south wales Rides?

The Northern Monkey

Was thinking Cwmcarn, but after struggling to get my car up a small incline on a dual carridgeway and knowing all the snow is gonna freeze tonight, I think cwmcarn will be pretty much in accessible

itsmygame

i dont know... they will prob divert the traffic thru the small road to the left of the entrance.... thats what they usually do. the car park will still be open. they very rarely shut it.

what do you think kev? fancy cwmcarn?

welshkev

itsmygame wrote:

i dont know... they will prob divert the traffic thru the small road to the left of the entrance.... thats what they usually do. the car park will still be open. they very rarely shut it.

what do you think kev? fancy cwmcarn?

i probably won't have time to do cwmcarn, tomorrow is our 'christmas day' with my family as we're going to tenerife to see kels mum and dad for christmas. so i'll have to just grab an hours ride. you fancy just riding in the park? up to the grotto and a play about on the downhill? probably about 9.30am ish?

billyg23

jonnyc2420 wrote:

just done a night ride at Cwmcarn this evening, only a few sketchy icy bits - on the whole it was all good carpark and crossing tarmac bits were the worst.

ah-hah I just spotted this whilst trawling the forum....i was on that ride too....i came up from weston....it was nice and spicy wasn't it!!

welshkev

popped out for a quick ride earlier, was fun in the snow. here's a couple of pics:

The Northern Monkey

good stuff

where did you end up going then?

I've decided that riding in the snow sucks

welshkev

The Northern Monkey wrote:

good stuff

where did you end up going then?

I've decided that riding in the snow sucks

there's a park by me with about a 2 mile trail in it, it's got a little downhill track made by some locals aswell so i just had a play about there

was a good laugh, i took the hardtail though cos i've got flat pedals on that so i could jump off if i was sliding all over the shop

Gibzy

Hi Guys, is every one who goes with you to ride Afan/Cwn fit as fiddles ? Im up in Merthyr Tydfil and am struggling to find anyone to ride with.I would love to go out and ride the trails as they are practically on my door step and some of the best in the country. But, i dont want to go out and be the slow unfit one on the trail and slow everyone else up.

I am keen to ket fit and ride at a good pace, but just find it hard to do it alone.

thanks guys

Shaun

welshkev

Gibzy wrote:

Hi Guys, is every one who goes with you to ride Afan/Cwn fit as fiddles ? Im up in Merthyr Tydfil and am struggling to find anyone to ride with.I would love to go out and ride the trails as they are practically on my door step and some of the best in the country. But, i dont want to go out and be the slow unfit one on the trail and slow everyone else up.

I am keen to ket fit and ride at a good pace, but just find it hard to do it alone.

thanks guys

Shaun

hi mate, next time we go i'll give you a shout. i'd say i'm medium fitness, i can't ride the climb at cmcarn anymore so you'll be fine with me and anyway even the guys who are superfit wait for me

have a good christmas and we'll sort something for next year

jndb72

Hi Guys,

I'm also of a "lesser" fitness and would be up for this.

Cheers

itsmygame

hi jndb where u from?

dandel36

hi guys,
i live in newport and try and ride cwmcarn most sundays,(even had a go last sunday) mostly on my own so if you organise something in the new year i'll tag along if thats ok.

cheers
Derek

billyg23

BOXING DAY/27DEC RIDEOUT

If you're verging on the edge of turkey fuelled insanity.....bordering on knocking off the missus with a C4 filled cracker.....contemplating wiring the kid's Wii up to the mains.....I suggest you chill the funk out by escaping riding.

I am looking for people to join me on a singletrack sanity session in South Wales this boxing day/ day after boxing day.

I am of reasonable fitness....and have plenty of free time to kill. If anyone is up for it....or knows of any groups heading out on these days PM me and let me know. Cwmcarn, Afan etc....or even any South West rides (I am somerset based) would all be cool.

merry sodding xmas.

B.

itsmygame

id be up 4 cwmcarn on the 27th

dandel36

+1 for the 27th

jndb72

itsmygame wrote:

hi jndb where u from?

Hiya, buddy, I'm in Aberdare at the moment but travelling aint a problem.

Cheers

Justin

Squarepants

What times everyone meeting up on the 27th then? I'm up for it

The Northern Monkey

gutted i'm missing this

back in northernland now!

Thewaylander

ooo monday meant to be alot of rain, but i should be back in the port by then, what time are people thinking? not to early i hope? if its before 10 bugger it hehe

Squarepants

Shall we say 10 in the car park then?? I'm happy whatever but 10ish should suit most?

dandel36

hi
10 is good for me
I got a grey pug 407

itsmygame

10's good for me 2

Squarepants

Tidy, i'll be in a white Celica

billyg23

i fancy afan on boxing day.......is it still an icy snow fest up there?

we did the mendips last night and were quite literally snow bound for some of the ride. and ice bound.

i did cwmcarn a few weeks ago on a sunday night...it was mega ice.....how is cwmcarn at the moment? has it defrosted at all? have they opened the forest drive again?

dandel36

I rode cwmcarn 2 sundays ago, got as far as the road after the second bridge and called it a day some parts were ridable most just losing traction but that was in deepish fresh snow.
The road up to it will be closed for a while i would guess , after roundabout take first left and then right opposite spar follow the road round (bit narrow) it comes out opposie carpark
entrance.

cheers

billyg23

cheers mate

looking at the weather, like some others have mentioned its going to be warming right up and rainy on sunday night/monday so me and my mate are most likely hitting afan.

boxing day will be a local one up the mendips

right....eaten brekky...had a wash...what next.....ah yes....time to go empty my sack...ho ho ho

Squarepants

so whos still confirmed. I'm up for it as long as closer to the date no one says don't bother - still unrideable etc. Don't need anyone to hold my hand around but always nice to have a few riders along

dandel36

i'm still conmig, would've been out anyway . would have gone around on my own
cheers

itsmygame

im still out :P

Squarepants

pleasure..

Boys theres still quite alot of snow on the ground and I'm in Cardiff, any news what it's like there?