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Sounds like an epic trip but surprised you didn't like Skye
Possibly I've been a bit harsh. Context was it had been raining solidly for about 3 days and I was trying to minimise spending time on bike and more time in cafes/tent hence doing the main drag along the A road from Portree to Broadford. The Portree - Uig via Staffin road was nicer but still relatively busy with tour buses.
I'll probably be back that way and will give the West a try next time.
CheeseWheel
Sounds like an epic trip but surprised you didn't like Skye-there's a lot of wee routes that are simply breathtaking but they can tend to lead out to peninsulas so you have to do out and back runs. The ride from Broadford to Elgol is simply amazing-last time I did it I saw eagles and everything...
Granted, if you're schlepping along that main road in the wind it's not fun, but there's also the old road that runs parallel to it along big sections, and the road from Sligachan up along the West to Colbost or Trumpay is fucking epic-very climby place to ride if you're fully loaded mind you and the midges are savage any time past April.
There's also a cracking ride from by Broadford to Kylerhea where there's a ferry taking you back over to the mainland, going over the old military road straight over the top of Glenelg and back round to the bridge at Kyleakin via Eilean Donan Castle, but again, very climby and would be tough fully loaded.