Route 12
Bakers' Paradise via Sikvaland
The route is defined as simple
Routes defined as easy are suitable for everyone regardless of experienceTime
12:00 hours
Length
106 km
Popularity
5out of 10
From Sandnes, we cycle south in a relatively flat terrain. We cycle past Kvål in Ganddal, where Norway's largest bicycle factory was once located. The tour continues past Kverneland and we cycle past Bryne and head towards Undheim. Undheim marks the border between Jæren and Høg-Jæren.
The tour continues past Kverneland and we cycle past Bryne and head towards Undheim. Undheim marks the border between Jæren and Høg-Jæren. Here we leave flat Jæren and will for a period of time experience some moderate hills that can be used for training purposes for those who want to cycle some intensive sessions. On the first hill after Undheim, we cycle past Arne Garborg's vacation home that he built in the early 1900s. The tour continues in an easy cycling terrain before we reach the next moderate hill that leads us up to Sikvaland, but we are still at the top. We have a moderate climb left to cycle before we cycle towards Ålgård in a descending terrain. The stretch from Undheim to the top of Sikvaland is about 10 km. Just before we arrive in Ålgård, we cross the E39 and head towards Seldalsbakken. This is the hill "all" cyclists have on their bucket list. The distance on this hill is about 2.7 km and has an average gradient of about 7%. After Seldalsklatringen is behind us, the terrain drops down to coffee and cakes at Bakernes Paradis. With refilled water bottles and glycogen stores, we continue towards Høle and then Ims. After IMS, we cycle through idyllic Bersagel in a slightly hilly terrain. The stretch from Bersagel to Hommersåk is often used by local cyclists to do "natural intervals". This involves sprinting up the short hills found on this stretch. After Hommersåk, we come to the last hill of the route, where you can exhaust your energy before rolling the last kilometers to Sandnes.
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How can I navigate the route?
This depends primarily on whether you have installed a GPS, navigate by App on your mobile phone or prefer paper printouts. Here we describe the most common workflows:
- Download the GPX file for the route you want to your computer
- Import the file to your route planning tool (e.g. Garmin's Basecamp or Tom Tom's MyDrive)
- Export the route to your GPS in the usual way
- Check that the route is calculated correctly in your GPS (It is recommended that the GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
- Have a great trip!
- Download the GPX file for the route you want to your mobile phone
- Send/open the file in the App that belongs to your GPS model (e.g. Garmin's Drive or Tom Tom's MyDrive)
- Send the route to your GPS (follow the instructions that come with your GPS and App)
- Check that the route is calculated correctly in your GPS (It is recommended that the GPS is set to select the fastest route and any avoidance turned off for the route to be calculated as described).
- Have a great trip!
Many of the routes on Hubriding use the app Ride with GPS app for route planning and navigation of the routes. You can download this as a free version or pay for extended use. Click on the Send to Device link on the map on this page, when the app has started and you see the current route, click Navigate and then just follow the route.
- Click on the link in the map on the page and the map will open in a new window
- Print the map, with or without description
- Have a great trip!
