Black ice everywhere

06-12-2012 09:40PM

Opened this thread yesterday morning before heading out (as it appeared on the home page).

Read the first post about lots of black ice and thought to myself "sure if you go easy on it you'll have no issues. You'd have to be some fool to fall off a bike when you already know it's icy out". :P

I fell off going around a left corner on a bridge (Dominic's bridge, Drogheda town, if anyone's familiar with it), and bike went from under me (since heard that the same happened to another fellow I know, in the same exact spot). Knee took a fair ould bang and is still sore, unfortunately. Little bit swollen and a bit of a cut from where the pedal landed on it and jammed into it.

That said, no serious injury and I'm sure the knee will be grand in a day or two. Anyone else find it oddly exciting cycling around icy areas? :pac: (I'm sure that's been discussed in the 15 pages I've yet to read - though I plan to).

fletch · 06-12-2012 09:41PM

Bring back the ice!...that was the most miserable cycle home in a long while...driving west wind and rain...just torture...felt neverending

daymobrew · 07-12-2012 12:38AM

SerialComplaint wrote: »

I decided to wait for the ice to thaw to take a spill off my bike

Fortunately, it was on very, very soft ground, so there was literally no pain involved at all.

Is that one of those tiny 808 cameras? (a guess from the 2008 timestamp).
How is it mounted? How long does it record for?

smacl · 07-12-2012 07:53AM

Grand around Rathfarnham Dundrum last night, but a bit blowy. Mild and damp this morning, Rathfarnham / Ballinteer.

Hmmzis · 07-12-2012 09:40AM

No ice in town on my route (Rathfarnham-north quays). The only ice was up in the hills, it became really iffy around the featherbeds area.

lennymc · 07-12-2012 09:53AM

-5 degrees next week according to the indo:

http://www.independent.ie/weather/black-ice-warning-as-blast-of-polar-air-to-give-us-5c-temperatures-3318482.html

colm_gti · 07-12-2012 10:00AM

lennymc wrote: »

-5 degrees next week according to the indo:

http://www.independent.ie/weather/black-ice-warning-as-blast-of-polar-air-to-give-us-5c-temperatures-3318482.html

Looks like it's the turbo from here on :rolleyes:

monkeybutter · 07-12-2012 10:27AM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I've also found that section of the road to be the worst for ice on the way into town.

Do you no find Ballyfermot is like playing paper boy with all the hazards the bumps and people constantly trying to knock you off? I avoid it like the plague

and the junction there is a death trap, every time I've taken someone has tried to take me out

https://maps.google.com/?ll=53.344915,-6.378636&spn=0.018882,0.053515&t=m&layer=c&cbll=53.345113,-6.379056&panoid=3CJIq9yFldzA0SHFAVEwpw&cbp=12,301.88,,0,19.72&z=15

Jawgap · 07-12-2012 10:32AM

lennymc wrote: »

-5 degrees next week according to the indo:

http://www.independent.ie/weather/black-ice-warning-as-blast-of-polar-air-to-give-us-5c-temperatures-3318482.html

colm_gti wrote: »

Looks like it's the turbo from here on :rolleyes:

That's right - it's in the Indo so it must be true!!

colm_gti · 07-12-2012 10:33AM

Jawgap wrote: »

That's right - it's in the Indo so it must be true!!

Take a peek at the weather forum, it's been pretty active over there the past few days...

Jawgap · 07-12-2012 10:39AM

Not saying it's not going to be cold or that it might notget that cold or colder, I'm just saying trying to forecast that far ahead is problematic. The time to worry about next week's weather is next week*

*.....but I'll be dusting off the turbo this weekend, just in case

lennymc · 07-12-2012 11:19AM

Jawgap wrote: »

Not saying it's not going to be cold or that it might notget that cold or colder, I'm just saying trying to forecast that far ahead is problematic. The time to worry about next week's weather is next week*

*.....but I'll be dusting off the turbo this weekend, just in case

come back to the wimp club jawgap. we miss you.

smacl · 07-12-2012 11:57AM

colm_gti wrote: »

Take a peek at the weather forum, it's been pretty active over there the past few days...

The met 5 day forecast shows the weekend good, and then the freeze beginning. A decent spin on Sunday I reckon, and turboing it from next week.

seamus · 07-12-2012 12:02PM

Gonna dust down the MTB this weekend for the next two weeks.

Actually what's probably going to happen is that I'll put it back together at about 3pm on Sunday, find that something has rusted/wasted beyond repair and have to rush around buying parts at exceptionally high prices to get the bike ready for the next day.

Lusk Doyle · 07-12-2012 12:25PM

seamus wrote: »

Gonna dust down the MTB this weekend for the next two weeks.

It must be some size bike to take that long. Or, you are a civil servant and therefore extremely inefficient.

:pac:

velo.2010 · 08-12-2012 12:29PM

First use of the turbo in months this morning!:( Looked out at 8.45 to see the frost disappearing and was ready to meet at 9.30 for the club spin. Bit of chatter on Facebook about how bad the roads were still so I take a stroll around outside to see what the fuss was about and sure enough......black ice!

Wonder if we'll have a prolonged period of snow/ice/cold to match this month two years ago? Hopefully not!

smacl · 08-12-2012 01:34PM

Met.ie has it not freezing tonight and mild but overcast tomorrow, so possibly reasonably ok for a spin. Planning on heading out myself, but will probably avoid the highest ground (i.e. old long hill rather than sally gap). The -6 forecast for next week is now down to -3, so maybe ok again for next weekend too.

nilhg · 08-12-2012 02:21PM

It was hairy in places this morning, my first 17km or so were on salted roads which were fine, but tried to go from Kildare to Monasterevin and the road was lethal, just past Conway Oil a lady in a car tried to pass me and her car was 45 degrees on to the road at one stage as she tried to get back across to her own side. I wasn't long turning round and heading back the way I came.

Lovely morning to be out though, turbo fever was setting in.....

Plastik · 08-12-2012 02:58PM

Perfectly fine on the roads this morning - Bray, Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow etc. Quite a mild day out there actually.

G rock · 08-12-2012 04:31PM

Plastik wrote: »

Perfectly fine on the roads this morning - Bray, Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow etc. Quite a mild day out there actually.

Same as that.

good ol cavan!

Should possibly have tried to get some more distance done though given the forecast

manwithaplan · 08-12-2012 05:31PM

No bother heading up the east coast but stuck to the main roads. Was a bit sketchy at 7 am but it thawed quickly.

smacl · 08-12-2012 08:38PM

nilhg wrote: »

turbo fever was setting in.....

+1 to that. Repeats of Kilmashogue on the hybrid with knobbly tyres seem like a better option than the turbo at this stage. Rapidly falling out of love with the ol' turbo, probably only a marriage of convenience in the first place, truth be told.

Bambaata · 09-12-2012 12:07PM

Anyone up the Wicklow mountains today yet? About to head out and want some hills.

smacl · 09-12-2012 03:10PM

Bambaata wrote: »

Anyone up the Wicklow mountains today yet? About to head out and want some hills.

Just back from the Sally gap, via Cruagh on the way out and Glencree on the way home. Very bad visibility, wet, windy and chilly enough, but no snow or ice. Only did 60k but felt pretty shattered coming back in, not so many out on the military road this afternoon.

Bambaata · 09-12-2012 05:55PM

Was up there sometime around 4 myself! Bloody cold alright. Some wind, bloody chilly but yeah fortunately no ice. I was close to giving up in the wind but fortunately noticed 2 guys coming about 400m behind so i put the booth down for 30mins or so and finally let them close it and sailed home with them. If it wasnt for them id have been a lot longer coming home! 03:20 rolling time and my slowest ave pace that i can ever remember!! Hoping these bike legs start coming back soon!

Jawgap · 10-12-2012 05:53AM

East Meath lethal - didn't get as far as NCD, a quite spectacular semi-fall- dismount-half-run has sent me back for the car.

Spiky tyres go on tonight!

Off to check-in on the Wimp List

UPDATE: Based on the drive in, NCD and the north city centre didn't look at all bad - should've kept going

kenmc · 10-12-2012 07:16AM

hard frost on the cars in d14. mtb locked and loaded

Beasty · 10-12-2012 08:29AM

Jawgap wrote: »

UPDATE: Based on the drive in, NCD and the north city centre didn't look at all bad - should've kept going

Too late - I'd already wimped out based on your advice Jawgap ...

CramCycle · 10-12-2012 08:34AM

kenmc wrote: »

hard frost on the cars in d14. mtb locked and loaded

Skated out of the car park, seen a guy with de icer and it kept re freezing on him when he got into the car :eek:

Lost feeling in my fingers 1/5 of the way in, must find my good winter gloves soon.

Hmmzis · 10-12-2012 08:38AM

Rathfarnham to city centre was fine. Just had to stay off the cycle lanes. Bus lanes were grand except for the edges on both sides.

Black ice everywhere

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