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Bike rental in Buncrana for cycling up mamore gap

  • 09-08-2014 9:52pm
    #1
    mhiggy09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭


    Hi everyone,
    Im staying in buncrana for a few days and I want to cycle up mamore gap one of the days as im a keen cyclist but i need to leave the bike at home and I was wondering what is the best place to rent a bike for a day in the area . Im staying in inishowen hotel if that helps. I was also looking for some tips. I think the hotel has bikes but I'm not sure.
    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    torydiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭torydiver


    Don't think there is a bike shop in buncrana, but could be wrong.
    There's a bike shop just off the roundabout in bridgend I think rents bikes, about 7 miles from buncrana. Don't know name of shop, but you might find it via Google etc.


  • #3
    rizzodun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭rizzodun


    Try Cycle Inishowen (no idea what they're like)

    http://www.cycleinishowen.com/index.php/hire-prices/

    Have friends in Buncrana, lovely part of the country.


  • #4
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,041 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    mhiggy09 wrote: »
    ... im a keen cyclist but i need to leave the bike at home ..
    It's brutal enough doing it on one's own bike without trying it on an unfamiliar rental! :eek:


  • #5
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    HI google bikes and toys Bridgend roundabout again not sure sure if he hires out bikes. Dont know the opening hours but if you get his home number he wont mind you giving him a ring.


  • #6
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    lulu1 wrote: »
    HI google bikes and toys Bridgend roundabout again not sure sure if he hires out bikes. Dont know the opening hours but if you get his home number he wont mind you giving him a ring.

    just checked Gateways website Yea it says bike hire on it


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  • #7
    mhiggy09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭mhiggy09


    Ok thanks for all the answers and I would bring my bike but no space in car because its family holiday.


  • #8
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    mhiggy09 wrote: »
    Ok thanks for all the answers and I would bring my bike but no space in car because its family holiday.

    Enjoy your holiday Plenty of beaches (if you get the weather ) you can walk for miles on the pathways alongside the beach if thats your thing


  • #9
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,041 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Poor quality footage here but it shows the effort required even by Ras cyclists on Mamore when the gradient hits the mid-20.s!



  • #10
    mistermatthew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭mistermatthew


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Poor quality footage here but it shows the effort required even by Ras cyclists on Mamore when the gradient hits the mid-20.s!


    It is the sort of climb where any thoughts of going fast up it go out the window quickly and then your wrestling the bike at <10kph and <5kph in some cases.

    Brutal.


  • #11
    mhiggy09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭mhiggy09


    Found out today that I can get a bike delivered and collected from the hotel for around 12e for a day . But im not sure if I will be able to go out to the gap of mamore because of the weather. And if I do get going I will take my time up the gap as it looks very hard in the video but hopefully the weather gets a but dryer. Thanks for the answers and advice.


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