The Road Condition Warning thread

Mc Love

Thinkingaboutit wrote: »

It was tiring yesterday evening.

The day before was worse, although it was more of a crosswind for me on the way home.

This morning was tough going, I never have a NNE headwind going to work.

Lambay island

Mc Love wrote: »

The day before was worse, although it was more of a crosswind for me on the way home.

This morning was tough going, I never have a NNE headwind going to work.

The cross wind can sometimes come from nowhere. Generally cross roads or exposed lanes but sometimes it just gets you when your not expecting. Twice on way home yesterday I took a wobble right that nearly knocked me. The concentration levels have to be so high especially when driving behaviour is the same as other days but by god you notice the close passes even more.

cdaly_

I find it helpful in windy conditions to be extremely wobbly on the bike. Drivers don't want to be inconvenienced by running you down so they give you lots more space...

magicbastarder

i'm flying back in to dublin this evening. sounds like it will be fun.

smacl

Note to self for next spin in these conditions. When taking a down hill route through a narrow winding forest path that differs from the one you took going up, think more about fallen trees that you may encounter than trying to improve on Strava results

Alek

Down Massey woods? It's a deathtrap in a wind like this!

CramCycle

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm flying back in to dublin this evening. sounds like it will be fun.

Let us know what Bristol is like when you land

smacl

Alek wrote: »

Down Massey woods? It's a deathtrap in a wind like this!

Yep. I managed to sneak up to 6th on the river run section a while back and notice you're in 2nd. Will need to get there at dawn sometime over the summer when its empty to improve on it. Even tootling around at my pace, it is great craic up and down with a fair bunch a tracks for a small area.

cython

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm flying back in to dublin this evening. sounds like it will be fun.

Coming in last night on a tiny City Jet plane was interesting to say the least!

Mc Love

Lambay island wrote: »

The cross wind can sometimes come from nowhere. Generally cross roads or exposed lanes but sometimes it just gets you when your not expecting. Twice on way home yesterday I took a wobble right that nearly knocked me. The concentration levels have to be so high especially when driving behaviour is the same as other days but by god you notice the close passes even more.

Oh absolutely the close passes are a lot more noticeable even when cycling into the wind, I tend to take the lane more in this situations, doesnt stop the close passing though

magicbastarder

CramCycle wrote: »

Let us know what Bristol is like when you land

wasn't bad at all in the end.

i got in the taxi at the airport and when i told the driver my destination, he asked did i want to go via the M50 or M1. i said i usually skip them and go down the road alongside the runway.
'i don't know where the runway is'.

RobertFoster

Lucky he's a taxi driver and not a pilot then.

ED E

Feckin glass everywhere today after the weekend thats in it but a particularly bad patch under the Luas bridge in Dundrum headed to Churchtown from Taney. All in the cycle lane, heineken bottle I suspect.

Just for anyone out in the morning.

ED E

Some bright spark has left the below roundabout for entering the N11 before Fassaroe half done. The new surface is about 8cm above the old which you have to transition a few times on ramps that would be fitting for an MTB event. Take care.

https://goo.gl/maps/8iQj4eA2qfsZjiuv7

neris

Not really a condition but fingal council are planning to stick a number of speed ramps on the ascent/decent of the Sutton side of howth hill around the cemetery. While probably not much of a issue going up they could be dangerous coming down at speed

eeeee

neris wrote: »

Not really a condition but fingal council are planning to stick a number of speed ramps on the ascent/decent of the Sutton side of howth hill around the cemetery. While probably not much of a issue going up they could be dangerous coming down at speed

Ah buggar. I imagine they're necessary, for safety reasons, but they're gonna make that descent way less fun!

magicbastarder

went up the climb at ardgillan today and the surface seemed a little sandy and gritty, which might not be good for someone going downhill. however, i think it's just poured rain out that direction which might have helped.
edit: nope, the rain just missed it.

The Noble Nudge

Whats going on in Wicklow coco...
Fresh new surface just layed up to Kilbride from the N81 (more or less) now its tarred and feathered...destroyed for what reason?
Ive heard of upgrades but downgrades??

Same for the outside Kippure estate..butter mountain...some of Glencree....

rayman1

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

Whats going on in Wicklow coco...
Fresh new surface just layed up to Kilbride from the N81 (more or less) now its tarred and feathered...destroyed for what reason?
Ive heard of upgrades but downgrades??

Same for the outside Kippure estate..butter mountain...some of Glencree....

That is standard practice outside of urban areas. The macadam surface just does not have the required skid resistance for vehicles in frosty weather and a coat of tar and chips is required. I know the macadam is a nicer surface on a bike but not in a car on a frosty morning.

CramCycle

rayman1 wrote: »

That is standard practice outside of urban areas. The macadam surface just does not have the required skid resistance for vehicles in frosty weather and a coat of tar and chips is required. I know the macadam is a nicer surface on a bike but not in a car on a frosty morning.

Basically it is accepting that alot of cars don't drive to the conditions. Tar and chips are a terrible road surface for both longevity and safety in good weather. It results in the road needing repair more often and in good weather pretty poor braking surface as well.

It is absolutely fine for breaking on a frosty morning if pitched properly and driving to conditions, but cannot hope for either of those in this country.

dahat

They have done the same at the bottom of Colligan Hill in Dungarvan, very dangerous as we tend to descend there at speed.

LennoxR

A car skidded and may have crashed ( I heard but didn't see it) behind me on the Glencree to Enniskerry descent yesterday. The loose gravel they've put down is well dodgy. More so for cars than bikes ironically enough.

1bryan

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

Whats going on in Wicklow coco...
Fresh new surface just layed up to Kilbride from the N81 (more or less) now its tarred and feathered...destroyed for what reason?
Ive heard of upgrades but downgrades??

Same for the outside Kippure estate..butter mountain...some of Glencree....

meant to post the same after being up that road on saturday. They do this every summer, making at least one popular cycling stretch, a borderline no-go area. I lodged a complaint with them about it, maybe 3 years ago, saying their choice of surface may make sense for cars in february, but that it's treacherous for cyclists in June. One of their engineers got back to me citing studies and research and other nonsense, and completely ignored the fact that I simply asked that they sweep away the loose gravel.

Like anything, it'll take a few accidents and resulting civil cases to get them to consider changing their ways.

The Noble Nudge

Found another fresh bit of tar and feathering around the lakes trying to avoid the other sections...
Its bedding in fairly quick relative to road traffic but still a lot of surface gravel...
Puncture 2 and 3 now....

I understand the theory behind it but its a cheap fix simple..
Given the state of some of the other roads in the area I would like to see the thinking on what sections to pick process.
Outside Kippure estate the road is closed at the first sight of frost/snow so not sure why skid resistance is required on that section.

secman

Just looking for an update on state of road surface on Lisheen , into manor Kilbride, have been avoiding it for about 3 weeks now, has the gravel bedded in yet ?

Ta

The Noble Nudge

secman wrote: »

Just looking for an update on state of road surface on Lisheen , into manor Kilbride, have been avoiding it for about 3 weeks now, has the gravel bedded in yet ?

Ta

The road has bedded Secman but the junctions are a mess with loose gravel..
Ive only come from the gap (Mooneys side)...

blackwhite

Diesel on the road opposite Clonskeagh Mosque this morning.
Car fuel line appeared to burst in a line of traffic. A few of us helped push the lady’s car up onto the grass verge but there was a substantial pool of diesel on the road and into the cycle path from it.

Shoes slipped on the pedals a few times afterwards, so can’t imagine you’d want to cycle through it at any great speed

Plastik

Fresh gravel all over the Liam Horner and on towards the Featherbeds, wasn't there yesterday. I don't know how far in the direction of the Featherbeds it extends. There are gravel warning signs all down the waterfall side of Glencree so the rest may be destroyed in the next few days.

Borderfox

The gravel goes all the way to the turn for Bohernabreena

The Noble Nudge

Ah B.....X!