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5 Sep

Ice Cream win primes Quinn for Laragh Classic

JAMES QUINN primed himself to represent St. Tiernan's in Sunday's Friends First Laragh Classic with victory in the ParcelZone Ice Cream Hill Climb on Friday ... more
7 Jun

Riders speak out on new club spin duties

ST TIERNAN'S riders have spoken out against controversial new roles being shoe-horned into Saturday club spins. Last weekend a small group set out for a small ... more

'Twas the spin before Christmas...

Training? Training is for January! On the last Saturday spin before Christmas, throw a bit of tinsel on the machine and a Santa hat over your helmet and hop on ... more
11 Aug

Sally Gap seven finish Happy Pears

August 9, 2014 - Saturday was a Sally Gap kind of day, which is good, because that's where The Routemaster wanted to steer his ship, as reporter-rider David Corr ... more
28 Jul

'The nine suffered nightmarish ICL Hill TT flashbacks' - Saturday's spin earned memorable status

July 26, 2014 - The suffering began almost immediately, writes Ruairi Ferrie. Nine club members turned out at the Maldron Hotel on Saturday morning for what ... more
22 Jul

Fashion: Spiderman vs Retro

July 22, 2014 - It was only a matter of time before it happened. It was only a matter of time before someone attempted to mix the different generations of jersey in ... more

Important Club Updates & Review

Dear Fellow Tiernan's Member, We are coming to a little bit of a natural break in the cycling season- (I'm sorry ) with the Easter break upon us. It is a good ... more
18 Feb

Wexford Training Weekend Report

by Brian Kilbride We had a well attended weekend of cycling and socializing down in Carrigbyrne, this weekend gone by with 18 down for the Saturday spin 11 for ... more
4 Feb
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Club Spin (Touring Group) 2nd Feb

By Andy Lakes Nine riders set off on what was a cool Saturday morning for the Touring group. We made our way up the Embankment and took the turn near Brittas for ... more
4 Dec
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Club Spin Report 24th November

By Colm Tobin The club spin was to depart from the Phoenix Park this morning with the plan to head in the direction of Enfield for a change of scenery. With this ... more
1 Oct
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Club Spin Report 29th Sept.

By Colm Tobin It appears that, having proposed the route for today, I indirectly put myself forward as the author of the spin report, so here it is… Having ... more
26 Jul
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Club Spin Report 21st July

By Brian Hayden What a difference a couple of weeks makes, after my last outing when I completely imploded I made it out for last Saturdays spin on a proper ... more
13 Jul
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Club Spin Report - July 7th

By Brian Hayden What is it the pros say “a bad day at the office” not that I am comparing myself to the mighty men of the pro peloton but this is what happen ... more
5 Jun

Club Spin 2nd June

I would like to declare that no animals were hurt during last Saturday's spin but that simply wasn't the case. The advanced group had a good strong bunch of ten ... more
23 Apr
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Club Spin 21st April (racing group)

Fortunately we escaped the wrath of the April showers on Saturday last and managed to clock up a 105km spin in a moderate breeze. There was a good turnout for both ... more
16 Apr
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Club Spin 14th April (racing group)

Baltic. That’s the only way to describe it. Six hardy souls left Parkvale ready for a nice late spring spin to be met with arctic winds and snow lined edges. How ... more
16 Apr
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Club Spin 14th (leisure group)

This week's touring group was a small happy group of 3 of the Club's more recent members - myself, Aisling & Aidan, who set off together from Park Vale for a spin ... more
4 Apr
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Club Spin 31st March (2)

While temperatures had dropped considerably it didn’t deter the hardy annuals from taking in some good quality climbing.(Richie, Paul, Michael, Martin and ... more
4 Apr
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Club Spin March 31st

Back when St Tiernans C.C. was one of the biggest clubs in the country it was not uncommon for me to be riding in a group that had more female riders than males. ... more
5 Mar
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Club Spin 3rd March

Back in my day Parkvale was the starting point for our weekly spins so it was great to get back to the Southside of the city to go bike riding down into Wicklow. It ... more
25 Feb
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Club Spin 18th Feb

After last week's great turnout for the Pre-spin Marshalling course, we once again met in the spiritual home of St. Tiernan's Cycling and Adventure Club. It was an ... more
25 Feb
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Club Spin Feb 25th

Well what a day for a bike ride. Cool, sunny and dry. Perfect for Wicklow hills. After Mr. Hayden gave a club briefing on appropriate marshalling for the inter club ... more
10 Feb
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Club Spin 10th Feb

The gods frowned upon us again last Saturday with wet and blustery weather for most of the spin which took in Lucan, Kilcock, Enfield, Prosperous, Sallins, Arclough ... more
14 Jan
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Club Spin 14th Jan

With quite a few riders crying off before Saturday it was not expected that the groups would be as large as last week. However 13 riders assembled outside the ... more