Après moi le déluge

le petit braquet

Really enjoyed my 11km spin through the new rivers that had appeared in Dublin this evening passing queues of cars inching their way home. Sometimes its hard not to feel a sense of moral superiority

My Ortlieb panniers kept everything in them bone dry, but my neoprene overshoes and Seal Skinz proved no barrier. Pity Ortlieb don't do wet gear.

lpb

Cookie_Monster

what you talkin bout OP?...

17 deg and sunny :D

Inquitus

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

what you talkin bout OP?...

17 deg and sunny :D

And not a sinner on the roads cos they are all hungover?

Cookie_Monster

Inquitus wrote: »

And not a sinner on the roads cos they are all hungover?

yesterday maybe ( I dunno, I was too hungover), today not so much. Back to school and back to work for all. Though I really would not have liked to be the binmen, picking up from our area at 7AM yesterday, I'd say that was an unpleasant morning for them.

Surveyor11

Yeah, everyone in the office laughing at me setting off with the wet gear on this evening. Looking at the traffic in Dublin, i'd say most of them still stuck in their cars:D......

le petit braquet

Got the same laughs myself. Who's laughing now suckers!

Looks like a repeat dose of smugness in the morning. While the rain is forecast to ease off, I can't see all that flooding draining away.

NeedMoreGears

Enjoyed the swim home. Heading up the hill after artane church I met a small river about a foot deep - it was hard to cycle against/through it. Other than that no real problems other than being wet to the ar$e

Nisio

My waterproof socks stayed nice and dry (because I forgot to bring them...) all that practice track standing came in handy when the puddles at the red lights were deeper than my shoes. A "Do or Dunk" situation.

Surveyor11

Ha! I was trying to stay cool at the lights at the Castlknock Gate, while the water lapped up and over (and into!) my booties....

petethedrummer

So there's justification for one more type of bicycle purchase?

rp

le petit braquet wrote: »

My Ortlieb panniers kept everything in them bone dry, but my neoprene overshoes and Seal Skinz proved no barrier. Pity Ortlieb don't do wet gear.

yeah the ortlieb back rollers proved their worth again - they were half submerged on the Chapelizod bypass. I was also impressed that the SON hub dynamo kept the juice flowing while submerged.

But it's pretty futile trying to keep the feet dry, face it, this is a water sport.

seven stars

rp, what was the N4 like today? Was there much in the way of flooding, surface water, big puddles, that sort of thing?

fletch

I too couldn't help but feel a sense of smugness cycling by the lines and lines of traffic. The floods probably added about 4-5mins to my 16km commute max. I was cycling along singing and laughing out loud most of the way.

Yi Harr

seven stars wrote: »

rp, what was the N4 like today? Was there much in the way of flooding, surface water, big puddles, that sort of thing?

The N4 was completely clear today, well aside from some debris. Only one or two big puddles along the canal too.

I felt like a poster boy for altura today. Have to say shoe covers are an amazing invention.

columbus_66

N4 was traffic free this morning after the M50 so it was great, and the the quays were clear as well as the traffic was blocked from going down Wolfe Tone quay. The quay wasn't flooded but it looks like the wall is sinking on the Liffeyside. I think it will be better this evening as the rain has stopped.

Mr November

Went mountain biking last night in *that*... up & down rivers & torrents of water :eek: ... absolutely mental craic!

rp

fletch wrote: »

I was cycling along singing and laughing out loud most of the way.

"The tide is high and I'm moving on..."

Chips Lovell

I was wading waste deep at times on my way home last night.

Keep_Her_Lit

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

I was wading waste deep at times on my way home last night.

Had a similar experience. I decided I'd try to pedal through, in the granny gear, nice 'n' easy. But the water was full of leaves and other junk. A small rag got pulled into my cassette, causing the chain to skip and forcing me to dismount.

Just as I realised that the water was now lapping up against the underside of my rack, with rucksack still bungeed on, a guy in a truck who'd been weighing up his options decided to give it a go, at speed. He made it, while generating a series of sizeable waves on his way past ... I didn't get my bag out of the way in time ... cheers buddy! Luckily, the token waterproof coating on the inside of the bag saved my stuff from a serious soaking.

It only occurred to me when I was already in the water that it could be pretty badly polluted. Thankfully, my gear didn't stink when I came out of it and was just wet. Stopped for a quick look at the Dodder flowing under the bridge on Springfield Ave. Really surprising just how quickly a sleepy little river can be transformed into a raging torrent.

Blue skies now, good to see.

Jawgap

Lumen

rp wrote: »

"The tide is high and I'm moving on..."

"...I'm gonna wade through number ones."

thunderdog

le petit braquet wrote: »

Really enjoyed my 11km spin through the new rivers that had appeared in Dublin this evening passing queues of cars inching their way home. Sometimes its hard not to feel a sense of moral superiority

My Ortlieb panniers kept everything in them bone dry, but my neoprene overshoes and Seal Skinz proved no barrier. Pity Ortlieb don't do wet gear.

lpb

Yep I agree....enjoyed the cycle home too....my flooded basement put a downer on it though! Cant win em' all i suppose :rolleyes: