Ice

paulieeye

Anyone hit any ice this morning...was contemplating living the machine at home and luas-ing it. Happily no incidents

kaimera

Nothing major; few dodgy places en route to work but manageable.

Markcheese

Dropped a bike years ago near my parents house when I came to a stop sign put my foot down and slid ...I was chasing the bike around the road trying to pick it up .... Never realised how good tyre rubber was till then....

paulieeye

Markcheese wrote: »

Dropped a bike years ago near my parents house when I came to a stop sign put my foot down and slid ...I was chasing the bike around the road trying to pick it up .... Never realised how good tyre rubber was till then....

something like this??

The Don

There wasn't much on my route either. Only small patches in a few places. Took it easy regardless.

Tomorrow will be the test. It'll be -3 tonight.

Wossack

bit slidy just leaving my estate, but fairly ok when out and about

tomorrow to be worse? bah

paddy147

paulieeye wrote: »

something like this??

Is that Max (i will throw a temper tantrum) Biaggi there???:D


Fcuking drama queen.:pac:

paddy147

Ther worst places will usually be in housing estates and where the sun cannot reach to on some roads (under trees and shadow of houses/buildings)

CJhaughey

Thats not ice, THIS is ice:

Wonda-Boy

Jeans and a pair of airmax....DOWN WITH THAT SORT OF THING!!!!

goodlad

I took a quick look around my estate this morning and there wasnt a hope i could get the bike out without dropping it. Ended up taking the car and sitting in traffic for 50 minutes when the bike would of taken 10 mins

Wonda-Boy

Better safe then sorry Gary....better safe then sorry.

daenerysstormborn3

Not too bad here yet. Tonight is supposed to be between -2 and -4 so tomorrow might be icy.

Cionn

2 brown trouser moments on the way in this morning. Very slippery in Dublin, haven't seen it that bad in 18 months.

I might be on the dart tomorrow.

C

paddy147

This is how to ride a bike on ice.

Wonda-Boy

paddy147 wrote: »

This is how to ride a bike on ice.

Jaysus Paddy, I did not know you had an R1 and a back garden full of snow

paddy147

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Jaysus Paddy, I did not know you had an R1 and a back garden full of snow

And a 14 foot tall Noble Fir Christmass tree too (as of today).And Im not kidding either.:D

Richard tea

paddy147 wrote: »

And a 14 foot tall Noble Fir Christmass tree too (as of today).And Im not kidding either.:D

When Christmas is over you can build a tree house in it:cool:

kaimera

wussed out and took car.

took me same length of time to get in at this time.

RosieJoe

kaimera wrote: »

wussed out and took car.

took me same length of time to get in at this time.

No such thing as wussing out!










































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kaimera

meanie.

paulieeye

kaimera wrote: »

wussed out and took car.

took me same length of time to get in at this time.

did the same...ice all over the shop in the estate. Just forked out 500notes 2 days ago gettin the bike fixed up after some a$$hole dropped it during the nite...so definitely taking no risks..at least for a week or 2!

BlackWizard

First time I have ever spun my rear tyre on a straight. Just pulled away from the lights and the rear just swayed left and right. I think the tyre was just freezing cold.

The Don

Yeah I took my car too this morning. My estate was all white when I looked out so I wasn't going to risk it. There was a few icy patches on the main roads but for the most part they were grand.

Think I'll take the bike tomorrow.

Odysseus

I took the bike this morning, actually my route [I stayed in Dublin last night] from Ballyer to Baggot St was fine. It was much worse yesterday morning.

Wossack

thought the same myself Ody! or maybe more prepared for it then yesterday, and I took it handier

Skill Magill

paddy147 wrote: »

This is how to ride a bike on ice.

Got stuck on tolka valley rd in finglas 2 years ago and had to abandon the bike there, during a blizzard. If only I'd worn a cape....:cool:

Pipz

What a pity we all don't have spikes jutting out of our tyres like that guy

paddy147

Richard tea wrote: »

When Christmas is over you can build a tree house in it:cool:

The Xmass trees will both be chopped up and shredded/mulched,and then spread out accross the garden

We collect up all the fallen leaves from the Birch trees and hedging and we make leaf mold with it.

Fantastic for the garden,soil and plants.:)

BrokenArrows

-4 over where I am in the uk.

Thankfully the roads around me are very busy so any ice is well gone by the time I'm heading to work.

KTRIC

I was out doing some drifting on the slippery road outside my house this evening, t'was great fun :-)