Weevil 160/100

daragh_

Probably won't make it. Have a blast.

Resoguy

Probably won't make Saturday, dropped the bike off last week to get new brake pads and a few other bits, the lads in the shop spotted the frame was cracked around the seat stays, frame is covered under warranty but no word on a replacement at this stage. Weather is looking good so best of luck with it, might try do some sections of it later in the year.

FatGoat

In.

If the kid flu has gone ;-)

Alek

Resoguy - shoite, I feel your pain! The same happened to me this year just before cycling holiday abroad... But then I had another frame to repurpose. No plan B bike?

Resoguy

Alek wrote: »

Resoguy - shoite, I feel your pain! The same happened to me this year just before cycling holiday abroad... But then I had another frame to repurpose. No plan B bike?

No plan B bike , I haven't built up the back catalogue at this stage, no harm, the trails will still be there, enjoy

Macy0161

Not going to make it - blew my pass/ good will for the Dying Cow, and have to be home early on Saturday now.

Alek

Ok, lets meet 6:50am at the roundabout: https://www.strava.com/routes/14112402

1. Alek
2. Colm
3. Sunsets On Tuesday
4. FatGoat

wanderer 22

Alek wrote: »

Ok, lets meet 6:50am at the roundabout: https://www.strava.com/routes/14112402

1. Alek
2. Colm
3. Sunsets On Tuesday
4. FatGoat

Anyone else for this tomorrow?

Alek

Someone sign up please, Colm just can't stand my company anymore!


Forecast is looking quite good now! Still, pack your rain jackets.

FatGoat

50/50 now.....family pressure as usual....

wanderer 22

Alek wrote: »

Someone sign up please, Colm just can't stand my company anymore!


Forecast is looking quite good now! Still, pack your rain jackets.

Well, I'll probably only see you for the first 10k or so..

FatGoat

Negotiations successful....see you tomorrow at 6:50.

Sunsets On Tuesday

Some day on the bike for me. Probably the toughest cycle I have ever done, as I lost a bit of fitness during the summer months due to work. It was therefore a real struggle at parts, with plenty of mental games and physical tiredness.

Route was very nice, much improved on last year. However, after the Laragh lunch stop, you can get lulled in to a false sense of security until the end of the Roundwood Reservoir trails. This part is much flatter than the rest, with the last 40k or so then being hill after hill. Indeed I was past my expiration date when I finally threw in the towel at the base to the last climb - up Three Rock.

One of those days that wasn't awfully enjoyable at times but it will be remembered as awesome. Cheers Alek and Colm18 for helping me through!

Link;
https://www.strava.com/activities/1859091144

Alek

A picture is worth 1000 words. Here's 15000 word essay for you:

Alek

Alek

Alek

Ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/1859000653

wanderer 22

^^^Great pics Alek, though I don't remember there being so many smiling faces , especially in the second half of the spin :-P ^^

https://www.strava.com/activities/1859015415

That was an epic day! Left the house at 6:30, got back 13 hours later. Amazing route designed by Alek, i discovered so many new roads, most either pointing straight up or down with jagged rocks aplenty. Sore all over now.

Great company in Sunsets on Tuesday and Alek, not a chance I would have finished without their encouragement.

Delighted to have done it; my main aims this year were to finish the Evil and the Weevil, so happy out now #FredGoals

smacl

Looks amazing and really bloody difficult in equal measure. I look forward to nabbing little bits of the route to at slow old man pace, though looking at the terrain probably more likely on MTB than CX for my skills. The edge bit around the Roundwood reservoirs looks like a real treat.

Resoguy

Well done to you guys, great photos and some scary looking trails.

Macy0161

Will also be robbing some of this year's route, after doing the same last year! Interested to hear how narly Lough Dan to Military Road is?

Alek

Interested to hear how narly Lough Dan to Military Road is?

Steep uphill from the main road by the Scouting place, quite rocky descend to the valley (last 50m - shaky!). Then very easy and flat to the oak grove, then 10 minutes of carrying the bike through remnants of a freshly logged forest to the gravel road, which takes you slowly but steadily up to the Military Road. Possibly the most "adventurous" part of the whole thing

LennoxR

Well done lads. Might have the nerve to join you next year.

The Noble Nudge

Ah sh1te....missed it!
Proper excuse too.....
Looks like fun!!

Alek

You've missed the best part for sure!

https://dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net/XmxW3dNLpSZ8JhLguNHhI7aQ63wxFxFDDShoVJCLqtY-1536x2048.jpg

Alek

Customary under-the-bar vid

smacl

Awesome vid! What tyres were you running for all this and what gearing? I took the small upper entrance on Masseys yesterday lunch on the hack MTB/hybrid with 2" knobblies and followed the upper edge track until blocked by the huge fallen tree and then up the other side of the river. Already plenty tough for me on those tyres with MTB gears going just about fast enough to stay upright. 160k of that will be a two or even three day event for me.

Alek

Cheers I was running very supple Thunder Burts 2.1" on my Vagabond, so plenty of grip and comfort, but lads on 35-38mm tyres were doing just fine! I was just ahead of them on rockier descends Gearing is 38t and 11-42.

You've picked the most difficult of the Massey paths, it was actually too much of a grind for CX bikes last year, so I changed in this year edition. Don't judge the whole route by this bit, 90% of the rest is way easier!

loyatemu

colm18 wrote: »

where is this?

Alek

53°04'18.8"N 6°12'24.2"W


https://goo.gl/maps/czjRPJ35SqH2