Hey All,
Winter has arrived so we are going to head out into it.
Ride tomorrow on the road, meet at the back of the hub for 8:55am to roll out at 9am.
Plan is to head north along some nice easy roads for a while.
Rain, wind, snow or ice.
Bring some coffee money incase its very very nasty.
Greg
DCU Cycling
Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Welcome!
First off to those who get this who have left the club or college,
apologies, the un-subscribe bit at the end of the email is there if you
do not wish to receive these emails any more.
Hello and welcome to the DCU Cycling Club!
Sorry about the long mail, but it'll explain all that is going on!
First of all thanks for joining and, this is our 6th year back and
after the successes last year lets make it a good one!
So, down to business! My name is Greg and I'm the treasurer of the
club and ex chairperson, I've been an XC mountain biker and track rider
for years. I've also been known to do cyclocross just because I don't
get enough pain. The rest of the committee is made up off a mix of
roadies, mountain bikers, and cyclists
Michael McCarthy :Chairperson(Roadie )
Diarmuid O Cronin :Sectary (Roadie and track rider)
Greg May :Treasurer (XC and Cross)
Mick Maher :Safety (XC MTB)
_The Club:_
The club is now in its 6th year and still going strong. Last year we
hosted the most Cyclocross National Cyclocross Championships in January
of 2010. We also hosted the cyclocross intervarsities last year, where
we won the mens team event.
The initial idea of the club was to get a group of riders who are
interested in racing competitively in the MTB and road scene as well as
catering for recreational riders and people who want to compete in the
more specific disciplines like track and triathlon........oh I may have
forgotten to mention the beer which happens every now and again. However
since then we have won multiple intervarsity titles, had members race at
world intervarsity level, and compete and win at both national and
international level. For a relatively young club we have a high race
pedigree, even though deep down we are a mongrel of several different
clubs from around the country :)
_Training and trips:_
Each week you should be getting a mail from the club, this will have
a list of the activities that the club is planning for the week on it.
These will in general be either MTB spins, road spins, tri training
sessions or whatever else is going on in the club that week (races,
drinking sessions, and so on). We are going to try and alternate the
organised weekend spins between mountain and road each weekend. This
will allow those of us who like to do both, to do both! The intensity of
the spins will depend on who turns up on the day, later into the
semester we will start to have harder specific spins, and easier relaxed
spins. But don't worry the pace will always be that of the slowest
rider...unless were sprinting....or going downhill very fast.
A rule of thumb for all club spins *you must *wear a bike helmet. THIS
IS NOT AN OPTION. If you are on a club MTB spin you need to have a lid
and be aware that you are likely to crash at some point. Simple. For
all MTB, road racing, track racing, and triathlon events you also must
have a helmet this is to comply with Cycling Ireland regulations, and,
if you do take a spill on a session, its less to worry about and you'll
have to wear one racing anyway's.
Roadies
With no lack of roads to train on this wont be an issue for the
roadies or tri heads in the club. Spins from the college, either the
back of the Hub, or from the front of Spar, will be going on every
Wednesday while we still have the light, and longer spins will be being
organised for the weekends over the coming months. Local spins to the
college include laps of the Boot Inn course, laps in the Phoenix Park,
spins out in Skerries and Howth direction. Other weekend spins will be
organised to the likes of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. In order to
make these spins a bit easier, if you have a car and a bike rack could
you send me a mail if you are willing to do a bit of driving. Come the
summer we will be looking to enter the club members in races and
hopefully get in on some interclub racing too. Also the intervarsity
road races provide a great pre season test, and we will be going so you
have a target for all that winter training.
Mountain Bikers and cross riders
Same as with the roadies, the plan is to run a major trip every second
weekend. These trips for the start will be going from DCU out to the
likes of Howth and St Anne's park. These spins will be good for those
ppl who are new to mountain biking and those who just wanta quick spin.
Trips will be getting organised to the likes of Three-rock, Ballinstoe
and Wicklow, but transport for these trips is kinda dependent on the
situation with grants and who is free on the day. So if you have a car
and a bike rack, send me a mail so we can organise trips that little
easier. Cyclocross training is being held on a Tuesday night out in
Knocklyon and people should be cycling out to it most weeks. All you
need is a cross bike or a MTB and a willingness to run about in the mud.
Track
To any track riders out there I say welcome. Plans for the winter
include trips to Manchester velodrome and some recreational grass track
racing as well as some real track racing to be arranged for the new
year, with the possibility of some intervarsity action going on too.
I'll be training at the Dublin track over the winter (weather
permitting) so you are all more than welcome. Some of us will also be
training, and racing, in Manchester in the winter league so if you're
interested in this get in contact with me ASAP. For those who have never
ridden a fixie before, its not scary, it's fantastic. Nothing wrong with
one gear, no brakes, and no free-wheel. It's perfectly safe...mostly.
In general
If you or a few others feel like just going for a spin. Do it. Use
twitter account, meet up for rides and get out there. We will always try
to run as many trips and events as we can but if you guys feel like a
spin in the middle of the week go for it! The easiest way to organise
this is....
The website and forum:
Website http://dcucyclingclub.blogspot.com/ is where we will be
updating all the info for the club, and the facebook page: . So keep
checking in. Keep an eye on the Twitter feed, this will be the easiest
way to update on spins, get other people to come for spins, and to just
shout out random things. http://twitter.com/DCUcyclingclub is the
address, and just type @DCUcyclingclub to post to it. Try to keep it
vaguely sensible its not going to be monitored 24/7
At this stage I think I have typed enough so I'll leave it with,
Thanks,
Greg
apologies, the un-subscribe bit at the end of the email is there if you
do not wish to receive these emails any more.
Hello and welcome to the DCU Cycling Club!
Sorry about the long mail, but it'll explain all that is going on!
First of all thanks for joining and, this is our 6th year back and
after the successes last year lets make it a good one!
So, down to business! My name is Greg and I'm the treasurer of the
club and ex chairperson, I've been an XC mountain biker and track rider
for years. I've also been known to do cyclocross just because I don't
get enough pain. The rest of the committee is made up off a mix of
roadies, mountain bikers, and cyclists
Michael McCarthy :Chairperson(Roadie )
Diarmuid O Cronin :Sectary (Roadie and track rider)
Greg May :Treasurer (XC and Cross)
Mick Maher :Safety (XC MTB)
_The Club:_
The club is now in its 6th year and still going strong. Last year we
hosted the most Cyclocross National Cyclocross Championships in January
of 2010. We also hosted the cyclocross intervarsities last year, where
we won the mens team event.
The initial idea of the club was to get a group of riders who are
interested in racing competitively in the MTB and road scene as well as
catering for recreational riders and people who want to compete in the
more specific disciplines like track and triathlon........oh I may have
forgotten to mention the beer which happens every now and again. However
since then we have won multiple intervarsity titles, had members race at
world intervarsity level, and compete and win at both national and
international level. For a relatively young club we have a high race
pedigree, even though deep down we are a mongrel of several different
clubs from around the country :)
_Training and trips:_
Each week you should be getting a mail from the club, this will have
a list of the activities that the club is planning for the week on it.
These will in general be either MTB spins, road spins, tri training
sessions or whatever else is going on in the club that week (races,
drinking sessions, and so on). We are going to try and alternate the
organised weekend spins between mountain and road each weekend. This
will allow those of us who like to do both, to do both! The intensity of
the spins will depend on who turns up on the day, later into the
semester we will start to have harder specific spins, and easier relaxed
spins. But don't worry the pace will always be that of the slowest
rider...unless were sprinting....or going downhill very fast.
A rule of thumb for all club spins *you must *wear a bike helmet. THIS
IS NOT AN OPTION. If you are on a club MTB spin you need to have a lid
and be aware that you are likely to crash at some point. Simple. For
all MTB, road racing, track racing, and triathlon events you also must
have a helmet this is to comply with Cycling Ireland regulations, and,
if you do take a spill on a session, its less to worry about and you'll
have to wear one racing anyway's.
Roadies
With no lack of roads to train on this wont be an issue for the
roadies or tri heads in the club. Spins from the college, either the
back of the Hub, or from the front of Spar, will be going on every
Wednesday while we still have the light, and longer spins will be being
organised for the weekends over the coming months. Local spins to the
college include laps of the Boot Inn course, laps in the Phoenix Park,
spins out in Skerries and Howth direction. Other weekend spins will be
organised to the likes of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. In order to
make these spins a bit easier, if you have a car and a bike rack could
you send me a mail if you are willing to do a bit of driving. Come the
summer we will be looking to enter the club members in races and
hopefully get in on some interclub racing too. Also the intervarsity
road races provide a great pre season test, and we will be going so you
have a target for all that winter training.
Mountain Bikers and cross riders
Same as with the roadies, the plan is to run a major trip every second
weekend. These trips for the start will be going from DCU out to the
likes of Howth and St Anne's park. These spins will be good for those
ppl who are new to mountain biking and those who just wanta quick spin.
Trips will be getting organised to the likes of Three-rock, Ballinstoe
and Wicklow, but transport for these trips is kinda dependent on the
situation with grants and who is free on the day. So if you have a car
and a bike rack, send me a mail so we can organise trips that little
easier. Cyclocross training is being held on a Tuesday night out in
Knocklyon and people should be cycling out to it most weeks. All you
need is a cross bike or a MTB and a willingness to run about in the mud.
Track
To any track riders out there I say welcome. Plans for the winter
include trips to Manchester velodrome and some recreational grass track
racing as well as some real track racing to be arranged for the new
year, with the possibility of some intervarsity action going on too.
I'll be training at the Dublin track over the winter (weather
permitting) so you are all more than welcome. Some of us will also be
training, and racing, in Manchester in the winter league so if you're
interested in this get in contact with me ASAP. For those who have never
ridden a fixie before, its not scary, it's fantastic. Nothing wrong with
one gear, no brakes, and no free-wheel. It's perfectly safe...mostly.
In general
If you or a few others feel like just going for a spin. Do it. Use
twitter account, meet up for rides and get out there. We will always try
to run as many trips and events as we can but if you guys feel like a
spin in the middle of the week go for it! The easiest way to organise
this is....
The website and forum:
Website http://dcucyclingclub.
updating all the info for the club, and the facebook page: . So keep
checking in. Keep an eye on the Twitter feed, this will be the easiest
way to update on spins, get other people to come for spins, and to just
shout out random things. http://twitter.com/
address, and just type @DCUcyclingclub to post to it. Try to keep it
vaguely sensible its not going to be monitored 24/7
At this stage I think I have typed enough so I'll leave it with,
Thanks,
Greg
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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