At the start of July I attended the European Congress on Magnetic Resonance in Bilbao, Spain. Fortunately I had a bit of time to explore the area on my bike first, and took my cameras with me. Here’s a terrible video of my experience.
Strava Day One: https://www.strava.com/activities/11759612278
Strava Day Two: https://www.strava.com/activities/11765289382
Strava Day Three: https://www.strava.com/activities/11773941352
And the actual routes I wanted to do (with the worst bits removed):
Day One Plan:https://www.strava.com/routes/3249251781339334810
Day Two Plan: https://www.strava.com/routes/3200837393167498800
Day Three Plan: https://www.strava.com/routes/3235634825639253002
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Me about to comment on the lightening then realising it's your light 🙉
To note I also have a fear of cows which stems from a incident of me on a bike riding home on Red Hill Rd whislt the farmer walks his cows down the hill straight towards me with nowhere to go and feeling like I was about to get assaulted by a gang or heard of cows
We rode down that road on your day 3 ,on motorcycle on way down to the port.
Lots of mountain biking routes , definitely will return with mountain bikes.
Gone tubeless with my latest bike and was a little anxious after hearing all the negativity. But my experience so far is positive. One ride I picked up 3 punctures, my guess was while going up and over Bwlch-Y-Groes, but I didn't even notice until I stopped for the loo in Llangynog after riding via Vyrnwy and Llanfyllin. The tyres wouldn't stay at my 70psi for the rest of that particular ride, but once topped up with sealant they were were fine again. All good so far in my opinion and not too much faff really.
Super cool to see, not what I thought riding around there was like at all! Cows always find a way to thwart things no matter the country (and cow dogs 🤣) Thanks for sharing!
Haha loving the resilience mate
Tubeless ftw mate. I did one big event on a wheelset I hadn't yet converted to tubeless and got 3 flats. Converted them to tubeless, got one flat on my 230k ride, but sealed quite quickly, and a bit of pumping later was on my way again. Only had to top of the sealant once I got home.
Your fascination with those 20% climbs is still quite beyond me 🙂 I'm real happy on roads that don't exceed 8% (an occasional 10% is fine). Especially when descending that's much more enjoyable, then some nice and flowing roads with good tarmac… 😍😍😍 Think I'm describing most Alpine climbs 🙂 Like the Gotthard I did a few weeks ago. Love that sort of thing. I'm crazy slow uphill, but still like it. Then the reward comes in the form of an epic downhill.
btw, are you planning to meet up (and cycle) with Ben when you go to Aussieland?