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29 Apr

Paris-Roubaix 2015: Meeting le pavé

NORTHERN France's wind and cobbles called for a select troupe of five St. Tiernan's soldiers. Two weakly signed up for 30km of the infamous pavé, but a trio took ... more
10 Apr

'Mud-caked cogs caused shifters to be manipulated with fists'

NORTH wind, rain, cobbles, hills - welcome to Ronde van Vlaanderen's cyclosportive. Here's former chair and seasoned Classicist Brian Kilbride's story. Two years ... more
26 Mar

Historic map of 1988 Summer Tour unearthed

TWITTER has revealed an historic map of St. Tiernan's Adventure & Cycling Club's Summer Tour of 1988. The map, found in founding member Pat Feehan's tour diary, ... more
5 Sep

Coast to coast challenge raises more than €1,200 for cancer unit

September 5, 2014 - Seven St. Tiernan's rider took on a coast-to-coast challenge last weekend that has raised in excess of €1,200 for the Denis Burkitt Cancer ... more
11 Aug

Rush raids the Alps

August 11, 2014 - Peter Rush has featured here before; as a rebel of fashion. But he is also an unwavering rider keen to push himself, quietly, wherever possible.... more
4 Aug

Kerrane sets new longest ride on Red Line, Red Lane audax

August 4, 2014 - A rider amongst us is the purest cyclist of them all. Helen Kerrane rides and rides and rides. She does not drive a car, her white Rose rarely ... more

Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014 Part 2

Continued from LBL 2014 Part 1 By the turn in Bastogne we had only one categorized climb ticked off. . However we were pacing ourselves, we were eating and ... more

Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014 Part 1

Eight St.Tiernan's riders took part in this years edition of the toughest sportive on the spring classics calendar replicating the course of the race the professi... more

Liege Bastogne Liege 2013 Report Part 4

By Brian Kilbride ... continued from part 3 The Sunday exceeded all our expectations. We had a good nights kip but no one was able to make it up to head out to ... more

Liege Bastogne Liege 2013 Report Part 3

By Brian Kilbride ... continued from part 2 Temptation number two and the road to Trois Ponts and it's train station. I stopped to gather my thoughts - there ... more

Liege Bastogne Liege 2013 Report Part 2

By Brian Kilbride ... continued from part 1 It was getting too cold to hang around so we departed in dribs and drabs and slowly assembled on the road. The turn ... more

Liege Bastogne Liege 2013 Report Part 1

By Brian Kilbride Four club members, me, Bren, Dermot and Kevin headed to La Doyenne this year to test ourselves on one of the route of the oldest classic of them ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 5

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey On a long descent I passed Dean and was on my own for a while. Soon after Siobhán joined me. Dean ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 4

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey Ahead of us lay the Koppenberg. I had heard so much about this hill, I actually couldn’t wait to ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 3

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey We pushed on – at this stage, the main concern was the cold – I found it bitterly cold, and the ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 2

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey SSo, the next morning we met up in the main square in Bruges at 6.50am. With Brian’s advice ... more

Tour of Flanders 2013 - Part 1

An account of our adventures in Flanders 2013 by Mick Dempsey Having been inspired by our Chairman’s accounts of battles in Flanders in previous years, I ... 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
23 Aug

Night Ride report

"From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with ... more
9 Aug

La Marmotte 2012 Report

La Marmotte 2012 Report by Joe Flynn Like the amphetamined fuelled, white knuckled ride of Dean Morriarty’s and Sal Paradise’s boot to the floor exit from ... more
30 Jul
tour de kilkenny

Tour de Kilkenny - Sat 4th August

The Tour de Kilkenny takes place this Saturday (4th August). The event is hosted by Marble City Cyclers  and features four routes - 40km, 70km, 110km and 160km. ... more
20 Jul

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - The Event

by Barry Doyle Sean O'Leary has been out genial host for the five intensive days we have spent here. He is a character of a specific nature, buzzing from one ... more
14 Jul

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Friday

by Barry Doyle Sit Rep It's the rest day here in Argeles Gazost. As all of you know this does not an sitting around but getting an easy spin done, some maintena... more
12 Jul

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Wednesday

by Barry Doyle The weather here has been miserable for the last two days. All those romantic notions of ascending to summits that stretch as far as the eye can ... more
11 Jul

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Tuesday

by Barry Doyle An Education What have we gotten ourselves into. Only Kevin and Dave knew what was in store and even then we sensed some unease. Today was a ... more
10 Jul

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog - Monday

by Barry Doyle Prologue Intimidating isn't the word, frightening, awesome, inspiring. Crammed into a minibus we looked on, as two hours into our journey south, ... more
6 Jul

l'Étape du Tour Daily Blog

Our crew of club hard men and l'Étape veteran Kevin McNamee are making their way to France today to prepare for the epic l'Étape du Tour Act II. They are going ... more

Tour de Burren 2012 Report

What a brutal day. The weather decided to turn its nasty face westwards today as six Tiernans riders signed on for the tour de burren. Strong southerlies, persist... more

Wicklow Peaks this Sunday

The Sunday Naas Cycling Club host their annual Wicklow Peaks Challenge. There are two routes, a 50km and a 120km circuit that starts and finishes in Naas, Co. ... more
8 May
Ben Bulben

Tour of Sligo - 6th May

Tour of Sligo – St Tiernan’s ‘Three Musketeers’ We were a small band of brothers (perhaps I should say there were ‘two’; and me, the new lad) and ... more