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    #572
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    seamus wrote: »
    Scholarstown road, around 19.30 by any chance?

    No, wrong place, wrong time. ...I was Colonal Mustard, in the driveway, with the lead pipe (Cluedo Road Rage, a special Irish edition of the popular board game).


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    #573
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    Wow, it is completely white outside. 26km in the snow on country roads is going to be some fun :D.

    Are ye on yer bikes today?


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    #574
    kenmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭kenmc


    want to, unfortunately last day in work so have oodles of things to bring home: need the car :(


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    #575
    Pembily
    Registered Users Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭Pembily


    Seweryn wrote: »
    Wow, it is completely white outside. 26km in the snow on country roads is going to be some fun :D.

    Are ye on yer bikes today?
    Planning on it! Fastest option.


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    #576
    seven stars
    Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭seven stars


    Conditions poor on the N4. Bus for me.


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    #577
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    So my journey started...

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    It was nice on the way!

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    And finally it was all over:

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    #578
    GlennaMaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭GlennaMaddy


    wimped out, Accuweather 'realfeel' said -10 and winds were unfavourable, roads were pretty bad too.


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    #579
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭buffalo


    kenmc wrote: »
    want to, unfortunately last day in work so have oodles of things to bring home: need the car :(

    Heard that, congrats on the new one! Also, get a trailer for the bike - be handy for the kid in a few years, and we would't have to point at you and call you a wimp.


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    #580
    rp
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    seven stars wrote: »
    Conditions poor on the N4. Bus for me.
    N4 was grand, I had a couple of wobbles on the roads-less-travelled, but once on the N4, it was was of the nicests commutes for a couple of weeks.
    Feel bad now for taking the bus? :)


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    #581
    GlennaMaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭GlennaMaddy


    rp wrote: »
    N4 was grand, I had a couple of wobbles on the roads-less-travelled, but once on the N4, it was was of the nicests commutes for a couple of weeks.
    Feel bad now for taking the bus? :)

    Couple of wobbles, why risk it ?


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    #582
    rp
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    GlennaMaddy wrote: »
    Couple of wobbles, why risk it ?
    I don't mind the odd wobble, plus the fixie is a very different beast than a gearie on ice.


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    #583
    Surveyor11
    Registered Users Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭Surveyor11


    First morning I've turned back and got the car in 3 years of cycle commuting., was really bad around my way (Dublin 15) roads and paths were very icy. Then it started to snow on top of it again, saw a few pedestrian face plants on the way to work, so think I made the right decision


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    #584
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭buffalo


    I cycled in this morning. Leaving the house, I noticed my front wheel was a bit wobbly - I'm missing the but from the left end of the front axle! :eek: Cycled in okay, took it handy obviously. Now I'm trying to figure out a) easiest place to get a replacement, and b) where the hell it went! Did it get a bang and disintegrate last Thursday when I fell? Work its way off since then? Did someone nick it over the weekend?


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    #585
    00sully
    Registered Users Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭00sully


    Surveyor11 wrote: »
    First morning I've turned back and got the car in 3 years of cycle commuting., was really bad around my way (Dublin 15) roads and paths were very icy. Then it started to snow on top of it again, saw a few pedestrian face plants on the way to work, so think I made the right decision

    I decided today would be my first day back on it. I made it without falling but saw a few people have near misses and one down in the park. D15 was bad alright I just went slow until I hit town. didn't even break a sweat :eek: Think I got out early enough only started snowing about 8. Been a wimp all year until today :pac:


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    #586
    ciotog
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭ciotog


    Road was fine between Blackrock and city centre, hell of a breeze though :) Feels like coming to the end of a week of commuting not day 2.


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    #587
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Actually off work with the "dreaded lurgy" as G Hook would say but itching to get out on the xCross bike ...
    Kids got to use their sled's this morning for the first time ever (got them about 4 years ago).
    Big kid myself with this weather and still get a childish thrill seeing snow lying..


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    #588
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Had a couple of cm of snow in the estate. Wouldnt risk it. Took an hour to travel 1km out of the estate with the snow/compacted ice. No way was I cycling in that


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    #589
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Had no snow or ice or anything, cycled in grand this morning.


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    #590
    daragh_
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    ciotog wrote: »
    Road was fine between Blackrock and city centre, hell of a breeze though :) Feels like coming to the end of a week of commuting not day 2.

    As I have a mortal fear of ice I took the MTB. I may as well have been riding a gate into the wind. Turned up the canal to go to Kilmainham hoping against hope that the wind would give me a break, but it just got worse. On my knees by the time I got into the office.


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    #591
    irishmotorist
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    daragh_ wrote: »
    As I have a mortal fear of ice I took the MTB. I may as well have been riding a gate into the wind. Turned up the canal to go to Kilmainham hoping against hope that the wind would give me a break, but it just got worse. On my knees by the time I got into the office.

    You should have it with you on the way home so. I'm heading into it. Your description of riding a gate is pretty accurate. That said, my MTB only adds between 5 and 10 minutes to my ~1hr commute. I think the weight of the thing increases my output though.


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    #592
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭buffalo


    daragh_ wrote: »
    On my knees by the time I got into the office.

    Do you have any videos of you cycling like that? I'd love to see it. :p


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    #593
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,369 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    tight enough in that wind this morning but still a bit meh (always sounds worse when the treesa re howling around the house )

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #594
    michael.dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭michael.dublin


    nice breeze this morning, but why is it never in the back... always right in your face LOL


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    #595
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Very warm this morning but I was really slowed down by the wind. Slowest cycle ever.


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    #596
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Anyone out today that can comment on the wind? Phoenix park/Howth'ish routes..


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    #597
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭buffalo


    First day back in the office after d'incident. Cycled in. Cue various comments from people in work about craziness, but sure how else does one get about the city quickly?


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    #598
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Well you can get to the cardiac ward more reliably in a car...

    Exploded my knee after cycling to a call out last night. No cycling for me today...:(


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    #599
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,134 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Sorry, but the wimp list is closed for entries between May and August - no-one has any weather-related excuse during these months, and further action may be taken against posters who try and come up with any ...


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    #600
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Beasty wrote: »
    Sorry, but the wimp list is closed for entries between May and August - no-one has any weather-related excuse during these months, and further action may be taken against posters who try and come up with any ...

    IT'S TOOO HHHHHOOOOT!!


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    #601
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Miserable this morning in that wind and rain. Never been so slow going down a hill.


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