Great Dublin Bike Ride - Sunday 13th September **no entry requests/offers**

Qualitymark

How long should the 60km spin take, for normal cyclists, not Superman?

ted1

Qualitymark wrote: »

How long should the 60km spin take, for normal cyclists, not Superman?

2.5-3 hours

LollipopJimmy

I was going to sign up but I'm doing hell and back on Saturday, might be asking a bit much if the body

whacker00

signs up all over NCD this morning also believe there was notices posted out to residents in portmarnock about disruption etc. Be interesting to see how it goes with traffic and general public reaction etc. It would be great to have a big event like this through Dublin every year.

I'm doing the 100km and dragging a few sportive first timers so it is reaching the newbies as they were really interested after seeing advertising

rollingscone

Signed up for the 100.

Might as well be able to say I did one Sportive and closed roads in Dublin sounds interesting.

sullivlo

Due to do the 100 but arm in a sling so a race against time.

mr spuckler

interestingly the website says that registration closes a week before the event, i wonder will this actually be the case?
i probably won't know till about wednesday if i can do it and amn't forking out e40 on spec!

Cyclewizard

I won't know until Tuesday or Wednesday either I wonder if you can go down on e Saturday and register?

Qualitymark

Worried you won't make the 60k? Canada's Big Bike Ride is 11,000km

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/11-000-kilometres-later-highlights-from-clara-s-big-ride-1.1894986

mickeycav

Quick Q guys
I signed up for the 100km last nite, total noob, do i need to buy a licence too to ride it or does the 40€ entry fee cover everything?
cheers
michael

birofunk

Just tried to sign up on the site there, filled out the forms and was brought to the Cycling Ireland site which says registration is closed.

xebec

mickeycav wrote: »

Quick Q guys
I signed up for the 100km last nite, total noob, do i need to buy a licence too to ride it or does the 40€ entry fee cover everything?
cheers
michael

No need for a licence for this event. It is something you should consider for the future though if you intend to keep cycling and doing events - you'll get some insurance cover and discounts for some of the events.

adrian522

Signed up for the 100Km for this. Never done an organised ride before.

Very poor substitute for the Berlin marathon but at least it's something.

Beasty

Please do not post requests for or offers of registration. ID has to be provided at sign-on so it's pretty pointless anyway

Any questions PM me - do not respond in-thread

bazermc

I just tried signing up there an banner page says "Registration is now closed"

I find that a bit odd, are they saying therefore they have 5,000 folk signed up already - I seriously doubt that

The_Morrigan

bazermc wrote: »

I just tried signing up there an banner page says "Registration is now closed"

I find that a bit odd, are they saying therefore they have 5,000 folk signed up already - I seriously doubt that

The registration was always going to close a week before the event regardless of the numbers. The last number I heard for registrations last week was circa 2,200.

traprunner

According to their Facebook:

Parking is available in Q Park Four Courts across from Smithfield for €4 for the day.

Additional parking is being provided at Collins Barracks through the Arbour Hill entrance. No mention if it's free or pay.

traprunner

The_Morrigan wrote: »

The registration was always going to close a week before the event regardless of the numbers. The last number I heard for registrations last week was circa 2,200.

Their Facebook says that 3000 have registered.

The_Morrigan

traprunner wrote: »

Their Facebook says that 3000 have registered.

Well that's probably from the last week, it was Sat 29th we were told those figures.

traprunner

The_Morrigan wrote: »

Well that's probably from the last week, it was Sat 29th we were told those figures.

It must have been a late rush as it was posted a few hours ago.

Bigus

I'm doing the 100k , let's see what the weather brings .

conkennedy

Bigus wrote: »

I'm doing the 100k , let's see what the weather brings .

Apparently 70% chance of rain! :eek:

HTFU!!!!!

Eamonnator

If we hurry and get finished by about 1.00PM, we should beat the rain.

conkennedy

Eamonnator wrote: »

If we hurry and get finished by about 1.00PM, we should beat the rain.

I like your style!:D

Also, in other news... I received my number to day and a link to the handbook, thanks CI, etc

Neleven

conkennedy wrote: »

I like your style!:D

Also, in other news... I received my number to day and a link to the handbook, thanks CI, etc

Me too but in the handbook it says that the jersey they promised to the first 1000 to sign up will actually go, it seems, to the first to sign on on Saturday:
"At sign on you will receive a goodie bag containing a seat cover, water bottle, jersey/T-shirt (allocated by size on a first come first serve basis)"

Though it's not really that big a deal, having signed up in July - presumably in the first 1000 though who knows, it's a tad disappointing as I have a 70km trip just to get to Smithfield and won't be there early in the day; I want a jersey!!! 😩
Still, looking forward to it.

The_Morrigan

Neleven wrote: »

Me too but in the handbook it says that the jersey they promised to the first 1000 to sign up will actually go, it seems, to the first to sign on on Saturday:
"At sign on you will receive a goodie bag containing a seat cover, water bottle, jersey/T-shirt (allocated by size on a first come first serve basis)"

Though it's not really that big a deal, having signed up in July - presumably in the first 1000 though who knows, it's a tad disappointing as I have a 70km trip just to get to Smithfield and won't be there early in the day; I want a jersey!!! 😩
Still, looking forward to it.

The registration numbers are on the packs, so the correct jersey should be in the pack against the first 1000 entries. The volunteers on the day won't be putting packs together just finding the right pack.

Eamonnator

I registered very early on, but I don't remember giving a jersey size. If the jerseys are pre packed, how do they know, what size to pack?

Neleven

The_Morrigan wrote: »

The registration numbers are on the packs, so the correct jersey should be in the pack against the first 1000 entries. The volunteers on the day won't be putting packs together just finding the right pack.

That makes sense. I can stop sulking now.

Neleven

Eamonnator wrote: »

I registered very early on, but I don't remember giving a jersey size. If the jerseys are pre packed, how do they know, what size to pack?

That makes sense too. Now I'm confused. And sulking again.

The_Morrigan

Eamonnator wrote: »

I registered very early on, but I don't remember giving a jersey size. If the jerseys are pre packed, how do they know, what size to pack?

One size fits most??
I don't really know, that is what we were told. I've another meeting on Thursday I'll raise it again then.