Winter spins- start this Sunday.

Well done to DaveMc & Denis for getting such a huge group off to a safe start this morning, particularly with so many first timers.

btw, is there a prize for the first TWO punctures of the winter?? Both before we even got to Rathfarnham :-(

BarryR wrote:

Well done to DaveMc & Denis for getting such a huge group off to a safe start this morning, particularly with so many first timers.

btw, is there a prize for the first TWO punctures of the winter?? Both before we even got to Rathfarnham :-(

Yes, we do have a prize for that actually. You'll hear about it at the Christmas party.

Brian wrote:

Eric wrote:

Sandra wrote:

suits me anyway if it suits eric :)

Hi Sandra, there's a cross race on the 28th too but I'll commit to doing the 28th if I can't swap with someone else and you do the 14th, that ok?

I'm not trying to be difficult, just trying to justify buying the cyclocross bike by doing a few races - there's only 4! So if anyone would like to swap Oct 28th and/or Nov 25th for a Sunday after Christmas, I'd really appreciate it.

How did this get so complicated? :) I'll swap with Sandra, and Eric, you swap with Declan, and then find someone to swap his date that you can't do. It's in December, so lots of time to find a replacement. Or just buy Dec a pint and get him to do it anyway! :)

Very clever, that ok Declan?

Hi,
I am not available for the November 4 spin. Anybody OK to swap?
I can do Nov 11, 18 - Dec 2 and 16 and January 6 and 20 onward.
Cheers
Philippe

Hi Phillippe,

I can do that date for you - I'm not down to do any groups, so you don't need to cover for me.
I was on holiday when Denis was looking for volunteers - so happy to help out!

Paul.

That's great. Thank you very much for this.
Philippe

Due to a broken collarbone today (MTB - serves me right), I'm screwed as regards my white spin duties on Sun October 28th. Happily Ken McCullagh has already kindly agreed to step into the breach, and I'll cover his Dec 16th slot (optimistic to a fault, me).

Ouch! Get better soon, but enjoy the time off the bike and the excellent excuse for a few weeks of no nappy changes!

Non-existant user wrote:

Due to a broken collarbone today (MTB - serves me right), I'm screwed as regards my white spin duties on Sun October 28th. Happily Ken McCullagh has already kindly agreed to step into the breach, and I'll cover his Dec 16th slot (optimistic to a fault, me).

Ouch! Hard luck Owen. Your OH has two to look after all of a sudden... Get well soon!

Only too happy to swap with Owen for this, as it means that thanks to Daylight savings malarky, it will appear to be a 10:30 start instead of a 9:30 start! Sweet as a nut!

(The fact that on the 15th Leinster are playing Clermont in Lansdowne road in the HC and I'd possibly be a little under the weather on the 16th, never crossed my mind either!)

Also, I did offer Owen this link , which I thought was particularly useful, although why it appears on *that* website I'm not sure. Anyway, he claims not to be able to use the computer with the one hand and has thus not been able to learn how. (Oh and he told me not to scupper his plans)

Get well soon Owen!

Hey up,
Couldn't sort out a swap for my lead on Sunday. My apologies to those I'm leaning on but I'll try and make it up by filling in where I can another time : (

Niall

Well done to everyone on the yellow spin this morning, a great ride despite the windy wet and hilly route. The stronger riders can certainly move up to the orange group next week.

We covered a hilly 75km @ 22.5 km/h.

Seven of us at the park this morning for a combined orange/red spin. Just over two and a half hours at 29km/h.
Arthur Ebbs chose some gloriously muddy lanes on the way back that had us looking like we'd done a whole season of Belgian cyclo cross.
Very enjoyable spin. I'll wash the bike tomorrow.

White spin for me, 60.7km@23.2km/h
app.strava.com/activities/26307392

Ducked out of the Park spin this morning. Tried doing some visualisation exercises, imagining riding hard at the front of the group. Didn't like that so had coffee and buns looking out at the rain instead. Probably put on an extra kg.

Weak willed, I know.

Similar to Barry. 12 cups of tea and a twin pack of Jaffa cakes. I did watch a cyclocross race too and that was tough going.

yeah, we had a puncture and a faller, so that brought the avg down a bit. oh and Dennis warned us not to overtake ye :)

I'm hoping to do the final Supercross Cup race on Nov 25th, so wondering if anyone wants to swap for that date? I'm free this Sun (18th) and Dec 16th and Jan 13th onwards.

If I can't arrange a swap, if someone in the club wants to try out cyclocross, they can borrow my bike (56cm). The race is in St Anne's park which is supposed to be a good course. Likewise for the Portmarnock race and the Nationals in Dundalk, I won't be racing either of those.

Hey Eric, I'll cover this for you on the proviso that you win the race ;-)