Commute Route: Leixlip to Sandyford

rp

Anyone got an opinion how best to get across town to Sandyford, from out Leixlip way? Options seems to be:
1. Come in the N4 as far as the Kylemore rd. / Walkinstown / Nutgrove
2. Adamstown / Canal path ...

thanks...

tawfeeredux

New canal path has gates that mean you'd have to stop & manoeuvre your bike through each one, & you can't cycle around them either from what i've seen. The N4 & Kylemore is probably your best bet. Or you could come off the N4 earlier at Woodies, onto Ballyowen Road, over to Ninth Lock/Nangor Road & from there to Walkinstown, Rathfarnham etc.

levitronix

I do something simliar but now from knocklyon

Was living in dundrum and my route was dundrum, marley park, firehouse road, tallaght, belgard road, newlands cross, fonthill road, liffey valley, N4 leixlip

this was the most direct route when i commuting working in intel.. Petersroad and kylmore always had more traffic and was way slower

joker77

rp wrote: »

Anyone got an opinion how best to get across town to Sandyford, from out Leixlip way? Options seems to be:
1. Come in the N4 as far as the Kylemore rd. / Walkinstown / Nutgrove
2. Adamstown / Canal path ...

thanks...

I do this on a bike, well from Dundrum to Leixlip and back.

So from Leixlip - through the village, behind the Lucan Golf course into Lucan Village. Up Esker Hill, then turn off onto Ballyowen Road, then onto Larkfield avenue, through the roundabouts at the back of the Liffey Valley centre and onto Coldcut - then it's Ballyfermot, up Kylemore and across to the Walkinstown roundabout, Cromwellsfort road through Kimmage, Terenure and then Rathgar, from there either Churchtown or Milltown, prob Churchtown

At Terenure if you went up through Rathfarnham it would prob be handier

BostonB

Play around in google maps with direction. Its handy for adjusting routes. Though obviously someone who does it will give you better advice about which is better for cycling.

LastGasp

Come off N4 at Liffey Valley exit, then Fonthill Road, Nangor Road, Long Mile, Walkinstown, Rathfarnham, Dodder, Churchtown, Dundrum.

rp

LastGasp wrote: »

Come off N4 at Liffey Valley exit, then Fonthill Road, Nangor Road, Long Mile, Walkinstown, Rathfarnham, Dodder, Churchtown, Dundrum.

Thanks for the all suggestions, lads. LastGasp's looks best on paper, anyone doing this route (or parts of it)?

Intel guys: if that's any of you I see climbing Old Hill in Leixlip at about 8:15 in the morning as I spin down it: hi! (powder-blue Pompino)

Canal gates: yeah, I read about those - dismount every 1km? It'd be quicker to drive!

Google maps: they don't quite get cycling yet, do they? It's a lot of work to stick in a cycling route: seems best to choose 'car' and 'avoid highways', but that seems to include major N roads too, like the N4.

BostonB

You can drag the route around and it readjusts. Might give you some options.

levitronix

You wont see me .. i only cycle in when im working nights couldnt see myself getting up at 5:15 for a 6:30 start, i use the spin home in the morning at 6:30 as training usually try push nothing better than a good workout before bed haha