18-11-14, 09:01 PM
Stunning last day of my biking season. Cold, sunny and very scenic with some new top class roads explored. Well worth the petrol and with the added bonus of no walking, running or cycling or any other fit shit.
Big thanks to Dave48 for letting me know about the Mountain road to Machynlleth which was really sublime.
Did a couple hundred miles in the end going Llandovery to Beulah to Rhayader and then as far as Llanidloes before taking the B4518 for a few miles which me and Pilgo did before, and then going proper off piste only armed with a google earth image in my mind. Eventually found the Mountain road which is for sure on my favourite roads list now and I'm so chuffed i forced myself out today to find it. Such a good surface compared to the mainstream roads, very smooth and flat.
Enjoyed a nice blast back down the Welsh coast on what seemed like a set of new tyres......ok i know this is bullshit as my tyres are completely shot but I'm just trying to portray a sense that i had.....totally relaxed and feeling like the tyres were somehow rounder on the corners....the heated grips on my hands making me feel like the tyres were in fact heated.....a state of mind really....almost like i was on a lathe and turning my tyres as i rode to make them ride better...shqving them off as i went.
I've always been this way......50 miles minimum to warm up yet after a couple hundred miles I'm in the groove...& that's the tragedy of the story.....I'm getting good when I'm getting sore.......arguably id be far better on a comfier bike. I wish i could ride like that within half an hour of every ride but i just don't...that is why the thou is wasted on me.
Anyway i spent far too long taking pics but i hope i got a couple you like.
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