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eeeee · 23-12-2019 11:12PM

Weepsie wrote: »

I understand. There sometimes comes a point when you can't get any wetter, and if you're in a sort of relaxed zone, those type of cycles are more satisfying than the longest, highest ones.

Nope.
Also freak

When I'm on a spin I don't mind the weather, when I'm on my 2 hour a day commute I hate it.

Pinch Flat · 11-01-2020 08:59AM

Yep Sunday for me. Wild out there

dahat · 11-01-2020 09:38AM

Savage windy, turbo for me as a partial wimp.

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 11-01-2020 09:42AM

What can you do about the parts of you that are getting the brunt of the wind freezing and not being able to warm them up? The building I work in is Baltic and I have quite sh!t circulation. (and I'm a wimp)

magicbastarder · 11-01-2020 12:12PM

you mean fingers and toes? decent gloves and overshoes are your best bet.

AndrewJRenko · 12-01-2020 09:41PM

Any thoughts about tomorrow morning? Looks doable in Dublin as far as I can see, and the warning should be lifted by going-home time.

CramCycle · 12-01-2020 09:43PM

If Met Eireann are to be trusted, once your in by 10 you should be OK but If bring a lock to lock en route and busnit in case it rapidly changes.

What Username Guidelines · 12-01-2020 09:45PM

I’m planning on cycling anyway, should be in the office by 8 and then it’s to calm down by 4, but will play it by ear as the day goes on. I wouldn’t wanna be out on the bike between 10 and 2 tho if in Dublin

LollipopJimmy · 12-01-2020 09:49PM

I'm going for Luas and Dublin Bike

Thinkingaboutit · 12-01-2020 10:07PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Any thoughts about tomorrow morning? Looks doable in Dublin as far as I can see, and the warning should be lifted by going-home time.

Met Éireann seem to suggest bad weather tomorrow, with both increasing wind and rain. Yr.no suggest a bit of wind, but a good deal of rain in the evening. If it's just rain for a small-moderate commute home (5 mi / 8km), that tolerable, but a chance of high winds later, has a bit uncertain about tomorrow. I'm a maybe wimp.

tomasrojo · 12-01-2020 10:40PM

I don't really have any choice -- never do; can't possibly get the kids to school by eight any other way -- but will have parked the cargo bike indoors by eight thirty, so think it'll be ok.

magicbastarder · 12-01-2020 10:58PM

CramCycle wrote: »

If Met Eireann are to be trusted, once your in by 10 you should be OK but If bring a lock to lock en route and busnit in case it rapidly changes.

not often you see wind in the 50s on the met site in dublin, for sure. but it seems quite concentrated between 10 and 2.

and the consistency of the wind is something they should forecast; i.e whether it will be steady or gusty.
also worth noting if you live near the coast; there's a high spring tide at 13:20 tomorrow, so coastal roads may see inundation. though would i be right in thinking that the storm surge would be in the opposite direction in dublin?

CramCycle · 13-01-2020 09:29AM

well there was a severe lack of wind at 730 this morning on my commute.

magicbastarder · 13-01-2020 09:47AM

rookie mistake, i make it all the time. 'hey it's really calm but i am in *flying* form this morning'.

NamelessPhil · 13-01-2020 10:06AM

We walked rather than cycled to school in Dublin this morning. The afternoon collection is going to be interesting... At least we'll have a tailwind but our route is heavily wooded.

Pinch Flat · 13-01-2020 10:14AM

Cycled in - wind starting to get up a bit in Dublin West. Train home for me is Plan B if it kicks off.

LollipopJimmy · 13-01-2020 10:25AM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I'm going for Luas and Dublin Bike

A text from my OH told me Luas was much more of a mess than usual, my only other option was the Look. Got in relatively normally and I need to be in Goldenbridge at 6.30 this evening leaving Leeson St. area at 5.50 so it will be bike again once it's not completely mental outside

Somedaythefire · 13-01-2020 10:43AM

This morning was fine. Bit windy and annoying blanket of light rain but fine. This afternoon will probably be a different story. I hope it's all done and gone before close of business.

magicbastarder · 13-01-2020 11:13AM

there was a tree down on griffith avenue on saturday, and the wind wasn't as strong as is expected today. at least the leaves are off the trees.

deceit · 13-01-2020 11:21AM

I started to cycle in today not realizing the weather would be bad, got knocked off my bike by a gust of wind, decided to turn around about 10km through. I ended up flying along on the way back must have been against the wind the whole time. Didn't help being on a mountain bike and sitting upright with a heavy/big bag and a big jacket on, caught all the wind.
Now working from home, I came on here to see if anyone else noticed the weather being bad.

Utter Consternation · 13-01-2020 11:27AM

deceit wrote: »

I started to cycle in today not realizing the weather would be bad, got knocked off my bike by a gust of wind, decided to turn around about 10km through. I ended up flying along on the way back must have been against the wind the whole time. Didn't help being on a mountain bike and sitting upright with a heavy/big bag and a big jacket on, caught all the wind.
Now working from home, I came on here to see if anyone else noticed the weather being bad.

You didn't do any damage to yourself?

I'm debating cycling home this evening now, i think i might get the dirty, smelly bastid bus. I fookin' hate it.

souter · 13-01-2020 11:37AM

CramCycle wrote: »

well there was a severe lack of wind at 730 this morning on my commute.

translation: tailwind

magicbastarder · 13-01-2020 11:38AM

avoid cycling near the finnis buoy at the moment.

https://twitter.com/JoannaDonnellyL/status/1216666991198601216

that's 113km/h.

deceit · 13-01-2020 11:39AM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

You didn't do any damage to yourself?

I'm debating cycling home this evening now, i think i might get the dirty, smelly bastid bus. I fookin' hate it.

Not much, luckily my big thick jacket took most of the impact. Its only the second time I wore a jacket cycling so lucky I did

CramCycle · 13-01-2020 11:40AM

souter wrote: »

translation: tailwind

Alas no, one of my slower commutes, just nothing at all, the odd gust head or tail wind but nothing of note.

Plastik · 13-01-2020 11:51AM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

You didn't do any damage to yourself?

I'm debating cycling home this evening now, i think i might get the dirty, smelly bastid bus. I fookin' hate it.

There's no orange warning in place for the evening commute. It'll probably step down to yellow at 3. That's just a windy day.

cdaly_ · 13-01-2020 11:58AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

he coast; there's a high spring tide at 13:20 tomorrow, so coastal roads may see inundation. though would i be right in thinking that the storm surge would be in the opposite direction in dublin?

"Storm Surge" is not about wind. It's about low pressure meaning that the sea surface is higher than usual.

Atmospheric pressure pushes down on the ocean surface. With variation in pressure, there's variation in water level. It's normally not that significant but, given that storm winds are associated with deep low pressure, you get higher than normal water levels. Storm surge is typically much less than tidal range so it only becomes significant near the top of the spring tides.

That said, with south/southwesterly winds, there won't be enough of a fetch to build up wave heights so that will mitigate matters on the east coast.

What Username Guidelines · 13-01-2020 01:05PM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

I'm debating cycling home this evening now, i think i might get the dirty, smelly bastid bus. I fookin' hate it.

On the fence as well - if I leave the bike here I'll be walking home though, and it's 12km. Goes to show how much I despise the bus

Utter Consternation · 13-01-2020 01:21PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

On the fence as well - if I leave the bike here I'll be walking home though, and it's 12km. Goes to show how much I despise the bus

Ha ha, fcuk it. I can't countenance bus or car any more because they're so awful. My commute is 12km too, sometimes the bus takes an hour and a half to do it. Simply shocking. You'd drive to Galway qucker than go across Dublin in a fcuking smelly bus.

What Username Guidelines · 13-01-2020 03:00PM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

Ha ha, fcuk it. I can't countenance bus or car any more because they're so awful. My commute is 12km too, sometimes the bus takes an hour and a half to do it. Simply shocking. You'd drive to Galway qucker than go across Dublin in a fcuking smelly bus.

Same, add in walking to bus stop and you’re looking at 1hr 45, at which you’ll walk 12km at a brisk pace.

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