Motorists warned as 130km/hr winds expected

rp

they're at it again: "motorists warned"... they should try 130km/hr winds on a bike....

Leroy42

I think 'motorist' in this context is a euphemism for all road users. Unless of course you want them to read out every possible type of vehicle class, pedestrian, runners, cyclists etc etc each time.

GSF

rp wrote: »

they're at it again: "motorists warned"... they should try 130km/hr winds on a bike....

you could see it as a compliment that cyclists dont require stating the bleeding obvious!

tomasrojo

"Road users are warned ..."?

Is that really difficult?

petethedrummer

This is southwesterly innit? Anyone for a quick spin from Cork to Dublin?

Hermy

rp wrote: »

... they should try 130km/hr on a bike....

How can you do 130km/hr on a bike.? And wouldn't that be illegal?:pac:

DirkVoodoo

Moral outrage:



I'm against it!

Icyseanfitz

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Moral outrage:



I'm against it!

the nice kind of outrage though

Morlar

Saw an accident involving a cyclist at lunchtime.

Well what I saw was the child seat of a bicycle on the road in front of a taxi. The taxi driver was rushing to get a blanket out of his boot to cover the person(s) up and cars had stopped on the opposite side of the road with motorists looking pretty shocked. Happened around monkstown crescent/Longfort place. Hope they were all ok.

So very high winds are worth taking extreme care of (cyclists and drivers). Personally I would not cycle in that weather it is just too dangerous with very powerful gusts coming out of nowhere.

bcmf

Hermy wrote: »

And wouldn't that be illegal?:pac:

As me aul granny use to say...'Its only illegal if your caught!'
:pac:

Hermy

bcmf wrote: »

As me aul granny use to say...'Its only illegal if your caught!'
:pac:

So true - unfortunately.:(

Beasty

Speed limits do not apply to bikes (although I suspect 130kph may fall foul of other road traffic offences)

patrick151

Beasty wrote: »

Speed limits do not apply to bikes (although I suspect 130kph may fall foul of other road traffic offences)

Really? There goes my dream of getting a speeding ticket on my bike

Beasty

Morlar wrote: »

Saw an accident involving a cyclist at lunchtime.

Well what I saw was the child seat of a bicycle on the road in front of a taxi. The taxi driver was rushing to get a blanket out of his boot to cover the person(s) up and cars had stopped on the opposite side of the road with motorists looking pretty shocked. Happened around monkstown crescent/Longfort place. Hope they were all ok.

So very high winds are worth taking extreme care of (cyclists and drivers). Personally I would not cycle in that weather it is just too dangerous with very powerful gusts coming out of nowhere.

Hope the cyclist is OK, but it's not for us to speculate as to cause (or extent of injuries) on such matters

Thanks

BrookieD

Was going out for a ride on Sunday morning but decided against it due to the wind. sooo not worth the risk, hopefully godd for my ride on Saturday 50km for the first time and gonna be in bits.

monkeyslayer

Saw a wheelie bin a few minutes ago fall over and quite literally fly across the rathgar road at some speed and smash into a wall on the far side, how a car, bus, cyclist or pedestrian wasn pasn't passing at the time is quite amazing. On another note I hit 60kmph on a flat road late yesterday afternoon!

wicklowvet

i see todays stage of tour of britian was cancelled on account of weather !!

unionman

I had a lovely tailwind into work this morning. I expect to suffer to going home :eek:

Dermot Illogical

unionman wrote: »

I had a lovely tailwind into work this morning. I expect to suffer to going home :eek:

Other way around for me

Hermy

Beasty wrote: »

Speed limits do not apply to bikes (although I suspect 130kph may fall foul of other road traffic offences)

I was joking.:rolleyes:

NeedMoreGears

unionman wrote: »

I had a lovely tailwind into work this morning. I expect to suffer to going home :eek:

Horrible headwind this morning. Looking forward to the spin home

Beasty

3 seconds outside a sub-40 minute commute home tonight. One lengthy westerly stretch possibly cost me a couple of minutes and a new record ...

Victor

rp wrote: »

they should try 130km/hr winds on a bike....

AWESOME!!!! :pac:

tomasrojo

Was out yesterday evening with the guitar and trailer, Kilmainham to Fairview and back.

It was quite exhilarating, but no problems, I'm glad to say. I had to lean into the crosswinds at time, but the trailer didn't give me any trouble.

unionman

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

Horrible headwind this morning. Looking forward to the spin home

Well not so much suffering as expected. Just a couple of hairy moments heading West on John's Road when I was very nearly blown off the bike.

NeedMoreGears

Glad to see you made it home in one piece Unionman. Also had a bit of fun with cross-winds but at least I was on the heavier bike which doesn't seem to be as affected by cross-winds as the road bike.

By the way in the radio was warning motorists to be especially vigilant regarding pedestrians and cyclists in view of the high winds.

Nisio

I was on a dublin bike for the first time and didn't think I'd ever need to drop down to that lowest gear until I turned into the wind on Leeson street; it was like track-standing while pedaling flat out