Mondello 24hr Cycle Part 2
Ride for 24 hour? In a mostly dark October? Around an unlit race track built for car racing? Are you nuts?!!
Mondello 24 Endurance Cycle – Report
The long-held view that cycling is an individual sport conducted in teams is one that…
Route of the Week 4: Torr Head/Glendun
A very steep descent leads to the next climb, which is a similar distance but only half as steep.
Route of the week 3: Oughterard, Co Galway
Thanks to David Flanagan for kindly providing this route, complete with turn by turn directions…
Route of the Week 2: North Comeraghs
Thanks to David Flanagan for kindly providing this route, complete with turn by turn directions…
Route of the Week 1 – Lugnaquilla Co Wicklow
Thanks to David Flanagan for kindly providing this route, complete with turn by turn directions and a Strava route map from where you can obtain the GPX files for this ride.. In his brilliant book, Cycling in Ireland, you will find over 80 great cycling routes with something for everyone, across the whole island. Lugnaquilla […]
Massage Guns: What benefits do they offer cyclists and athletes?
Product Review: Deprogun Massage Gun DG Elite Cycling for me can be a pain in the backside. Literally. After a long day in the saddle, no matter how much stretching I do before hand or afterwards, the muscles in my butt tighten up, as do to a lesser extent the muscle groups front and backs […]
Lachlan Completes his alt Tour de France ride!
Australian rider Lachlan Morton has completed his Tour De France route ultra-endurance ride, reaching Paris and completing the final stage on the Champs Elysées early on Tuesday morning July 13th, five days ahead of the Tour, which will reach Paris on Sunday. As he was completing the entire route, including the transfer sections which the […]
Back in the Swing by Aidan Hammond
Back into the swing of things: Need I say the well worn cliché “It’s been a tough year!” We are all sick of it, but in fairness it really has been a tough year and more so for some people than others. We have been lucky in that we have had our bikes to keep […]
Enniscorthy earns Tour de France Cycle City label
On May 6th 2021 Enniscorthy earned the distinction of becoming the first municipality outside of mainland Europe to receive, Tour de France Cycle City label. Enniscorthy was a host town for a 1998 stage of the Tour de France and as such became eligible to apply for this prestigious label.Other criteria included buy-in from the […]
New Date Announced Due to the Covid-19 crises, a new date has been announced for the Mallorca 312. The Mallorca 312, Europe’s longest amateur sportive, will now take place in October 2020. Let Sportactive take care of logistics while you just ride the event. 8500 riders take on the challenge and ride one of it’s 3 […]
Aidan Hammond’s Indoor Training Advice
As a former rider for many years and a Cycling Coach for over 20 years having worked with all levels of riders from Leisure riders, Juniors and Elite racing cyclists I have seen the benefits of the use of indoor trainers, however I have also seen the major pitfalls that can come with the over […]