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Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**
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Mounting biking? RTE with their finger on the pulse once again. Anyone going to the Enduro event at the weekend, looks epic? Hoping to get down myself to watch a bit.
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I am so completely fncked this year.
From January to the start of April we were getting various bits of work done on the house. As a result we were in and out of the house, staying with the in-laws for the guts of eight weeks. All those wonderful plans of getting out for club spins didn't happen. In fact, I ended up driving to work half the time, not even getting those base KMs in. Managed to get a baseline of running in though to keep the fitness up. But I am 2kg heavier as a result of eating all sorts of crap at strange hours.
After a few more messy weeks (changed job, went on holidays, etc), I finally got back to cycling to work on Monday this week. And I arrive home that evening with a chest cold.
Are you fncking kidding me.
So I am going to race the club league, but I don't expect to even hold with the bunch and especially not beat any of my TT PRs. Though I am doing the ROK with a bunch of fairweather cyclists. So that's something to look forward to, should give me an ego boost
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LollipopJimmy wrote: »Anybody here in the [B]Dublin 8 [/B]area fancy a spin 80-100kms on Sunday? I'm too late to join a club apparently and fed up of solo. I'm at about 27km/h
If you are heading out for 100k you can be less specific than Dublin 8
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LollipopJimmy wrote: »
Saying beginners to groups can 9nly join in october
most clubs glad to have anyone, if your able for 100km, then your able for social spins and you get better each week,0 -
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The background to that was clubs would run introductory spins ahead of the CI portal opening up early November. Basically club spins require insurance cover which after a couple of introductory spins would only typically be available via CI or IVCA membership. In addition getting the introductory spins in at that time of year would allow new members to build up over the winter when racing members would be easing off a bit (and often available to lead a few more spins)LollipopJimmy wrote: »
Saying beginners to groups can 9nly join in october
However this year CI have introduced a rolling leisure membership meaning new members are not having to join up for calendar years. That provides more scope to encourage new members at pretty much any time during the year
However it may take a year or two for some clubs to change their old habits and start running introductory spins at time other than the around autumn.0 -
The background to that was clubs would run introductory spins ahead of the CI portal opening up early November. Basically club spins require insurance cover which after a couple of introductory spins would only typically be available via CI or IVCA membership. In addition getting the introductory spins in at that time of year would allow new members to build up over the winter when racing members would be easing off a bit (and often available to lead a few more spins)
However this year CI have introduced a rolling leisure membership meaning new members are not having to join up for calendar years. That provides more scope to encourage new members at pretty much any time during the year
However it may take a year or two for some clubs to change their old habits and start running introductory spins at time other than the around autumn.
Thanks for the clarification. I have no issue with it at all, but I do want to start to get faster and I know doing that alone will take longer. That's why I came here looking for a helping hand
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LollipopJimmy wrote: »Thanks for the clarification. I have no issue with it at all, but I do want to start to get faster and I know doing that alone will take longer. That's why I came here looking for a helping hand
The clubs to try are (and there maybe others):
Sundrive - do a lot of track riding and not sure how they are on leisure riding, but they have plenty of members on here to ask who are all very helpful.
SDCC - I don't know enough about their beginner groups but they seem racing orientated
Tiernans - have two spins every weekend, vary in length but have a begineer/tourer group, and a faster race orientated one. Always welcoming (hands up bias as a member)
Orwell - huge club, plenty of support, rides appear to only be once a month during the summer though, they may hold less official spins every week based on the clubs side, loads of members on here as well, (rumour has it you need a PhD to join :pac:)
Audax - not south Dublin based but many of their members are, any weekend there is not an Audax event, they tend to have a 100km spin somewhere around Dublin. Very welcoming and love to impart knowledge, not a racing group but definetly the club to go to if you want to up your mileage over time.0 -
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