The Vee

rothar man

Hi all,
headin home to waterford next weekend and considering doing the vee climb from dungarvan and back via clonmel/rathgormack next sat morning if anyone wants to tag along, not sure how far it would be but imagine no more than 110/120km.

moderately fit marathon runner turned commuter/ sportive cyclist.

Norm average26/27km p hr

blorg

Probably the best way to do it, the road surface on the Waterford side is quite bad while the Tipperary side is quite good, would make for a nicer descent. Last time I was up it anyway which was I think a couple of years ago now, who knows what it is like after the last couple of winters.

Captain Havoc

I was up it twice last year, much prefer the descending down the Tipp side.

showry

I went up from both sides last week. I much prefer going up from the Clogheen side but the lads are right it's a nicer surface to go down as well. The Lismore road has survived the winter surprisingly well though it's still not great. A good alternative to it is to use the road from Cappoquin/Mellary by the Cats bar.

@rothar, where are you based?

rothar man

hi showry
yea be headin left in cappaquin and out via the cats, be leavin from lemybrien..aint done the vee before so hopefully get a good day
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