September Edition
Cycling Ireland, slowly
May to September. June and September are the sweet spots: the light is long, the lanes are dry more often than not, and the coast road is far quieter either side of high summer.
When to ride in Ireland
- Daylight
- Nearly seventeen hours at midsummer and still thirteen in September — enough to ride a short day slowly.
- Wind
- The prevailing southwesterly is the real gradient here. Riding south to north puts it behind you more often than not.
- Surface
- Narrow sealed lanes, often wet, with loose grit on the descents after rain.