Trans Cambrian Way ITT ... is here!

[Bearbonesnorm]

It's still a little on going so bear with me and please remember that I'm totally colour blind ... thank you

http://transcambrianitt.blogspot.com/

[pedalhead]

Great job. Makes me want to ride it now

[numplumz]

Nice job. Looks good especially the handsome chap on the first photo

Is a page listing facilities available at the start or on route worthwhile. Promote good local stores, camping and B&B near the start and any water stops maybe.

Jack

[Bearbonesnorm]

Is a page listing facilities available at the start or on route worthwhile. Promote good local stores, camping and B&B near the start and any water stops maybe.

Good point Jack ... I'll get it added

[gairym]

stuart,

maybe it's not necessary but.....i've got some spare hosting space (i buy a bulk hosting package for a bunch of websites i oversee) and so if you were to buy a .co.uk domain name for this site i'd happily host it so that it'd have it's own dedicated domain and not be a .blogspot.com affair.

no worries if you'd rather not (as it'd be a tenner every two years for the domain name registration) but i thought i'd mention it.

the host supports wordpress and so it'd be easy as pie to set-up (can import what you've already done from blogspot) and edit etc...

let me know.....

gairy.

[Ian]

Well done that man. Looks good :D

Spelling mistake on #8 of the guidelines needs attention when you five minutes

[Bearbonesnorm]

Spelling mistake on #8 of the guidelines needs attention when you five minutes

Typo corrected ... thank you for proof reading :)

Gairy, very nice offer, ta.
We'll see if anyone bothers to use it first, if they do then a switch may be in order.

[didnothingfatal]

trails tough enough to damage your bike, alongside a photo of a Pegasus! That did make me smile :)

[pedalhead]

trails tough enough to damage your bike, alongside a photo of a Pegasus! That did make me smile :)

Indeed, and predictably it's a Pegasus that no longer exists...

[Ian]

Typo corrected ... thank you for proof reading

You're welcome :)

While you're at it:

The Trans Cambrian way is a long distance mountain bike route spanning the width of Wales from Knighton to Dovey junction on the west coast. The route is approximately 100 miles long and crosses through some very remote countryside. Originally devised and mapped by IMBA, it was intended to be a 3 day ride. There are plenty of riders who will find a 3 day crossing a satisfying challange ... then there are the 'others'!

w and j should both be capitalised

[Ian]

Looks good especially the handsome chap on the first photo

That one is my favourite photo from that trip :)

[gairym]

Gairy, very nice offer, ta.
We'll see if anyone bothers to use it first, if they do then a switch may be in order.

no worries - just let me know.....

i plan on using the TCW when i'm next back in blighty but i'm thinking something more along the lines of 24 hours for 1 way (as i'll be riding either to or from the Dyfi Enduro and so will either be knackered or not want to tyre myself out) and so i doubt i'll be contending any records (slowest average speed? most pie consumed on TCW?).

[Bearbonesnorm]

The Trans Cambrian way is a long distance mountain bike route spanning the width of Wales from Knighton to Dovey junction on the west coast. The route is approximately 100 miles long and crosses through some very remote countryside. Originally devised and mapped by IMBA, it was intended to be a 3 day ride. There are plenty of riders who will find a 3 day crossing a satisfying challange ... then there are the 'others'!

w and j should both be capitalised

Noted ... in my defence it was getting late and I was tired and emotional

[stevew]

Nice one. Rule 6 I like - I wondered where these 'ride time' claims were leading. I'd like to to give it a go in the summer.

[Blackhound]

Another spelling one! On 'The Route' page where you show the 3 IMBA stages you have spelt Rhayayder incorrectly.

@stevew - so which day is the Welsh summer going to be this year

[Taylor]

Now it's

Day 1/ Knighton - Rhayader 50km
Day 2/ Rhaader - Llangurig 70km
Day 3/ Llangurig - Dovey Jun' 55km

Bet you wished you'd not bothered.

[Ian]

In an idle moment while bleeding my brakes earlier, I was thinking about the guidelines page and the Monty Python Bruce's sketch popped into my head:

Fourth Bruce: Rule Six, there is NO ... Rule Six!... Rule Seven,

http://www.montypython.net/scripts/bruceskit.php

Made me chuckle anyway :D

[Bearbonesnorm]

you have spelt Rhayayder incorrectly.

So have you

[Blackhound]

:)

[pedalhead]

More pedantry... http://transcambrianitt.blogspot.co.uk/ ... l?spref=tw , in the intro text, "challange" should be "challenge".

It's just dawned on me that I'll be speed-riding this in 1 month's time. I better get practising some hills!

[Bearbonesnorm]

Cheers Mark, all changed now ... very upset that Ian missed that if I'm honest

[pedalhead]

For those who are familiar with the route, is there much in the way of loose rocky stuff (similar to some of the Taff Trail)? I find those kinds of trails slow me down quite a bit with the rigid fork, particularly the descents & if there's a lot of it I'll probably stick some squish on the front.

[Bearbonesnorm]

Not very much of that at all Mark. The most technical stuff is towards the end (above Mach) but even that's not bad. The only place that might really catch someone out, is the descent off Foel Fadian ... if it's wet, it's nasty

[pedalhead]

Brilliant, thanks Stuart. Rigid it is then :D

[pedalhead]

Righto, logistics are sorted so I'll definitely be doing this on Sunday (April 1st ho ho!). If anyone cares to keep an eye on my progress on the day, you can follow my Spot tracker here... http://pedalhead.net/satellite-tracking/ I'm aiming to start around 7am & target is to finish well within 12 hours.

Conditions are looking quite good, hence my short notice idea for this weekend. Should be mostly dry after this long spell without rain, but the temps are forecast to drop nicely to pleasant riding levels (12 degrees ish). Only less than perfect thing is a slight north-westerly, but it looks to be mellow enough not to make or break the ride. If navigation is as tricky as people say then at least this'll serve as a useful recce for the ride with Ian on April 21st, but I'm hoping to put in a decent time nevertheless.