training spins in south dublin/wicklow

markcroninbsc

Any good spins around dublin with a few shortish (mile or 2) hills, but steep??

ive got one or two but its hard to get any decent spins around here that are on quiet roads, and i dont really want to spend an hour goin up the sally gap and then freewheel home for the last half hour.

my couple that i do is

1) from sandyford down to enniskerry and up the back road that goes paralled to the scalp (nice little hill there) out at kilternan. on upto stepaside and up to johnny foxes. 2 laps of that.

2) from sandyford to stepaside upto johnyfoxes turn right over to stocking lane, upto glencree, down to enniskerry and home again over the wrong side of the scalp.

any other good roads around this general area that i done know about?

also, anyone know where the steepest hill around here is?? i was out the other night and i was half way from stocking lane to brittas turned up some back road and my clock on the bike was tellin me the gradient was 27% only for about 200 meters tho.

should we put up a few mapmy rides here or is there another thread for that already?

Muller_1

There are so many good roads around that area. Best way to get to know them is just to pick a road and ride it.

I think the steepest in the area is probably the devil's elbow which is between the Glencree road and Johny Foxes but it's not long.

There are some nice short hilly loops around Ballycourus Road, Puck's Castle, Quary Road, Murphy's Lane. which is really riding over the Leadmines, both Puck's Castle and Quary Road are steep.

markcroninbsc

Ah yea! i went up that hill there last wednesday i think (whichever day we got all the rain) there was a river flowin down it, its a good hill. had to go thru 2 floods upto me knees.

heres 3 of my favorite routes around there


19 miles
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ie/stillorgan/695128039377813399

25 miles
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ie/stillorgan/683128039392212809

50 miles
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/ireland/-dublin/351128039404792173

anyone ever notice how mapmyride is ****e at workin out gradients and total meters climbed??

if you map a hill that goes from 0 to 300 meters at a gradient of 10% then do a bigger map with that exact same hill in the middle of it and it'll only goto probably 300 meters at 5%

Muller_1 wrote: »

There are so many good roads around that area. Best way to get to know them is just to pick a road and ride it.

I think the steepest in the area is probably the devil's elbow which is between the Glencree road and Johny Foxes but it's not long.

There are some nice short hilly loops around Ballycourus Road, Puck's Castle, Quary Road, Murphy's Lane. which is really riding over the Leadmines, both Puck's Castle and Quary Road are steep.

blorg

markcroninbsc wrote: »

if you map a hill that goes from 0 to 300 meters at a gradient of 10% then do a bigger map with that exact same hill in the middle of it and it'll only goto probably 300 meters at 5%

It averages the gradient over a distance, so the shorter the route you plot the closer it will be to the actual gradient. If something goes up for 10% but then down again you will get a lower average gradient.

markcroninbsc

blorg wrote: »

It averages the gradient over a distance, so the shorter the route you plot the closer it will be to the actual gradient. If something goes up for 10% but then down again you will get a lower average gradient.

I meant to say it goes from 300 meters at 10 percent to 200 meters at 5 percent

rigal

Check out this one, did it after work the other night. It's a nice route and the first half is nearly all climbing....

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ie/dun20laoghaire/802128043436929325

velo.2010

Tallagh Hill just off the N81! Pass Killenarden estate heading south and its the first left after the copse of trees. Golf club nearby. If you want a hard climb of 2km at about 10% with ramps of up to 23% then this will do.

Possibly also has the scariest descent back down in the country but thankfully the surface is super smooth. You could you just go on down to Brittas and come round again via N81.

kumate_champ07

markcroninbsc wrote: »

i dont really want to spend an hour goin up the sally gap and then freewheel home for the last half hour.

well you could spend 1-2 hrs going up it and then half an hour of furious pedaling down it!

kumate_champ07

velo.2010 wrote: »

Tallagh Hill just off the N81! Pass Killenarden estate heading south and its the first left after the copse of trees. Golf club nearby. If you want a hard climb of 2km at about 10% with ramps of up to 23% then this will do.

Possibly also has the scariest descent back down in the country but thankfully the surface is super smooth. You could you just go on down to Brittas and come round again via N81.

Ive done that a few times on my way to kildare, it's a killer!

smacl

For a shorter, hillier version of your 50, instead of turning off at 11 miles to go down grassamucky, go on to sallygap, turn off for blessingto direction, and at your 27 mile marker, go left to go over seahan and seefin to take you back to boharnabreena road, for a couple of hundred meters only, to take you up where you are coming down at your 16 mile marker and back up grassamuck brakes, which is an effer of a climb near the end of your ride. Word of warning coming from seefin back to boharnabreena road; there are some huge potholes on the downhill section, if you dont know the road, take it slowly!

markcroninbsc

HAHA thats a good one. but i dont own a pair of hipsters so im not sure if i could get away with that one.

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

well you could spend 1-2 hrs going up it and then half an hour of furious pedaling down it!