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Road to the top of Kipure?

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  • 07-07-2008 1:54pm
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    ollietrex
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Just wondering is the road to the top of Kipure rideable on a road bike? Was looking at some steep up hill training and looked a good candidate.


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    dub_skav
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭dub_skav


    If it's where I'm thinking of you're talking about Sally Gap, it is rideable and a great training spin, I'm sure one of the lads will have it mapped on mapmyride or somesuch for you.


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    ollietrex
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭ollietrex


    Its the road off to the right after the sally gap climb which leads to the masts at the top of Kipuire. It is blocked off to cars but I have seen people walking up it but just wondered what the state of the road surface was for road riding?


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    Chips Lovell
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    Think it was discussed here last year. Apparently its rideable, but the descent is a bit hair raising.


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    Raam
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    If it's the same one I'm thinking of, then it looks awful imposing. Is this the one with a gate across the road?


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    ollietrex
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭ollietrex


    Yep thats the one... Might go and have a look at it one night this week and give it a try.

    Might make an intresting one for hill repeats, lol :D


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    dub_skav
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭dub_skav


    Sorry didn't realise you meant the one up to the masts, apparently it is rideable but the descent would probably be fairly dodgy on a road bike.


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Sounds like it should be included in the Boards 200.


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    ollietrex
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭ollietrex


    Sounds good, you lot try it and if you come back in one piece I will then go and ride it.


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    toombah
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    The road to the mast is perfectly fine on a road bike. Can be a bit blustery near the top on a windy day as you're fairly exposed. The descent is fairly fast but I'd say safe, only one spot over a little bridge that you have to watch it on.


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    TinyExplosions
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    Raam wrote: »
    Sounds like it should be included in the Boards 200.

    You're truly sick you are...


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    Raam
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    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    You're truly sick you are...

    I'll do the up part, and you can do the down part if you like? ;)


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    blorg
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    IIRC the gate is at 500m or so and the top of the road is at 750m- a fair bit of climbing!


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    blorg wrote: »
    IIRC the gate is at 500m or so and the top of the road is at 750m- a fair bit of climbing!

    Maybe we should leave it out so :)


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    FrankGrimes
    Registered Users Posts: 4,031 ✭✭✭FrankGrimes


    I cycled from the gate up there a while back - a good cycle and tough in parts. It was on uneven ground and gravelly in places - we were racing on the descent and it was a bit hairy at times - gravel gave way under the back wheel a few times, good detour but not for road bikes methinks.


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    Supercell
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    Its no steeper than the road from Ashford to Annamoe, if you can do that (and I cannot) then Kippure won't beat you.
    https://www.loughlinstown.ie/

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



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


    Pretty sure Emty was telling me one day he cycled up that road, he mentioned the descent as being a bit hairy I think. Emty, you around mate?


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    dave2pvd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭dave2pvd


    Unless the road has seriously disimproved over the years, its perfectly rideable on a road bike.

    I've done it several times.

    I believe the Team WORC guys had an Enniskerry - Kippure TT a while back...


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