Leisure

Podcast recording of this Article is available! In a town full of plain-faced, Amish-looking, possibly reptilian, humanoids, one man had freckles, this is his story. Fair Warning: Boil the kettle and clear your calendar, it’s longer than a Brachiosaurus Spinal Column.

The Joe Daly Memorial Charity Cycle Rally 2018 will take place on Sunday June 24th at 10:00am. Starting at Simpson’s Hospital the route takes us out to Enniskerry and back. All proceeds are in aid of Simpson’s Hospital, Dundrum

Just over 9 months ago Padraig Cunningham posted the idea on the club forum about a group cycling the wild Atlantic way from Tralee to Westport. This simple post set the cogs in motion for an amazing few days in May this year! Read on to hear how the trip went…

The Orwell Randonnee is long established on the Irish sportive calendar as one of the toughest but one of the best events there is! This year there was a changing of the guard and new committee members took on the challenge of putting it together. We look back at the event here though the eyes of a few different people to see how the day went for them…

It was dark out when I wheeled the bike out of the foyer and onto the Noorderlaan, a dead grid style road on the outskirts of Antwerp. I saw a bike light in the corner of my eye and quickly mounted and followed a group that cycled into the city centre and the start place. Scott-Orwell Wheeler Eugene Dillon recounts his trip to the RRV Sportive 2018….

Loved and feared by many in equal measure, the Good Friday Monster has always been a serious challenge. 2018 brought an early Easter and some of the worst weather for years. Undaunted by all of this a hardy group set out on the 20th of March to conquer the beast. Read on to see who won in this tale of Cyclist V The Monster by James O’Callaghan

Robert Tully - 03 February 2018 The Orwell Wheelers Randonnée is back for 2018 and this year it's got a little brother! As has become tradition, it's taking place Saturday 5th of May at 09:00, the bank holiday weekend, with start and finish at Lansdowne Wesley Rugby Club on Ballycorus Road. Please see poster for more details, and click here to enter: Registration page Randonnée lite: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/18442377 Randonnée full: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/184

The Orwell Wheelers Randonnée is back for 2018 and this year it’s got a little brother! As has become tradition, it’s taking place Saturday 5th of May at 09:00, the bank holiday weekend, with start and finish at Lansdown Wesley Rugby Club on Ballycorus Road. Please see poster inside for more details. Routes now added.

Luke GJ visited Nice in December, he reports back from the Col de la Madone, Poggio de San Remo and Mario Balotelli.

If you’re feeling full after Christmas dinner, here’s the perfect read for sitting on the couch and motivating yourself for 2018. James O’Callaghan took on the Tour du Mont Blanc earlier this year, find out how he fared below…

Luke GJ reports back from his April trip to Mount Baldy and how he became a Powerade connoisseur. Grab a warm beverage, it’s a long one, four thousand words long.

A summary of our current initiatives on the Leisure side for the 2017 Winter Spins.

Now in it’s 11th year, the Gerry Brannigan Memorial Cycle 2017 will take place on Sunday October 15th from the Grasshopper Inn in Clonee, Co. Meath.

David Fitzgerald takes us through his Milan-San Remo in June. Self-Organised, with five bottles of water he sets off on a quest for a beer.

Donal O’Connor reports back from the Marmotte 2017. Explaining his build-up and brief interaction with the law.

Winter 2016 brought the familiar mantra of “Winter miles brings Summer smiles” and I found myself out on the bike more frequently than expected. Initially I ignored the muttered questions about W200.

On a sunny day, the cycle back from Fanore to Ballyvaughan, Co Clare with the Atlantic views on your left and the Burren on your right, must be one of the best in Ireland.

A little under a year ago sixteen club members blissfully unaware of what they were letting themselves in for. They signed up to go on a trip to the Dolomites. Attracted by the motto of “Pedala forte, mangia bene” – meaning cycle hard, eat well. The sixteen looked forward to idyllic days basking in the sun as the road rose gently before them and returning sated at the end of the day to a good meal and copious wine. How did they fare?

The Joe Daly Memorial Charity Cycle Rally will take place on Sunday June 25th at 10:00 from Simpson’s Hospital on the Ballinteer Rd.

Lots to celebrate so far this season… Plenty tough sportives and races completed, our Rás team and their brilliant performance this week, Ken’s upgrade to A3 and lots of W200 completed!!