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    #1232
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    Weepsie wrote: »
    There was no rain north of the liffey it seemed between 7.30 and 9.

    I got absolutely destroyed in the first 500m and then dry the following 12km. Had I waited maybe 2 minutes I’d have been fine :(


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    #1233
    Doc07
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Doc07


    Even the hipsters were jealous of my puke green golf waterproof trousers this morning


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    #1234
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    god help anyone out on the bike in dublin in the last 45 minutes or so.


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    #1235
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    The rain on the way home hurt my face and it was only the last km.

    Sealskinz hat and Mistral jacket did their job though


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    #1236
    Felexicon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Felexicon


    Santry to Swords at 8:20 tonight was no fun at all!!!


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    #1237
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i've wimped out all week, but mainly due to a bad head cold that's migrated to my chest.


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    #1238
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users Posts: 8,242 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Im sure all the other motorists stuck in traffic were glad i finally took my fully taxed and insured car into work this morning and added to the long queue of cars on the N32. ;)


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    #1239
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,960 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    Currently snowing Wicklow Gap.


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    #1240
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    Wimped out this morning 0 it was a little wet when the alarm went off.


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    #1241
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Currently snowing Wicklow Gap.

    Yaay


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    #1242
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Forecast for tomorrow is poor.

    https://www.thejournal.ie/weather-25-4359905-Nov2018/


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    #1243
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    Forecast for tomorrow is poor.

    https://www.thejournal.ie/weather-25-4359905-Nov2018/

    Met have it raining between 9AM and 2PM for Dublin , if reliable wouldn't be a problem in terms of commuting

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    #1244
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    yep, was looking at that myself, i would usually leave the house before 7 and work after 4, so hopefully will just be watching the rain through the office windows.


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    #1245
    VW 1
    Registered Users Posts: 4,500 ✭✭✭VW 1


    Given the winds being spoken of in the winter weather thread in considering working from home tomorrow. Is that stilk wimping out?


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    #1246
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,392 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Still undecided on tomorrow - it's more earache I'm bothered about that the wind or rain!


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    #1247
    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭Plastik


    Wind and rain soothes red ears.


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    #1248
    Ray Bloody Purchase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Ray Bloody Purchase


    I'm down in Dingle at the weekend. I'm thinking of doing the Slea Head cycle. Just looking at the weather though and think i may wimp out in advance. :eek:


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    #1249
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    VW 1 wrote: »
    Given the winds being spoken of in the winter weather thread in considering working from home tomorrow. Is that stilk wimping out?
    yeah, the forecast regarding the rain seems to be easing off, but the wind looks interesting...


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    #1250
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    actually, the forecast in general is easing off. there were winds of 48km/h predicted for midday, now predicting between 30 and 35.


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    #1251
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    The wind at the moment would definitely put the fear of god into you. Will be leaving in about half hour, weather app saying it will have eased off


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    #1252
    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,757 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Got blown in from Shankill - back was soaked but dry in front!! Not looking forward to cycling home!


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    #1253
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,728 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Bike abandoned...means I'll also be late for work as school drop first, ah well.

    EDIT: weather cleared almost in biblical style at 8.25 so took the bike, yay! Bloody hate driving these days.


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    #1254
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    OH offered me a lift. Wind has died down now but sure its better than being wet


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    #1255
    strmin
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭strmin


    On flat, felt like climbing mountain with 12% gradient. Unfortunately wind should ease off, so no KOMs on a way home.


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    #1256
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    well, that was a slog. and the rain arrived earlier than expected.
    i did strand road in the same gear as i'd do howth head. and more slowly.


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    #1257
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    The hardest part was the North Westerly Easterly Southerly gusts. One moment you're being tipped along nicely with a tailwind and then without warning it's a head wind.


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    #1258
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I woke up after a terrible night sleep with a cracking headache. Decided to just roll out of bed and onto the bus. When I reached a point I would have passed on my bike in 5 minutes, 20 minutes later, I remembered why I don't use the bus. Nothing is worth that. Almost an hour and a half, for what would have been a 40 minute cycle and probably only an hours drive by private transport.

    Never again


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    #1259
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    CramCycle wrote: »
    I woke up after a terrible night sleep with a cracking headache. Decided to just roll out of bed and onto the bus. When I reached a point I would have passed on my bike in 5 minutes, 20 minutes later, I remembered why I don't use the bus. Nothing is worth that. Almost an hour and a half, for what would have been a 40 minute cycle and probably only an hours drive by private transport.

    Never again

    I like taking the bus once every 3 or 4 months. The utter devastation at it's inefficiency is a nice way to motivate cycling :)

    I got to work a little stressed this morning, as it took 32 mins instead of the usual 28-ish. Then I checked out the traffic...

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    #1260
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,412 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    oh, and i tried out the aldi neoprene gloves for the first time this morning. they're great at collecting water.


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    #1261
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    What Username Guidelines wrote: »
    I like taking the bus once every 3 or 4 months. The utter devastation at it's inefficiency is a nice way to motivate cycling :)

    I got to work a little stressed this morning, as it took 32 mins instead of the usual 28-ish. Then I checked out the traffic...

    Fair point, I looked at the cars on the N11, and my comment about a drive being faster is completely wrong. I forgot that the dfew times I drove, I had my bike in the boot and I could pull over and finish the last few km on the bike.


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