16KM TT in Dublin

ba

Hi, does anyone know of any lengths of road within Dublin suitable for a flattish out-and-back 16KM time trial? I’m familiar with Blackbull start place in Meath and the Brock Inn but looking for something closer to city...preferably south side. Cheers

magicbastarder

i guess you'll have richer pickings on the northside because it doesn't butt up against the mountains?

ba

magicbastarder wrote: »

i guess you'll have richer pickings on the northside because it doesn't butt up against the mountains?

Yip

magicbastarder

i know it's only a stone's throw from the brock inn one you mention, but have you tried the run from the swing roundabout, near hollystown, out towards ratoath - goes through kilbride?

buffalo

The N11 is probably your best bet: https://goo.gl/maps/hNZyQUvhQyT2

YakerK

Not out and back, or south side, but Phoenix park would have lots of options for 16km loops that are fairly flat.

CramCycle

Loop of the lakes in Blessington? About 11km I think

magicbastarder

it goes through prosperous, so not ideal, but there's an arrow straight 16km long road running west from clane.
i think it's ireland's longest stretch of straight road.

Thud

bit flatter with no slip roads car park at start point too:
https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/53.1466073,-6.1649112/53.0817429,-6.2118258/53.1471824,-6.1644988/@53.1119839,-6.2085083,12z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e1

ba

Thud wrote: »

bit flatter with no slip roads car park at start point too:
https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/53.1466073,-6.1649112/53.0817429,-6.2118258/53.1471824,-6.1644988/@53.1119839,-6.2085083,12z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e1

Excellent cheers. I’d get a great warm up en route too

Finnrocco

The Boot Inn was a grand circuit, think it was a 5 mile lap (well that was the prevailing wisdom at the time), but I believe the circuit is a dead end now.

magicbastarder

there's no dead end at the boot, assuming it's the road i'm thinking of - they've recently redone the road, there's a lovely 1.7km stretch which is properly resurfaced - but the stretch along the runway (on the north side of the runway) is very bumpy in places.

Weepsie

magicbastarder wrote: »

there's no dead end at the boot, assuming it's the road i'm thinking of - they've recently redone the road, there's a lovely 1.7km stretch which is properly resurfaced - but the stretch along the runway (on the north side of the runway) is very bumpy in places.

Ssshh,I'm achingly close to getting the KoM there (currently held by Derek in Humphries). Havn't had the legs the last few times I've been on it though.

magicbastarder

actually, strava's maps don't yet show the road i'm thinking of - but it is correct that the old road was removed, the one that ran from the boot to the roundabout on the R108 (at the end of the alternative runway).

magicbastarder

Weepsie wrote: »

Ssshh,I'm achingly close to getting the KoM there (currently held by Derek in Humphries). Havn't had the legs the last few times I've been on it though.

and the wind has swung back west recently, which won't help.

morana

magicbastarder wrote: »

there's no dead end at the boot, assuming it's the road i'm thinking of - they've recently redone the road, there's a lovely 1.7km stretch which is properly resurfaced - but the stretch along the runway (on the north side of the runway) is very bumpy in places.

the road that came out onto the bypass road is closed so you cant do the lap anymore and there are traffic lights on it as well

Weepsie

morana wrote: »

the road that came out onto the bypass road is closed so you cant do the lap anymore and there are traffic lights on it as well

The new road is much nicer though. I always had to stop on the old one anyway as there was always passing traffic.

If you had bigger tyres, you can loop around Dunbro lane without ever having to stop, though it's bumpy with grass in the middle and roaming sheep the odd time.

buffalo

Weepsie wrote: »

The new road is much nicer though. I always had to stop on the old one anyway as there was always passing traffic.

If you had bigger tyres, you can loop around Dunbro lane without ever having to stop, though it's bumpy with grass in the middle and roaming sheep the odd time.

Does Dunbro Lane still have an exit at the far end? Google maps says no: https://goo.gl/maps/5y7htKDmWJ42

Might be a fake dead end though, a copyright trap.

Weepsie

It does, you can definitely turn onto it as I do it when I'm on the bigger tyred bikes and just do loops around there as it's not far from home. I think the part that is missing there, is now also new tarmac.

ba

Thud wrote: »

bit flatter with no slip roads car park at start point too:
https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/53.1466073,-6.1649112/53.0817429,-6.2118258/53.1471824,-6.1644988/@53.1119839,-6.2085083,12z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e1

Just gave this stretch a lash this afternoon. Had not expected it to be so lumpy. Strava indicates 156m of climbing along the route and struggled on the second half. But would do it again. Traffic quite bad on the way out from Enniskerry tho.

Weepsie

ba wrote: »

Just gave this stretch a lash this afternoon. Had not expected it to be so lumpy. Strava indicates 156m of climbing along the route and struggled on the second half. But would do it again. Traffic quite bad on the way out from Enniskerry tho.

Strava tends to overestimate (often by quite a large amount) the amount of climbing. It's often down to the accuracy of the device. Of my Phone, Mios, Garmins and Brytons I've had over the years only the Bryton 60 I think never had to be corrected.