Today’s Tour of Ireland stage took the riders 200k from Ballinrobe to Galway, via Louisburgh, Westport, Leenane and Connemara, with several climbs along the way. Yesterday Mark Cavendish added to his win in Waterford on Wednesday with a perfectly timed sprint finish in Loughrea – and today he’s made it three stage victories out of [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 28, 2008
Why Visibility?
An article in today’s Irish Times – that appears to lean quite heavily on recent debates held on this blog – takes a comparative look at cycling in Dublin and Copenhagen, where apparently nobody wears helmets and everyone cycles aesthetically pleasing bikes. Why can’t we do the same in Dublin? Perhaps if we just ditch [...]
August 28, 2008
Live coverage
You can follow the latest in the Tour of Ireland via the live coverage (text updates) here.
The video footage I took yesterday of the Tour passing by, is here.
August 27, 2008
Tour Update
Today’s stage of the Tour of Ireland is over – Mark Cavendish won it in Waterford about an hour ago. (See the live text updates from the race here.) Highlights are on RTE 2 tonight at 11.15pm.
August 27, 2008
Tour of Ireland
The first stage of the Tour of Ireland kicked off in Dublin about an hour ago. I’ve just come back from filming some of it down at the Montrose flyover with my friend Neilo, and will post the footage later (with a commentary about how close we were to so much expensive cycling gear, and [...]
August 19, 2008
Cycling to Wicklow
A reader of the blog has emailed to ask about cycling to Wicklow Town. As I’ve never done it, I thought I’d put the question to the more experienced long-distance cyclists out there and see if anyone has advice for him. What’s the best route to follow to get there? (Is the N11 an unpleasant [...]
August 18, 2008
I got my degree from the University of Bike
It’s all points this and course that and CAO whatever you’re having yourself in the news today, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m hopping on the news bandwagon here. As thousands of people across the country start preparing themselves for life as third-level students, now seems as good a time as any to [...]
August 15, 2008
An Unse(a)ttling Tale
During Critical Mass in Seattle at the end of last month, an incident between a group of cyclists and a motorist led to the motorist knocking down a group of cyclists with his car and some of those cyclists slashing the car’s tyres and breaking its windows. (Read the news report here.) Two cyclists were [...]
August 13, 2008
Rainy Day Cyclists #12 and 35
There was a strange moment during RTE News’ report on the flooding of the N3 last night. In between shots of the road in question, the camera focused on a teenager, wearing no waterproof gear to speak of, perched on a bike and watching the attempts to get the flooding under control.
I could easily imagine [...]
August 12, 2008
These arguments are old hat
Stuart Jeffries had an article in the Guardian yesterday on that old chestnut: ‘cycle helmets, yes or no?’ Aside from the usual anecdotes about Dr Mark Porter allowing his children out without helmets, and some interviews with cartoony Parisiennes who refuse to wear helmets or high-vis jackets for aesthetic reasons, Jeffries doesn’t add much to [...]
