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The Road Condition Warning thread

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  • #92
    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,738 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Green Party: Ossian Smyth wrote: »
    Did anyone experience icy cycle paths around Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown? I asked for the routes below to be salted and was told they all were apart from Blackrock Park. Was this your experience?
    A request has been made to the Parks section to do the Blackrock coastal park route.

    High traffic routes:
    N11,
    Rock Road
    Frascati Rd
    Blackrock Park
    Newtown Avenue

    bottom of hills:
    Mt Merrion Ave
    Temple Hill
    Glenageary Rd Lower
    Mounttown Rd upper
    Newtonpark Ave

    Shankill - N11 - Clonkeen Road - Deansgrange - Blackrock - Ballsbridge ... all clear of ice!


  • #93
    irishrover99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭irishrover99


    The road in my estate is pure white, I actually thought it was snow when I peered out the curtains first. I haven't seen it this bad in a long while.

    Has anyone been on the main roads around rathfarnham yet?


  • #94
    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,738 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Funny ... it's not as cold as yesterday but a lot more visible ice on the road and paths around the south side of Dublin! More moisture in the air maybe?


  • #95
    Danbo!
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    irishrover99 wrote: »
    The road in my estate is pure white, I actually thought it was snow when I peered out the curtains first. I haven't seen it this bad in a long while.

    Has anyone been on the main roads around rathfarnham yet?

    Not a million miles away in Firhouse, exact same in my estate - roads and paths far worse than yesterday even tho it's above 0. Once onto main road everything was fine, but cycle tracks as far as at least blue haven are pure white, so I stuck to road.


  • #96
    rob w
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    C3PO wrote: »
    Funny ... it's not as cold as yesterday but a lot more visible ice on the road and paths around the south side of Dublin! More moisture in the air maybe?

    No its definitely not. Looked out and drive was white this morning.....which it wasnt yesterday when I took the bike.....but drove today and its nowhere near as bad!


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  • #97
    Get In There
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    Anyone cycle on the old n2 the last couple of days? I've wimped out yesterday and today on account of the ice but already missing my cycling fix. Wouldn't be surprised if the flyover bridge going over into Finglas continued to be lethal a good bit longer once this icy spell comes to an end.


  • #98
    Lambay island
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    I noticed same around rathfarnham area but the main roads themselves wernt too bad on way in. Noticed one or two areas where there was black ice in cycle lane but avoided as best as I could


  • #99
    Kaisr Sose
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    C3PO wrote: »
    Funny ... it's not as cold as yesterday but a lot more visible ice on the road and paths around the south side of Dublin! More moisture in the air maybe?

    Yes. It’s the moisture that causes this.


  • #100
    irishrover99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭irishrover99


    Gave it a miss this morning and glad i did. Plenty of opportunities out there to have a fall.
    2 weeks till Xmas and month and a half till holidays so the sensible option was best.
    First day missed this year due to weather so i was due one but not one for the wimp list thread.


  • #101
    Seaswimmer
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    C3PO wrote: »
    Funny ... it's not as cold as yesterday but a lot more visible ice on the road and paths around the south side of Dublin! More moisture in the air maybe?

    Definitely. Took the bike with wider tyres yesterday when I could have taken road bike and back on the road bike today when the wider tyres would have been nice.

    But made it in.


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  • #102
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Way frostier out there this morning. Main roads were fine, but on-path cycle tracks were completely covered in frost. I did make it in okay, but I just kept of the brakes and took it handy.

    Portmarnock ->Baldoyle -> Coast cycle path into Fairview.


  • #103
    godtabh
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    Had to do some cyclecross coming out of the estate. Once on main roads it was fine. Cycle tracks a no go. D18 to Eastpoint


  • #104
    07Lapierre
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    #5 People! :)



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  • #105
    tomasrojo
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    Concur that it was much frostier than yesterday. No issues, but kids were very late for school. I was crawling along.


  • #106
    Plastik
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    Wicklow road gritting programme for the winter.

    AA don't seem to be advising that the Sally Gap is closed. Does anyone know what the status is? I was thinking about trying to head over the Featherbeds tomorrow from Glencree.


  • #107
    NamelessPhil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭NamelessPhil


    Plastik wrote: »
    Wicklow road gritting programme for the winter.

    AA don't seem to be advising that the Sally Gap is closed. Does anyone know what the status is? I was thinking about trying to head over the Featherbeds tomorrow from Glencree.

    Yr.no states that it'll be -2 overnight and not getting any warmer than 2°C tomorrow. It could be frosty enough up there. I'd be surprised if there's any snow left.


  • #108
    1bryan
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    It's 12 degrees is Dublin. I'm sure the Dublin/Wicklow mountains are completely clear but thought to check anyway, in case there's some compacted stuff lingering. Anyone been up that way in the last few days?


  • #109
    The Noble Nudge
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    1bryan wrote: »
    It's 12 degrees is Dublin. I'm sure the Dublin/Wicklow mountains are completely clear but thought to check anyway, in case there's some compacted stuff lingering. Anyone been up that way in the last few days?

    Was up last Sunday through from Glenasmole up Cunard, Glencree, Lough Bray and over Sally gap all clear.


  • #110
    ED E
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    Corner of Cardiff Lane and John Rogersons Quay - Bad Oil Slick Warning


  • #111
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,185 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    That's two oil spills so this evening. One on north king Street too.


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  • #112
    ED E
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    That's two oil spills so this evening. One on north king Street too.

    Probably related.


  • #113
    duffyshuffle
    Registered Users Posts: 767 ✭✭✭duffyshuffle


    Come off turning on to Alfie Byrne road from east wall, wheel just went from under me so keep an eye out there if coming home


  • #114
    The Noble Nudge
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    Excluding oil leaks lads the bloody roads are very greasy at present...take it easy out there...


  • #115
    C3PO
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    duffyshuffle wrote: »
    Come off turning on to Alfie Byrne road from east wall, wheel just went from under me so keep an eye out there if coming home

    The only nasty fall I've had from a road bike was on that corner ... always covered in a sheen of diesel!


  • #116
    rollingscone
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    What's the prognosis for early morning Ice risk on the coast road to Bray and the environs of Enniskerry?

    I see it's going to be 1-2c at 0600-0800 which is my normal weekday training window


  • #117
    07Lapierre
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    rollingscone wrote: »
    What's the prognosis for early morning Ice risk on the coast road to Bray and the environs of Enniskerry?

    I see it's going to be 1-2c at 0600-0800 which is my normal weekday training window

    Low I’d say..


  • #118
    Grassey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Grassey


    Take it easy this morning lads already spotted 1 cyclist down in Blackrock. Some large patches of black ice about.


  • #119
    buffalo
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    Grassey wrote: »
    Take it easy this morning lads already spotted 1 cyclist down in Blackrock. Some large patches of black ice about.

    It seemed extremely mild to me in Dublin, zero ice though a light covering of snow (YMMV). Last night was much colder for the commute home.


  • #120
    Grassey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Grassey


    I didn't mind the cycle last night when it was falling, woke up this morning and the 1.5km to the main road was slush and ice. Had to take about 2 inches of snow/ice off the car this morning. Looked alright up until I got to Newtownpark Ave, paths there still iced over, and once I was on the Temple Road a lot of black ice in the cycle lane and foothpaths, main roads seemed OK.


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  • #121
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Walked out of the estate this morning, paths were quite ropey. Cycle tracks from Firhouse to City Centre via KCR were mostly frosted over and quite slippy. Main roads were fine apart from a few lesser used spots where I came across some piles of slush. Didn't feel as cold as last night at all though.


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