Dublin to Galway

Tails

I have been considering cycling from Dublin to Galway sometime this summer. The route I have is here.

The distance is 250km and I was wondering would it be feasible to do it in one day?

Any information on food, hydration and breaks would be great! Thanks!

NeilMcEoigheann

did you mean cork? galway is somewhere...eh else.
the main concern is avoiding main roads due to their habit of being dangerous. the N7 is not good.

TinyExplosions

That's definitely not Galway mate... either way, I think Blorg did Dublin - Cork in one day (he's done Dublin-Galway), and it's not impossible, but would be a long day in the saddle for sure

buffalo

As somebody who doesn't do long treks usually, but cycles everywhere, I managed Galway-Dublin earlier this year in a day. A long day - about twelve hours including breaks and stops for food, but if you have a half decent bike you should do it in much, much less. I was using the piece of crap I had when I was living in Galway, wanted to get it home to Dublin and use it as my commuting bike.

I should emphasise just how crap it was, I have a feeling there may be slaggings over just how long it took me. :rolleyes:

Raam

buffalo wrote: »

I should emphasise just how crap it was, I have a feeling there may be slaggings over just how long it took me. :rolleyes:

OK, here goes...

12 hrs?! I flew from Dublin to Dubai via London in that time... on a plane!
That's all I got.

Tails

NeilMcEoigheann wrote: »

did you mean cork? galway is somewhere...eh else.
the main concern is avoiding main roads due to their habit of being dangerous. the N7 is not good.

As a matter of fact yes it is indeed Cork I am aiming for this summer! I have Galaway on the brain, im cycling next weekend as part of a charity cycle.

NeilMcEoigheann wrote: »

did you mean cork? galway is somewhere...eh else.
the main concern is avoiding main roads due to their habit of being dangerous. the N7 is not good.

Also any suggestions of alternative, safer routes?

Raam

Do you have a garmin edge 705? They are handy for programming routes for following. Blorg and myself successfully used one on our trip from Dublin to Waterford. It kept us off all but a few km of N roads. Blorg had made the route using mapsource, but you can also used mapmyride or bikeroutetoaster to create a tcx file to upload to the unit.

buffalo

Raam wrote: »

OK, here goes...

12 hrs?! I flew from Dublin to Dubai via London in that time... on a plane!
That's all I got.

I'm hopefully investing in a nice road bike next month - I'm very interested in repeating the journey and seeing how long it takes me then.

Raam

buffalo wrote: »

I'm hopefully investing in a nice road bike next month - I'm very interested in repeating the journey and seeing how long it takes me then.

Which date you gonna do it? I'll book a ticket and we can see who get's to Galway or Dubai first