Saturday 24th June 9.30am ride

DavidJ

I'll be in S Wales tomorrow morning, watching my mum become a vicar As I'll be in a country full of hills would be rude not to take my bike, so I'm also going to have a crack at an 'incline' near a local reservoir which I've never been able to climb on any bike I've tried. I'll let you know how I get on........

So could somebody volunteer to navigate a route tomorrow. Ta.

See you all next week for the 5 counties.

david norris

Enjoy your weekend Dave.
I'm not out taday but hope to see you all next Sat.

DaveN

DavidJ

Fun, fun, fun for me last Sunday with my spin in the glorious Usk valley. After a flat (for Wales) warmup it was time to tackle the wall of road that is the Darran climb.

Mind you before I got there had to go downhill first, so when you see this it's always a worrying sign.........



http://imgur.com/NEYr2O4

and then after the 90 degree uphill bend to rob you of any speed it's up the other side, from pretty much a standing start. 600ft of 15-17% gradient, 5 mins of torture, bit of front wheel lifting for good measure. Here is what it looks like from the bottom.



http://imgur.com/RY6MHk1

No point taking a picture of the view from the top, there ain't one

Then after this more lovely rolling countryside. Wales really isn't flat, at all !



http://imgur.com/CEZi2fF

until I randomly got to this



http://imgur.com/FZNZx0v

So a great way to spend a Sunday morning and remind myself that Wales really isn't flat, at all, anywhere !!

timA

Sounds like you had fun David, we know you love those hills really! Some sneaky practice for the 5 peaks on Saturday as well ;-)

We did a slightly less up and down route, south west around Hitchin towards Luton airport and back via St Pauls Walden etc, ably navigated by Dave A.