Aodan meets a God

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Aodan meets a God

Postby Andrew G » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:59 pm

Nice one Aodan. One of my all time favourite cyclists (not Aodan, although he is a nice bloke :wink: ).
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Re: Aodan meets a God

Postby kieran » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:40 pm

never heard of the tour of waterford, but once about 3 years ago we took the bikes over I cycled in the area with the family. We cycled part of the place Aodan describes in:

"The Mahon Falls climb is the signature climb of this event. A 350m climb, at an average gradient of 8%, and just like all the best climbs, it finishes on a 25% ramp with an official photographer waiting at the top!

Motorists around here refer to a stretch of “magic road” about half way up this climb. The story goes that if you release the handbrake at a certain point the car will roll up the hill. Maybe it’s true, but I definitely didn’t feel the bike rolling effortlessly up the hill. In fact, at this stage every pedal revolution was a struggle and I even found myself looking for a suitable stretch to get off and walk. "

Not easy dragging a tag-a-long. The magic road is an optical illusion caused by differing slopes for the road and surround land.
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Re: Aodan meets a God

Postby Sylv » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:18 pm

Nice one Aodan

I can't quite make from the blurry photo if you've sorted that dangling handlebar tape for the occasion :wink:
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Re: Aodan meets a God

Postby higg » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:05 pm

[quote]I can't quite make from the blurry photo if you've sorted that dangling handlebar tape for the occasion


:D

I used the cross bike but, for once, I cleaned it the day before.
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