Cycling In Mayo

redrow

In Westport next week on Holidays, anyone recommend any good routes (60-80K)? Hills or scenic. I know its all good but a little local knowledge is always good.

Green&Red

redrow wrote: »

In Westport next week on Holidays, anyone recommend any good routes (60-80K)? Hills or scenic. I know its all good but a little local knowledge is always good.

If you go Newport, Glenhest, head straight for Bofeenaun but instead of going left into the village turn right for Castlebar, big climb across the windy gap and then downhill all the way to Castlebar, back to westport, should be just over 60k. Both scenic and thats a decent hill

Alternatively head out for Louisburgh, Delphi, head in the direction of Leenaun but when you hit that road go left back for Westport instead of south towards Leenaun and Galway. Very scenic route, as nice a cycle as you could get. 75k

on_the_nickel

redrow wrote: »

In Westport next week on Holidays, anyone recommend any good routes (60-80K)? Hills or scenic. I know its all good but a little local knowledge is always good.

Louisburgh to Sheefry in this route is beautiful.

https://www.strava.com/activities/667569462

Donie75

I did a leg of an extended Mizen to Malin from Westport to Sligo and the road from Newport along Lough Feeagh and up through Nephin Beag was stunning. You could loop back into Castlebar or Westport.

MickeyTake

The cycle route on the Westport Sea2Summit race is a nice route - the Maum will test the legs for you!

If you go Louisburgh direction from Westport, maybe veer off to do the Maum on your way back.

http://www.westportsea2summit.ie/upload/docs/sea2summit_coursemap.pdf

Budawanny

on_the_nickel wrote: »

Louisburgh to Sheefry in this route is beautiful.

https://www.strava.com/activities/667569462

Seconded. this is a great route with spectacular scenery and a nice mixture of flat and climbing. Sheefrey pass will challenge the lungs a bit.

Budawanny

MickeyTake wrote: »

The cycle route on the Westport Sea2Summit race is a nice route - the Maum will test the legs for you!

If you go Louisburgh direction from Westport, maybe veer off to do the Maum on your way back.

http://www.westportsea2summit.ie/upload/docs/sea2summit_coursemap.pdf

nice one. The Maum Climb from west to east is tough!

G1032

Check out this small thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=103558265

redrow

Thanks to everybody all sound great! looking forward to it now.

plodder

If you want a straight forward, not too hilly, but scenic 70km, try this

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1693757932

Starting and finishing in Westport probably brings it closer to 80k. ... I see it's the same route as the second suggestion in post #2

aimnburn

https://www.strava.com/activities/975373544/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1494171320

Here's one I did in May. Lovely spin and great scenery and roads. Mostly quiet and avoiding main roads plus it takes on the Sheffrey pass which is spectacular! Enjoy.

mossym

leenaun to louisburgh along by delphi a must do imho, lovely section of cycling

onmebike

The Greenway out to Achill would be worth considering.