Great Western Motorway Cycle

davef1000

https://www.iregister.ie/v2/events/great-western-motorway-cycle/

September 10th.

Anyone doing this? Looks like great fun. If it's a dry day it should be nice and fast. Is anyone familiar with the area? I tried without much success to find elevation maps for the route. Can't imagine there will be much in the way of hills though...

Sorry if this has been posted already. I couldn't find anything on the first few pages, and search yielded nothing.

theGIANT

davef1000 wrote: »

https://www.iregister.ie/v2/events/great-western-motorway-cycle/

September 10th.

Anyone doing this? Looks like great fun. If it's a dry day it should be nice and fast. Is anyone familiar with the area? I tried without much success to find elevation maps for the route. Can't imagine there will be much in the way of hills though...

Sorry if this has been posted already. I couldn't find anything on the first few pages, and search yielded nothing.

I live right next to this motorway. And looking forward to this. This will be flat enough route. maybe a few hills coming into athenry 4/5% for a 1km at most. Nothing severe. There will be a lot of shelter from the wind because the motorway is below the normal lye of the land to stop noise pollution etc . might post a few pics later. It should be very fast the surface is so smooth. Hard not to take the bike on it for a few practice runs

P_1

That looks very tempting indeed. Throw in a weekend on the razz in Galway and it only makes it seem better

theGIANT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5WBQX94w8&t=157s
This is about 10km of it.Gives you an idea of the terraine. This video was done a year ago. The motorway is pretty much finished now

DanDublin1982

Really like the look of this. Think I'll do it as can't make the Dublin bike ride this year.

Yarisbob

This is a unique opportunity to ride on a newly surfaced piece of road with no traffic - whats not to like about that ?

This will attract quite a number of professional a4seholes however who will be on €20k TT bikes but if you just let them off on their merry way to discuss average speeds, power output, and Strava then it will be a nice pleasant day on the bike !

Borderfox

No tt bikes or tri bars allowed

Yarisbob

Excellent !!

Now all we need is the weather !!

Gorteen

€32 or €40 to cycle on a road for one day, built by public funds and therefore paid for taxpayers like me .....and you and many other cyclists???? Doesn't sound right to me!!! :mad:

Seeing that the road is not open to motorised vehicles that day, why not just have it as a voluntary contribution?

plodder

Gorteen wrote: »

€32 or €40 to cycle on a road for one day, built by public funds and therefore paid for taxpayers like me .....and you and many other cyclists???? Doesn't sound right to me!!! :mad:

Seeing that the road is not open to motorised vehicles that day, why not just have it as a voluntary contribution?

It wasn't built for cyclists though and presumably there are costs involved in organising it. I've had my issues with charity events in the past, but this one looks genuine to me. Like the sound of it, and might give it a go.

davef1000

Gorteen wrote: »

€32 or €40 to cycle on a road for one day, built by public funds and therefore paid for taxpayers like me .....and you and many other cyclists???? Doesn't sound right to me!!! :mad:

Seeing that the road is not open to motorised vehicles that day, why not just have it as a voluntary contribution?

Jaysus. Some people just love to complain.

flazio

Hope this hasn't been mentioned already but there's going to be an organised Motorway cycle on the M17/M18 just as its finished construction and just before it opens to traffic.
It's on Sunday 10th of September.
Details here.
https://www.iregister.ie/v2/events/great-western-motorway-cycle/

Borderfox

Pieta House 100km on same day

Weepsie

flazio wrote: »

Hope this hasn't been mentioned already but there's going to be an organised Motorway cycle on the M17/M18 just as its finished construction and just before it opens to traffic.
It's on Sunday 10th of September.
Details here.
https://www.iregister.ie/v2/events/great-western-motorway-cycle/

There is indeed, threads merged.

P_1

Borderfox wrote: »

Pieta House 100km on same day

There's a lot on that same weekend.

Off the top of my head there's this, the Rebel Tour, the Boyne Valley, the Pietas and a stage of the Wild Atlantic Way series.

Talk about being spoiled for choice!

Boscoirl

Planning to do this, Looks like fun

Doing the Shannon Airport charity cycle the day before
https://sirius.eventmaster.ie/event/W9Qh65i0j

magicbastarder

do you at least get to cycle down the runway?

Boscoirl

magicbastarder wrote: »

do you at least get to cycle down the runway?

Unfortunately I don't think so, that would be cool though

joeKel73

Details for the cycle...
http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/media/27129/great_western_cycle_cyclist_handbook.pdf

Weepsie

J o e wrote: »

Details for the cycle...
http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/media/27129/great_western_cycle_cyclist_handbook.pdf

The route map and profile are hardly required you'd think....

rivermansteve

Anyone doing this cycle? Should be very very fast.

P_1

Looking forward to this. Should be nice and quick indeed

joeKel73

Looking forward to it.

Unfortunately the weather's not looking great for Sunday!

theGIANT

P_1 wrote: »

Looking forward to this. Should be nice and quick indeed

Have done it solo. Found myself going 4kph faster than my usual average. So Smooth!

davef1000

Well, that was miserable. I should've stayed in bed.

Boscoirl

davef1000 wrote: »

Well, that was miserable. I should've stayed in bed.

Got up to go to the bathroom at about 6.30ish this morning. Took a look outside, and when I saw the wind I turned my alarm off and Went back to bed.

P_1

That was grim indeed. I've definitely earned the pint I'm currently enjoying after that.

joeKel73

Turned into a bit of a slog alright.

Was it just me or did the wind change direction enough to hit us both directions?

P_1

J o e wrote: »

Turn into a but of a slog alright.

Was it just me or did the wind change direction enough to hit us both directions?

It definitely did. Was expecting it to become more of a crosswind on the way back but parts of it definitely had a gale in the face. Now the less said about the crosswind blighted cycle from Tuam back to Galway the better...

davef1000

P_1 wrote: »

It definitely did. Was expecting it to become more of a crosswind on the way back but parts of it definitely had a gale in the face. Now the less said about the crosswind blighted cycle from Tuam back to Galway the better...

I particularly enjoyed the hailstone-like rain being driven into the side of my face.

Weepsie

Had this been on a clear, calm day I imagine it would've been hell for leather, people doing speeds they didn't think possible for 100 km. But on a gusty today like today, you're left fairly exposed on a motorway.

Anyone try an echelon?