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  • 24-01-2019 2:33pm
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    Osgoodisgood
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    I'm going to start cycling to work just as soon as the weather gets a tiny bit better but I'm unsure what is the best route to avoid the worst of the traffic/potholes/blind car drivers.
    I'll be cycling from Sutton to Ballsbridge.
    Any thoughts?


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    magicbastarder
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    obviously most of the route is a no-brainer, but what works for me (where my route and yours might coincide) is crossing the east link rather than the beckett bridge - with the caveat that i'm usually crossing the east link at about 7am. i don't like cardiff lane/beckett bridge in the evening.

    in the mornings, i stay on the road at the east link and head through the tolls out onto strand road; in the evening i head into ringsend, right at the church and drop onto the east link at the pedestrian access to it.


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    07Lapierre
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    Why wait? ;)


    I'd use the Sutton to Sandymount Bike track, cross over the East Link bridge and then head up Bath Avenue to ballsbridge.


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    Ferris
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    I go Sutton-clontarf cycleway, Alfie Byrne, East Wall road and over the east link. Very rarely (if ever) any issues with traffic - that starts southside!! I duck into Ringsend at the gap in the wall after the East Link which helps, the run to Ballsbridge is easy from that point on but there is little cycling infrastructure so you need to cycle defensively, take the lane etc. Its very doable, a large percentage of the commute is on off-road cycleway.


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    ted1
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    Going out to sandymiunt yiu should use the Samuel Beckett bridge and going hone use the east link.


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    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Ferris wrote: »
    I go Sutton-clontarf cycleway, Alfie Byrne, East Wall road and over the east link. Very rarely (if ever) any issues with traffic - that starts southside!! I duck into Ringsend at the gap in the wall after the East Link which helps, the run to Ballsbridge is easy from that point on but there is little cycling infrastructure so you need to cycle defensively, take the lane etc. Its very doable, a large percentage of the commute is on off-road cycleway.

    I do exactly the same as far as Ringsend. defensive / assertive cycling is a must, especially across the East link. I do this route to get to Leeson st as I far prefer it to Amiens st / Samuel Beckett bridge options owing to both traffic volumes & motorist aggression levels (probably related)...


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