Black ice everywhere

MB Lacey

You did well!! I ordered mine Tuesday night and here's where it is today:

Fri, 14.12.2012 06:00 h Krefeld, Germany The international shipment has been processed in the export parcel center

Hope DHL dont deliver at wknds because I wont be here

fletch

Most miserable cycle in this morning in a long while....40kph Easterly headwind and soaked....was really looking forward to the return journey home with a strong tail wind but oh NO just checked the wind and sure enough it's changed direction...30kph Westerly headwind....ARGGGHHHHHHhhh

Jawgap

A surprising amount of black ice & frost on the back roads of East Meath - East of Duleek and between the N2 & N3.

Watch out for the shady spots!

nilhg

Jawgap wrote: »

A surprising amount of black ice & frost on the back roads of East Meath - East of Duleek and between the N2 & N3.

Watch out for the shady spots!

Same in West Kildare this morning, all gone now though.

lennymc

Couple of cars in ditches this morning out in meath.

colm_gti

lennymc wrote: »

Couple of cars in ditches this morning out in meath.

Wouldn't blame the ice for that :rolleyes:

velo.2010

^^^

+1 on the ice or rather slush build up this morning. One guy in our group made a dramatic save at a junction in Kildare as he shimmied to a halt after ploughing through a build up of the ice/much mixture.

Pigeon Reaper

The forecast for tomorrow isn't great so I think I'll be back on the mountain bike with the grippy tyres for the commute into work. At least I'll get a chance to clean the crud off my hack.

uberwolf

Pigeon Reaper wrote: »

The forecast for tomorrow isn't great so I think I'll be back on the mountain bike with the grippy tyres for the commute into work. At least I'll get a chance to clean the crud off my hack.

I'm still interpreting that Dublin will be ok. accuweather and MT cranium think so anyway

lennymc

i think tomorrow is to be ok ish on the east coast, but then get a bit colder for the rest of the week.

Eamonnator

Here you go Lenny

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Leinster/Drogheda/hour_by_hour.html

lennymc

Thanks Eamonnator. plan on cycling in tomorrow so hope thats right

Beasty

lennymc wrote: »

Thanks Eamonnator. plan on cycling in tomorrow so hope thats right

Lenny, if either of us end up in hospital, we'll be able to sue Eamonnator ...

padjo5

Beasty wrote: »

Lenny, if either of us end up in hospital, we'll be able to sue Eamonnator ...

You might go to the trouble of making sure we are still breathing, as you boom past us again Beasty!!?

Beasty

padjo5 wrote: »

You might go to the trouble of making sure we are still breathing, as you boom past us again Beasty!!?

Thought I was giving you guys a break - would have towed you all the way to Balbriggan if you'd shown some interest ...:)

Pigeon Reaper

Little bit of ice on the roads this morning. Not as bad as Decemember but I still passed a few cars that had skidded into each other on it.

godtabh

`Cold this morning. About 3 degrees. I think its to be worse tomorrow

fletch

One of my favourite cycles into work in a long while. My sister and I leave work at the same time and do the same commute (Ongar to Eastpoint). I cycle, she drives. I rang her when I got into work there and she was only passing the Esso station on the N3! :eek:

AssaultedPeanut

Sickened that I took the Dart to work this morning (NE Dublin to CC), cold but not nearly as icy as some of the mornings I cycled in in December. Bah

lennymc

i cycled this morning, was a bit frosty but not that bad at all. actually, it was quite pleasant.

Hmmzis

No ice on city roads from Rathfarnham to Liffey. The hills had some frost on the roads, had to cut my training session short.

rp

first day this week I didn't get soaked, -1.3 (shed therm), but roads were clear and dry, slicks fine.

lennymc

Beasty wrote: »

Thought I was giving you guys a break - would have towed you all the way to Balbriggan if you'd shown some interest ...:)

i thought you would have been used to people showing no interest in cycling with you.....

bogmanfan

Lucan to city centre was fine at 6am. Frost on cars and grass, but road was clear

seamus

Talk of snow on the east coast, Sunday AM.

Will probably try get a good spin in on Saturday...

lennymc

seamus wrote: »

Talk of snow on the east coast, Sunday AM.

just in time for the cx nationals!!

RobFowl

Icy this morning but main road were ok. Air felt lovely and clear, really quite a beautiful morning for a bike ride.

Snow for the xcross champs :D:D

cdaly_

seamus wrote: »

Talk of snow on the east coast, Sunday AM.

Will probably try get a good spin in on Saturday...

met.ie wrote:

At the moment Sunday night and the early days of next week brings the threat of more significant snow to places

MB Lacey

Cycled the maiden voyage to work this morning after a 4 week break. Beautiful morning, couldn't tell if there was black ice anywhere due to my new rice krispie tyres - they're incredibly slow, though that might be the new mysterious fat tyre around my waist since Christmas.

smacl

MB Lacey wrote: »

Cycled the maiden voyage to work this morning after a 4 week break. Beautiful morning, couldn't tell if there was black ice anywhere due to my new rice krispie tyres - they're incredibly slow, though that might be the new mysterious fat tyre around my waist since Christmas.

Nah, it's something in the 2013 air. My turbo's gone very slow since the Christmas, and my bike seemed to crawl over the sally gap last weekend.