Sean Kelly Tour of the Midlands

Sunday 13^th October 2013

The Irish Heart Foundation is calling on cycle enthusiasts to join Sean Kelly for his first ever Tour of the Midlands

Register now for €35 – Registration closes on Friday 4^th October

There will be three routes

120k Slieve Bloom

80k Kelly Cut

And 12k Family Spin

For additional information click Here

Cycling News Connacht

The AGM of Cycling Connacht will take place in the Dalton Inn Hotel Claremorris on Monday 4th November 2013 commencing at 8pm.

MOTIONS.

Motions for discussion at the AGM should be sent to me by e-mail or normal post to arrive not later than 6pm on Monday 7th October 2013.

DELEGATES

Each club affiliated to Cycling Connacht for more than 6 months is allowed 2 voting delegates at the AGM

Admission to the AGM is confined to persons with a current valid CI licence.

NOMINATIONS

Nominations are sought for the following positions

Chairman.  Secretary.  Treasurer. Technical Officer.  Sporting Rep.  Development Rep. Riders Rep. Mountainbike Rep.  Leisure Rep. and Underage Rep.

Nominations should be sent to me by e-mail or normal post to arrive not later than 6pm on Monday 7th. October 2013.

Nominations in order to be valid should contain the following information

1    The name of the person nominated.

2    The position that he/she is being nominated for.

3    His/her proposer

4    His/ her seconder.

5    A declaration that the person nominated is aware of the nomination and prepared to accept it

Connacht Hill Climb Championships will take place on

 Lallys Mountain Tourmakeady on

 Saturday next 14th. September

Sign on 10am to 11am

Start  11.15 am

Categories  U-12 to A1

Changing facilities at Tourmakeady GAA centre.

Time Trial courtesy of The Bike Shop

The Bike Shop Roscommon




One Cog,One Bike, One Hill
Part of the Knockcrochery fair, September 21st.
Time Trial, 100m dash up Corbooly Hill on a High Nelly.
First prize for the quickest climb is €50
There will also be spot prizes on the day

Swim Cycle Run

SwimCycleRun.com is an internet based multisport store set up in 2013 to supply sports equipment at prices to rival places like Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles. They are an Irish based company in Athy and are at present sponsoring a number of athletes. They give free next day delivery to Ireland and have contacted me offering Kilteevan Wheelers an additional 5% discount on their internet stock. All you need to avail of this discount is to contact either Kieran or myself to get the discount code. I will ask Kieran to forward the code on to everyone by email. I have had a quick look at the site and I believe I will be back to support them. I have to say I'm always up for supporting companies that give a little back to the community. For a link to their website click Here and pick up some bargains.

The Falling Leaves Tour

Takes place 22nd September in aid of the Irish Pilgrimage Trust. You can get some information on their activities by clicking Here

It's hard to get rid of a bad thing

Hi All Sorry for not keeping this blog up to date. I'm afraid I have not been cycling as much as I would have liked and putting information up depends on the information feed. For those of you that might be a little slow that means you need to feed me information if you want something more that my fanciful ramblings.

First off I must apologise to a couple of cyclists that turned up for the 1130 cycle last Sunday only to find themselves all alone. I'm afraid I went out a bit early (missed the 9am cycle, someone above was obviously looking out for me). Kilteevan cycling has been up in a heap over the last few weeks (The Gathering, Church celebrations and Cemetery Sunday) That said it should not have happened and hopefully will not happen again.

I have no doubt that the usual suspects will be out and about at 9am Sunday. I on the other hand will have more sense and make the 1130. Needless to say weather permitting and hoping that some other senseless cyclists will join me for a short 100k or so (short being 40k to 60k) or whatever we can fit in.

I would like to say a big Thank You to all those involved in organising the Baby Sandra cycle today. It was a great turn out and very well provisioned. It pains me to say that either I need more time in the saddle or a softer saddle.

Well that's enough of my rambling I will put up some details of the Falling Leaves Tour in the next day or two (it's on 22^nd September)

Next to Last for this years RAS Cycle

Well all good things come to an end and so did the RAS. Just to say congratulations to all those participants of the RAS Charity cycle. Whether it was the quarter pounders or those that went the whole hog. Each and every cyclist deserves our congratulations on a job well done. But let us not leave out the organisers, sponsors, marshals and supporters who all contributed to making it such a success.

Just a few photos to be getting on with. Over the next few days I will try to get another set of photos up and for those unlucky cyclists not in the Kilteevan Wheelers Cycling club, if I have any photos of you I will include them in the next set or two

RAS Stage 5 May 23rd

Well the trip is starting to take its toll. 739k behind them and I suspect it’s their most painful part. The thoughts of sitting even in a SOFT armchair must at this stage bring tears to their eyes. The good news though is that they are all still going strong even if the cycle is starting to tire them. They had a long hard cycle today with a couple of big climbs and wind to contend with. Still they made it and without doubt they will mount their bikes tomorrow and continue the cycle.

Three days to go and 441k, it’s still a long way but once they get tomorrow out of the way they will feel like they are on the home run. Saturday will hopefully bring out some more supporters to cheer them on and Sunday will see some of our own lads join and encourage them over the last stage.

Tomorrow will be no joke though. They have 145k and 5 category 3 hills to climb. 4 of the hills are in the last 40k of the cycle. Let’s hope that if there is any wind tomorrow it will be behind them, I’m sure they could do with a bit of a push.

RAS May 22nd Stage 4

Just to let everyone know, the lads are still hanging in there. A couple of big climbs throughout the day but everyone managed to survive. I hear that Adrian is pushing hard and is 3^rd man to the top for the day. That was 8 climbs and none of them easy. For my part I think I’ll go back to walking. Though I did hear there are good deals to be had on electric bikes. That’s about the only I’m doing one of those climbs never mind eight.

Well that’s 589k down and only 591k to go. Should be a doddle for these lads they are on the home straight now. How about we arrange a trip on Sunday to support them on the last leg?

In case anyone thinks me remiss I should also point out that there are some ladies among these intrepid cyclists. All I can do is offer my sympathy to them for having to put up with the lads for eight days.

RAS Tuesday 21st

Well from what I hear Tuesday went well. All the lads are in good form and looking forward to today’s climbs. As one wise cyclist said the best part of climbing a hill is that you get to come down it on the other side. However after 4 category 3’s, 3 category 2’s and a category 1 today I wonder if he will feel the same way about hills and I almost forgot its only 153k. I hope someone bought a LARGE tub of sudocrem.

One thing I forgot to mention in a previous blog. Each and every one of these lads & ladies, have put in significant efforts to get fit for this. That’s long hours on bikes and trainers, they could only do this with the help and support of their partners and families. So on their behalf I would like to say THANKS.

While I’m in the mood for giving thanks. I would like to mention an incident I witnessed on the journey into Granard on Sunday. One of the cyclists having obviously put in great effort earlier in the day was running out of steam on a hill. Low and behold two other cyclists, one to either side put their hands to his back and gave him a helping hand. Unfortunately I couldn’t get a photo as I was driving but just to witness the help given without request or compliment shows the generosity of the majority of cyclists. They have big hearts, they are willing to help, they are willing to put in the effort and we should be offering them all the support we can.

Now on a lighter note can anyone identify the legs in the photo? I will give you one hint. They do not belong to a lady.