[Closed] A487 West Wales - OK for cycling?

It's busy, but it certainly isn't fast. Narrow and single lane in many places, particularly between Cardigan and Aber, with lots of HGV traffic and loads of caravans and motorhomes in the summer. You'd likely spend a lot of time with a huge tailback behind you trying to get past. I'd try and avoid it if possible.

I started out on a few miles of this road when going from fishguard to Newquay,a few miles was more than enough,i had a good map so I just used the smaller roads nearer the coast,a lot slower of course,personally i'd look on the sustrans map and follow those and maybe a little bit of the A487 (or smaller roads ) if that took you to far out of the way from where you wanted to go.All depends how comfortable you are on the roads and how much time you have,the A487 is not my idea of fun though

Thanks. Will try to avoid if possible.

We went from Dolgellau to Cardigan last year and managed to avoid the A487 except for about 5 miles south of Machynlleth

I'd recommend the area, but I wouldn't recommend the A487. the GPX files are here if you are interested

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both were about 50 miles each and mostly on quiet single lane roads through stunning countryside.