Archive for April, 2009
Jonathan Ryan of www.tipperaryphotos.com put together a great video of the 2009 Bill Hyland memorial promoted by www.clonmelcc.com an here’s another one from www.dungarvancyclingclub.com Barry www.worldwidecycles.com
A tale of two races !
Posted: April 27, 2009 in bill hyland memorial, clonmel cc, ray clarkeTags: bill hyland memorial, clonmel cc, irish cycling
Yesterday Clonmel Cycling Club ran yet another very successful series of races . The circuit chosen was good enough to be a National Championship circuit , and as Ray said all week ‘ The strongest rider on the day would win the race ‘ . The days racing began with the underage riders testing out [...]
L’Etape Diary part 3 – Camp Kenmare !
Posted: April 21, 2009 in kerry, l'etape diary, l'etape du tour 2009, worldwidecyclesTags: etape '09, kenmare, kerry, l'etape du tour 2009, www.trail-seekers.com
With only 13 weeks remaining until this years Etape du Tour Sean O’Leary of www.trail-seekers.com organised a training weekend in Kenmare Co. Kerry for some of the participants . Base camp was the Kenmare bay hotel where Sean had booked a number of the newly built attached holiday homes . The very best of local Kerry [...]
No two days standing behind the counter of a bike shop are the same , and no 2 customers are the same . Our youngest customer to hand over their euros at the till was a 3 year old girl who bought her own bell , with plenty of confidence and self assurance . Our oldest [...]
Tubeless Tyres
Posted: April 10, 2009 in tubeless tyres, tubeless wheelsTags: campag tubeless, fusion, hutchinson tyres, tubeless tyres
When I was building up my new Viner Maxima I once again became infatuated with every type of new technology that was available for bike builds . In my humble opinion the Maxima frameset is the pinnacle of what is available at present . Marcel Wust did seem to concur during his test in Pro [...]
‘We sell headstones dot com ‘
Posted: April 8, 2009 in dangerous drivers, worldwidecycles, www.wesellstone.comTags: dangerous drivers, irohaul, www.wesellstone.com
This morning as I threw my leg over the bike at the back door looking at the orange hue of the sun rising over the Comeraghs I inhaled a deep breath of crisp air and thought that this was a great day to be alive . And what better way to get it off to [...]
Asking for directions !
Posted: April 3, 2009 in sean kelly, sean kelly tourTags: sean kelly, theseankellytour
One weekend recently , a group of leisure cyclists from Cork decided to visit Dungarvan Co. Waterford for the weekend and ride parts of the route of the Sean Kelly tour . They were well organised and had even gone to the trouble of printing off the route map online . ( soon this will [...]
Carrick Wheelers on TV
Posted: April 3, 2009 in carrick on suir, carrick wheelers, sean kelly, sean kelly tour, worldwidecyclesTags: bobby power, carrick wheelers, martin o'loughlin, sam bennett, sean kelly
Setanta Ireland are showing a programme called ‘Wheel of Dreams ‘ on Tuesday night next 7/4/09 at 10 pm . The show will revolve around the Carrick Wheelers cycling club and will include footage of events such as The Sean Kelly tour . There will also be interviews and profiles of local legends such as [...]
