Mondello 24hr Cycle Part 2
By John Boyle Ride for 24 hour? In a mostly dark October? Around an unlit race track built for car racing? Are you nuts?!! That was my reaction when I was asked to join an eight_man team for the inaugural Mondello 24 Endurance Race. But as Hugh Durnin, our mentor persisted, I said I would […]
Mondello 24 Endurance Cycle – Report
MONDELLO 24 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE – An 8-Rider Team Perspective By Joe Kelly The long-held view that cycling is an individual sport conducted in teams is one that I have not fully identified with. Even on group spins and training through winter, the concept of ‘team’ isn’t always to the forefront of the group effort. […]
Route of the Week 4: Torr Head/Glendun
TORR HEAD AND GLENDUNCounty AntrimDistance 58km, Elevation Gain 1070km 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 […]
Route of the week 3: Oughterard, Co Galway
OUGHTERARD County Galway Distance 65km, Elevation Gain 600m 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 […]
Route of the Week 2: North Comeraghs
NORTH COMERAGHS County Waterford/Tipperary Distance 72km, Elevation 720m 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 […]
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 […]