From Lucan to Blanch

mmalaka

Hi All,

Whats the best route to cycle to work from Lucan to Blanch

Thanks

Bunnyhopper

Depends how comfortable you are with hills and winding back roads with a bit of traffic on them. Some of the roads up off Lower Road are quite steep. Through Laraghcon might be the easiest in that respect. You could go Tinker's Hill or even Rugged Lane, but they're much steeper climbs.

Also, whereabouts in Blanch?

One suggestion is this. You can get some traffic on the winding sections, particularly between C and D on that map, but if you hold your line it's fine.

mmalaka

Thanks for your reply...

I am kind of beginner in this..(i.e. commuting to work)

Actually it my destination is BallyCoolin Rd...

mmalaka

Today I took the bus route 239 to work ...it is almost the same trip as shown in that map (This)
Not bad...but no cycle lane...
Any other route advice?
Any one doing this trip?
Any bike recommendations for this kind of trip? kinf od limitied budget but I will try to get it through bike to work schema..

ROK ON

Lucan Westmanstown Clonsilla Coolmine Ballycoolin.
The road to Westmanstown has a small rise and is busy.

mmalaka

ROK ON wrote: »

Lucan Westmanstown Clonsilla Coolmine Ballycoolin.
The road to Westmanstown has a small rise and is busy.

Thanks for your reply...

Are you commuting to Ballycoolin? any idea how long this trip would take?

ROK ON

mmalaka wrote: »

Thanks for your reply...

Are you commuting to Ballycoolin? any idea how long this trip would take?

No. But I know the road well.
Its 10k so should take you about 30mins once you get into it.

The road around Westmanstown Leisure Centre and onto Clonsilla is busy and twists and turns.
But in general cars don't go that fast on it.

100Suns

The route the bus goes is probably the safest if you are new to cycling to work. It is longer than other routes though. Lower road up rugged lane ('gentlest' gradient of all the hills) right and immediate left to take you to clonsilla road is probably the quickest. Rugged lane can be busy at peak times and its narrow and windy so not for the faint hearted.

Drop into Stagg cycles on Lucan main st. they'll sort you out with a suitable bike on the scheme. After sales service is very good.

Good luck with it.

Greyspoke

How easily can you access the Royal Canal towpath? It's a grand totally traffic free route to (close) Blanchardstown. Might affect your choice of bike though. I've ridden that way from Leixlip but not sure how close to Lucan it runs.

mmalaka

Greyspoke wrote: »

How easily can you access the Royal Canal towpath? It's a grand totally traffic free route to (close) Blanchardstown. Might affect your choice of bike though. I've ridden that way from Leixlip but not sure how close to Lucan it runs.

Do you have a map link for your route?

Greyspoke

Sorry I can't do complicated things like map links(!!) other than to say if you look at a real map (!) - the latest Dublin road atlas for instance, then you'll see the canal easily enough and basically you can join it at any road crossing. The section between Leixlip (Louisa Bridge Train Station) and Coolmine is largely a grassy track - very pleasant and quiet apart from a few anglers and dog walkers.

mmalaka

So today I went to the local bike shop and he recommended the 7.3FX bike for me...for 575.99 Euro...is that a good bike/price?