The Road Condition Warning thread

daragh_

Lots of Gravel on Monastery Road heading down to Enniskerry Village. Take it handy if you are taking the left at the Garage or you will end up fishtailing all over the place.

Thargor

Fecks sake thats a great road wrecked. I used to go home to Bray from Sandyford/Carrickmines through Enniskerry just because of that.

Plastik

Entrance of Djouce to the bottom of Old Long Hill destroyed with chippings today.

sy_flembeck

Plastik wrote: »

Entrance of Djouce to the bottom of Old Long Hill destroyed with chippings today.

How I wish I'd spotted this post last night. I was on this road yesterday morning and it hadn't been done, nor was there any sign of any impending work. Came down from Djouce on the top descent again this morning and spotted a truck coming against me in the distance and a chap walking several dogs ahead of me on my side so I had to slow down - all the while cursing the dog walker, who inadvertently probably saved me from coming off.

As soon as it evened out at the bottom of the first drop the chippings hit and I was still going fast enough, depsite braking hard, that I was all over the shop. It was like cycling on snow (checked the camera later and the advance signage is appalling). The chippings go all the way down to the T junction. I could see over to my left at the bottom that the road towards Enniskerry is also done. I turned right towards the Long Hill and as of 12:30 today it was being chipped on that road and the had got as far as the junction for the Rocky Valley Drive. There's also a stop/ go system in place and I got caught there for almost 5 minutes.

Stay on the main road!

smacl

Remarkably good new surface on Cruagh road from the second bridge to just before Cruagh woods carpark. Judging from other roads in the area, expecting it to be ankle deep in gravel shortly.

Johnny Jukebox

Plastik wrote: »

Entrance of Djouce to the bottom of Old Long Hill destroyed with chippings today.

I really wish I had the money to bring a high court injunction against Wicklow Co. Co. and force them to remove the chippings on safety grounds.

C3PO

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

I really wish I had the money to bring a high court injunction against Wicklow Co. Co. and force them to remove the chippings on safety grounds.

Couldn't agree more - they should be obliged to sweep them away on completion. Particularly because car tyres tend to push the chippings right onto the bicycle corner line!

bbuzz

smacl wrote: »

Remarkably good new surface on Cruagh road from the second bridge to just before Cruagh woods carpark. Judging from other roads in the area, expecting it to be ankle deep in gravel shortly.

That road is in SDCC - don’t think they go for chip seal? They don’t have as many rural roads to cover as Wicklow CC obviously.

JimmiesRustled

You could always get in contact with WCC. Anytime I've an issue I lodge it with them. Makes little to no difference when it's just one of us making the complaint but if enough people complain they may move away from Tar and chip.

https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Roads-Transport/Contacts

paddydriver

Interesting to see the comparisons above - section on Cruagh was properly scraped and re-laid (passed by them as they were doing it and then later that day on way home..) then on Long Hill and also on Military Rd approaching Laragh they just lash down the tar and chippings.

The latter tar and chippings are an affront to cyclists.. it is dangerous to cycle over and also as cars speed past you there is strong chance of getting hit with stones from it.

Worse again... no more land speed records down the Long Hill from Djouce - I had 90Kmh in my sights on a good tail wind day; alas.. will need to left for another year.

JimmiesRustled

paddydriver wrote: »

Interesting to see the comparisons above - section on Cruagh was properly scraped and re-laid (passed by them as they were doing it and then later that day on way home..) then on Long Hill and also on Military Rd approaching Laragh they just lash down the tar and chippings.

The latter tar and chippings are an affront to cyclists.. it is dangerous to cycle over and also as cars speed past you there is strong chance of getting hit with stones from it.

Worse again... no more land speed records down the Long Hill from Djouce - I had 90Kmh in my sights on a good tail wind day; alas.. will need to left for another year.

To be honest, it's probably for the best. Not the road surface but from stopping you hitting those speeds. Car park for the forest in the to left that I've seen horse riders come out of and then driveway in to the right. You simply wont be able to stop in time.

Speed limit along there I think is 60? Car or not you should respect the speed limit unless in an event on closed roads.

Your post might be tongue in cheek but its been a long day and can't tell so apologies if I've taken you up on it incorrectly.

magicbastarder

paddydriver wrote: »

Interesting to see the comparisons above - section on Cruagh was properly scraped and re-laid (passed by them as they were doing it and then later that day on way home..)

they may just be laying down the foundation layer and could be coming back to tar and feather the road later.

paddydriver

JimmiesRustled wrote: »

To be honest, it's probably for the best. Not the road surface but from stopping you hitting those speeds. Car park for the forest in the to left that I've seen horse riders come out of and then driveway in to the right. You simply wont be able to stop in time.

Speed limit along there I think is 60? Car or not you should respect the speed limit unless in an event on closed roads.

Your post might be tongue in cheek but its been a long day and can't tell so apologies if I've taken you up on it incorrectly.

You know what.. I am not disagreeing But when you come over the brow of that hill from Djouce and you see a clear road in front of you, it's hard to resist..

crosstownk

JimmiesRustled wrote: »

To be honest, it's probably for the best. Not the road surface but from stopping you hitting those speeds.

A poor road surface is hardly a valid strategy for limiting speed.

devonp

smacl wrote: »

Remarkably good new surface on Cruagh road from the second bridge to just before Cruagh woods carpark. Judging from other roads in the area, expecting it to be ankle deep in gravel shortly.

on an extended commute this evening passed over this, its good but its not very long, the worst bit is further up in the shaded area for about 300m before the sharp right with the gate on the left ...appalling:mad:

magicbastarder

lots of much on the roads around NCD this morning, i've been told the spuds are being lifted. maybe due to the forecast over the next day or two, which might help to wash them clean again.

Wildly Boaring

magicbastarder wrote: »

lots of much on the roads around NCD this morning, i've been told the spuds are being lifted. maybe due to the forecast over the next day or two, which might help to wash them clean again.

Yep potato harvest.
And lads ploughing and sowing winter wheat/barley

Was driving kentstown Duleek yesterday.
Did a demo for the wife by standing on breaks on a particularly bad bit. Be safer stopping on ice!!

In fairness some of these boys are very organised, trailer in field to hardstanding at the gate then fill a clean trailer there. But there's some serious culprits out there, not 2 ****s given

magicbastarder

yeah, there's a yellow rain warning for the whole country for the next day or two, so they might have gotten in this weekend for fear the fields might have been too muddy to access for the next week or two?

my parents in law live out in NCD and were very impressed that the local lads dropped in a box of veg for them as an acknowledgement for disruption caused last year. i'd have been more impressed if they cleaned the roads after themselves, instead of giving away veg which probably cost them no more than 2 euro each for the 10 or 20 boxes they gave out.

sy_flembeck

North Wicklow/ South Dublin 5km radius:

The increasingly popular Barnaslingan Lane was blocked today at Barnaslingan Wood entrance if coming from the Ballyman Road end. Don't know how far you can get from the Ballycorus Road/ Kilternan side. I had to turn right onto Murphy's lane and down Puck's Castle Lane to get to Ballycorus Road. Sign said 'local access only' so I asked the workman would I get down on a bike - no. How long would the works be there - don't know. Tbf English wasn't the chap's first language though. Given how busy that area has become again lately at weekends anyway I'd say it'll be a mess tomorrow as there were cars on the side of the road even today due to a full car park at the woods.

McGrath5

Be careful coming down the Edmonstown road at the junction with the R116. The road is caked in muck / greasy layer from a new entrance to a building site nearby. I came off the bike turning left onto the R116, my shoulder hasn’t been right all day now and got a few extra cuts and grazes for my trouble.

Fighting Tao

McGrath5 wrote: »

Be careful coming down the Edmonstown road at the junction with the R116. The road is caked in muck / greasy layer from a new entrance to a building site nearby. I came off the bike turning left onto the R116, my shoulder hasn’t been right all day now and got a few extra cuts and grazes for my trouble.

If it’s a building site causing it, I assume you could report it to the HSA.

Hope you recover soon.

68 lost souls

McGrath5 wrote: »

Be careful coming down the Edmonstown road at the junction with the R116. The road is caked in muck / greasy layer from a new entrance to a building site nearby. I came off the bike turning left onto the R116, my shoulder hasn’t been right all day now and got a few extra cuts and grazes for my trouble.

I fell at the roundabout there on Tuesday last week for the same reason. Snapped derailleur hanger and a bit of damage to the shifter aswell as a purple and swollen hip.

Hope your ok

AndrewJRenko

Fighting Tao wrote: »

If it’s a building site causing it, I assume you could report it to the HSA.

Hope you recover soon.

And to South DUBLIN Co Co,, who may well respond faster.

68 lost souls

I’ve just been on to Alan edge who is going to make a representation to the council

magicbastarder

that time of year again; increased corrosion ahoy.

https://twitter.com/Fingalcoco/status/1331963724219944965

eeeee

Oh god it's officially mandatory post spin bike washing season

Fighting Tao

Fighting Tao wrote: »

If it’s a building site causing it, I assume you could report it to the HSA.

Hope you recover soon.

The local council.
Sounds like a planning /road safety issue.

velo.2010

eeeee wrote: »

Oh god it's officially mandatory post spin bike washing season

For me, it's been bike washing season for a while with the amount of new developments near where I live.

velo.2010

velo.2010 wrote: »

For me, it's been bike washing season for a while with the amount of new developments near where I live.

Yeah snap, houses, Amazon doing their thing, and road works all over the place.

They clean the roads outside their sites but the adjoining roads here are mankey. Had to ask the lady at preschool on Monday for wipes to clean the right side of my daughters face and mine as we'd been sprayed with a fine mist of filth as a truck passed us on said dirty roads.

Was ****ting myself carrying her on the back for a 500-600m stretch of day old smooth asphalt downhill, very slippery just let gravity do it's thing and rolled it and car behind got the idea when I signalled to move out to take the lane and gestured at him to back off followed by a thumbs up.

There were 3 stop/go works near us in recent days and I was fortunate not to have met even one idiot either on my own or with the child looking to get by , all happy to sit behind and a decent distance off my wheel until we cleared the cones.

68 lost souls

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

The local council.
Sounds like a planning /road safety issue.

Already well on it. Enforcement office is going to lean on the developer