rick james said:I cycled the Bealach Na Ba at the weekend as part of the Bealach Mor sportive....what a climb, stunning, i mean really fcking stunning.... the head wind up it was stupid crazy and it had everybody cycling it really grinding it out to the top..the whole route i done at the weekend was amazing, amazing views, amazing roads.
what i will say is that when you drop down into Applcross from the climb the coast road you have to cycle is mega tough, a lot tougher than the big climb, but the coast road you have amazing views over to Skye.
You would have seen people from all three clubs I ride with then, Lomond Roads, Glasgow Green and Glasgow Wheelers. Weather must have been fantastic and I'll bet you got some of the best views of the year while you were riding. When it's like that there is no where better in the world to ride, just different. I wanted to do it but couldn't sort out the time, will be there next year, hopefully on a fixed wheel! I've been told that many people who go up there to ride get to the bottom, decide against the climb and then find out that the coast road is actually much harder than the Bealach, very worthwhile knowing.