Snow

Cienciano

So, who drove in this morning and who was a baaaaaaak, bok bok and got the bus or the car?
I'm the latter!

kaimera

former.

brummmm!

tho i think i'll be leaving work early...

Wonda-Boy

Neither still in my PJs with my pipe and slippers.....anyone for a brew?

Cienciano

kaimera wrote: »

former.

brummmm!

tho i think i'll be leaving work early...

Was it bad? Where is your commute?
I go from clondalkin to near merrion square, roads were actually grand when I left. Just had the chance of a lift so I took it cos snow was heavy in west dublin.

Odysseus

Nah, I wasn't risking it. Two years ago I drove in and ended up having to left the bike in a clinic car park for four days. I knew I would get in, but getting home I don't know. Anyway, I just had my fill of coffee, I'm back off to bed for an hour!!!

kaimera

Cienciano wrote: »

Was it bad? Where is your commute?
I go from clondalkin to near merrion square, roads were actually grand when I left. Just had the chance of a lift so I took it cos snow was heavy in west dublin.

northside, artane to donnybrook via the east link.

northside was fine.

sotuhside all slush and cars covered in snow.

then snow banks in the car park at work

Cienciano

Fair play kaimera, all the other bikers are in bed drinking tea!

But yeah, getting home can be the problem. Forecast for dublin doesn't look too bad for today, should be ok

Cloudy with occasional wintry showers, many falling as snow inland on high ground and giving some accumulations. Light to moderate, easterly winds backing northeasterly. Highest temperatures just 2 or 3 degrees Celsius

positron

It started off with a drizzle as I left home and turned into wintry shower while filtering on M1, and then it was bucketing down slush and ice from airport into city center - it's no fun riding when you are busy clearing the slush off your visor and the bike want to go everywhere but straight.. Thanks to the gear though, I am mostly dry and my fingers are all working (heated gloves).

Ah well, at least it wasn't too windy..!!

Mr Sheen!

Took the car tis morning. There was a good coating of snow on the cars and ground in ratoath at 7am and it was still falling heavy enough so it was the best option to take the car. Snow was a lot lighter from finglas into town. Only seen one bike on the commute

Wonda-Boy

leppla wrote: »

Took the car tis morning. There was a good coating of snow on the cars and ground in ratoath at 7am and it was still falling heavy enough so it was the best option to take the car. Snow was a lot lighter from finglas into town. Only seen one bike on the commute

Wise choice mate....dont want another black Hayabusa moment!!!!

daenerysstormborn3

Drove the bike in. I have no other option, no car, no bus, no train, no such thing. If I don't drive the bike I have to take a day off work, not happening.

Sleet at our place last night, light enough but it froze over night so was a bit dodgy this morning. Snowed where I work about an hour ago, very light, didn't stick. Absolutely freezing. Supposed to get a bit more later.

Good luck to those of you battling with real snow.

BlackWizard

Went to take the bike but my chain needs to be adjusted and it wont adjust anymore. I need a new one.

I had to take the spare bike which is small, slow, no wind protection and no heated grips. Also it needs a golf trolley battery to start. What a monday morning.

Cienciano

Pixie, what did you do back in 2010 when we had snow for pretty much a month?

BrokenArrows

I'm in the UK and the annoying thing is the public roads are clear but my estates roads are like glass, so I can't even leave.

jameshayes

wasn't taking the bike regardless today but when I seen the snow I was thankful I had made the decision early!

First winter living in an estate, always lived on a main road - estate was covered in about 2 inches of snow and loads of nice patches, tricky enough in the car going into corners (sth dublin)

daenerysstormborn3

Cienciano wrote: »

Pixie, what did you do back in 2010 when we had snow for pretty much a month?

The first year we had bad snow was end of 2009/beginning of 2010 and I was living in Dublin so I managed between public transport and a friend who lived close by, who had a car.

End of 2010 we had bad snow again and I biked it. My bf had to do the same. Drove his R1 into college in the snow both years to do exams, it was either that or wait for repeats - no thanks.

kaimera

weather still a bit meh here in d4/d6

had a short snow shower there but walked to shop and aside from being **** ass cold, roads arent slushy, just wet.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Dublin 13 to Dublin 7 via the M50 at 8am this morning, awful.

I got into work covered in ice & snow, was fun trying to keep the visor clear!.

positron

Fairly foggy up here in Drogheda. Will have to wait and see how it turns out in the morning.

kaimera

-5, real feel of -5 this morning/now

Roads out of estate poor, main roads grand, corners fine enough with little lean.

Hands...a bit blue

Cienciano

Was just out walking, theres a good bit of black ice about on roads that arent busy. Take it handy.

Odysseus

It was -1.5 when I got up ay 07:30 this morning. I'm going to hang back and leave an hour later than normal. Roads should be fine by then.

thomasthomas19

There about 2 to 3 inch of snow in high ground in clonmany. Donegal. Drove down the hill but had to walk back up

Zascar

Ice all over the place in Sandyford, nearly face planted into the concrete on the way into work

Wonda-Boy

Huge amount of freezing fog in Meath....that stuff is lethal. Ride slow lads....have a cadburys caramel and TAKE IT EASY!

daenerysstormborn3

FREEZING this morning! Icy roads. Nearly fell over walking over to get the bike this morning, nevermind driving on the road!

kaimera

Sometimes I feel like I'm driving in teh complete opposite areas to everyone else! :pac:

Cienciano

The danger of driving to work is when you arrive there. You're careful coming out of the estate driving at 2mph, you get onto busy roads and they're grand and you get confident, but you get into work and there's ice in the car park.

Wossack

chickened out today, and yesterday.. fook that..!

canal in dublin was frozen over in spots too this morning

Mr Sheen!

Cienciano wrote: »

The danger of driving to work is when you arrive there. You're careful coming out of the estate driving at 2mph, you get onto busy roads and they're grand and you get confident, but you get into work and there's ice in the car park.

Made that mistake once before but I sorted it out with a bit of pulling and pushing :eek:.

positron

I was out at the pediatric casualty till 2 am (hence the post about fog last night). This morning the whole ice/frost didn't register to me as a threat at all - I must have been sleep-walking or something.

Bike was well frozen over - ignition won't turn, switches won't work.. slipped a few times trying to get the bike out around the house and out of the drive way, luckily there was always a wall or the car to lean against to save the fall. Slowly rode to the top of the estate, and the indicator switch started working with a crunch. Then I went past frozen trees, frozen grass, frozen fields, avoiding frozen puddles, previously flooded now completely frozen sections of the road, past a biker pushing his bike on the pavement the other way, feeling frost-bite developing the tip of my nose, nose running like a tap and freezing over the lip.. flying down the M1, big sign reads 'Low Road Temperature, Drive Carefully'. That brought my speed down to legal limit, and then filtering past fogged up cars, crazy road work congestion on Swords road...

...and then, only then it dawned on me, why the heck am I doing this? I could have just worked frmo home! I could have avoided all this risk and got two more hours of work done too..! Hmm, may be I have an addiction problem - with riding!

Odysseus

When I finally went to leave at 09:30 my locks and ignition where frozen. I picked this little thing up for 2e a while back called a heatflash, anyway it has a little rod that fits into you your lock and is heated by a couple of aaa batteries. It was hand for the ignition, well worth the 2 euro, I remember buying it thinking will I ever use this fcuking thing, but it worked for me today.

kaimera

http://imgur.com/YrdslEL.jpg (fail on resizing)

Oops.

Cienciano

Wossack wrote: »

chickened out today, and yesterday.. fook that..!

canal in dublin was frozen over in spots too this morning

Baaak bok bok! Saw that the canal was frozen in parts, the main roads in dublin were grand at around 8:40 when I left, but out towards west dublin (commute is clondalkin to city centre) it was much worse, puddles frozen solid at the side of the road.

positron wrote: »

I was out at the pediatric casualty till 2 am (hence the post about fog last night). This morning the whole ice/frost didn't register to me as a threat at all - I must have been sleep-walking or something.

Bike was well frozen over - ignition won't turn, switches won't work.. slipped a few times trying to get the bike out around the house and out of the drive way, luckily there was always a wall or the car to lean against to save the fall. Slowly rode to the top of the estate, and the indicator switch started working with a crunch. Then I went past frozen trees, frozen grass, frozen fields, avoiding frozen puddles, previously flooded now completely frozen sections of the road, past a biker pushing his bike on the pavement the other way, feeling frost-bite developing the tip of my nose, nose running like a tap and freezing over the lip.. flying down the M1, big sign reads 'Low Road Temperature, Drive Carefully'. That brought my speed down to legal limit, and then filtering past fogged up cars, crazy road work congestion on Swords road...

...and then, only then it dawned on me, why the heck am I doing this? I could have just worked frmo home! I could have avoided all this risk and got two more hours of work done too..! Hmm, may be I have an addiction problem - with riding!

Hope the little one is doing ok. I know when mine was born I was similar, driving to and from the hospital half asleep, and not thinking about driving, mind was all about the baby and the shít that's going on at the hospital. Don't even remember to eat

positron

Thanks, she's on the mend, we hope!! Stuff of nightmares last night when she threw up good bit of blood, but Doctors reckon she's bleeding from the little's area of the nose and that is going down is coming up again with vomit.

Ice is not half as scary as sick children..!!

Mr Sheen!

positron wrote: »

Thanks, she's on the mend, we hope!! Stuff of nightmares last night when she threw up good bit of blood, but Doctors reckon she's bleeding from the little's area of the nose and that is going down is coming up again with vomit.

Ice is not half as scary as sick children..!!

Hope she makes a speedy recovery. Try keep the head focused on the task at hand while on the bike!

Wossack

Cienciano wrote: »

Baaak bok bok! Saw that the canal was frozen in parts, the main roads in dublin were grand at around 8:40 when I left, but out towards west dublin (commute is clondalkin to city centre) it was much worse, puddles frozen solid at the side of the road.

Im blaming the ms hiding my keys >.>

hah, but really, was all over the place just walking the dog around the estate this morning - so said bugger this :eek:


fair fecks to ya's out there - take it handy

Cienciano

positron wrote: »

Thanks, she's on the mend, we hope!! Stuff of nightmares last night when she threw up good bit of blood, but Doctors reckon she's bleeding from the little's area of the nose and that is going down is coming up again with vomit.

Ice is not half as scary as sick children..!!

Scary seeing blood in puke, but if it's coming from her nose she's grand :cool:
You'll have to learn how to stop nose bleeds by rolling up jacks roll into what is basically a tampon for the nose (had loads of big nose bleeds when I was young)

Wossack wrote: »

Im blaming the ms hiding my keys >.>

hah, but really, was all over the place just walking the dog around the estate this morning - so said bugger this :eek:


fair fecks to ya's out there - take it handy

My wife goes into work earlier than me and I always get a report texted to me, very handy! My commute is entirely within the m50 so the roads are rarely that bad.

MrPudding

BrokenArrows wrote: »

I'm in the UK and the annoying thing is the public roads are clear but my estates roads are like glass, so I can't even leave.

Exactly my problem as well. Additionally, the carpark at work is a nightmare.

MrP

CrazyRabbit

Flamethrower attached to front of bike.
Problem solved.

...though I need new tyres, boots and leggings.

kaimera

Cleared up around home at the minute, but don't think I'll risk the bike going back into work tonight.

Wonda-Boy

positron wrote: »

Thanks, she's on the mend, we hope!! Stuff of nightmares last night when she threw up good bit of blood, but Doctors reckon she's bleeding from the little's area of the nose and that is going down is coming up again with vomit.

Ice is not half as scary as sick children..!!

Sorry to hear the ankle biter is poorly, there is nothing worse then that totally helpless feeling that you can do nothing.

Hope she has a speedy (pun intended) recovery.

Cienciano

kaimera wrote: »

Cleared up around home at the minute, but don't think I'll risk the bike going back into work tonight.

Definitely don't bother! I'm sure you checked the forecast, but from met.ie:

Bitterly cold tonight with little or no wind and with a severe frost, icy surfaces and some freezing fog too. Some scattered showers of sleet and snow will occur. Lowest temperatures ranging from -3 to -6 degrees.

kaimera

Cienciano wrote: »

Definitely don't bother! I'm sure you checked the forecast, but from met.ie:

Bitterly cold tonight with little or no wind and with a severe frost, icy surfaces and some freezing fog too. Some scattered showers of sleet and snow will occur. Lowest temperatures ranging from -3 to -6 degrees.

Was foggy alright in patches. Roads seemed to be ok but I was in the car (with new rubber on the front)

So is that the snow over with? One light shower I drove home in.

Took the car this morning to work tho (1030) cos I was shattered from workout and then night work.

Cienciano

kaimera wrote: »

Was foggy alright in patches. Roads seemed to be ok but I was in the car (with new rubber on the front)

So is that the snow over with? One light shower I drove home in.

Took the car this morning to work tho (1030) cos I was shattered from workout and then night work.

Roads in Dublin were absolutly grand this morning at 7:45am when I left. Was supposed to be very cold last night, but no frost, roads were just wet.
That looks to be the end of it, light frost the next couple of mornings, temperatures rising all the time and next week is supposed to be mild.
So we can forget about snow and ice for 10 days at least.

positron

Yep, this morning was just a normal overcast day with wet roads just like most days of the year.

Hotblack Desiato

Had a slide this morning even though there was almost no visible frost about.

Was in the estate and only doing walking pace, and saved it, but still... Other mornings I'd gone through that corner hardly moving and bolt upright, that and getting out of my driveway onto the road are the worst spots for frost. There was no frost at all on my driveway so I thought the corner would be ok, didn't see any frost at the corner either, glad I wasn't going any quicker. Back slid out one way and then the other and then composed itself, can't remember getting my boot down but I must have :cool: I hadn't even opened the throttle.

So I'd say watch out at the dangerous bits / little used shady roads and estate roads until the frost is really past.

KTRIC

Drove from Drimnagh to Sandyford this morning. No frost or ice on the roads and its was actually dry in some places. My hands only started feeling it just before I got in the door as well which was great.

Cienciano

Time to dig this thread up again! Plenty of snow in dublin, but roads were grand on my commute anyway. Just wet and a bit of snow on the road leaving the house.

Zascar

I took the bike in today. I've never driven in snow before really, totally caked up on my visor, was downright scary at times. Roads were fine but the blizzard I was riding in was a bit mental

BlackWizard

I'm still at home. I don't think I'll drive on the bike today.

It doesn't look like the snow has compacted into slippy snow yet. Is the city center okay to drive through?