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Post by BenKMV on Mar 3, 2012 19:37:32 GMT
What a brilliant day, despite the weather being hit & miss it was still fantastic.I broke away from the peleton ;D to finish with a time of 1.48.46. I did Pen y Pass in 15.35 which i was happy with. :)Hats to to Jeff,John & Phil for riding home, sorry Phil if I upset you after i launched my Contador attack, I thought you'd give chase  .Hopefully Jeff will have some good GOPRO footage  |
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Post by oldbird on Mar 3, 2012 19:52:15 GMT
Really enjoyed today, The wind seemed to be in our face at every corner, Looking for a new seat, my bits  are a bit sore , Thanks for the company and a lift from Rupert,  |
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Post by freakychurchill on Mar 3, 2012 19:55:11 GMT
What a great day...apart from the wind, rain, sleet and hail. After nearly crashing down the pass due to a heavy and rather painful hail storm we finished our 27 miles bike ride and I cycled home with Jeff (summittoppler) so it came into a 74 mile bike ride  Due to the weather being pants I only took a few pics but Jeff took a loads with his fancy go pro. the start or finish of the 27 charity bike ride   Top of the pass   Jeff going back up the pass again  And finally after checking I did not bang my head or somehow travel back in time in that hail storm I saw these guys  turns out they where The 3rd (Foot & Mouth) Regiment or a fan club to the carry on films ...  well done all those who took part and look forward to seeing Jeffs pics and vids |
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Post by Sandi on Mar 3, 2012 20:16:38 GMT
Glad to hear you made it round safely, not the best place to have a fall off a bike  I was in two minds about doing it, as you were all on road bikes, and i don't think i'd of kept up with you all on a hardtail......even Gwyneth now has a bloody road bike  Well done everyone  |
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Post by summittoppler on Mar 3, 2012 23:56:39 GMT
Another belting day on this great charity event. We had it all, Sun, wind, rain, hail and a good craic Was good to ride with Phil, Ben, Rupert for the blast down to Nant gwynant, despite the hail But it did make you question your confidence a little going into the corners!! Good to meet Karl and see Sharon and Gwyn and whoever I met on the course. As Ben and John have said the GoPro was in action today. I had it taking pics for the first half every minute (see below for a few of them) and I put some connectors together so it was below the bars. However during the mamoth ride home (70 mile total) with John one of the connectors snapped and the GoPro was dropped in the middle of the road Lesson learnt, don't put too many adapters together as the increased vibration was obviously not good Unfortunatley anyone who has got a GoPro will soon discover they are not the best for shooting in overcast weather hence why all the official footage is in crystal blue skiesA few pics from the GP the start   Sharon & Oldbird      FreakyChurchill hitting Pen y Pass  Is it on? And the weird folk on the side of the road   And as for the video, because I had a few connectors from the bars to the cam, it was unfortunatley vibrating a bit too much  But I'll see whay I can get from it this week |
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Post by sharon on Mar 4, 2012 9:53:23 GMT
:)Great day yesterday. Thanks the Gwyn for the help round and the to my hubby who did stop and wait a couple of times for me. hope to be there next year and on my garmin i did it 2 hrs 36 but we did stop a couple of times to look at the climbers and as usual to eat soreen...
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Post by freakychurchill on Mar 4, 2012 13:17:27 GMT
Some good pics there Jeff... See you got me from my best angle I thought I would put the map on of the total ride me and Summittoppler did....  |
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Post by Rupert on Mar 4, 2012 17:34:50 GMT
Yes good ride - had never ridden any of the roads round Snowdon so wasn't really sure what to expect. The climb up to Pen Y Pass was easier than I thought (no worse than Horseshoe), but does kick up right at the end when you are getting tired. Will have to go back and try the downhill into Beddgelert on a calm day with dry roads to see what kind of speed I can get up to. Nice change to get home and hang the bike up without having to do any bike cleaning (my road bike gets cleaned about twice a year if its lucky ) Well done you guys for getting all those extra miles in. Respectable distance for this early in the year |
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Post by huw3md on Mar 5, 2012 21:35:30 GMT
We did the ride on Sunday awfull weather in the Vale of Clwyd loading the bikes ,but brilliant weather all the way round but a bit windy.
To many layers on for climbing Llanberis pass but worth it bacon buttie
in the caff at the top(would have been rude not to !)
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Post by dude on Mar 6, 2012 11:06:37 GMT
I did it Sunday as well weather was pitiful. Still got the time of 2.03 not bad Quite a big route you did fair play. Looking at the speeds I guess you did it on you mountain bikes as well |
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Post by summittoppler on Mar 6, 2012 13:15:59 GMT
Looking at the speeds I guess you did it on you mountain bikes as well And looking at your comment I guess you think you're a funny F#*k£r |
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Post by sally on Mar 6, 2012 16:49:45 GMT
Looking at the speeds I guess you did it on you mountain bikes as well And looking at your comment I guess you think you're a funny F#*k£r haha!! I needed a laugh just then- thanks Jeff ;D ;D |
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Post by freakychurchill on Mar 6, 2012 17:29:13 GMT
I did it Sunday as well weather was pitiful. Still got the time of 2.03 not bad Quite a big route you did fair play. Looking at the speeds I guess you did it on you mountain bikes as well 2.03 wow I did it in 2hrs and that included a good 10 min stop to take pictures and we where taking the ride easy due to cycling home after. But I guess you where walking with a time like that  |
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Post by oldbird on Mar 7, 2012 8:40:42 GMT
And looking at your comment I guess you think you're a funny F#*k£r haha!! I needed a laugh just then- thanks Jeff ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Phil on Mar 7, 2012 10:03:00 GMT
Didnt realise we where racing "Dude" silly me. 1.49:43 & 16:02 for the pass Couldnt hold on to Ben and his big attack over the last mile |
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are a bit sore ,
But I'll see whay I can get from it this week 
