Great Dublin Bike Ride 2018 - 23rd Sept

py · 26-09-2018 12:45pm

Doop wrote: »

On a lighter note.. the photos are up... :pac:

Only a few of my good self in Phoenix park.. they're pricey tho...

Got a link?

Doop · 26-09-2018 12:51pm

py wrote: »

Got a link?

http://www.finisherpix.com/events/single-view/great-dublin-bike-ride-2018.html

Theres lots of 'lost and found' ones be while going through them :rolleyes:

54and56 · 26-09-2018 1:51pm

Lewotsil wrote: »

Sweeping generalisations that tarnish a good event imo.
Overpriced Accomodation and expensive restaurants :) ..... never knew such value was to be had in Dublin!! Killarney/Kerry has plenty cheap accommodation.......think you have Dublin centric blinkers on
PS - thousands of ROK cyclists are from West Munster (count the cars in the many car parks on the day and most have racks for multiple bikes) .......
I am not against GDBR - I am pro anything that is cycling related which is why I get annoyed when the ROK knockers in this parish start banging their drums.

I think you've a bit of a chip on your shoulder there Lewotsil. My reading of WA's post was that he nailed the facts i.e. the GDBR due to it's location is participated in MAINLY by people who don't require either overnight accommodation or restaurants and those that do have a pretty wide selection to choose from due to the volume of rooms and restaurants in the greater Dublin area. Weekend rates in late Sept are not peak season so with AirBnB etc there is plenty of choice at all price points.

ROK on the other hand will have a much higher % of participants who require accommodation and food and due to the lower volume of available rooms and restaurants (relative to Dublin) plus the fact it's bang in the middle of high season July the cost can be quite high.

It's all a down to simple geography, population density, volume of availabile of rooms and restaurants and seasonal timing rather than some sort of parochial attack or downer on the ROK!!

Andy Magic · 26-09-2018 2:36pm

Doop wrote: »

http://www.finisherpix.com/events/single-view/great-dublin-bike-ride-2018.html

Theres lots of 'lost and found' ones be while going through them :rolleyes:

Jesus that's just pointless, 16 photos per page and thousands of pages.. Good luck with that

54and56 · 26-09-2018 4:12pm

Andy Magic wrote: »

Jesus that's just pointless, 16 photos per page and thousands of pages.. Good luck with that

Exactly, I flicked through the first 20 pages (found one of myself which is better than the single other one they had sent me despite having my race number clearly visible on the front of the bike) and quickly gave up.

They need a slicker wolling carousel type solution than having to load 16 images page by page over 1,600 times!!!

Why not break it into folders of 65km and 105km starts as well as separate sections which were unique for the 65km and 105km routes so we don't end up spending time looking at images of the "other" route which won't be relevant to us?

They are in the business of selling images and should be making it easy not hard!!