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    #1472
    C3PO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,757 ✭✭✭C3PO


    For once my early start worked in my favour - left the house at about 5.35am and it was spitting rain ... stayed like that the whole way in!


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    #1473
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,404 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    well, that's me working from home tomorrow.

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    #1474
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,404 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i hadn't even noticed the wind forecast - it's all over the place. drops to near calm at 7am, picks up, drops back at noon, and then goes fairly full on at 6pm.


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    #1475
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i hadn't even noticed the wind forecast - it's all over the place. drops to near calm at 7am, picks up, drops back at noon, and then goes fairly full on at 6pm.

    Was tempted to work from home, but this might be the first time I’ve ever seen the wind forecast in my favour for both the inbound and outbound commute. Enjoy your cozy houses, suckers...


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    #1476
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    What Username Guidelines wrote: »
    Was tempted to work from home, but this might be the first time I’ve ever seen the wind forecast in my favour for both the inbound and outbound commute. Enjoy your cozy houses, suckers...

    I am the opposite (unpleasant wind direction both ways) but on a track bike so as long as my legs keep turning at the same speed, it should make minimal difference :cool:


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    #1477
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,404 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    CramCycle wrote: »
    so as long as my legs keep turning at the same speed
    an interesting concept that each leg could be turning a different cadence.


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    #1478
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Cross headwind in and out for me tomorrow. Oh joy! I shall try to channel you Cram on my track bike tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure my legs won't be turning at the same speed as usual :pac:

    I hope my shoes are dry after this evening

    Waaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!


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    #1479
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    an interesting concept that each leg could be turning a different cadence.

    You win this round, but it is a matter of interpretation. My legs (together) spin at a certain cadence, come rain or shine, that cadence will be relatively unchanged bar stopping or starting. Regrettably, I cannot see a fault with your reading of the sentence or mine, any pedants around to say where i should have put a coma :pac:


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    #1480
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    eeeee wrote: »
    I hope my shoes are dry after this evening
    I have accepted mine are going to be wet tomorrrow, no point planning for anything else


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    #1481
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    CramCycle wrote: »
    I have accepted mine are going to be wet tomorrrow, no point planning for anything else

    You animal.

    There's always hope :D


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    #1482
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Regrettably, I cannot see a fault with your reading of the sentence or mine, any pedants around to say where i should have put a coma :pac:
    CramCycle wrote: »
    I am the opposite (unpleasant wind direction both ways) but on a track bike so as long as my legs keep turning at the same speed, it should make minimal difference :cool:

    I think here maybe?


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    #1483
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,404 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i quite like the idea of resting one leg at a time. grind with your left while you spin with your right to rest it, and let them swap places.

    there are some intelligent people left in the world, make it so.


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    #1484
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Feck it out I go!!


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    #1485
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,762 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    tnegun wrote: »
    Feck it out I go!!

    Right behind ya!


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    #1486
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Aaaaaaaaaaah

    I think I need flippers.


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    #1487
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,987 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Waiting for the message to say that the club ride has been cancelled. It's not forthcoming. I'd better saddle up.


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    #1488
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    It's not so much the wet, it's the miserable cold.


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    #1489
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    What Username Guidelines wrote: »
    Was tempted to work from home, but this might be the first time I’ve ever seen the wind forecast in my favour for both the inbound and outbound commute. Enjoy your cozy houses, suckers...

    Left before the heavy stuff started. Got about 3 minutes from the office relatively dry, then soaked through in about 60 seconds in a downpour while on the Samuel Beckett.

    Win some, lose some.


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    #1490
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Got in ok need to sort my shoes and gloves though might as well of not had them!


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    #1491
    Taxuser1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,691 ✭✭✭Taxuser1


    took 5 minutes to fish office keys out of gilet and 2 more minutes to get them in the keyhole. so so cold.


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    #1492
    brocbrocach
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭brocbrocach


    I'm not ashamed to say I sat it out today. I'm just sick of being wet. But it didn't help, I got just as wet walking for 5 minutes anyway.


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    #1493
    irlirishkev
    Registered Users Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭irlirishkev


    First time not cycling to work since April.

    Got destroyed going home last night. My brakes and gears are all over the place, so it's going into the shop tomorrow.
    Saw the forecast for today (Heavy rain and headwinds morning and evening..) and opted for the car.

    Good opportunity to swap a few clothing items in the office. Also, good to remind myself of the absolute shytshow that is driving in rush-hour. Dreading the return journey even more..


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    #1494
    droidus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭droidus


    Ah, it wasnt that bad.


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    #1495
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,987 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Waiting for the message to say that the club ride has been cancelled. It's not forthcoming. I'd better saddle up.
    That was pretty grim - very wet with flooded roads and an average temp. of 3 degrees. We cut it short and only did 76k.


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    #1496
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,766 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    I had to go to Dunnes and buy another pair of trousers before I went into work. The rain trousers! They do nothing!


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    #1497
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,939 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    I had to go to Dunnes and buy another pair of trousers before I went into work. The rain trousers! They do nothing!
    Mine are nothing fancy - 10-ish year old Altura ones - but they seemed to largely do the job. Shoes, socks, gloves and head were thoroughly soaked, but everything else was OK. I brought dry socks, though it was amazing to see just how manky the ones I wore in the morning were - that water is absolutely filthy. I found a bit of radiator space - a rarity in an air-conditioned building - for the gloves. Stuffed newspapers got the worst of the moisture out of the shoes before going home time, but sure they were soaked again in five minutes.


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    #1498
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭tnegun


    That was a cold run, -3 on the Garmin roads were ok though but took it very handy on any roundabouts!


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    #1499
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    I was still wearing shorts this morning.


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    #1500
    Utter Consternation
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Utter Consternation


    I saw a guy wearing no socks and boat shows this morning. I'd say his feet had to be like two blocks of ice.


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    #1501
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I said in another thread earlier in the year that I never changed the type of clothing I wear over the year on the bike, no need I said. Lost a fair amount of weight this year, I now see the need to wear appropriate gear for the weather, that extra layer of body fat really had a purpose.


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