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The wimp list ...

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  • #2252
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,058 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I was due to work from home today anyhow but with a power cut happening a short while ago, should I head out and try get a few PBs?



  • #2253
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭alentejo


    Wind on my back all the way from Terenure to city centre. Cycled in worse!


    Hopefully wind will die down this afternoon as I expect quite a headwind!



  • #2254
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,488 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121362387#Comment_121362387

    I was going the opposite way from the city centre to D4 so it wasn't quite the easy cycle 😁

    Left the house at 9:20am and most of the absolute madness had calmed down but it did get a little crazy along the quays. (particularly crossing over the Liffey)

    On the plus side I only saw one other cyclist on the whole route so had the lanes to myself which was lovely.



  • #2255
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Was contemplating waiting an hour and getting a bus home as it was raining heavy on the train. Thankfully got off and the rain had seemed to stop. Got in the door at home and the heavens opened as soon as I closed the door. SO heavy you couldn't see a metre past the front door.



  • #2256
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,672 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    On the wimp list/ dart this morning, after coming off on black ice the last frosty commute day. Seemed ok off the mountains, but heard of a few fallers over the weekend on the coast road, so wasn't inclined to chance it.



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  • #2257
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,875 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Saw two bikes go down this morning glad mine is in the shed!



  • #2258
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,488 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121586035#Comment_121586035

    Eeek, where abouts was that?

    I didn't notice any ice on the road this morning myself, seemed a bit warmer out than I was expecting. (if anything it feels a bit colder now than it did at 8am)



  • #2259
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121586121#Comment_121586121

    yeah, seemed quite mild this morning with no ice in Dublin north city.



  • #2260
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,672 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Well up higher, we had a nice shower of rain that fell on the frost/ ice. Drive way was lethal enough to confirm my call! Seems dryer in the city centre though (but does feel colder now than the way in!).



  • #2261
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,875 ✭✭✭tnegun


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121586121#Comment_121586121

    Maynooth, it was like an ice rink until 11am, the fog never lifted yesterday and it rained/drizzled on and off all night which froze on contact!



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  • #2262
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Well, it finally happened, I cracked. Getting off the train my partner was sending me videos of the wind (although it seemed fine at the station). I was just so wrecked, I went to my daughters house instead as she was closer and stole her van. Wasn't even windy when I got home but I think I am overtired as even the hill up to my daughters place felt like climbing a mountain, I could barely turn over the pedals.



  • #2263
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭secman


    Think previous post should be in "Van Stolen" thread 😀



  • #2264
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    In my defense, I returned the van and am now facing payback of hard labour tomorrow.



  • #2265
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    add me to the list.

    Milling rain and sleet in north Dublin city this morning. Got soaked on Tuesday and wasn't in the mood for that again.



  • #2266
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,058 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Headed in to the office this morning. Traffic on the N4 past Lucan and also on the Outer Ring Road was brutal so it felt great passing them all despite getting soaked. The air con in this place will have my clothes nice and dry for when I head home and get soaked again.

    Having got a puncture yesterday evening (on a tubeless front wheel), the new tube seems to have a slow puncture. As suddenly does my rear tube (tubeless setup on it was abandoned a few months back). I reckon using cycle lanes on the spin towards tallaght did it 🤬

    Post edited by Seth Brundle on


  • #2267
    Plastik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,004 ✭✭✭Plastik


    Lad, passed some amount of stationary cars today on me bike!



  • #2268
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,926 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121738602#Comment_121738602

    Cycle lanes are never swept



  • #2269
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Got to the end of my lane that was flooded this morning, at least a metre deep. I just couldn't be arsed, I went home and worked from home, the days of lifting a bike over my head to wade through puddles are long over.



  • #2270
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭alentejo


    I do admit cycling past all the stationary cars on my commute this morning took some of the sting out of the awful weather!



  • #2271
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,058 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121741969#Comment_121741969

    Yeah and I rarely use them but traffic on the Outer Ring tends to be moving a little too fast for my liking sometimes



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  • #2272
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121742036#Comment_121742036

    Yes and in a 60km zone to boot. The ORR has the problem of a suspended bus lane that all the gobsh1tes like to use as an overtaking lane hence going well above the 60 to get past. My route to work is Tallaght via the ORR too but I wimped out yesterday myself. Had astro in the evening as a solid excuse :)



  • #2273
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,412 ✭✭✭cletus


    Got up at 7, had a bowl of cereal, looked out at the wind that was blowing, went back to bed.


    Might try again later.



  • #2274
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭secman


    It was a very cold easterly wind indeed 🥶



  • #2275
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,412 ✭✭✭cletus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121869624#Comment_121869624

    Cycled down to the shop for some groceries. It hasn't improved...



  • #2276
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    nope, not today. wet and miserable in Dublin. Couldn't handle all the hassle of another soaking.

    Good morning to drive with schools off anyway



  • #2277
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968327#Comment_121968327

    It was so f*cking cold, shorts were a bad idea.



  • #2278
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968345#Comment_121968345

    Galibier Mistral bib tights were definitely the right call but hands were like blocks of ice by the end of my spin. Headwind too



  • #2279
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,412 ✭✭✭cletus


    Had a spin in mind this morning, but the wind is so strong the barbeque is walking around the back yard.

    Said I'd leave it off till tomorrow...



  • #2280
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭secman


    Was waiting for someone to wimp out before me , club spin called off here. fairly gusty all the same, bad enough with dodgy drivers without adding winds and especially crosswind which can be hard to totally eliminate.



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  • #2281
    rolling boh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Stayed in today some fairly strong Gusts of wind out here around Dunboyne thought better not to chance it ,have seen two out during my walk but no groups I would think will venture out .



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