fair play to those that had to battle across the city in such conditions.

I think bcmf hit the nail on the head on how I felt today, very proud to be part of this community we have on Boards.

I thought it would be a good idea to ride my Supras which are 58mm.. :pac:

bcmf

Monday 28th October

The tax man wrote: »

Surprised bcmf let me ride alongside him out towards Enniskerry with them on the bike. Good chat on the way out.

You are the only one I will let away with it.
We have history on common with 'The Great Robbery' :pac:

godtabh wrote: »

Lads this should be a yearly thing. An end of season get-together and continue the support of these worthy causes

Agreed. Next year it should be in DNS and NCD and I know exactly where to bring them ......errrrr....I wanna be part of the the route commitee

The tax man

Monday 28th October

Zyzz wrote: »

I thought it would be a good idea to ride my Supras which are 58mm.. :pac:

I'd say you had a few butt clenching moments on those wheels.:eek:

Zyzz

The tax man wrote: »

I'd say you had a few butt clenching moments on those wheels.:eek:

I may or may not have left a trail of sh*te along the featherbeds and all the way down stocking lane..

bcmf

Monday 28th October

Zyzz wrote: »

I may or may not have left a trail of sh*te along the featherbeds and all the way down stocking lane..

So it was you who made the descent extra slippy. Thanks a bunch....:P

the boss of me

Zyzz wrote: »

I may or may not have left a trail of sh*te along the featherbeds and all the way down stocking lane..

After narrowly escaping getting "deered" in the Pheno I seriously considered a downhill walk of shame from the featherbeds..

the boss of me

Zyzz wrote: »

I may or may not have left a trail of sh*te along the featherbeds and all the way down stocking lane..

After narrowly escaping getting "deered" in the Pheno I seriously considered a downhill walk of shame from the featherbeds..

bcmf

Monday 28th October

the boss of me wrote: »

After narrowly escaping getting "deered" in the Pheno I seriously considered a downhill walk of shame from the featherbeds..

Ah wow ...Forgot about that. That was deadly.
Made a change from Car up/Car down .
Deer up

The tax man

Monday 28th October

bcmf wrote: »

You are the only one I will let away with it.
We have history on common with 'The Great Robbery' :pac:

Let it go dude, just ain't worth it. BUT we will never forget.:D

Inquitus

bcmf wrote: »

Agreed. Next year it should be in DNS and NCD and I know exactly where to bring them ......errrrr....I wanna be part of the the route commitee

lol

bcmf

Monday 28th October

The tax man wrote: »

Let it go dude, just ain't worth it. BUT we will never forget.:D

Hee Hee. Ah I am well over it.

Carpenter

My brake shoes are shagged I could not slow down @ a few points on stocking lane any recommendations

godtabh

Monday 28th October

the boss of me wrote: »

After narrowly escaping getting "deered" in the Pheno I seriously considered a downhill walk of shame from the featherbeds..

I forgot about them deer. A very close call!

Darkglasses

Monday 28th October

Definitely should be done as an annual thing, but let's not turn it into another Evil 200 or similarly difficult/intimidating. Keep it easy so we can get as many as possible to come along.

Zyzz

Carpenter wrote: »

My brake shoes are shagged I could not slow down @ a few points on stocking lane any recommendations

New bike I'd say!

detones

Nice spin today and enjoyed putting faced to the boardsies named. An honour to meet Padraig and was great to see what a community like this can achieve. The turn out was a testimant to this. Cycling has indeed turned me into a masocist as I actually enjoyed the sideways rain and the howling wind going over the featherbeds, a good test of the bike handling skills ;-) Fair play to the lads too from Swords CC who spun over they were great company. Me and Bcmf were nearly home and dry and had indeed dried off a fair bit when we went through a forking massive puddle only a few hundred yards from the car. Ah Ffs!!

godtabh

Monday 28th October

Darkglasses wrote: »

Definitely should be done as an annual thing, but let's not turn it into another Evil 200 or similarly difficult/intimidating. Keep it easy so we can get as many as possible to come along.

A 50km spin around DNS/NCD should be fine. Doesn't need to be more than that.

Inquitus

Darkglasses wrote: »

Definitely should be done as an annual thing, but let's not turn it into another Evil 200 or similarly difficult/intimidating. Keep it easy so we can get as many as possible to come along.

Evil 200 on the WW200 weekend as always, this spin at this time to bring in the end of the season.

Carpenter

Zyzz wrote: »

New bike I'd say!

No way its much better than my last 1

Dermot Illogical

the boss of me wrote: »

After narrowly escaping getting "deered" in the Pheno

I think one of the lads may have that on the GoPro. It looked close!

wanderer 22

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Where did you go to? I seemed to have lost you somewhere after the Featherbeds and caught up with the Swords group in Ballyboden.

We took a right near the bottom of stocking lane, thats prob where we lost you

Wishbone Ash

colm18 wrote: »

We took a right near the bottom of stocking lane, thats prob where we lost you

I slowed down for a while at the viewing point but went on again. I was hoping nothing had happened to you. I then decided to head straight on rather than make that right. Thanks. Great to meet you.

daragh_

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I slowed down for a while at the viewing point but went on again. I was hoping nothing had happened to you. I then decided to head straight on rather than make that right. Thanks. Great to meet you.

My fault. Was very slow coming down and the lads held back to wait for me. Tyres on my borrowed bike weren't great and I was taking it very handy.

More work on our Echelon needed I think.

MediaMan

It was an emotional day - great to meet some boardsies in the real world and especially to shake hands with Padraig. I had to bail out at Enniskerry and head home as I was on a time limit, so I missed most of the fun and games in the wind. Glad to have been part of it and would love to see it become an annual event.

robs1

It was such a great route. the wind across the featherbeds was tricky to say the least. ended up with a lad from swords cc and a few boardies. didn't get any names but enjoyed the cycle and more importantly raised funds for LPB and raised awareness.

ckeego

godtabh wrote: »

Sorry when you have half DNS chasing you across the city its hard to slow down!

What mechanical did you have?

It wasn't me...funkyjebus jammed the chain inside the spokes and cassette about a click away from the coffee stop, so a good excuse to stop and help...



and take a breather!!!:D

le petit braquet

Added another 8 photos from my sister. Two seem to feature a long forgotten activity for the modern Garmin equipped road warrior - map reading.:D

Link

doozerie

My morning started with my daughter waking me up at 07h20, which is typical enough, but when my eyes checked the clock and conveyed to my brain that it was actually 06h20 I may have let out an involuntary wail. Kids are no respecters of the hour change. Good for her though she went back to her room and only bounced enthusiastically back in at about 07h15. Then as I was eating my porridge one of my cats decided to practically turn himself inside out all over the kitchen floor and, wouldn't you know it, it looked a lot like porridge, reducing the appeal of my breakfast by quite a bit.

I was running a bit late getting to Dundrum, and in my enthusiasm to get there I didn't bother braking on some of the speed bumps down Sweetmount Avenue (Dundrum) and ended up in the air as I cleared one of them. Something on my bike let out a very odd and very plaintive squeal when I connected with the ground again. Not sure what that was but thankfully it didn't cause any problems for the day, the bike might need counselling though to learn to forgive me.

Had a good chat with manwithaplan during the ride and with Keep_Her_Lit at the coffee stop (good to meet you both). Rode back down with manwithadeadline and another boardsie joined us that I didn't get to chat to. So despite being surrounded by boardsie's on the day I only managed to chat with about 4 of them in total, must work on my social skills. About 1km from home my clock was reading about 46km done so I threw on my rain jacket and went round again, a smaller loop this time as I took the first right in Enniskerry to head back up to Glencree. First time down it the crosswinds on Featherbeds were strong but manageable, second time round they were stronger again and I got blown almost completely to the other side of the road at one point. Despite getting rained on heavily at times though I missed the hail that some people have mentioned so I got off relatively lightly.

A great day all in all. I spoke briefly with le petit braquet at the coffee stop but I have to repeat here how incredibly strong and courageous I consider you to be - despite having a lot to contend with you have taken the time to raise awareness of something that doesn't get much mention all too often, and to raise funding for a vital service that can get forgotten about too. And to take the time to come out today and be there both at the start and at the coffee stop deserves huge respect too. You thanked me for being on today's ride, but all I did was ride my bike today whereas you have sparked a level of awareness and discussion that seems likely to last a long time and that could potentially save lives in the process - thank *you*!

Thanks too to bcmf for suggesting the ride, and to daragh_ for the route and for working so hard to keep everyone together during the ride. And thanks to everyone else who played a part in organising today and helping make it what it was.

Beasty

le petit braquet wrote: »

Added another 8 photos from my sister. Two seem to feature a long forgotten activity for the modern Garmin equipped road warrior - map reading.

Link

I hereby claim that that was the moment we worked out where we were ...

It was simply a left, then right, then right, then right, then right to get us back to the exact same point to the cafe

CramCycle

Monday 28th October

Beasty wrote: »

I hereby claim that that was the moment we worked out where we were ...

It was simply a left, then right, then right, then right, then right to get us back to the exact same point to the cafe

I'm glad the art of map reading is not lost and Audax is still perforating cycling wether people like it or not. Sorry I had to run after the detour but my wife and daughter were waiting. On the plus side I rushed home so fast i was on time rather than the hour late I thought i was. LPB, your sister and brother in law were great, your sister in particular beasting up the long hill on the heaviest bike I have seen in awhile.
To Beasty, sorry for the shortest route back, it probably wasn't the safest.

le petit braquet

CramCycle wrote: »

LPB, your sister and brother in law were great, your sister in particular beasting up the long hill on the heaviest bike I have seen in awhile.

She's not as fit as she could be, but she sure tries. This after all is the same woman who undertook solo cycling tours in Mongolia and in Zambia and Zimbabwe when she was a lot younger and such feats were a lot less common. I'm very proud of her.

manwithaplan

manwithaplan wrote: »

Got to café early and didn't have the patience to wait for a general roll out.

Just read this again and realised it might be misinterpreted. It's a reference to how long the pit stop was, mainly due to the completely overwhelmed staff, rather than any slowness of fellow riders.

Those deer were mental too. The first one ran just ahead of my front wheel. I thought it was a large dog at first, which was no less alarming.

daragh_

Meant to say yesterday.

The Cafe apologised for the long wait. They had organised extra staff to be there when we arrived but they didn't show. Also there was an unexpected coach party.

quozl

It was mostly due to my fry. Sorry.

I don't understand why nobody else was getting a breakfast fry-up. I'm sure Sean Kelly would have and the ballast was very useful on the featherbeds!

Beasty

manwithaplan wrote: »

Those deer were mental too.

Hang on a minute - who was invading who's habitat?:D

I was at the back so got a great view of the consternation as one ran across in front of everyone and as they were wondering WTF? another darted between riders. The 3rd one was certainly not mental, as it saw what it may be letting itself in for and ground to a rapid halt and returned from whence it came

morana

Monday 28th October

what a great day out over my old training roads. Some steep ramps on that circuit- I cant remember them. We made the decision to go back via the Devils elbow and it was hard it the hills and the rain coming in at right angles.

Lovely to see LPB and his family there. I hope this can become an annual event.

MB Lacey

Really enjoyed yesterday. No matter what the weather was going to throw at us I was determined to support this cycle.
Lovely to meet and chat a bit with Padraig before the cycle and again at the coffee stop - literally a gentle man.
Nice to say hello to other boardsies too.
Glad to have helped raised funds for his charities.
I've uploaded some photos, don't know how many I'm allowed to post on here, but there's also a link here with a bit of a write up.

daragh_

Rapha poses are awesome! :-)

seamus

Sorry I missed this, family commitments. Looks like it was a great day.

Fair play to everyone who braved the dire forecast and went out anyway. You were spared the rain and got a pretty good day overall

Beasty

@MBLacey

Nice to meet you on the spin over from the Phoenix Park. Some of your photos "prove" that we weren't as lost as some may believe. In fact we got back onto the correct route then Cram directed us off it while he rode off into the sunset in the opposite direction. We (with the aid of the map) realised the error of his ways and managed to get back onto the correct road

... that's my story, and I'm sticking to it:pac:

bcmf

Monday 28th October

seamus wrote: »

You were spared the rain and got a pretty good day overall

Your joking? Right!?!
Was a great spin BUT the wind coming in from Swords was a block headwind.
When we left the coffee stop and started our journey across the featherbeds we were what I will describe as blasted from the left with freezing rain and gales. It was the most nervous I have been on a bike in a long long time.
The descent down to Stocking Lane was more a case of surfing down on 2 wheels.
Nevertheless it was great.

bcmf

Monday 28th October

@MBLacey sorry I didnt get to say hello. I didnt realise it was you standing beside Ste Tyrell at the parkgate.I was too busy trying to recall a route over to Dundrum form there but the cobwebs in my head kept getting in the way.
I love your photos and gonna follow your blog.

CramCycle

Monday 28th October

While we are apologising, sorry to Stetyrell who I did not recognise with the awesome beard.

thebouldwhacker

If anyone missed the spin and wants another go Cork is only 2 and a half hours drive from Dublin and the spin is on next Sunday at 9. We'll take good care of ye, none of this getting lost madness neither.

Captain Havoc

I don't believe for one second that Cram would take a wrong turn.