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Safe to ride out there..?

  • 31-03-2015 4:05pm
    #1
    Fender76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭


    Contemplating riding out home to Naas.. is it too windy do u think..?


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  • #2
    Darkglasses
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    Fender76 wrote: »
    Contemplating riding out home to Naas.. is it too windy do u think..?

    From Dublin? Wouldn't fancy it but its probably safe.


  • #3
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    I did 70km in Co. Meath today. Kilmessan, Dunsany, Duleek. It was just hairy enough, I was pushed into the ditch once, by the wind.


  • #4
    Fender76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭Fender76


    Just stepped foot out of the office and it is waay too windy.. don't fancy being swept under a juggernaut.... bus it is so...


  • #5
    neris
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    Wouldnt do it by the coast.


  • #6
    C3PO
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    Wimped out!


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  • #7
    C3PO
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    Wimped out!


  • #8
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,266 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    If the winds at your back you're laughing.

    Otherwise I wouldn't try it.


  • #9
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    C3PO wrote: »
    Wimped out!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVOXEs5qwo


  • #10
    devonp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭devonp


    cycled home to Leixlip this evening from town, only 20Km, prob slowest ever due to the gale, but i have a heavyish hybrid/MTB and use the N4 cycle path eastbound side headin west


  • #11
    OldBean
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    I'd cycle through most bit didn't feel comfortable today. Nearly got pushed in front of a van coming down King St this morning.


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  • #12
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    neris wrote: »
    Wouldnt do it by the coast.
    It was fairly fresh around Howth tonight!


  • #13
    Luxman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Luxman


    I did 44k today. Very windy but headwind and tailwinds I felt safe. Crosswinds kept me focused and trying very hard to avoid a GT moment.


  • #14
    carltonleon
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    Did 42km today and it was exceptionally windy but the only time I had to stop was during a hailstorm as I actually couldn't see where I was going. Had to really concentrate with the wind though.


  • #15
    fillup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭fillup


    Did the 'tarf seafront up Howth via "scenic" route. Very hairy cycling down into the village esp where the cover breaks.
    Turned around in Village and back over. It was blowing like a hoor down by the harbour.

    Bizarrely there where times both going out and back where I struggling into the wind but when I checked the speedo I was mid to late 20s.

    Gotta love the wind on the seafront. Horizontal hill training for those not near decent climbs!


  • #16
    manwithaplan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭manwithaplan


    I got caught in a brutal hail shower on the coast road between Sutton and Clontarf yesterday lunchtime. I had to slow right down, not so much because of the howling wind, but because I couldn't lift my head up enough to see more than a few feet in front of me without my face getting flayed by the near horizontal hail. Howth itself was alright - only problem was the tailwind up from the village side meant that I was running out of hill before my interval length was up.


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