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cdaly_ · 23-02-2017 04:32PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

What's it like for cycling right now?

This morning, when I was going to take the car, Dublin Airport was reporting 43kt (Strong Gale).
When I finally set out on the bike (around 10:40), Dublin Airport was reporting 30kt (Near Gale)
Now Dublin Airport is reporting 25kt (Strong).

So, just another blustery day now...

neris · 23-02-2017 04:32PM

I went out looking for my bin this morning about 7 oclock and someone out on a spin came tearing past me with a hefty tail wind. Cant imagine it would have been fun going the opposite wau

(found my bin about an hour later 250 meters down the road and around the corner)

OleRodrigo · 23-02-2017 04:34PM

Pretty hairy out there this morning but wasn't chucking it down either. Mightn't be too bad by 6 pm.

C3PO · 23-02-2017 05:49PM

Left Shankill for Ballsbridge at 5.40am this morning ... pretty hairy in places, to say the least! Really hard work too! Probably should have taken the car!
However was rewarded with a really nice spin home between the showers and with a tailwind most of the way!!

Idleater · 23-02-2017 06:04PM

Idleater wrote: »

Don't think I've been in work this early for years-
Had an average of 37.7 when I got to Heuston.

Not laughing now

billyhead · 23-02-2017 06:39PM

A couple of heart in the mouth moments this morning but arrived to work in one piece. Was grand coming home

alentejo · 26-02-2017 01:29PM

Skiped my normal Sunday morning cycle due to the weather. Kudos to the one or two cyclists I saw out this morning.

magicbastarder · 26-02-2017 03:21PM

i passed a group of about ten or twelve in ballymadun earlier - including a tandem - in the most outrageous downpour. fair play to them.

neris · 26-02-2017 04:02PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i passed a group of about ten or twelve in ballymadun earlier - including a tandem - in the most outrageous downpour. fair play to them.

could have been swords think i saw somewhere something about a tandem with them on spins before

secman · 26-02-2017 06:23PM

First weekend in yonks bar illness that I haven't been out on bike.

Wishbone Ash · 26-02-2017 08:52PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i passed a group of about ten or twelve in ballymadun earlier - including a tandem - in the most outrageous downpour. fair play to them.

neris wrote: »

could have been swords think i saw somewhere something about a tandem with them on spins before

Yes, that was the McNally Swords CC Touring group.

Mercian Pro of this parish often pilots that tandem.

Mercian Pro · 27-02-2017 12:06AM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Mercian Pro of this parish often pilots that tandem.

Not today though. Was hill walking near Glencree which was like hang-gliding without a hang-glider. Very impressed with those who did head out for a spin this morning.

Bloggsie · 28-02-2017 08:54AM

I have been on this list for sometime now, need a kick up the H**e to get my gear on an get out, Sunday morning lie ins are winning the battle at the moment, last sunday in particular, heard the wind and rain and pulled the duvet over my head for a few more zzzzz's

CramCycle · 28-02-2017 10:27AM

Jayzus it was nippy this morning

Pigeon Reaper · 28-02-2017 10:40AM

Nasty cold wet morning to cycle in.

crisco10 · 28-02-2017 10:44AM

That was rough, hands were in agony by the time I arrived.

Pinch Flat · 28-02-2017 11:04AM

Only mistake I made was not putting on my gore tex winter boots. Feet were freezing, but rest of me nice and toasty.

tomasrojo · 28-02-2017 12:13PM

I have a thin pair of gloves and a thicker pair of gloves in my satchel. I ended up wearing both pairs after half an hour with just the thicker pain on.

dub_skav · 28-02-2017 04:40PM

Cold and wet this morning. Cold ears and toes.

Was lovely to see a dry sunny morning had arrived by the time I showered and got to my desk.
Looking like the bad weather is settling in for my trip home too :pac:

Fian · 28-02-2017 05:14PM

I found yesterday morning much colder than this morning. Maybe i was more tired it being first day back into working week, and I was wearing a softshell yesterday instead of a rain jacket. This morning seemed much easier though.

magicbastarder · 21-03-2017 09:08AM

looked out the window at 6:30am this morning, a spattering of snow frozen to the car and on the ground, so i decided to get the bus. within 500m, no sign of any more snow.

cython · 21-03-2017 09:39AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

looked out the window at 6:30am this morning, a spattering of snow frozen to the car and on the ground, so i decided to get the bus. within 500m, no sign of any more snow.

Replace bus with train in that post, and you've summed up my morning too

Pinch Flat · 21-03-2017 10:31AM

Poked the head out this morning and saw some snow (Dublin 15). Decided to get geared up and as I was having the porridge it was melting away. Stuck on the under gloves and windstopper jersey, which kept me toasty. Cold morning alright, but ice free.

tomasrojo · 21-03-2017 10:58AM

I don't leave the house until 0805 and it was pretty clear by then that it was a nice day in Dublin. No ice at all, very fresh. I haven't had to wimp out at any stage yet this autumn and winter. Fingers crossed that that'll continue.

magicbastarder · 16-04-2017 11:55AM

Well, today it's a mixture of a head cold and the fact that my knees hate me after trying to dig out a tree stump yesterday.

Rogue-Trooper · 18-04-2017 09:14AM

Put my back out on Friday morning. Today was first day back in work since so had to take the car.

I feel dirty.

magicbastarder · 23-04-2017 09:30PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

Well, today it's a mixture of a head cold

this is just getting really tiring. i didn't go out today as i'd have just left a trail of phlegm on the roads behind me.

smacl · 24-04-2017 09:32AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

this is just getting really tiring. i didn't go out today as i'd have just left a trail of phlegm on the roads behind me.

I did go out yesterday and did leave a trail of phlegm behind me, seem to have had a snotty nose all damn year. I generally give it a miss if the throat is inflamed or chest is bad but usually go out otherwise. Mild head cold seems borderline chronic at this stage so I just ignore it.

magicbastarder · 24-04-2017 09:38AM

this is a bit chesty, so i decided not to risk it. and i've woken a few times feeling like i've been gargling razroblades.

magicbastarder · 27-05-2017 12:25PM

so i wonder what brave souls went out this morning. especially on the east coast.

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