Decent routes near Bangor Nth Wales

Graham K

Hopefully if the weather behaves I will be having a few days near Bangor with the bikes, Anybody got any decent routes or towns to head for,
On the list so far are to go down and around the Orme, and go up towards Betsy Coed.

Cheers.

ethanhayes

Could try riding around snowdon. Ride up to LLanberis, around to Beddgellert, on to llanrug and back to Bangor. Should be around 100km with 800m of climbing-ish.
Some pleasing quiet country roads on Anglesey as well.

Don't follow the standard route to LLanddudno. It's boring, flat and mostly along the A55. There are plenty of alternative ways up in the hills to get there

Gizmodo

I was on holiday near Betws-y-Coed recently and rode this route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2508173

It may be a bit too far south for you but the hills were spectacular, nothing too steep, but plenty of work.

It was recommended to me by ben16v who I think lives in the area. You might want to PM him for suggestions.

deadhead1971

The Etape Eryri route might be useful to you, and you can get a GPS file too:
http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_2728408.html

You can't really go wrong - it's North Wales (ok, so i live there...)

rpherts

Graham K wrote:

Hopefully if the weather behaves I will be having a few days near Bangor with the bikes, Anybody got any decent routes or towns to head for,
On the list so far are to go down and around the Orme, and go up towards Betsy Coed.

Cheers.

I thought Betsy had moved away.

morpheus_p

bit of a drive east but Boardmans ride http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... k-1Phc-WS8 in the dee valley is good fun includes the Horseshoe pass and the worlds end

ben16v

hey, how far do you want the ride to be? i can suggest some crackers! (cheers gizmondo)

elderone

For scenic/coastal I would go from bangor to trefor then across to morfa nefyn and as far down the llyn as you want to ride.Some good hills,stunning sea views and quiet roads mostly.

passout

Over Llanberis pass and chapel curig area hold happy cycling memeories for me...

ddarkeh

You also have Anglesey very scenic, check out the sister Sportive to the Eryri Etape

http://tourdemon.co.uk/content/event-information