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6 Of The Best Things To Do - Cycling North Wales
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2023
- Our channel sponsor Garmin have challenged us to find the best cycling holiday locations in the UK. In todays episode, North Wales.
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Worst thing about living in North Wales .. every ride is super hilly and tough, best thing about living in North Wales... Every ride to super hilly and tough.
I love living in North Wales!
I was on that street in Harlech! The year was 1981, and I was on my epic 3-month-long walkabout which I took on my bike in France and the British Isles. I didn’t know at all that it was the steepest street. And I had panniers and a handlebar bag with all of my possessions. I was climbing and resting alternately. I didn’t make it to the top, not because I wasn’t able but because I met some people who were so intrigued with such a weird foreigner wearing a “crash helmet” while riding a “push bike,” and they invited me to visit them. (In 1981, bike helmets were new and not in widespread use.) I accepted and turned back down the hill and never made it to visit Harlech Castle. There was a college there (which is no longer there) for adults needing a second chance, and I stayed overnight and sang at a large-ish sing-along party. It’s a long-lasting memory. Now I have dreams of going back and seeing if I can make it up the hill. I bet I could, one way or another.
North Wales is a magical place, the one I enjoyed the most on that trip.
I'm definitely enjoying this video series. Lots of inspiration for future trips. I did a ride from Barmouth up the estuary to Dolgellau and then around the bottom of Cader Idris past Cregennan Lakes last time I was there which was epic by my standards. Definitely want to get up to Bala this summer.
There’s some mega climbs in North Wales, Stwlan dam, Pen-Y-Pass, Marchlyn Mawr, Llanddona hill, Harlech, Crimea Pass… that’s just off the top of my head, there’s loads.
What did you miss ? Well, in spite of being on gravel bikes, you stayed on tarmac all the time ! One of my favourite routes (and I'm biased, I live here) is heading from Ruthin up to Llyn Brenig. Minor lanes, forestry tracks, and a whopping big lake at the top, with a good cafe !
Absolute beautiful landscapes! Definitely in my top 10 places I will visit with my bike.
Saludos desde Colombia.
Sorry, 2 more! Llanddona beach to the Owain Glyndwr pub, cud make it a circuit as there’s two climbs from the beach. Next… Nant Gwrtheyrn language Centre to Lllithfaen village, Alpine is the word…Alpine!!! Enjoy Boyos!
Bloody loving the format! The clear hard work is paying off in my opinion
Did a great cycle tour last September starting on the Wirral along the fabulous coastal path to Conway; through Snowdonia to Machynlleth; round coast to Aberystwyth; across to Rhayader via Elan valley, and back up via Newtown and Shrewsbury. Loads of great roads and scenery.
We’ll done Guys! What a great video. Baldwin Street in New Zealand still the steepest street in the world. Maybe you should come and try it out!
Bad ass dude! Welcome to North Wales! You visited some of the best sites!.
1. Ynys Môn has some awsome roads although very flat. Why not cycle around the island.
2. Llandudno's Gogarth is a very good loop.
3. Llanberis climb or decent Pen y Pass.
4. Old Roman Road from Bethesda to Llyn Ogwen.
Next time give them a go!
Llanddona hill on Ynys Môn is 35% 😮
@@SecwetGwiwer Yeah, Ynys Mon is most definitely not flat. Anything south of the A55 isn't too bad, but I nearly threw up at the top of Penmynydd
😅 there are some steep hills.. but id say more flat than hilly.
Proud Gog (North Walian) here. There is fantastic riding throughout the area, but it especially caters for really punchy riders due to the amount of short but very steep climbs littered around. There are some great ones heading up out of the Vale of Clwyd in the North East, if you base yourself in Ruthin or nearby. These include Bwlch Penbarras, Moel Arthur and The Shelf which are all in Simon Warren's 100 Climbs. There is also an absolutely savage one which less people know about called Allt Gwaenysgor coming out of Prestatyn which reaches 33%. Amazing view over the sea from the car park at the top. The climb up Ty Gwyn Road to the top of the Great Orme in Llandudno was used as a summit finish in Tour of Britain, Van Aert beat Alaphilippe up there. Marine Drive around the Great Orme is also stunning.
If these are a bit too savage, stick to the main valley roads in Snowdonia, where you will still need to climb but gradients aren't too threatening. The climb up from Beddgelert to Pen Y Pass is so beautiful and even better as a descent looking over Llyn Gwynant.
Hellfire pass connects Tegid and Vyrnwy, a loop that's been on my Rhayader for quite some time. North wales can be divided up into so many sections that it's hard to feature them all. The Tyfi coast road and Neigwl bay are two big misses from this video. Great work as always, remember mid and south wales exist as well.
My list of climbs to do in Wales are the Devil's Elbow, Devil's Staircase, Hellfire Pass, Gospel Pass, Y Tymbl, and the Cowlyd. I believe the highest is the easiest.
Bwlch Y Groes (Hellfire pass) is the toughest ascent and goes from Dinas Mawddwy on the south side. From the top you can turn off down to Lake Vyrnwy or go straight on down Cwm Cynllwyd to Llyn Tegid. The Hirnant pass, from the North end of Lake Vyrnwy, is the other way over to Bala so you could do a loop climbing one and descending the other (and throw in a lap of Lake Vyrnwy if you wish, it's completely flat). The back road from Bala north west to Ffestiniog is a stunner and has very little traffic.
But there's more to North Wales than Eryri / Snowdonia. Nearby Anglesey and the Llŷn peninsula are much less hilly and have good roads with terrific views. The Tour de Môn sportive takes place on Anglesey each year and if you've watched the Tour of Britain in recent years you will have seen that a lap of the Great Orme at Llandudno is great too. There are so many lovely routes in North Wales to list but many of the ones in Snowdonia are far too busy in summer to be truly enjoyable on a bike.
Did you guys switch of autocorrect when you typed this?.. 😆
Marchlyn Mawr closed road climb, Nant Gwrtheyrn closed road climb and for those who like flatter cycling (small punchy climbs) the Llyn Peninsula lots of amazing little lanes and beaches.
Garmin needs to send you around the world, like your style of presentation!
Garmin needs to send you to Dunedin in New Zealand to do a comparative "Steepest Street" challenge. There is some great riding around you guys indeed.
Simply incredible scenery there, but *get out of the way* Jimmi. And Welsh words always look misspelled, it's wild.
On the street: New zealand was said to have the steepest one for decades, than Wales came in but they cheated (loophole imo) with measuring and so it was given back to the one in NZ
I like what you’re doing with the channel, but I also really liked the old videos that felt like a hang session during a ride with some good folks
no doubting the time and energy that is going into the channel, but I feel it’s at risk of becoming too similar to GCN. The reason I followed the channel was that it offered something different from the top gear style of GCN
Thank you for doing my little bit of the world justice, some amasing riding around here. You missed of the Great Orme climb and Pen Y Pass both are nice rides with incredible views!
Love the new format, interaction with Jimmi & the slapstick humour. Oh yeah, also the bike stuff.
Wales 🏴 is great and so was this. I’ve holidayed there twice in the last few years and the cycling was brutally beautiful as was the coastline, countryside, go visit , you will not be disappointed.
Might be the best video yet in the series! Had a lovely vacation in North Wales about a decade ago - had a pint of Purple Moose Snowdonia Ale (Cwrw Eryri) at the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn and it tasted glorious.
Slate mine descent in Llanberis and (the ranger path too) for some off-road treats.
You're making me homesick! You can't beat North Wales for riding :)
Love Snowdonia, hiked it with packs but the riding looks awesome too... thanx!!!
I love that jersey, Francis
Marchlyn Mawr (a.k.a Electric Mountain) near Llanberis another closed road to a hydro dam which also has another stunning climb if you turn off halfway up
Love it! Cowlyd is one of my local climbs ! Great video guys
Rhyl 2p machines in Les Harkers !!! Always win a Prize !
You missed one! But it’s more Mtb TBH. Abergwyngregin up to the Drum Mtn, at almost 3,000ft. A good chunky gravel bike could do it I guess. Tarmac for about 50% then over the gate it’s a Roman rd, then up… Up… and UP!!!
Decent loop round lake Vyrnwy which on the whole is fairly flat ! Great if you dont like climbing and there's a cafe on route 👍🚲
Man I really wish I was fit enough for this sort of thing! Love the country, and were I hiking with a rucksack I'd have no problems, but at 115kg, two wheels make me look a total washout!
For reference, I recently attempted two local climbs to me (Bristol), the first being Backwell Hill road, the second being Belmont Hill. The first is 2.72km long and 150m climb - with the worst of it about 20% or so. The second is 1.37km long and 110m climb, with the worst of it more like 17-18% as I recall.
Backwell totally stopped me dead. Keeled over the handlebars and had to wait a good 5 minutes before cracking on with the second half. Belmont I managed, but I was in the lowest gears I had and pretty knackered by the top!
Perhaps one day I'll have the fitness and strength to ride some of these magnificent and picturesque climbs, but they're a total fantasy for me right now!
Loving the series!! Saw you in London filming and thought you must be going there sometime too
Croeso i Cymru Francis and Jimi - and great Welsh pronunciations by the way :) The Harlech climb is a beast, used to be our local hill time trial. So many superb rides possible around Snowdonia, but you covered some of the really good ones, really well too :)
The beginning was ridiculous (ridiculous,ridiculous!!!)!!!!😂
More of this content, please! Should you come to Canada, would love to meet. Cheers!
I am really enjoying your new format as it is inspiring me to vacations in England by bicycle, thank you for content
I've ridden the street in New Zealand, and hope to ride the one in Wales someday soon. You know it's steep when it gets scary haha. Great video as always guys!
Great videos guys, if anything they are too short to truly show the quality of riding in the area.
But appreciate you are there for only one day?
If you are thinking of going to these locations, I think with 4-5 days riding time you should be able to squeeze a good portion of great riding in - both off and on road.
"It's so steep it's scary" - I can relate 100% lol. Stwlan Dam, absolute gem. Shoutout to Chris Hall for his epic challenge on it! Cowlyd, one of the hardest climbs in Europe I'd say, and it is famous, but only in Wales I think!
Baldwin Street also is dead straight and has no bends. It’s ferocious … there are steps up the side of it
lovely format ❤ as you suggested in the podcast, take more time and a camper van to not burn out
Now you have to go to Hawaii to have Jimmi pronounce the state fish, the Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa.
Great Video! Very informative
Well I might manage the Bala lake, but all that climbing? Perhaps you could find more rides for us mortals.
North Wales also has a nice collection of narrow gauge railways such as Ffestiniog and Bala lake to name but two for when you're recovering from all that climbing!
"We're convinced"...and now so am I! Short,fun format...love it 👍
Try Afon Ddu, which is a couple of Km north of the Cowlyd. That is next level difficult.
I enjoy this type of content
North Wales looks like fun😊 great vid guys, keep them coming👍
Awesome vid guys
Love these videos
Great video!
At Llan Fair PG you have to wave the train down at the station for it to stop
Excellent really enjoying the new format
Looks beautiful but savage. Great series, would love another
Like the new style videos. Try Allt Y Gwernant - Llangollen; 13% up onto the tops, steep and quiet. Hard-ish, Although I was fully loaded bike packing trip. Awesome views along the top road across the valley.
Great series. Short, sharp, punchy and engaging. I've learnt lots about climbs I will never do! 🤣
Great video Guys! 👏. Wales undoubtedly has some fantastic climbs for the cyclist to try ( and enjoy!)
As an expat I'd agree that the UK has great bridleways, b roads and canal paths it's almost unique and something I really miss about Britain. The only thing that's gone downhill is the road surface quality and that does drop the ranking from very good to very average. If the govt gets the road surfaces sorted then more people might consider cycling.
Bring back the milk race 😊
It's different with you two being all Judith Chamers.Useful info for weekends away. Though as you said in the podcast try and give yourselves a bit more time to do it. Hope you both had a nice week off.
Cool, nice things to do next year after Grindur... Wait, am I gonna climb all of this singlespeed??
The best thing about this video and all the others you’ve done is that you haven’t even scratched the surface!
i always appreciate the brave souls who suffer for our entertainment
Great content. Best cycling channel on YT. Keep up the good work!
What about some links, so we can find these climbs?
Maybe I could manage the Bala circular!!
I've been to Wales three times and never seen the sun whilst there.
I live here - just been on the turbo whilst looking out the window at the rain. But when it's nice, it's glorious
One in XL would be amazing
Beautiful 😍 I think I must visit GB again 👍
Love these videos. Keeping notes
After hearing the latest podcast, kudos on the road trip!
My parents live a 100 meters from the base of that street I’ve ridden it on my emtb and that was hard enough
These videos are fun, I like them
Hey! Hellfire Pass is nearby Kanchanaburi/Thailand!!
Loving these videos. Keep up the good work fellas.
You completely missed out Anglesey!! Surely a loop around Anglesey should be a must?
Loving this content, it's what you do best in my opinion. Some great looking riding available almost on your doorstep. Sure the Alps and Dolomites are great but it takes much more organisation and money. Adventure can be local!
I don't know if you missed anything in North Wales, but I did enjoy the video and new format.
Safe, rural streets and gravel rides are typically a pain to get to in the United States. Be grateful for what you have in England/Wales/Scotland
Random placename Jimmy was amazing,
Loving the video series but this one was a bit climb obsessed. But it mirrors my experience, I am not a climber and it nearly killed me cycling around there 😂
I live in Central Florida. For reference, the hightest point in the entire state (excluding some bits in the panhandle) is less than 400 feet high. Needless to say, we're not the best climbers. Even on the bikes you rode with the dinner plate sized cassettes, there is no way my 100kg self is making it up those climbs. Good on ya!
This wee series has been most excellent, more please 🙂
You went to Llanfair P.G on Ynys Môn and you didn’t go to Llanddona hill!… (just down the road) it’s 35%!
Was expecting to see you on the Llanberis Pass (up & down) past Pen-Y-Pass YHA.
Francis...I crashed hard today , many injuries ....have you ever ? And...what kept you sane ? No riding , or much at all , for a bit now . Thanks for this series , and ALL that you do , and have done . I will probably start from the beginning again , I'll have the time
Hi, guys great content, it would be good if you guys had komoot , so we could follow you guys and see routes please 👊🏾
Great series guys!
Recognise a lot of the names there but only been mtbing round the area.
Need to see what its like on the road bike next time!
So my takeaway from this is if you can't climb don't go to North Wales.
... without an ebike
Or, if you can't climb, like me, go to North Wales and just keep riding until you become a climber.
Just do the same tour they did, but in reverse! Start at the nice, peaceful lake, then everything after that is speedy downhill runs (admittedly ending with a downhill so steep you'll probably die, but hey that's why it's at the end)
Hi guys what gears do you recommend on great adventure
Love what your currently doing
@@Grant-bu4nji live near Wrexham and have a 50/34 crank and 34/11 cassette.
I'd say that's absolute minimum for me. I'm debating getting a 46/30 and potentially a derailleur extended, especially for post winter.
I love these videos, very cool =]
Cracking coverage of North Wales, what a place! Will Jimmi be making a return to his old stomping grounds of South Wales for a review? 😂
Love the climb without any cars as that would make it so much easier and the beautiful surface.. I think hills with smooth roads are easier to climb
Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. Google it. Great video though.
When you're out of breath and the camera man is on an ebike😂
Stwlan Dam 😅
Given you have cycled in Australia and the USA, it’s time you went to New Zealand to film a Lord of the Chainrings series, and compare steepest streets.
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Wales, for the uninitiated, is another country! (Unless of course, you live in Wales)