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

Two events on this weekend An Post Tour of Sligo on Sunday 5th (www.tourofsligo.ie) and Mullingar Lions Club charity cycle on Monday 6th. Registration for Mullingar cycle will be at Ladestown 9.0am. The  routes are shown on our web site on www.mullingarlions.com. Please use the commen

A large contingent from SSCC turned up in Rathdowney, Slam-On, Mickey H, Steve, Marcus B, Monty, Click, Minty, Minty’s sister, Ashling, Duracell Bunny and maybe some more.

Mr Roche was there although we never saw him. The atlantic was there for 50km. We were all challenged at some point.

Two up coming events to get the touring season off to a start and a warm up for our Tour of the Heartlands which is on on 28th April.

Last weekend we had a nice crew down in Ennis for the annual club weekend away. Lumen sourced the accommodation, picked a fine route for Saturday, booked the lunch stop and recommended the hostel restaurant for dinner. On all counts he excelled, thank you Lumen. He even brough us alon