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anonymousblackfg
anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
edited July 2014 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Anyone out there able to point me in the direction of a 100k route in this neck of the woods, everything tinternet has shown me is heading from Llangollen NE up to chester?
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  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    Are you starting in Llangollen? Are you after the hills or just anything? You have worlds end and Horseshoe pass on the doorstep.

    A Snowdonia suggestion.. http://connect.garmin.com/course/5838699

    Areas which are good should you wish to make your own, The shelf to Ruthin / Loggerheads / Maeshafan

    Llyn Brenig to Denbigh is a nice area to cycle around

    Bala is another nice area to head to - Bwlch y Groes for a climb.
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  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    I'll be based in Llangollen and only have the Sunday morning to make a break for 100k, I am thinking I should fit in some proper hills given i'm near some for once...

    Thanks for the help so far.
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    http://www.strava.com/routes/519675

    Up over the pass, down the shelf (great descent but be aware it is narrow) over the top of Ruthin, the climb up to Moel Arthur. Back towards Loggerheads (Cafe if needed) then towards The Steps, up and over worlds end. Then either carry on down (watching out for the stream at the bottom which can ruin a day) or go out across the Panorama route.

    http://www.strava.com/routes/519695

    Another option, this is coming out of Denbigh to Llyn Brenig, but I would be tempted to go the other way due to the great descent into Denbigh and climb up to Horseshoe via the shelf.

    Knowledge of Bala area isn't fantastic but could ask a club mate for a ride if you wanted that way.
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  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,706
    Another recommendation for Llyn Brenig/Denbigh area. I recently rode the Rhyl CC 37 mile mountain time trial and it was fabulous. Nothing too steep, but great roads and superb views. Denbigh-Llyn Bran-Llyn Brenig-Cerrigydrudion-Ruthin-Denbigh.
    The Brenig Bach audax appears to go over this way from Corwen:
    http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/14-942/

    Or you could you construct a ride from bits of the Etape Cymru route, Frank Kinlan's Aqueduct audax or the Fibrax-Wrexham RC 32, which starts outside Llangollen and goes up the Horseshoe Pass.
    Aqueduct - http://connect.garmin.com/page/activity ... yId=148408
    FWRC 32 - http://www.strava.com/activities/134762460
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  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    This is one of my favourite weekend routes. I ride out of Chester so it starts and finishes there, but it's about 100km and takes in some of the best climbs in the area (Steps, World's End, Horseshoe, Ruthin Bwlch, Loggerheads) for a total of 1700m vertical. You might want to add the Panorama, Shelf, Moel Arthur, etc, if you've got the legs for it, in place of the Chester leg. Beautiful scenery to enjoy.

    http://www.strava.com/routes/542452

    Or you could ride the Etape Cymru course, which you'll find on their website.
  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Cheers all, I have Vermin's loop in the Garmin and i'll see if I need divert to see my Nan on route...
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.
  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Cheers all, I have Vermin's loop in the Garmin and i'll see if I need divert to see my Nan on route...

    When are you riding it? Or have you done it already?

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