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Black ice everywhere

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  • #602
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    enas wrote: »
    Cork was fine so far. This morning, there was a small shower for a few minutes and estate turned into an ice rink (on a fairly steep downhill). What happens when one still decides to cycle, under those conditions? You guessed it. (Can you spot all the places where I manage to recover from lost traction?)

    Nice rear light!


  • #603
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    RainyDay wrote: »
    Nice rear light!

    I know I thought the same when I first watched the film (it was the first time I was using it). It's a Lezyne Micro Drive. Very good price at £27.99. Full story here.


  • #604
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,271 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Another cold night expected tonight. I think it'll be another run in the morning. Very frustrating


  • #605
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,271 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Positively balmy this morning!


  • #606
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    Cold in my place, about -3C, but in town at work about +2C. Lovely morning for a spin.


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  • #607
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    enas wrote: »
    What happens when one still decides to cycle, under those conditions?

    Brush up on your bunny hop skillz, you could have hopped onto the grass and stopped safely, and looked super cool in the process.


  • #608
    Carpenter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Carpenter


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Brush up on your bunny hop skillz, you could have hopped onto the grass and stopped safely, and looked super cool in the process.

    You end up like me on the deck and I fractured my pelvis :mad:


  • #609
    marketty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭marketty


    First commute of the year and weather was grand. Lezyne Micro Drive is the business too


  • #610
    instinct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    Yes a lovely morning for it. Lusk - Howth - City Center. Even had dry roads most of the way.


  • #611
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Brush up on your bunny hop skillz, you could have hopped onto the grass and stopped safely, and looked super cool in the process.

    Yeah I thought about that later, it sounded cool indeed. But that wasn't even possible, the bike disappeared from underneath me well before I reached the kerb. And, supposing I actually had the skills, with such a lack of traction, I doubt it would even have been physically possible to do it. No matter how much I think of it, I don't see what I could have done better (other than stay at home in the first place, obviously).

    Incidentally, although it was a really gentle spill with no pain whatsoever, I woke up this morning with terribly sore muscles pretty much throughout my body... That's quite surprising.

    It was a lovely commute this morning though!


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  • #612
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,515 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    enas wrote: »
    Yeah I thought about that later, it sounded cool indeed. But that wasn't even possible, the bike disappeared from underneath me well before I reached the kerb. And, supposing I actually had the skills, with such a lack of traction, I doubt it would even have been physically possible to do it. No matter how much I think of it, I don't see what I could have done better (other than stay at home in the first place, obviously).

    It's definitely possible, I believe in you. Go and try it again and post another video.


  • #613
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    enas wrote:
    And, supposing I actually had the skills, with such a lack of traction, I doubt it would even have been physically possible to do it.

    Yes, to make any height at all you really need something (the ground) to push against to get the spring to do the hop, so if one or both tyres are slipping around already then it's unlikely the rest of it will go well. On the other hand, it could be awesome, but probably only for the spectators.


  • #614
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,515 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    doozerie wrote: »
    Yes, to make any height at all you really need something (the ground) to push against to get the spring to do the hop, so if one or both tyres are slipping around already then it's unlikely the rest of it will go well

    I'm not sure that makes sense, physics-wise. When you increase downforce for a given mass, grip increases.
    << That's how one of those works


  • #615
    t'bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 588 ✭✭✭t'bear


    I am rightly kicking myself right now, took another 30 mins in the scratcher this morning, as forecast was indicating possible ice, bugger it anyway, glorious weather out there - will spin around the place later tonight


  • #616
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    Lumen wrote: »
    I'm not sure that makes sense, physics-wise. When you increase downforce for a given mass, grip increases.

    Well, the increase has to be sufficient to break through the ice. I can't see that happening without studded tyres. Sorry guys, I'll start practising my skills when the weather turns milder (I'm sure that even then I will be able to secure some entertaining -- from the viewer's point of view -- footage).
    Lumen wrote: »
    << That's how one of those works

    Think you forgot to include a link?


  • #617
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,560 ✭✭✭Ryath


    enas wrote: »
    Cork was fine so far. This morning, there was a small shower for a few minutes and estate turned into an ice rink (on a fairly steep downhill). What happens when one still decides to cycle, under those conditions? You guessed it. (Can you spot all the places where I manage to recover from lost traction?)

    At least you know now the lezyne microdrive rear is secure now. I was slightly worried from some of the reviews about it falling out of the bracket.


  • #618
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    Ryath wrote: »
    At least you know now the lezyne microdrive rear is secure now. I was slightly worried from some of the reviews about it falling out of the bracket.

    Exactly!

    I read those reviews too. After using it, I think it's secure enough, but I also think it's easy not to engage it properly (I always double check, which is a bit annoying -- you don't get that reassuring feedback).


  • #619
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,515 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    enas wrote: »
    Think you forgot to include a link?

    No, I was pointing at the spoiler. Downforce, spoiler, geddit? :pac:


  • #620
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Lumen wrote: »
    I'm not sure that makes sense, physics-wise. When you increase downforce for a given mass, grip increases.

    You compress the tyres to gain a bit of the spring, but you do something akin to that with your legs too, both of which involve a certain amount of downwards pressure being exerted.

    Anyway, what's this physics nonsense anyway? It's all well and good it controlling the behaviour of apples in the air, but us poor cyclists are subjected to lots of laws already without physics applying a few more. :pac:


  • #621
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    Lumen wrote: »
    No, I was pointing at the spoiler. Downforce, spoiler, geddit? :pac:

    Jaysus! That was way too sophisticated for me...


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  • #622
    route66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭route66


    Lumen wrote: »
    No, I was pointing at the spoiler. Downforce, spoiler, geddit? :pac:

    Naw, a spoiler spoils the air, causing it to break away from the upper surface of the object - i.e. car body - and thus reduces lift. Now a wing is a different thing altogether - have a look here if you want some downforce.

    Not that I'm being pedantic or anything ;)


  • #623
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,515 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    route66 wrote: »
    Naw, a spoiler spoils the air, causing it to break away from the upper surface of the object - i.e. car body - and thus reduces lift. Now a wing is a different thing altogether - have a look here if you want some downforce.

    Not that I'm being pedantic or anything ;)

    I appreciate the precision, but there is no wing tag on boards.


  • #624
    monkeybutter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,149 ✭✭✭monkeybutter


    enas wrote: »
    Jaysus! That was way too sophisticated for me...

    Are ya alright after it? Nothing broken like


  • #625
    instinct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    Came down heavy this evening on the way home. Back wheel went right from under me as i took a corner on Pearse Street. Traffic all round. I'm lucky neither me nor the bike got squashed.

    Roads are quite greasy at the moment and every now and then the rear would let me know. So basically tip toed all the way home and I was a bit shook after the spill.

    Stay safe.


  • #626
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    instinct wrote: »
    Came down heavy this evening on the way home. Back wheel went right from under me as i took a corner on Pearse Street. Traffic all round. I'm lucky neither me nor the bike got squashed.

    Roads are quite greasy at the moment and every now and then the rear would let me know. So basically tip toed all the way home and I was a bit shook after the spill.

    Stay safe.

    I hope there are no ill-effects, for you or the bike.
    Which corner on Pearse St? I'll be heading down that way later.


  • #627
    instinct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    Pearse Street onto Tara. After the fire station.

    Perhaps I should have known as I saw a courier take a spill at the same spot on Wednesday lunch time.

    There is a scratch on the pedal and the bar tape has mark on it. Lost the bar end cap too. But I got away lightly. Shorts have a bit of road rash on them :)


  • #628
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    instinct wrote: »
    Pearse Street onto Tara. After the fire station.

    Perhaps I should have known as I saw a courier take a spill at the same spot on Wednesday lunch time.

    There is a scratch on the pedal and the bar tape has mark on it. Lost the bar end cap too. But I got away lightly. Shorts have a bit of road rash on them :)

    Ouch! Which lane? I usually take the right hand side on that bend, though I may choose an alternative route this evening.
    In any event thanks for the warning. I tend to be going along quite quickly at that spot.


  • #629
    instinct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    Thats it. Right inside lane ! There could be oil or something on the corner as the back just totally wiped out.


  • #630
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,387 ✭✭✭lennymc


    I hope your not crashing so you can avoid the hills on Saturday instinct! I have a nice route in mind for you :)


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  • #631
    instinct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    dont worry, I have a second pair of shorts ;)


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