Cycling from Maynooth to Rathangan via Properous

Bloggsie

Hello Boardies,

I have been cycling for 10 months or so at weekends, family, work & weather permitting from maynooth, dunboyne, summerhill, kilcock & back into maynooth(48 kms approx) I am looking at increasing my distance to go as far rathangan via prosperous & back approx 80 kms.

R403, R406 & R414. Just wondering what the road is like ie surface & hills?

Thanks

Bloggsie.

nilhg

Id be inclined to suggest something like this,

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4080326

Unless you are out at a very quiet time of the day I'd be inclined to avoid the Barberstown/Clane area, Rathcoffey should be less busy, though you could go out one way early and come back the other.

Road surfaces would be no worse than average but no better either, hills wise it is a little humpy from Prosperous to Rathangan, with Boston being the hardest but nothing really significant and mostly flat apart from that.

It's a nice spin, a good change from your usual and in normal weather you'll have a tail wind home.

wirelessdude01

Bloggsie wrote: »

Hello Boardies,

I have been cycling for 10 months or so at weekends, family, work & weather permitting from maynooth, dunboyne, summerhill, kilcock & back into maynooth(48 kms approx) I am looking at increasing my distance to go as far rathangan via prosperous & back approx 80 kms.

R403, R406 & R414. Just wondering what the road is like ie surface & hills?

Thanks

Bloggsie.

After Kilcock you could head to Clane, Barberstown, Straffan, Kill, Kilteel, over the N7, Athgoe, Newcastle, Celbridge, Maynooth. Some nice inclines around Kilteel and then you also got Athgoe Hill as well just before Newcastle. Good 80ish km route there.

DaveR1000

That was part of the Martin Earley Tour of Kildare last year (almost) 100k route

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057002889

gerrowadat

nilhg wrote: »

Id be inclined to suggest something like this,

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4080326

Unless you are out at a very quiet time of the day I'd be inclined to avoid the Barberstown/Clane area, Rathcoffey should be less busy, though you could go out one way early and come back the other.

Road surfaces would be no worse than average but no better either, hills wise it is a little humpy from Prosperous to Rathangan, with Boston being the hardest but nothing really significant and mostly flat apart from that.

It's a nice spin, a good change from your usual and in normal weather you'll have a tail wind home.

I'd avoid that bog road between donadea and prosperous, the surface is rubbish.

baaba maal

gerrowadat wrote: »

I'd avoid that bog road between donadea and prosperous, the surface is rubbish.

Oi! I live on that road!!..........and yes, the surface is truly awful! Council keeps patching it, but bog is cut lower every year- water table drops, road subsides- Council patches it, bog is cut.... repeat ad nauseum.
The road from the bridge just after Allenwood (Shee Bridge) to Rathangan is also patchy in places but really nice. Very exposed on a windy day however.

sullzz

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

After Kilcock you could head to Clane, Barberstown, Straffan, Kill, Kilteel, over the N7, Athgoe, Newcastle, Celbridge, Maynooth. Some nice inclines around Kilteel and then you also got Athgoe Hill as well just before Newcastle. Good 80ish km route there.

That's a regular route of mine. Sometimes take in some hills around saggart too

wirelessdude01

sullzz wrote: »

That's a regular route of mine. Sometimes take in some hills around saggart too

Swing a right/left in Kilteel depending on which way you got there
and then attack Cupidstown Hill. Hate that one.

moch

Maynooth-Rathcoffey-Prosperous-Allenwood-Lullymore-Rathangan,
A few different options for returning to Maynooth if you didn't want to take the same route home, you could go home through Edenderry, Carbury, Donadea, Maynooth or Curragh, Newbridge, Sallins, Straffan, Maynooth or Curragh, Allen, Caragh, Clane, Maynooth to name a few. All the roads are decent enough.

wirelessdude01

moch wrote: »

Maynooth-Rathcoffey-Prosperous-Allenwood-Lullymore-Rathangan,
A few different options for returning to Maynooth if you didn't want to take the same route home, you could go home through Edenderry, Carbury, Donadea, Maynooth or Curragh, Newbridge, Sallins, Straffan, Maynooth or Curragh, Allen, Caragh, Clane, Maynooth to name a few. All the roads are decent enough.

I drive this every day and think it is a horrible road in places.

nilhg

gerrowadat wrote: »

I'd avoid that bog road between donadea and prosperous, the surface is rubbish.

All of it or just the KM or 2 through the actual bog? I haven't been down that part since the Tour of Kildare used it, don't rmrember it as that bad then.

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Swing a right/left in Kilteel depending on which way you got there
and then attack Cupidstown Hill. Hate that one.

And then turn around and come back up the Lamb, your legs will love you.....

moch wrote: »

Maynooth-Rathcoffey-Prosperous-Allenwood-Lullymore-Rathangan,
A few different options for returning to Maynooth if you didn't want to take the same route home, you could go home through Edenderry, Carbury, Donadea, Maynooth or Curragh, Newbridge, Sallins, Straffan, Maynooth or Curragh, Allen, Caragh, Clane, Maynooth to name a few. All the roads are decent enough.

Could work out considerably more than the OPs target distance of 80km though.

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

I drive this every day and think it is a horrible road in places.

Which way do you go? I was across Caragh-Digby Bridge-Millicent-Firmount Cross recently and didn't think it was too bad.

OP, another option here,

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4089454

Bloggsie

Afternoon All,

Many thanks for your time and advice. I hope to be out this weekend.

Bloggsie.

Bloggsie

That sounds just about what I am looking for. at present the only real hill i encouter is from the roundabout at summerhill on the way to kilcock.