Nine Shannonsiders made it over to Multyfarnham for the 8am start of the first ever Midlands Meander 200k Audax. An Audax is a particular type of spin; usually long distance, with small enough entries, a €5 sign-on fee an minimal backup. You are issued with a card (a Brevet) which is

Last week. I had a call from The Coach. He is a guy I used to ride with when I lived nearer to civilisation; one of the infamous ‘Plonquers’. It was cryptic stuff. ‘I will be going for a cycle with a ‘girl’ on Bank Holiday Monday, from the Sheraton’

  Ronan, Gael and Woof before Stage 4 The build up to this G3D was less than encouraging to say the least. Four of us pre-entered in January, Goldfinger, Woof, Tinman and Lomu. Woof got a bad flu in January that took weeks to go but the cough stayed till mid March. The back was a

There are many reasons to cycle in a group – the opportunity to chat to other people, the little bit of competition and the feeling of sharing a common goal.

Tinman and Woof made the short trip to Clonard for this annual outing of 68k, usually at high speed along the old N6. It was cold enough and Tin stayed in the tights whilst Woof chanced the shorts and hairy legs. Good organisation was evident with marshalls everywhere and minimal disr

I was going to to this earlier in the week but was waiting for Cav to give us the blow by blow from his great Saturday win. It seems that he is now gone to the continent! After I put the jersey on loads of people in Navan were commenting on Ciaran’s win.