Very gusty out

Pigeon Reaper

I'm just in off the bike and I can't recommend cycling. I ended up walking at times due to the wind and it's almost impossible to keep it steady in the gusts especially anywhere thats exposed. If you can use another form of transport if you're commuting home.

I was out in Clontarf/Raheny

dmaxontour

where?

g0g

Certainly around Dublin 8 it's absolutely wild! Shook my car on South Circular Road. I live in sheltered enough apartment complex and could barely open my balcony door a few mins ago with the wind!

neris

Very windy around beaumont and coolock at the moment. Was in Portmarnock earlier about 2pm and was blowing stink there aswell. Looks like my plans for an evening spin into clontarf on the cycleway are gone. Also I have seen a few election posters blowing around the roads and paths at a fair speed so watch out for them if you are cycling.

Ki ki

Yeah, just got blown off my bike in Blackrock (Dublin).

Was terrified one of those big election posters was going to come flying at me :eek:

dmaxontour

g0g wrote: »

Certainly around Dublin 8 it's absolutely wild! Shook my car on South Circular Road. I live in sheltered enough apartment complex and could barely open my balcony door a few mins ago with the wind!

Ahhh... bugger :-(

Raam

I'll be heading out the coast from Clontarf. Tell my wife I love her! Actually, she'll be going that way too.

petethedrummer

I've got it on my back the whole way home. Woot woot.

cantalach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EY7lYRneHc

manwithaplan

Will chance it going home through Fairview/Howth Road but might give my planned couple of laps of Howth a miss later on.

Captain Havoc

I'm playing soccer after work in Carlow and will have to drive back to KK soaking wet I must make a note to always leave a base layer in the car. Group cycling could be interesting. I can give you expert advice if you're cycling against it, nobody sucks wheels quite as good as me.

carthoris

In my face!

Should be grand tho:

christeb

Considering cycling from D.8 to Raheny, it'll be behind me for most the way....

Edit: the Mother just called, I'm DARTin' it or I'm subject to her wrath. Which ain't pretty

gmoorewest

Sticking to the rollers today, very windy here in Roscommon. One of our hens just laid the same egg three times.

Raam

Turns out it's fine heading out along the coast, faster for sure, but fine.

levitronix

Up around the lakes N81 was a nightmare today wild crazy

captain P

Was behind me most of the way home, hardly had to pedal it was great!
Until, I got home - the wind caught the door and blew it wide open and took me and the bike with it!

Tackleberry

In all my foolhardiness I headed out to Howth Head from Stillorgan this afternoon, probably the worst spin I've had in the past year - 45 mins to get there, an hour and a half to come back, sub-10mph, bursting legs & lungs, at seemingly 45 degree angles, dodgin' flyin Enda Kenny's... not cool

Good training tho!

funkyjebus

Its horrible out there nearly came off a few times and got hit by an election poster on pearse st.

Bunnyhopper

Take care out there. Times is reporting a fatality on Waterloo Road, D4, caused by a falling tree - possibly a cyclist or pedestrian.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0203/breaking56.html

100Suns

Raam wrote: »

I'll be heading out the coast from Clontarf. Tell my wife I love her! Actually, she'll be going that way too.

You obviously haven't told her about Malin Head last September:eek:

I was nearly man handled by Joan Bruton (well her poster) going through Castleknock. I'll not sleep tonight.

Raam

100Suns wrote: »

You obviously haven't told her about Malin Head last September:eek:

My bro and Kev drew that short straw. We had to meet them in Buncrana instead of Letterkenny, it was that bad. That said, the overnight from Giants Causeway to Derry (I think) wasn't exactly what I would call fun. It was great up until we turned west.

100Suns

Raam wrote: »

My bro and Kev drew that short straw. We had to meet them in Buncrana instead of Letterkenny, it was that bad. That said, the overnight from Giants Causeway to Derry (I think) wasn't exactly what I would call fun. It was great up until we turned west.

It's starting to come flooding back! I nearly popped a wheelie coming off the Foyle Bridge. I was changing up the gears going down losing speed all the way-was going to start throwing out traffic cones to warn traffic of a stationery object in the road.

For anyone wondering about training to replicate the climbs in the Etape or Marmotte, 2 hours steady into that block headwind, over geared, would be good training.

Raam

Foyle, yes that's where we changed. Christ, that was awful heading into there. That said, I think it was a lot easier than the beating the boys took in Malin Head. They are still talking about it.

petethedrummer

100Suns wrote: »

2 hours steady into that block headwind,

Those are Belgian* hills aren't they?


*Sorry Sean, I meant Belgium.

Jumpy

cantalach wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EY7lYRneHc

Waaaaaaait a second.

The real Chopper doesnt have ears.

Beasty

Slowest commute in 15 months this morning - 23.9kph into gusts of 50-70kph for most of the way

Hopefully the return journey will be a bit faster...

Jawgap

Flew home yesterday evening - left the bike this morning. Somehow cycling into it instead of with it doesn't seem as much fun.

Beasty

Jawgap wrote: »

Somehow cycling into it instead of with it doesn't seem as much fun.

I guess I'm a bit of a masochist, but quite enjoyed the "challenge" this morning

I'll enjoy the tailwind even more tonight though ...

califano

Beasty wrote: »

Slowest commute in 15 months this morning - 23.9kph into gusts of 50-70kph for most of the way

Hopefully the return journey will be a bit faster...

You had a slower one in the month of May?

seamus

Wind & wet isn't nearly as much fun. Hit 60km/h on Wednesday morning, only managed 52 this morning cos I was covering my brakes. Painful last night, didn't even bother checking my average. Just stuck it into the smaller ring and spun home.

nak

Beasty wrote: »

I guess I'm a bit of a masochist, but quite enjoyed the "challenge" this morning

I'll enjoy the tailwind even more tonight though ...

Me too, is was kind of fun. The legs were sore enough before I got on the bike this morning, was wishing I had the option of changing gear. Looking forward spinning out on the way home and my rest day tomorrow.

100Suns

Beasty wrote: »

I guess I'm a bit of a masochist, but quite enjoyed the "challenge" this morning

I'll enjoy the tailwind even more tonight though ...

Forecast is for winds to abate with gusts of up to 3-5 kph along exposed coasts by lunchtime and then veering north-easterly in the afternoon and reaching storm force by rush hour. I spun out the 53-11 on the way in this morning- I might manage it again this evening:D

Jawgap

Beasty wrote: »

I guess I'm a bit of a masochist, but quite enjoyed the "challenge" this morning

I'll enjoy the tailwind even more tonight though ...

It's not the effort required to push through the wind that bothers me - it's getting flung under the wheels of a truck.....

.......safety first:)

Blowfish

Indeed, I wouldn't mind the wind so much if it stayed in the same direction, even if it was a headwind. For some bizarre reason on my commute it seems to swirl all over the place so you end up leaning into it when it's trying to blow you onto the kerb, only for it to change direction suddenly and shove you into the middle of traffic.

dquirke1

Well that was one of the most eventful rides i've had in a while. Never before have i been out of the saddle struggling DOWN a 6% grade before. That said spinning out @82kph is fun...in a terrifying sort of way.

cdaly_

100Suns wrote: »

Forecast is for winds to abate with gusts of up to 3-5 kph along exposed coasts by lunchtime and then veering north-easterly in the afternoon and reaching storm force by rush hour. I spun out the 53-11 on the way in this morning- I might manage it again this evening:D

Where are you getting the North easterly from? From here it's staying south westerly all the way through...

Interesting times at Malin Head this morning. Gale force winds at midnight gradually abated to about 3kt around 0900 before shooting back up to gale force in the space of about 5 minutes! Gusts over 120kph...

DirkVoodoo

So will tomorrow be all clear for cycling? I don't want to do a Sherry Bobbins and get pulled into a low flying jet's turbine.

Beasty

rounders123 wrote: »

You had a slower one in the month of May?

Not according to my spreadsheet - where are you getting my data from?

Anyway, according to Accuweather it's currently blowing at 62kph with gusts of up to 96kph, from the WSW

Now if only it could switch round to SSW ...

cdaly_

DirkVoodoo wrote:

So will tomorrow be all clear for cycling?

Jeez, I dunno. Never look at the forecast anyway. Looks like wet and windy throughout though not as bad as today...

Beasty wrote:

Anyway, according to Accuweather it's currently blowing at 62kph with gusts of up to 96kph, from the WSW

Now if only it could switch round to SSW ...

Don't forget that the wind direction backs overland compared with over the sea so you might get your wish...

neris

Looking at windguru their forcasting very low winds from 6am on. about 5 knots gusting 15 knots so you should be ok.

poochiem

it was windier than blazing saddles. exhilirating! Also am enjoying letting off steam at the FF canvasers populating the junctions in the morning

tomasrojo

Yes, very exciting cycle this evening. I hope that tomorrow is less engrossing.