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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Events, Meets, Ride outs etc => Topic started by: brooker81 on 20 January 2015, 10:41:29 am
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Weekend run out with me dad and Woodsey80 2 nights stop and 3 days ride.
These are the rough routes below can any of u guys suggest and roads/routes we should take or area's to avoid. Dates are to be confirmed but if u live anywhere on the routes feel free to join up with us.
1st night stop- Cardigan Bay Area.
2nd night stop - Swansea/Cardiff.
Route1
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Route 2
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I will document/Picture routes for future rides out. As i did in my Scotland trip.
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Hey Brooker
Good to see you planning a Wales trip.
Just some ideas, obviously its your trip so ignore them if you like but coz youve asked.
When i get more time ill detail a few nice bits but for starters i'd avoid the M4 from Carmarthen onwards coz you can go from carmarthen eastwards through mid wales to llandovery & from then on theres a few nice routes to go either buith wells, newtown or from llandovery to brecon to abergavenny, until you get to Leominster, slimwilly is from Leominster so he can advise closer to there. But to do Wales on the M4 isnt any fun even if it is a direct route.
Also from Aberystwyth down the coast road to Cardigan if it's the end of the day you'll have some mega sun in your eyes and no visor or sun glasses will shield you enough it is really bad and because of the road and the coastal geography you dont get much respite from it, last time i had my arm fully extended forwards above my head like superman just to block it a tiny bit to see where i was going, the cars were all blinded too.....could be an idea to do the route in reverse to stop this because mid wales llandovery westwards at the end of a day isnt quite as glary from the sun due to more twisty nature and being inland there's more sun blocking suff like hills and trees.
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noggy is correct avoid the m4 at all cost, take his route. m4 is shite.
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Aberystwyth inland - A44 then A470 to Rhayder is a cracking road, and not much traffic.
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Thanks for all the info. Taken into account. We will be at Cardigan for Early Afternoon so hopefully sun wont be an issue. M4 will deffo be avoided.
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I cant see the detail on the screenshot of the map but it looks like you're now destined for Haverfordwest where i live via the Presseli Mountain road, i live on this road at the Haverfodwest end and it is stunning, presselis are steeped in history and linked to stone henge and the road is technical but very fun, a couple nice corners have gravel usually washed to the middle though. Its the B4329.turn off is after Cardigan and just after a village called Eglwyswrw, theres a Murco service station at the turn off.
Actually its a shame if you're in Pembs i cold recommend the coastal road from Haverfordwest to Newgale to St Davids to Fishguard and then back to Eglwyswrw but i appreciate that time is limited, if i happend to be off and the bike was fine then id be happy to lead yous around on that stage.
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3,4,5 July so if u can plan some days it would be great to meet up we satying in cardigan the night of the 3rd of July. Dont be thinking of coming over to cardigan to steal me quickshifter or ill steal your bellypan.
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Yes, nice tour around you got there, the route will depend on the kind of riding you are doing, steady,looking around, stopping for pictures etc or zooming along enjoying the bends :lol
A49 is a major trunk road, South Wales to North Wales, so lots of traffic moving at about 40mph.
So some smaller roads with less traffic will actually be faster.
But i can sure sort some routes out,oh and stop by for a tea,,if i am not out with you already. :)
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Yeah will deffo slimwilly and Noggy sometime on the trip and will take u up on a brew around leominster.
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Get to Pembrokeshire and do the coast road and the Preseli mountain roads, Gwaun valley is good too. And there's no speed cameras.
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god,s country, shame about the rugby team.
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i`m shit at uploading pics etc
but been to wales a few times
a 483 newton to builth wells is fantastic road then onto a40 rahadar then take mountain road abberistwyth
fantastic route
theres also a place called lynne briane excellent views
i`ll dig my old routes out and let you know the road numbers and towns they pass through etc
did have a route for north wales but it`s more supermoto stuff :lol
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you gotta go through brecon beacons mate megga roads :) :)
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Brecon Beacons is scamera city, watch out for em.
Having said that, this is the best of the roads crossing the Beacons imo:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8580492,-3.8142688,12z (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8580492,-3.8142688,12z) (A4069)
Not seen any scameras there yet.
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from cardigan take the a484 then turn left onto b4570 until you get to N. Emlyn. take the a475 to lampeter then a482 to llandovery
oop north the a4212 from bala to dolgellau is a blinding road. (PB used to test there) and the b4391, used to be my personal test track.
the a470 between trawsfynedd and dol is speed trap city.
the a44 is laugh but can be well policed.
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less than 5 week till departure anyone fancy a meetup on the way round? :woot
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less than 5 week till departure anyone fancy a meetup on the way round? :woot
Ill take a blast up after work just for the crack, have myself some fish & chips & get bak before it gets dark.
Sunset is 2140hrs on 3rd July :sun 8)
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yep be around Llangrannog/Cardigan from around 6pm on the friday the 3rd.
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Well if you can ,keep us posted of where you are and where you intend to be going :)
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sent you a text mate,
weather aint the greatest tonight so suggest I meet yous in the morning and can lead you this way over the Presselis if that tickles your fancy????
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Just searched the regional forecast:-
Regional forecast for Wales
Heavy, thundery downpours overnight. Dry on Saturday.
This Evening and Tonight:
Dry to start this evening before heavy showers and thunderstorms move northwards across the country with hail, squally winds and some torrential downpours in places. Drier conditions follow from the south later. Minimum Temperature 16°C.
Saturday:
A cloudy start with patchy rain soon clearing to the north. Dry after this with warm sunny spells developing and staying fine into the evening. Breezy near the coast. Maximum Temperature 20°C.
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just to point out if you got time, there is car hot rodin at pendine sands tomz morning, 150 of them. it looks good I seen them on the way down today, germ france pole,s etc etc,
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You should add a spin around the Gower peninsula from Swansea.
I grew up on the Gower and it is absolutely amazing bike territory.
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Looks like brooker got ambushed by goblins
I told him not to get off his bike.......pitfall of owning a gen 2 he must've needed fuel....im not helping him i just live here....ill be buying the parts of his bike off the goblins :b
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Hello !!!! where are you ???? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Watch out for the goblins
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It's been Fucking awesome riding great roads and fingers crossed no horrid little speed traps as yet. Weather has been brilliant but I'm thinking we will get piss wet through today at some point I've had fuck all signal since I got here and pretty much no wifi also the beer has flowed far too well at night to do any write ups pictures to follow. The bike did 44mpg yesterday which I'm well happy with.
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Well,, I don't believe it,,,,you got a signal in Wales :eek,, must mark that on a map as a no go area,,,we love not being contacted in Wales.. :lol
Good, so where are you?
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In Neath at the moment and heading up towards brecon, Builth Wells,newtown,Oswestry and onward home hopefully the weather will stay good for us been so lucky so far.
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In Neath at the moment and heading up towards brecon, Builth Wells,newtown,Oswestry and onward home hopefully the weather will stay good for us been so lucky so far.
Get shifting mate its pissing down her and some thunder thrown in too :(
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Made it back no rain. So happy great trip no points. Great roads great people loved it. Pics to follow
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:useless
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Hope you got the Wales bug now Brooker....like Nick always says there are so many roads to explore.
shame I didn't meet you in the end.......sounded like you were busy getting into Cardigan, I was working shifts, weather promised to be shit and then ended up not being too bad.....in the end I thought foc it until the next time when im at least off to properly enjoy it.
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That yellow one looks fast :D
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That yellow one looks fast :D
Not in the company of a Gen 2 it doesn't :b
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Wasnt that fast on the a438 Builth well to Newtown fucking awesome road proper cracked on through that section.
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Ha Brooker, you found our local Nurberg ring :D
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Ha Brooker, you found our local Nurberg ring :D
Hedgeburgring :lol
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Wasnt that fast on the a438 Builth well to Newtown fucking awesome road proper cracked on through that section.
Glad youfound this road and, more importantly, RODE IT :lol
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Is this Where you had your off Nick? I rode the shit out of that road really really enjoyed it passed a few round there too which i was more than happy about.
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Picture number 6 looks like it was taken in Lampeter. I love those roads around there. The roads back to Carmarthen and Llandovery from there are awesome.
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Picture number 6 looks like it was taken in Lampeter. I love those roads around there. The roads back to Carmarthen and Llandovery from there are awesome.
I still havent done these roads...im sure someone said the lampeter to carmarthen had speed cameras on it so that put me off?
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Is this Where you had your off Nick? I rode the shit out of that road really really enjoyed it passed a few round there too which i was more than happy about.
Yes, about 2 miles from Newtown. And it wasn't even to do with the nature of the road, but a stupid off because of a stupid lapse of concentration at relatively low speed. Been back and enjoyed it again since though, and will be back again :)
PS I challenge anyone to try NOT to ride the shit out of that road :lol
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Picture number 6 looks like it was taken in Lampeter. I love those roads around there. The roads back to Carmarthen and Llandovery from there are awesome.
I still havent done these roads...im sure someone said the lampeter to carmarthen had speed cameras on it so that put me off?
I don't think so (at least I hope not).
I did that road back in April and I haven't received a NIP yet :) .
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Grayo your right it is Lampter.