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Is it safe to cycle home this evening...

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  • #212
    jon1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭jon1981


    Weepsie wrote: »
    oooh the search function is working again so I could find this thread. Quite gusty this morn, didn't see another bike whatsoever on my commute, though that was between 7-8 so possibly early. Wind was okay, but the rain was heavier than I planned for.

    Likewise , was very isolating out there with few cyclists about and mainly Dublin bikes towards the end of my commute. Was nice to see some motorists leaving the extra room...


  • #213
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Managed to miss any rain, and the wind was gusty, only got caught out once or twice and even then, not badly. Not too bad is how I'd rate it. But with the amount of wind and storms this winter maybe I'm just getting accustomed...


  • #214
    cython
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,844 ✭✭✭cython


    Nice tailwind through the Phoenix Park and down the quays this morning, though would like to see it subside a bit or turn before it's time to go home!

    Can't say I noticed a particular decrease in the number of cyclists over an average day, but at the same time I did notice at least one person who often cycles in our building drove in today. Was dreading the rain when I was getting into the shower at home, but it cleared up quite a bit, and it honestly looks like that was the last squall passing through at this stage.


  • #215
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,250 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    It's suddenly turned into a beautiful morning. I'm battling a chest infection now myself so took the luas, gave up halfway to work and headed for home, can't sit in the office coughing and barking all day


  • #216
    Fian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Fian


    Hope you don't have the one I have recently finished with. Sounded like my wife was coming down with it this morning too.

    Hey wait a minute, what's going on here!

    Anyway it was pretty windy when i woke this morning, too windy to cycle i decided. By the time I had finished shower etc. however it had calmed down enough to avoid the luas, ride in was uneventful.


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  • #217
    Seaswimmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭Seaswimmer


    jon1981 wrote: »
    Likewise , was very isolating out there with few cyclists about and mainly Dublin bikes towards the end of my commute. Was nice to see some motorists leaving the extra room...

    Passed Rock Road counter at number 126 this morning. I am normally about number 270 so a big reduction. Glad now though as its turned into a lovely day and the wind has swung westerly which helps on the way home.


  • #218
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,128 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Pretty ropey on the commute in this morning. Traffic also seemed heavier than usual.


  • #219
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    Will be taking dart this morning. As much as it kills me.


  • #220
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,528 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Johnnio13 wrote: »
    Will be taking dart this morning. As much as it kills me.


    I'm just after getting in the DART, the walk to it wasn't as bad as I thought , if I hadn't have had a shower and I probably would have went back for the bike.


  • #221
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    On the bus based on checking a few weather warnings and looking on here. Really doesn't seem to bad out though? Coming from South Dublin.


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  • #222
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Took the car this morning. Gale force winds and snow showers when I got up this morning.... Now...NO wind and clear skies! Grrrrrrr!


  • #223
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,178 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Looks grand outside to me as i eat breakfast, will jump on the bike shortly


  • #224
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,190 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Lovely fast cycle in, no wind at all!

    ...which means heading home is going to be wojus.


  • #225
    stryker mcqueen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭stryker mcqueen


    Was wild in tallaght at 6:30am but now seems ok , too late for this wimp as im writing this from the 77X !!


  • #226
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Today was a running day for me, but waking up to howling winds and sleet battering at the window, I drove instead.

    Lovely morning now :rolleyes:


  • #227
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    What wind?


  • #228
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    Took the car this morning. Gale force winds and snow showers when I got up this morning.... Now...NO wind and clear skies! Grrrrrrr!

    Exactly my experience. Plus the wind is due to veer NW this afternoon which would have been welcome.
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  • #229
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Pretty ropey on the commute in this morning. Traffic also seemed heavier than usual.
    Typical, look aout the door, not waiting at a bus stop in that weather, always happens. My daughter was worried the luas would be more "jammers" but I let her know that many would just take the car than the risk of having to wait in that weather.
    Amirani wrote: »
    On the bus based on checking a few weather warnings and looking on here. Really doesn't seem to bad out though? Coming from South Dublin.
    It was fine anytime after 8am in south Dublin, although there was snow up until then in some parts.


  • #230
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Looks like my late commute at 830 was the way to go. It was a lovely cycle in. A bit blustery, but the wind was mostly behind me.


  • #231
    Fian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Fian


    I leave late as well, pleasant morning, slight bite in the air but nothing you would think twice about. Based on weather warnings i stuck a pair of armwarmers on under my jacket, but it turned out they weren't necessary.

    If anything this morning was a more pleasant than average cycle in.


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  • #232
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,527 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Was fairly ok cycling in this morning, strong cross-wind that hit me when going past gaps in the ditch and driveways. Was grand when I got into a built up area. Not too cold.


  • #233
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Was fairly ok cycling in this morning, strong cross-wind that hit me when going past gaps in the ditch and driveways. Was grand when I got into a built up area. Not too cold.

    Seems like parts of Dublin have their own unique weather systems. Here in the north west it was horrible this morning, and bitterly cold because the wind was cutting through you. Still windy out there and very cold.


  • #234
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,527 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Seems like parts of Dublin have their own unique weather systems. Here in the north west it was horrible this morning, and bitterly cold because the wind was cutting through you. Still windy out there and very cold.

    Wexford Town area, not Dublin.


  • #235
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Seems like parts of Dublin have their own unique weather systems.

    But of course. We, on the Southside, have more sunny days per year.


  • #236
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Was fairly ok cycling in this morning, strong cross-wind that hit me when going past gaps in the ditch and driveways. Was grand when I got into a built up area. Not too cold.

    The Sunny South East always has it better than the rest of us :pac:


  • #237
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Wexford Town area, not Dublin.

    Opps, mixing my posters up! I'm not Dublin-centric, I swear.


  • #238
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Decided to get the bus this morning. 2 minutes out of the house and turned back to change and cycle in.

    Apart from the headwind it was a nice cycle in. Until I punctured. :rolleyes:


  • #239
    Seaswimmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭Seaswimmer


    daragh_ wrote: »
    Decided to get the bus this morning. 2 minutes out of the house and turned back to change and cycle in.

    Apart from the headwind it was a nice cycle in. Until I punctured. :rolleyes:

    Not on one of these I hope..


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=723369


  • #240
    nak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    One of the worst commutes I have had in the wind - headwind, crosswinds, sleet. Had to stop a couple of times on the canal to avoid being blown over.

    Lovely out now, typical.


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  • #241
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Twas grand when I got out, was after the bad bad weather. A bit breezy but ok. Dark out now though and I forgot to take a cap - feic off rain!


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