I live localy to Cadair, but have never cycled it before. Ive always put it down to bad weather or a hangover or friends pulling out, so this time I set a date and went for it.

Its a cracking ride, and the first craggy section of down hill, as seen in Dan atherton’s back country video is amazing to ride.

Heres the vid and endomundo stats 🙂

http://www.viewbix.com/v/Cadair-Idris-epic-ride-/41711fa3-f07c-48d0-a7d7-98c36812ced7

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/hrg6a3BDYLwEndomundo stats

…or here for the video

it’s a cool mountain. I thought when I walked up it “I’m sure you could get a bike up this!” Good on ya, that can’t be easy!

it wasnt, lol, worth it though 🙂

Sweet. That’s one mountain I never managed whilst I lived in North Wales, on bike or foot – looks like a hoot!

Have done it several times from Abergynolwyn, usually during Feb half term. Only once was it a total washout all other times it has been simply EPIC!

Ill deffo be going up again, used the 29er hard tail this time, but will take the Roscoe full sus next time, that top section justifies it!

My favourite mountain – scorching hot summers day, sat in the river just down from the lake pretending it’s a refrigerated jacuzzi 😀

Quite a loose surface for riding down though?

I enjoyed the top 1/2 but the bottom’s not so great unless you go down the footpath, which, on a good day is likely to be a bit cheeky. We had wind and a bit of rain so we had it pretty much to ourselves.
Those cliffs are something to behold!

Great innit! I went up and down your descent. I’d love to ride it again. I think MIL is due a visit.

Yeah, Cadair’s great! I rode it back in the early ’90s on my old Cindercone, complete with AT4s and really poor cantilever brakes.
About time I had another go, I reckon! Only walked it since then.