Route 8
Egeruta
The route is defined as demanding
Routes defined as demanding are suitable for people with experience in demanding batchesTime
7:00 hours
Length
130 km
Popularity
3out of 10
On this tour you will experience Jæren's proximity to the North Sea and the geologically interesting Dalane area.
This tour starts by cycling south towards Bryne and then turning east where we cycle towards Høg-Jæren and meet the first climb up towards Karlsbu. After Karlsbu we cycle towards Brusali where a nice descent takes us all the way down to the coast again and to the beach area of Brusand. From Brusand, we cycle into the Dalane region, which is described as an undulating landscape - i.e. slightly hilly. The journey from Brusand takes us towards Egersund (note that the municipality is called Eigersund while the town is called Egersund), but a few kilometers from Egersund we take a side road over to Ege (or Eige). For those who wish, the hill up to Ege can be used to get your heart rate up. The journey onwards brings us down to Tengesdal and an easy-cycling terrain towards E39. Just before we arrive at E39, we turn left and cycle a few hundred meters towards Røysland, where we turn left again towards the Kløgtveit village museum. You'll be looking for a more beautiful cultural landscape than the road up towards Kløgtveit. After this somewhat strenuous climb, we cycle on towards the next hill that brings us up to Slettabø. At Slettabø we cycle down a long and beautiful hill to Vikeså and a potential break at the local Circle K station.
After hopefully a nice break, we continue towards Nedrebø, often characterized as the inner lane of Rogaland in terms of cultural landscape and cycling friendliness. Upon arrival at Nedrebø, if you have more energy left, you can test a short "puncher" hill of a few hundred meters before turning left towards E39. At E39, you will cycle a few kilometers on this very busy road. We recommend that you cycle in two rows here so that cars behind you must overtake the "bicycle train" in accordance with the regulations. After cycling about 4 km, we leave the E39 to cycle around Kyllingstad before cycling back onto the E39. At Skurve, after cycling about 2 km, we leave the E39 for good and cycle on a well-sheltered cycle path to Ålgård and then back 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!
