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Black ice everywhere

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  • #632
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,235 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Country back roads lethal this morning, was heading for Clonbullogue to do a little loop and had to turn back for home, bike was all over the place.

    Main road back towards Newbridge was better but hadn't been salted.


  • #633
    Hmmzis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Hmmzis


    Black ice also up on military road. Was very surprised actualy, with the wind and the warm temps we've had the last few days I did not expect it. Luckily it was going up hill.


  • #634
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭kenmc


    that's mad, not even a hint of a frost d14 to d12. was quite balmy actually...


  • #635
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,235 ✭✭✭nilhg


    kenmc wrote: »
    that's mad, not even a hint of a frost d14 to d12. was quite balmy actually...

    Yeah, no frost on grass or cars here, when I got the first slip from my back wheel I thought it must have been oil on the road, but 50 meters further on there was ice in the puddles.


  • #636
    StickyMcGinty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭StickyMcGinty


    Lads just thought I'd mention a site I use to remind me if the temperature's going to drop below zero for the next day, might be useful to some of you especially when you get a few warm days and you're not expecting a cold one

    https://ifttt.com

    You use "Recipes" you create yourself - i.e. workflows - so I have it set up so that if the temp drops below zero the next day send an email from my GMAIL to my work mail, for example.

    Great little tool

    ifttt.png


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  • #637
    colm_gti
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    Glorious morning cycling from Ashbourne to UCD, despite the wind. Nearly considered folding down the arm and leg warmers at one stage!


  • #638
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭kenmc


    StickyMcGinty wrote: »
    Lads just thought I'd mention a site I use to remind me if the temperature's going to drop below zero for the next day, might be useful to some of you especially when you get a few warm days and you're not expecting a cold one

    https://ifttt.com

    You use "Recipes" you create yourself - i.e. workflows - so I have it set up so that if the temp drops below zero the next day send an email from my GMAIL to my work mail, for example.

    Great little tool

    ifttt.png

    or you could stick your head out the window, or even keep an eye on the weather forecast or forum :D


  • #639
    instinct
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭instinct


    Plenty of lumping head wind from Lusk to City this morning. Otherwise fine (no ice) and my new raceblades took care of any puddles and mucky roads :) Why did I never fit these things earlier Ill never know.


  • #640
    godtabh
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    The wife had a day off work today so no childminder drop of duties this morning. Got out and did a 55.5km spin. Very happy with myself. Windy and some glints of frost but was fine


  • #641
    route66
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    Hmmzis wrote: »
    Black ice also up on military road. Was very surprised actualy, with the wind and the warm temps we've had the last few days I did not expect it. Luckily it was going up hill.

    I thought that's standard up there this time of year? Drove from Laragh to Sally Gap last Sunday and it was amazing how the road conditions deteriorated as I approached SG. From SG on - towards Glencree - it looked impassable so I dodged right towards Lough Tae.


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  • #642
    Hmmzis
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    route66 wrote: »
    I thought that's standard up there this time of year? Drove from Laragh to Sally Gap last Sunday and it was amazing how the road conditions deteriorated as I approached SG. From SG on - towards Glencree - it looked impassable so I dodged right towards Lough Tae.

    It was fine all this week, at least till Featherbeds/Co. Wicklow border. That's why my surprise this morning.


  • #643
    kenmc
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    nice frost out now, and due to be cold through the week, possibly snow also :D


  • #644
    bcmf
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    Some very nasty spots this morn around NCD. Myself,RobFowl and 2 others stuck to the coast as back roads were not trustworthy and got reports of a pile up but need confirmation.


  • #645
    slfcarro5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭slfcarro5


    Bit icy around the blessington lakes. Two of the lads from the club came off coming down a bit of a hill there this morning


  • #646
    ROK ON
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    Got it into my head that I wanted to go up Sally Gap from Kilbride as I had a rare Saturday in Dublin.

    Slippy in the park.
    Over Saggart hill and down to Brittas was fine.
    Turned off main road for Sally Gap at the golf club past Brittas.
    Road from there to Manor Kilbride had thick ice in some patches and frost everywhere else.

    Met an old guy on a beater bike and corpo jacket coming against me.
    He warned me that ice would get worse.

    I continued on slowly.
    Got to Mooneys pub and a descending mtber said road from gap was very bad.

    By now it was 1015. So I said I would continue until I couldn't

    About 2k later entire road had a sheet of ice. Stopped and turned around.

    A guy behind me kept going.

    Not today.

    Retraced my steps and headed to Newbridge, Celbridge Clane and Maynooth.
    Roads in Kildare dry as a bone.
    Disappointed not to make it up the gap today, but it was an otherwise stunning day for a cycle.

    Given the route that I ended up taking I should have gone on the club spin this morning.
    Ah well.


  • #647
    Wishbone Ash
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    bcmf wrote: »
    Some very nasty spots this morn around NCD
    I came through Lusk on the commute at around 6.40am. Frozen puddles at the sides of road. Took it handy.


  • #648
    billyhead
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    I came through Lusk on the commute at around 6.40am. Frozen puddles at the sides of road. Took it handy.
    went out for a 2 hour spin in the ncd area this morning. Headed up towards stamullen, naul,oldtown direction. Some of the backroads were dicey with frozen ice patches on the roads. Just took it handy. lovely fresh day though


  • #649
    seamus
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    Off we go again.

    Forecast for this week is persistent coldness everywhere, icy and freezing. Flurries of snow in the east early tomorrow, but that's about it. There's a threat of ongoing snow for the west of the country for the whole week.


  • #650
    Pigeon Reaper
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    I just hope the wind eases up a little. I'm sick of cycling into gales and the way to work. The training is great but I've had enough!


  • #651
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Cracking morning to be out on the bike, flew into college this morning with the arm warmers rolled down!


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  • #652
    daragh_
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    Wind was relentless on the way in this morning. 4 hours of being stalked by an evil headwind yesterday has me wrecked (despite spending most of my time hiding behind stronger chaps).


  • #653
    Zorba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭Zorba


    colm_gti wrote: »
    the arm warmers rolled down!

    Bloody right hard man u are, still in winter jackets here :eek:


  • #654
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Zorba wrote: »
    Bloody right hard man u are
    Always have been - don't mess with Nimanja Vidic ... ;)


  • #655
    GlennaMaddy
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    bcmf wrote: »
    Some very nasty spots this morn around NCD. Myself,RobFowl and 2 others stuck to the coast as back roads were not trustworthy and got reports of a pile up but need confirmation.

    There was a pile up on the 8:30 Swords group, suspected broken hip -ambulance called


  • #656
    billyhead
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    GlennaMaddy wrote: »
    There was a pile up on the 8:30 Swords group, suspected broken hip -ambulance called

    Missed this spin by a half an hour as I slept it out on Saturday morning Hope everyone who came down is okay.


  • #657
    RobFowl
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    billyhead wrote: »
    Missed this spin by a half an hour as I slept it out on Saturday morning Hope everyone who came down is okay.

    1 guy broke his but is out of hospital now. Be careful out there esp in the ice.


  • #658
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Anyone been out on the south side yet? Wind and ice out there.


  • #659
    Pembily
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    daragh_ wrote: »
    Anyone been out on the south side yet? Wind and ice out there.
    Blackrock *looks* grand, I've only looked out the window though.


  • #660
    Zorba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭Zorba


    Ncd, Meath and Louth are bad bad bad. Good luck to anyone commuting in that weather.


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  • #661
    G rock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭G rock


    Nobody else get snow?

    Couple of inches here in cavan


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