Afan Forest whites level on the 20th Jan.

maz19852008

Anyone up for coming to afan forest on wednesday 20th january?

looking at doing the whites level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EsfCoNz5zo

rhyko7

is that you in the video then?

maz19852008

thats not me in the video no, but its one which i found on youtube just to show what route i am planing to do,

christk

Might be up for it? I'm working nights though, so what time are you thinking of starting.

Are you thinking of doing it Rhys?

maz19852008

Well I have booked the day off work so thinking of getting there for around 10am, be good if you guys were up for it

rhyko7

christk wrote:

Might be up for it? I'm working nights though, so what time are you thinking of starting.

Are you thinking of doing it Rhys?

hi Keith you should know by now i dont plan that far ahead
maybe, i would want to do at least two of the trails if i went tho.
i havent done a long XC ride in a while, been riding a lot of DH, so bout time i did a long ride around Afan
will let ya know closer to the date

maz19852008

I am happy to do 2 routes, depending on weather, last time i said i would do 2 it pi55ed down, and was only able to do 1 lol

rhyko7

maz19852008 wrote:

I am happy to do 2 routes, depending on weather, last time i said i would do 2 it pi55ed down, and was only able to do 1 lol

ile go if its not raining, i hate riding in rain with choice of muddy eyes or not being able to see anything through glasses

- will post here with decision tuesday
cheers

maz19852008

thats cool no problem

christk

Done Whites today, although still very rideable, it was quite muddy in places with lots of running water on the track. Made the climb hard work and as for the down bits, well you still had to work there too. Still a good ride though

With more rain forecasted and a 10am start think I'll give it a miss this time and stay in bed after my night shift.

Have a good one

maz19852008

christk wrote:

Done Whites today, although still very rideable, it was quite muddy in places with lots of running water on the track. Made the climb hard work and as for the down bits, well you still had to work there too. Still a good ride though

With more rain forecasted and a 10am start think I'll give it a miss this time and stay in bed after my night shift.

Have a good one

Thats fair enough dude, dont blame you if you work nights to want to stay in bed,

I work days and i want to stay in bed. mm i am abit concerned about the weather for tomorrow, cause arnt we due to got more snow this week? i dont personally think it will happen but who knows.

rhyko7

im gonna give it a miss due to weather forecast, port talbot has rain forecast with a couple sunny intervals, however in the hills these intervals will be few and far between, friday looks a lot better tho. toaday was OK i had quite a nice ride

sorry, will have to rearrange for a nicer day-perhaps Keith(christK) will be kind enough to let us follow him down the mast trail some time
watch this space
_rhys

weeksy59

Did anyone go ?

Looking for info on trail conditions as we're there this w/e

maz19852008

i have not long got back from afan, and it is very boggy and very slippery,
very hard to ride up as the rocks are slippery.

it was really very cold and was raining a fair bit,

i would keep an eye on the weather for the weekend, if it does not seem to change then tbh i wouldnt bother for this weekend.

rhyko7

i dont mind the wet or the mud, so long as its not raining and i can see out of my glasses (they fog up in the rain, not too bad if its just wet)
ile probably ride cwmcarn XC friday as it drains better, then DH on the wkend