Cycling in the Slieve Bloom Mts

ABitofsense · 22-05-2012 10:00PM #1

Hi,

My Girlfriend and I would like to do some easy cycling this Sunday in the Slieve Bloom Mts (however with mountain bikes)
Just wondering does anyone recommend any scenic forest trials no more than 10km?
Anyone know if you can cycle around Glenbarrow trial to the waterfall etc?

There is a few trials on Coilte but none specify cycling.

Any comments/help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

andy69 · 23-05-2012 12:34AM

from the top of 'the cut' (7km uphill outside of Clonaslee) there is a car park, and you can head straight then on a forest trail, flat initially and then downhill for a while. It goes down to a point where you turn back and can loop back around to the main road from Clonaslee up over the Cut. kinda hard to explain, but ye can loop around there in that valley and make nice handy spin out of it for an hour or so. all on forest tracks, so not too tricky.
Having said that, it has been about 3yrs since i rode the mtb - however from the road, on a few sportives passing by since then, looking over as i was hanging on to someone's wheel, it looks like it's still the same despite the forestry work there.
On the opposite side of the road to the Cut car park, heading to Clonaslee, there is another loop ye can take. again it's about an hour or so, handy enough as it is all forest trails as well.

Cycling in the Slieve Bloom Mts

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