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    #32
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,325 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    looks like thats it for me this year - looking at the forecasts :(

    and the state of the roads

    as least joe bastardi's predicting an end to this by xmas (got eeverything else pretty much right this year)

    http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bastardi-europe-blog.asp

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #33
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    On the other hand, this suggests a possible grim time ahead for a while:
    All of these factors are building blocks towards what may become an epochal cold spell for Ireland and Britain in the next 20-30 day interval.

    I'd like to look on the bright side and focus on the more optimistic outlook, but it's Monday morning and my optimism gene doesn't get out of bed until Tuesday at the earliest.


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    #34
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    ednwireland wrote: »
    looks like thats it for me this year - looking at the forecasts :(

    and the state of the roads

    as least joe bastardi's predicting an end to this by xmas (got eeverything else pretty much right this year)

    http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bastardi-europe-blog.asp
    His scepticism towards anthropogenic global warming is his own business, but his spelling is rather poor ("something to be hold"?), and he seems to confuse climate and weather when discussing the significance of the recent cold weather, which is something rather odd for a senior meteorologist to do.

    Armstrong and Miller had quite a good sketch about people confusing the two at the weekend. One of them is a physicist, IIRC.


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    #35
    fletch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,392 ✭✭✭fletch


    Phoenix Park cycle lanes were dodgy this morning. Came flying through the Castleknock Gate on to the cycle lane and had to swerve into the grass to avoid the ice....continued down Chesterfield Avenue on the road.


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    #36
    pantani
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭pantani


    was driving to dublin from wexford on sat bout 10.30am and saw two lots of cyclists heading south around ashford ,roads seemed fine just wondering who they were?:cool:


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    #37
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    D15 was not great this morning. The cycle lanes on the snugborough rd were still icy. It was much better at 1PM.
    Need to cycle to town from D15 tomorrow, I will avoid the park.
    I think with the amount of crap left near the gutters, bring a few spare tubes ...


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    The roads around Cork are all completley ice free today and hopefully will continue to be for a few more days. However, all the grit that was spread has turned many roads into a gooey, slimey mess that is quite slippy. One of my clubmates had an off on it recentley. I was out earlier and was losing traction at some points while climbing, and had to take the corners very cautiously indeed.


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    #39
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Caroline_ie wrote: »
    I think with the amount of crap left near the gutters, bring a few spare tubes ...

    I got a bad tear in the rear tyre of the Brompton. Have to buy a new tyre now. Unbelievable amount of debris of all types on the road.


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    chakattack
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    Phoenix park cycle lanes were doable on MTB tonight, big patch of ice as you join at the castleknock gate which I freewheeled over with fingers crossed and a few dots of slushy ice near the zoo. Roads everywhere else were clear.


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    #41
    dario28
    Registered Users Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭dario28


    For Portmarnock to Town - Malahide road way or coast bike path

    Should I go road bike or MTB ?

    Anyone know what they are like - Dont fancy another day on the DART


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    #42
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Coast bike path is fine, at least the part I was on yesterday was.


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    #43
    instinct
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    The howth road was fine but the cycle path through Fairview was a bit icy in parts.

    But there is a slick on some of the roads that I didn't like the look of. One car spun its tires while trying to do a hill start in Raheny.

    So its still greasy out there.


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    #44
    crashoveroid
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭crashoveroid


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The roads around Cork are all completley ice free today and hopefully will continue to be for a few more days. However, all the grit that was spread has turned many roads into a gooey, slimey mess that is quite slippy. One of my clubmates had an off on it recentley. I was out earlier and was losing traction at some points while climbing, and had to take the corners very cautiously indeed.

    That was me noting major just some skin went missing on a plus point it is helping my weight loss goals. Didn't tear tights or jacket but i did destroy a good pair of overshoes and scratched up a new set of bars and bar tape.


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