In a nutshell he's trying to create UKs toughest (steepest I think he might mean) 100km loop. The report is of his time in the North Y Moors but seems he's open to suggestions... I imagine its all road he's talking of finding (or road bikeable and I'm sure he won't mind a brindleway here or there if it has meaning to join the roads... like we do to join up the trails with roads )..
Rather sadly, this part of mid-Wales has a very high number of stupidly steep / long road climbs ... but most roadies don't know it exists aside from the Devil's Staircase, which is actually quite tame compared to many.
Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 3:51 pm
Rather sadly, this part of mid-Wales has a very high number of stupidly steep / long road climbs ... but most roadies don't know it exists aside from the Devil's Staircase, which is actually quite tame compared to many.
When I was going to do Devils Staircase... After a shift at work on night. I still remember seeing a mad person in a corsa or something come round the corner at like 50 or 60 whilst I had stopped in car to rest... It was long after that and near to DS that I threw in the towel of trying to comolete his (Simon Warren) 100 list... Went to Shropsire and did stuplidly steep Asterton Bank and Burway instead (which brought back memories of fear on top of the Long Mynd and thinking I'm gonna slip off on a road bike (although I will be coming in early July for a charity ride thats raising money for the Yemen crisis I believe and there'll be a lovely BBQ at the end (if anyone interested )...
That paragraph has become intermigled and doesnt make much sense but... I'll just leave it there
Still some distance to play with, but no way i'd want to ride it
Hope you got Shibden wall and (maybe sadistically) Trooper Lane in therr Chew... If someone doesnt twitter link this to him then I will when I manage to fogure out how/get chance
Looks like someone's looking for free magazine copy or book content. Whatever happened to the comics employing people to research and write such articles, victim of the everything for free on't titnernet I suppose. Wouldn't be that difficult to put something brutal together around here but then I'm not in the UK.
Just remembered that I knocked this up sometime ago. Too long for what yer man wants but would certainly make a painful, yet enjoyable day out for those with the legs for it.
Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 11:12 am
Just remembered that I knocked this up sometime ago. Too long for what yer man wants but would certainly make a painful, yet enjoyable day out for those with the legs for it.
Thanks Stu. Yes please... I might ride it as a private event or a group ride - (sorry... Just been catching up on 'Really') - after having assessed it against my knees and bike weight...
I don’t get all these super hard machismo routes. Surely you go up hills for views and then cracking descents followed by cake. It’s why I’d only Everest a hill if I accidentally left my wallet on it multiple times. I’m definitely getting old as I feel the joy is being sucked out of cycling by a need to super-achieve. I blame Strava.
ps. Devon will definitely do for Yorkshire but we keep it to ourselves down here.
Aye must be an age thing. And Strava. Rode up and down Snowdon once but can't now remember for the life of me why. Might have been a view at the top judging by the number of people up there who didn't seem to have bikes with them.
Never mind the super hard machismo sub-genre - just route, sorry Route, full-stop gets up my nose. The whole 'here's a Route I've knocked up' thing is totally out of control in my book. Should put all those people in the same room as the 'can someone send me a gpx please for X' crowd and lock the door on the love-in .
Now THAT is grumpy.
PS. I wouldn't just be having cake at the bottom I'd take some up there to scoff with the view as well.
PPS. Snowdon - I remember now: C2H5OH had been taken.
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"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP
The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
I don’t get all these super hard machismo routes. Surely you go up hills for views and then cracking descents followed by cake. It’s why I’d only Everest a hill if I accidentally left my wallet on it multiple times. I’m definitely getting old as I feel the joy is being sucked out of cycling by a need to super-achieve. I blame Strava.
Oh yes. I've always considered everesting to indicate a lack of imagination* and Strava, well it's for people with small nobs innit?**
In my defence - the above route, does contain some lovely views, big grin inducing descents and cake options and is best suited to those well endowed
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on a road bike (although I will be coming in early July for a charity ride thats raising money for the Yemen crisis I believe and there'll be a lovely BBQ at the end (if anyone interested 
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