Tour of The Black Mountains Sportive

JamesB

It`s probably the ASCENDING skills that matter most on this event IMHO; you`re wise to be cautious on the descents ,
in last years TOBM I was right behind a guy who on the Gospel pass descent went straight into bank avoiding an oncoming tranny van (he was amazingly comletely unhurt) ; end of day it is not a race and a few seconds gained on a fast descent isn`t worth the personal risk-- great event overall, great weather too.

bprice

Has anyone noticed that the route according to the interactive map on the TOTBM website didnt tally with the actual route we followed on Saturday?
I stopped at the hair pin half way down Gospel Pass wondering which direction to take. Riders swept past advising me to go straight on. which I did. We arrived, much to my surprise, at Hay on Wye.
Would this be the reason that the 85 miles that I was supposed to have done was indeed 87 according to my cateye cycle computer? There were other riders with me at the end who felt it was 87 as well. :? Just an observation!


http://www.touroftheblackmountains.com/map.html

JamesB

Yes--- map also showed going to north side A40 Brecon to Trecastle, route actually followed south side, Mynydd Illtud; AND I recorded 118 miles for the 115 , all boards up to 40 miles agreed with my computer and then there was a 2 mile `jump` so I was reading an extra 2-3 miles more than the boards from there on

Mark Appleton

I'm sure everyone will have clocked their times from the event website by now but here's a report, some pics, plus the results, just in case. Well done to all who took part, it was an epic day that will live long in the memory.

cakewalk

JamesBwmb wrote:

Yes--- map also showed going to north side A40 Brecon to Trecastle, route actually followed south side, Mynydd Illtud; AND I recorded 118 miles for the 115 , all boards up to 40 miles agreed with my computer and then there was a 2 mile `jump` so I was reading an extra 2-3 miles more than the boards from there on

Ditto my computer.