The wimp list ...

Wishbone Ash

billyhead wrote: »

I'm the opposite. Heading into that wind form a coastal location and by the time I am coming home from work it will have died down:(. Ah well as they say HTFU:D

I'm wondering what direction JW will bring us on the McNSCC touring ride tomorrow. It should be interesting!

Unknown Soldier

My plan to cycle in to work is now on hold while I figure out how to fix the bedroom window that a serious gust of wind nearly tore off the frame. It won't close now as the sliding mechanism is all buckled from being opened beyond where it technically should have been.

Bummer!

Parchment

I happily left my bike at home yesterday and today. Its really bad out there and honestly if i had no car i would get a bus or walk rather than cycle.

It would be quite foolish to cycle today imo.

Tuesday as i came down a hill the wind actually stopped me pedaling. I ended up walking with the bike the rest of the way.

ted1

Is mise anseo...

jon1981

I was one of the brave fools this morning, one of very very few i might add. Regretted it halfway through, will be leaving the bike at work if it's still like that later!

DanDublin1982

Sign me up. You forget how much you hate the bus.

amcalester

I drove in today too, just did not fancy cycling down the N81 into a headwind.

brianomc

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

My plan to cycle in to work is now on hold while I figure out how to fix the bedroom window that a serious gust of wind nearly tore off the frame. It won't close now as the sliding mechanism is all buckled from being opened beyond where it technically should have been.

Bummer!

Happened me last year. To get the window shut I had to break off the sliding mechanism altogether. It was busted so would have needed replacing anyway. I can give the number of the guy I got to replace it then if you want. I found my kitchen window wide open this morning but no sliding bar on that to get broken thankfully.

I was happy to be off today so not technically wimping out. But even though I would have been going west to east I think I would have been on the bus.

CramCycle

Trees down coming through Shankhill, and the cycle track along the N11 looked like a tree surgeon got a poorly maintained mulcher and drove along it shortly before I arrived. No idea how I did not get a puncture.

Roads were quiet in general, alot less ccylists, less buses (possibly due to the tree felling) and less cars in general.

Not fully decided if it was a smart move or not. Commuting time increased 25% with the head wind/crosswind. It will probably have turned around by the time I head home.

Vincenzo Nibbly

Anseo :rolleyes:

Dangerous gusts out there this morning

Idleater

CramCycle wrote: »

Roads were quiet in general, alot less ccylists, less buses (possibly due to the tree felling) and less cars in general.

Schools are off too???

Don't think I've been in work this early for years-
Had an average of 37.7 when I got to Heuston.

groovyg

Am about to head out and brave the elements my commute is only 6k so hopefully it won't be that bad. It doesn't seem to be as crazy out now.

CramCycle

Idleater wrote: »

Schools are off too???

The roads were not that quiet on Mon - Wed, this said Thursday and Friday are generally quieter, so it could be a cumulative affect.

helimachoptor

Powered in via the rock road, a few dangerous cross winds at points but more of a headwind

VW 1

Thankfully my cycle this morning was made up 90% of tailwinds or headwinds thanks to some forward planning of my route, the small portion where I got stuck with crosswinds was hairy enough.

Eponymous

I've been wimping out since Christmas due to a back injury. Tried a couple of weeks ago, managed 8km and felt every. turn. of. the. pedals. So that wasn't good.

Hoping to try again sometime in March.

Plastik

I turned the cyclist counter 115 at Booterstown this morning about 9am. Would usually be past 400 at that time.

Beasty

Saw 2 cyclists braving it this morning in my 40 minute drive in. There were only 9 pedestrians mind....

robyntmorton

CramCycle wrote: »

Trees down coming through Shankhill, and the cycle track along the N11 looked like a tree surgeon got a poorly maintained mulcher and drove along it shortly before I arrived. No idea how I did not get a puncture.

Oh joy! I'll be out and about in Shankill at some point during the day, and, yes, I'm taking the car.

Annie get your Run

Yep, totally wimped out The wind was very bad out my way when I was walking the dog and didn't want to chance being blown under a bus :eek: Far far less cyclists on the quays this morning although a few brave soldiers!

RayCun

ran in (with the bag ) instead

Fian

I decided that discretion was the better part of valour this morning listening to the wind before i even got out of bed.

It is my first day back in work after a week in Gran Canaria. I want to go back!

No cycling in Gran Canaria, my wife and i were there to get a break from the kids and a bit of time together, so disappearing off on a bike was not on the agenda.

tomasrojo

Didn't risk the bakfiets today with the kids. Good call, I think.

Plastik

Fian wrote: »

I decided that discretion was the better part of valour this morning listening to the wind before i even got out of bed.

Never, ever, EVER make a call on the weather from your bed. Ever :pac:

py

magicbastarder wrote: »

looks like if you're heading from west dublin inbound, you'll be laughing.

Coming in from the west was good fun.

Idleater wrote: »

Schools are off too???

Mid term for most schools for the whole week, some are just off today/tomorrow.

Pinch Flat

Woke early this morning and it was still pretty scary out there. I got my civvies on for the train to work, then contemplated getting into the cycling gear when I heard there were delays on the train. In the end it all worked out. It was too wild to cycle.

Took a Dublin bike from east to west along the quays this morning - jaysus those yokes are tanks when you're cycling into a Doris!

cython

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Woke early this morning and it was still pretty scary out there. I got my civvies on for the train to work, then contemplated getting into the cycling gear when I heard there were delays on the train. In the end it all worked out. It was too wild to cycle.

Took a Dublin bike from east to west along the quays this morning - jaysus those yokes are tanks when you're cycling into a Doris!

Had the same reaction myself to the weather noise early on (think I'd also be coming from broadly the same area as you), but it subsided a bit by the time I was looking at leaving, and I couldn't resist the prospect of a good tailwind through the Phoenix Park and along the quays! Couple of slightly hairy moments with crosswinds (were I not a heavy bastard they could have been worse ), but overall far from the worst I've gotten caught in.

tomasrojo

What's it like for cycling right now?

Annie get your Run

cython wrote: »

Had the same reaction myself to the weather noise early on (think I'd also be coming from broadly the same area as you), but it subsided a bit by the time I was looking at leaving, and I couldn't resist the prospect of a good tailwind through the Phoenix Park and along the quays! Couple of slightly hairy moments with crosswinds (were I not a heavy bastard they could have been worse ), but overall far from the worst I've gotten caught in.

Damn it! Sounds like your route is similar to mine, knew I was going to regret wimping out :rolleyes:

07Lapierre

I live opposite a school. They have a flag pole with the tricolour proudly displayed.

I have a rule..if i look out the window and the flag is ripped to shreds, i take the car!