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The wimp list ...

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So who cycled into work today?

and will you be doing it again tomorrow...

... or do you want your name adding to the wimp list?

Couldn't believe the amount of standing water on the roads of Fingal this evening. I was heading into Rush and then came across cars held up in both directions as they tried to find the shallowest route through. Then more floods on the Skerries Road, and turning at Loughshinney the water was flowing off the fields. It's the first time I've found my feet completely covered in water while riding through the floods - luckily there were no hidden potholes.

Hopefully it will have cleared a bit by the morning, and I'll be able to benefit properly from the predicted 40kph Northerly tailwind

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Mc Love

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

strmin

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

magicbastarder

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

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

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

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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

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

CramCycle

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

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

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

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

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

Reporting for duty.

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

magicbastarder

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

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

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

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

LollipopJimmy

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

a day for disc brakes

Johnny Jukebox

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

buffalo

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

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

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

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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

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

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

Mickiemcfist

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_

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

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

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.