20 years ago I got on a bike because I wanted to race in pink kit and go to the Olympics. I’ve worked everyday since to make this dream a reality. Beyond proud and honoured to get to represent @TeamIreland at my first Olympics games. I hope I can do Ireland proud💚🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/0bUy17SnCR
— Emily Kay (@EmilyKay95) June 17, 2021
In fairness.
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Good luck Emily. Great to have a dream and to realize it.
ah a medal would be fab, allez allez!
(apart from all the Sunday mamils out on their €5k hardware) with the massive uplift in the amount of kids out training I predict a very bright future for Irish cycling…a Kelly & Roche era beckons – without the addons hopefully lol
also really really hope Sam Bennett recovers in time for tdf!
The good wishes are nice, but you had to get the dig in at cycling somehow didn’t you? €5 K hardware… the horror? As opposed to spending €75,000 plus on a giant 4 wheel drive W**kPanzer, which is totally acceptable…
yeah I did have to, a bit cruel but whatever it’s true in my experience over the years
€5k carbonfibre, titanium, computer assemblies are completely unnecessary “look at my wedge” statements for 95% of the lads I come across on the road out on a spin. Nothing like seeing a cyclist training on an €800 clunker (deliberately chosen clunker, real hardware reserved for actual competitive work) destroy a well h€€led group on a climb. the most any leisure cyclist needs to spend on a bike is 2-2.5k.
It is in fact the equivalent of the logic a certain set apply to their choice of motor as you say, Dalkey Tractor et al.
btw I am a cyclist, it’s my sport, been on the road racing on and off and on since 1984. I also like cars of all shapes and sizes and types. It’s ok to do both y’know :)
If you are inside the tent P****** out then that’s not so bad. My own brother did mountain bike racing and mountain running back in the early 90’s and did the mountain biking on a cheap piece of crap blowing away more expensively set up lads. Also looking like a yeti, all hair and beard and terrible running outfits, he took great pleasure in beating all the Gardaí and army boys with their clean cut, clean shaven looks.
My own bikes were bought from the Garda Auctions in Kevin Street and I never paid more than 12 Punts for one. (Because I was skint) But I once had a go on a carbon Fibre Klein up around the Blue Light around 1990 or so…. and if I had had a spare few grand at the time..
So I don’t begrudge anyone spending money on a good bike.
Best of Luck, keep your eyes on the prize.
Great stuff! Go Emily! It would be so good to get some medals in cycling.
Gwan Emily! Also, a great pic of her in the pink. Love it.
Brilliant. You go, girl!
nice, just shows you, when you start something, like riding a bike, never know where its going to lead you.
its great the government have prioritised sport having regards to its benefits and built many velodromes around the country……oh wait,…. do we have even one velodrome. methinks Emily must train outside Ireland.
though id prefer if the government spent money on partisipation across the country than build a velodrome for an elite group. thats UKs problem, funding goes for the top athletes so they win goal at the cost of impoverished kids who never get a chance.
All the best, Emily. I hope you don’t mind wearing green for this event, but at any other time, wear what you will.
We have so many truly incredible women who represent this country, and across so many fields. I will stick here with various athletics, from cycling to track, yachting to rowing, boxing to judo. And all of this despite the fact that they only get a fraction of what men get, only to fail in the same sports.
Support our women in sports properly!
That’s great! Best of luck.