The wimp list ...

dahat

Looks windy down south but dry mostly,KOM weather!

head out the door & worry about the weather on the road.

magicbastarder

Thargor wrote: »

Forecasts were for the same today and apart from one shower in the morning

not on the northside of dublin, it was basically 30 mins of no rain, followed by 10 mins of downpours, rinse and repeat for most of the day it seemed.

bazermc

There’s no way I’m going out in this.

Pinch Flat

Yeah sign me up this morning. Feck that.

rolling boh

day for the trainer a bit cold to be getting soaked and the bike getting filty .

Wildly Boaring

Wimp. Here

Ny brother sent me a photo from his spin. Ge was going through a stream on the road

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Nope!

Wishbone Ash

Adding myself to the list this morning. I got up at 5.30 with the intention of cycling to work but, with the wind howling outside, Mrs WA was having none of it.

I am only 12km short of completing the Strava October Endurance Challenge (1600km) and today's the last day. I suppose I could get out after work at 9pm but I know that I won't feel like it when I get home.

secman

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Adding myself to the list this morning. I got up at 5.30 with the intention of cycling to work but, with the wind howling outside, Mrs WA was having none of it.

I am only 12km short of completing the Strava October Endurance Challenge (1600km) and today's the last day. I suppose I could get out after work at 9pm but I know that I won't feel like it when I get home.

Surprised you dont have a spare hack bike in work for a sneaky lunchtime spin WA

Wishbone Ash

secman wrote: »

Surprised you dont have a spare hack bike in work for a sneaky lunchtime spin WA

I've been toying with that idea a few times lately as I've an old MTB hanging up in the garage at home which is rarely used.(And I've plenty of off-road around my workplace).

magicbastarder

Got up, looked out the window, got back into bed.

secman

Pure white roads down in sunny southeast..club spin abandoned.

a148pro

How does one cycle safely in these conditions? I'll be on 38s with a reasonable thread? Low pressure and take it handy?

Are you actually better off in snow as there's more grip?

Wishbone Ash

a148pro wrote: »

.. on 38s with a reasonable thread? ...

Width or tread won't make any difference on ice.

ednwireland

zero degrees black ice on roads. dont think so

a148pro

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Width or tread won't make any difference on ice.

Makes sense I suppose, but how do lads head out in sub zero then?

Diarmuid

a148pro wrote: »

Makes sense I suppose, but how do lads head out in sub zero then?

Dry roads and sub zero is ok.

magicbastarder

it's a little misty out here too.

Wishbone Ash

a148pro wrote: »

Makes sense I suppose, but how do lads head out in sub zero then?

As has been said, dry roads may be ok. Some stick to treated roads only if there is a danger of ice. Local authorities usually have information on which roads they treat.

nilhg

Suprisingly little ice on the roads here this morning but club spin cancelled because of thick fog, just the excuse needed to take the CX bike up the Curragh.

Met a few local lads on the road as I was coming home but they were taking a chance, visibility is poor and getting worse.

bazermc

Minus 3.8 in the Phoenix park this morning and some lunatic passed me with shorts on.

cletus

nilhg wrote: »

Suprisingly little ice on the roads here this morning but club spin cancelled because of thick fog, just the excuse needed to take the CX bike up the Curragh.

Met a few local lads on the road as I was coming home but they were taking a chance, visibility is poor and getting worse.

They weren't wearing tracksuits and runners, were they?

nilhg

cletus wrote: »

They weren't wearing tracksuits and runners, were they?

No, the two I met are both long past that stage.

Tracksuits and runners on a morning like that doesn't bare thinking about.

cletus

nilhg wrote: »

No, the two I met are both long past that stage.

Tracksuits and runners on a morning like that doesn't bare thinking about.

I completely wimped out this morning, but as I was heading down to pick up some breakfast supplies, I was passed by 3 fellas in tracksuits, runners and hoodies. It looked extremely unpleasant...

byrnem31

Was gunning to go out this morning but the roads were too bad.

magicbastarder

The visibility was quite poor - was out in the car and went through a Garda checkpoint, and you could only see the flashing lights from maybe 100m away at a rough guess.

C3PO

Roads were absolutely lethal around Shankill and Bray this morning! Left it until about 11 and had a very pleasant spin!

secman

Headed out close to one ish, met a club mate and stayed on a main road, lovely winter sunshine, at about 25km we hit a wall of fog, we were happy to turn back into the sunshine and ended up with a nice 50km spin.

AndrewJRenko

Maybe I should have taken the hint from having to pour hot water on the shed padlock to get the bike out, but I headed out anyway. Quite frosty in patches around Dundrum and Stillorgan. I headed for the coast and the CMR was a lot better. Still a few eejits beeping from cars or commenting from the forrtpath as to why I was 'in the middle of the road' and not on the icy cycle paths!

Speaking of which, on much of the roads, there seemed to be a dry channel between two wet sections, with the wet sections coinciding with tyre paths. Which is the safer option - to follow the wet tyre paths (which would have had lots of friction from tyres) or the central drier section (which might be more likely to have hidden black ice patches.

smacl

a148pro wrote: »

Makes sense I suppose, but how do lads head out in sub zero then?

Chucking the studded ice tyres on the cx bike this evening but even then will be picking my times to go out. Fair bit of ice up in Ticknock this afternoon, not a problem on the trails but the tarmac bits were sketchy. Low sunlight also didn't help matters.