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Mc Love · 27-11-2018 08:56AM

OH offered me a lift. Wind has died down now but sure its better than being wet

strmin · 27-11-2018 09:06AM

On flat, felt like climbing mountain with 12% gradient. Unfortunately wind should ease off, so no KOMs on a way home.

magicbastarder · 27-11-2018 09:17AM

well, that was a slog. and the rain arrived earlier than expected.
i did strand road in the same gear as i'd do howth head. and more slowly.

What Username Guidelines · 27-11-2018 09:25AM

The hardest part was the North Westerly Easterly Southerly gusts. One moment you're being tipped along nicely with a tailwind and then without warning it's a head wind.

CramCycle · 27-11-2018 09:26AM

I woke up after a terrible night sleep with a cracking headache. Decided to just roll out of bed and onto the bus. When I reached a point I would have passed on my bike in 5 minutes, 20 minutes later, I remembered why I don't use the bus. Nothing is worth that. Almost an hour and a half, for what would have been a 40 minute cycle and probably only an hours drive by private transport.

Never again

What Username Guidelines · 27-11-2018 09:31AM

CramCycle wrote: »

I woke up after a terrible night sleep with a cracking headache. Decided to just roll out of bed and onto the bus. When I reached a point I would have passed on my bike in 5 minutes, 20 minutes later, I remembered why I don't use the bus. Nothing is worth that. Almost an hour and a half, for what would have been a 40 minute cycle and probably only an hours drive by private transport.

Never again

I like taking the bus once every 3 or 4 months. The utter devastation at it's inefficiency is a nice way to motivate cycling

I got to work a little stressed this morning, as it took 32 mins instead of the usual 28-ish. Then I checked out the traffic...

magicbastarder · 27-11-2018 09:31AM

oh, and i tried out the aldi neoprene gloves for the first time this morning. they're great at collecting water.

CramCycle · 27-11-2018 09:33AM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

I like taking the bus once every 3 or 4 months. The utter devastation at it's inefficiency is a nice way to motivate cycling

I got to work a little stressed this morning, as it took 32 mins instead of the usual 28-ish. Then I checked out the traffic...

Fair point, I looked at the cars on the N11, and my comment about a drive being faster is completely wrong. I forgot that the dfew times I drove, I had my bike in the boot and I could pull over and finish the last few km on the bike.

Fighting Tao · 27-11-2018 09:34AM

My commute would have been fun if I had been going home. Wind in the face the whole way. Tough cycle.

When I saw the weather I remembered it taking me 1.5 hours to get home just a few weeks ago rather than max 20 minutes on the bike. It was an easy decision to make.

buffalo · 27-11-2018 09:35AM

I think that was my slowest commute in along the canal of all time. However my wife to be slogged it out too, so I'm in a pretty good mood.

Macy0161 · 27-11-2018 09:50AM

On the wimp list this morning. Not so much from wind and rain, more from the earache from a worrying better half (edit - getting earache for even suggesting I should've cycled now after giving out about how head wrecking being traffic was

). Regretted it pretty much the whole way in from my usual parking up spot tbh

magicbastarder wrote: »

oh, and i tried out the aldi neoprene gloves for the first time this morning. they're great at collecting water.

I assumed they're the same logic as a wetsuit - keep you warm not dry, using a layer of trapped water inside the neoprene?

magicbastarder · 27-11-2018 09:53AM

yep, i assume so - but it was really just drizzling when i left the house (albeit drizzling horizontally) so i thought they'd be adequate.

ted1 · 27-11-2018 09:56AM

Reporting for duty.

Killiney to the airport in that wind and rain was not appealing this morning.

magicbastarder · 27-11-2018 10:00AM

buffalo wrote: »

I think that was my slowest commute in along the canal of all time. However my wife to be slogged it out too, so I'm in a pretty good mood.

i have an image in my head now of buffalo seeing a woman cycling along the canal with such style and determination that he thought 'i'm going to marry the heck out of that woman'.
i am wondering if he made her aware of said plans.

seamus · 27-11-2018 10:07AM

Cycling into such a ferocious easterly, is....a strange experience. Headwinds on the inbound commute are rare enough, heavy gales are unheard of.

Looking forward to the sudden swing to westerly this evening and a headwind on the way home too.

Every. Time.

Ray Bloody Purchase · 27-11-2018 10:09AM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

The hardest part was the North Westerly Easterly Southerly gusts. One moment you're being tipped along nicely with a tailwind and then without warning it's a head wind.

The wind was all over the place. I thought I'd have a nice spin in with the wind at my back.

It's not too bad when you're out in it. I got fairly soaked though.

Wishbone Ash · 27-11-2018 10:10AM

Add me to the list. When I heard the wind and rain, I reset the clock for another 30mins and took the car.

LollipopJimmy · 27-11-2018 10:12AM

Coming through Dublin City Centre was nuts, traffic all over the place, visibility poor for drivers and kinda felt a bit foolish for braving it today. I had this song going through my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Mn6V1IzHw

monkeybutter · 27-11-2018 10:15AM

a day for disc brakes

Johnny Jukebox · 27-11-2018 10:15AM

Bray to IFSC, MTB today instead of the road bike, needed those disc brakes.

buffalo · 27-11-2018 10:15AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i have an image in my head now of buffalo seeing a woman cycling along the canal with such style and determination that he thought 'i'm going to marry the heck out of that woman'.
i am wondering if he made her aware of said plans.

Very hard to propose over the noise of the wind, but I think she got the idea. She didn't stop pedalling though... my sort of woman! :pac:

alentejo · 27-11-2018 10:19AM

Terenure to City Centre - Traffic woeful as norm. The only issue was the wind sheer at some city centre junctions. Rain not as bad as I thought it would be.

site_owner · 27-11-2018 10:28AM

Did the usual 7.5k school drop loop. Crosswinds a bit rough on occssion but overall not too bad.
24mins instead of 21-22mins

What Username Guidelines · 27-11-2018 10:28AM

alentejo wrote: »

Terenure to City Centre - Traffic woeful as norm. The only issue was the wind sheer at some city centre junctions. Rain not as bad as I thought it would be.

After getting properly drenched through a few times last week I didn’t see much of an issue getting the bike this morning, but the wind really threw me. Waiting on Samuel Beckett bridge was a battle to stand upright. Traffic was brutal but to be honest I preferred the predictability of mostly stationary cars.

Alanstrainor · 27-11-2018 10:32AM

I'm on the coast here in Portmarnock and I had to abandon ship when I got to Portmarnock village. The gusts were enough to slide the bike sideways on the road. Immediately stopped and went for home. Definitely not worth it.

seamus · 27-11-2018 10:34AM

Cold, wind & rain is the devil's threesome. Any two on their own are fine. The three together are just the worst.

Mickiemcfist · 27-11-2018 10:36AM

My first time since August joining this list...2km of my commute has me shoulder width away from traffic so with those winds I didn't want to risk it. Good call by the looks of it.

daragh_ · 27-11-2018 10:37AM

CramCycle wrote: »

I woke up after a terrible night sleep with a cracking headache. Decided to just roll out of bed and onto the bus. When I reached a point I would have passed on my bike in 5 minutes, 20 minutes later, I remembered why I don't use the bus. Nothing is worth that. Almost an hour and a half, for what would have been a 40 minute cycle and probably only an hours drive by private transport.

Never again

Had to drive myself. Took more than an hour to get to Citywest. Utterly Ridiculous. Most of that was spent sitting in local traffic watching bikes go by. Would rather be a bit wet around the edges than sitting on the M50 going slowly insane..

TooObvious · 27-11-2018 10:37AM

Kill to D2 today, thought i'd leave early and dodge the rain, left at 0630, wet by 0633 thank you met.ie! Woeful wind on the way in and the bad news is it'll have turned and be a headwind on the way home as well. Given the headwind and my drenched through gear i might have to revert to the car for tonight!

Ray Bloody Purchase · 27-11-2018 10:42AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'm on the coast here in Portmarnock and I had to abandon ship when I got to Portmarnock village. The gusts were enough to slide the bike sideways on the road. Immediately stopped and went for home. Definitely not worth it.

It seems to have picked up a bit out there again. I hope it dies down later.

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