Is it safe to cycle home this evening...

Planet X · 18-11-2015 06:49PM

It'll be a little frosty come the weekend.
They're be talk of spiked tyres soon

AstraMonti · 18-11-2015 06:59PM

It's fun with a wingsuit and deep section rims.

rollingscone · 18-11-2015 09:19PM

Traffic was atrocious as was driver behaviour.

Weather was grand. Big build up of roadside gunge though.

Alanstrainor · 18-11-2015 09:47PM

Blustery out there again this evening, but it wasn't too bad. Took me a good few minutes more than usual. Lots of debris at the side of the road, and difficult drivers to deal with, but nothing too extreme!

Wishbone Ash · 04-12-2015 07:22PM

Anyone out and about this evening? Was wondering what it has been like in the greater Dublin area as I have to commute home at about 8.30pm.

HivemindXX · 04-12-2015 08:02PM

It's definitely windy but I had no problems on the way home. I don't think I'd go out training to Sally Gap but I certainly wouldn't leave the bike in work and get the bus home.

Crippens1 · 04-12-2015 08:03PM

Just saw the title of this thread and immediately thought "what on earth did you say/do to your better half". Has your affair been found out?!

Drama!

(Wind not really wild yet in Dublin. Clondalkin to Booterstown was a doddle but the wind was at my back.)

rollingscone · 04-12-2015 08:19PM

Don't.

I have a super short sheltered spin home and was nearly stopped on my tracks a few times.

On the other hand if you'll be commuting West to east on a disused runway you'll be King of all mountains.

Alanstrainor · 04-12-2015 08:31PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone out and about this evening? Was wondering what it has been like in the greater Dublin area as I have to commute home at about 8.30pm.

Cycled home at 5 and it was getting bad then, really had to push it to keep any kind of pace. Was blown around at some points. By the sounds of it here in South Dublin, it's gotten a fair bit worse. I'd think about other options if you have any!

souter · 04-12-2015 08:52PM

A bit like the day last week when a couple gusts unnerved me and toyed with calling in the cavalry (wife + car), but saw some ninjas on BSOs and figured if they could do it then a skilled veloist like myself shouldn't be ducking out of it.

Mind you, my biceps are aching from gripping the handlebars in terror.

Idleater · 04-12-2015 09:04PM

Idleater wrote: »

... and the "single speed" probably wasn't the best choice today.

aargh! Didn't learn!
That was probably the slowest I've commuted home.

Koobcam · 04-12-2015 09:08PM

If you're in Dublin, it was getting windy around six. If you're in Mayo....I suppose you'd be getting loads of KoMs, you might actually be able to fly on a bike from the sounds of things.

ted1 · 04-12-2015 09:10PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone out and about this evening? Was wondering what it has been like in the greater Dublin area as I have to commute home at about 8.30pm.

A but hairy at times. Coming out the N11 there was strong gusts which to really had to lean into

Wishbone Ash · 04-12-2015 10:14PM

Got home safely. Was thrown about a bit and got wet but it was not as bad as I anticipated.

machiavellianme · 05-12-2015 12:09AM

Just in to work now. No issues apart from it taking that bit longer with a headwind and no one to draft.
:pac:

KingBrian2 · 05-12-2015 12:59AM

Hasn't everyone notice despite the rain the temperature is nice and warm? Really good.

ted1 · 05-12-2015 01:48AM

KingBrian2 wrote: »

Hasn't everyone notice despite the rain the temperature is nice and warm? Really good.

Yeah crazy, Im still in shorts, and summer wear

eeeee · 05-12-2015 11:29AM

It's lovely and warm out! Even when it's hideously wet it's warm rain, I kind of like it, it's almost tropical :pac:

Commute this morning sounded worse than it was. Mildly exciting only, and a bit disappointing. I may not be saying the same thing this evening!

C3PO · 07-12-2015 02:53PM

Left Ballsbridge at 12.45 today - not dangerous but bloody hard work out to Shankill! Really stiff headwind, particularly from Blackrock onwards!

eeeee · 07-12-2015 02:56PM

The wind is stiff alright! I'm looking forward ot it pusing me ont he way back though. I'm really regretting the decision not to wear a cap, I didn't think it would rain this afternoon boo!

Alanstrainor · 07-12-2015 03:05PM

KingBrian2 wrote: »

Hasn't everyone notice despite the rain the temperature is nice and warm? Really good.

Shorts and teeshirt for me this morning, and I was still roasting by the time I arrived in the office. It's lovely. More like October weather.

josip · 07-12-2015 03:09PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Shorts and teeshirt for me this morning, and I was still roasting by the time I arrived in the office. It's lovely. More like October weather.

Not quite that extreme for me, but this morning I was doing my best Marty Morrissey impression with the shirt buttons.
Looking forward to it dropping a few degrees to something reasonable.

Leroy42 · 07-12-2015 03:53PM

josip wrote: »

Not quite that extreme for me, but this morning I was doing my best Marty Morrissey impression with the shirt buttons.
Looking forward to it dropping a few degrees to something reasonable.

Jebus, you must hibernate in the 'summer' so if this 'heatwave' is causing you such problems

Alanstrainor · 09-12-2015 07:21PM

Pretty windy out there at the moment. Was raging that i didn't wait longer and avoiding the rain. I could see it would pass, but I got impatient when I thought it was dying out. It stopped about 10 minutes into my cycle home. Was blown around a bit, and a couple of gusts caught me slightly off-guard. But it's definitely not as bad as it has been recently.

Phil Jones · 09-12-2015 08:04PM

Some bad gusts around Carrickmines and Leopardstown, not coming from the usual direction. Bike was sliding sideways on smooth areas of the cycletrack! Helmet was levitating above my head going through central park.

rollingscone · 09-12-2015 08:30PM

Keep your chin on your stem tonight.

Qualitymark · 09-12-2015 08:31PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I could see it would pass, but I got impatient when I thought it was dying out. It stopped about 10 minutes into my cycle home.

forecast.io ftw

Wishbone Ash · 09-12-2015 08:55PM

That was my hairiest commute since this stormy weather began. One violent left side gust at Blake's Cross scared the crap out of me. I screamed but no one could hear me!

eeeee · 09-12-2015 09:34PM

Scariest one for me too. It wasn't as hard to cycle in, but the gusts took me out near the middle of the road several times, it was like someone had a hand on my bars and front wheel. It was bizarre, not a fight like the wind with 'Barney' and 'Desmond'. Although it damn near took my front wheel from under me about 400m from home. I squeaked. I actually squeaked the first time I was pushed out into the middle of the road, there were a couple of schoolgirls walking along the footpad, they looked at me like I was mental :pac:

cython · 09-12-2015 09:45PM

Fairly hairy spin home for me through the Phoenix Park out to Dublin 15. With the front light I have on the bike, I could easily see the direction of the rain (and thus the wind), and it literally seemed to be rotating around me, varying from left, via direct headwind to from the right. Thankfully there was nobody for me to overtake, and nobody looking to overtake me, as 2 abreast on the path would have been messy.

And that's before considering the rain that actually made it difficult to see at times, and which has formed a new river on the hill down from Castleknock - genuinely think I was the wettest I have ever been getting off the bike tonight, at least on the bottom half - Gabba did a surprisingly good job on the top!

Is it safe to cycle home this evening...

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