Thinking of the route in this months MBR.
If not dose anyone want to do it with me first week September early in the morning?

yes.

yes, I’d also do it in the middle of winter and in the dark

I did last August, descending the Rangers was a bit nerve-wracking as it was getting dark and I’d forgotten my lights (LOL noob), having a riding buddy would have made it a bit more comfortable.

Do it if you’re prepared, it really is a ride to remember.

No.

Here’s my logic; it’s a mountain, not a trail centre, so if you come off you could be waiting an awfully long time for someone to scrape you up. Ok so you could be a absolute riding god but accidents still happen when you least expect them, and it’s not exactly a canal path!

Not worth the risk in my book – find a friend to ride with! 🙂

Of course I would.

probably, but I’m allergic to long drives so more likely to wait for a friend to offer me a lift 🙂

Do a lot of solo riding and there’s not been many occasions where I’ve not ridden something coz I was on my own. For some reason I did get The Fear up nan bield in the rain the other week, txt my mrs to tell her which descent I was starting and to check up on me if I didn’t reply in an hour. Skipped the step section at the bottom too 😳

Possibly the first time I’ve let anyone know (part of) my route aswell, I’m a naughty mountain user.

Here’s my logic; it’s a mountain, not a trail centre, so if you come off you could be waiting an awfully long time for someone to scrape you up.

It’s a pretty popular mountain though.

If the OP is riding early morning, his corpse will only lie there until the first walkers go up either Ranger or Llanberis paths.

Give it a few minutes and some berk will drive past in a Frontera…. There’s probably more grockles on Snowden each day than at ‘Degla.

Yes
Ride within yourself, take what protection you have, full face is a good idea. Let people know where you are going.
You’ve seen 127 hours right?
But if you have someone with you you’ll probably feel more confident and have more fun.

Don’t know which route we’re assuming here but I’d always suggest it’s better to ride with a buddy when in proper mountains, even the honey-pot ones like Snowdon.

I’ve had a close call riding Rhyd Ddu in Winter. It would have been a long time before anyone found me if I’d been alone and fallen any further than I did.

Yes. Even without a helmet 🙂

Yeah, I get the logic. I certainly wouldn’t slate anyone for riding it solo!

But would I? No.

(I have ridden it twice BTW, i’m not jumping in on a random subject 😆 )

If not does anyone want to do it with me first week September early in the morning?

Would love to but I’ll be riding around the Mont Blanc first week September.
Now that’s a mountain.
And, until a few mates decided to join me, I was going to that solo.

Yes,
I’ve ridden the more touristy routes in groups, and the more cheeky routes solo. The cheeky routes were probably more dangerous, but I don’t think the presence of another rider would have made them safer.
In fact I can think of circumstances when if I was solo I would have turned back on a mountain, but the bravado caused by being with someone else meant neither wanting to be the one who quits and ending up with the potential for more risk.

Out of interest, are there any apps out there where someone can track exactly where you are? would be good if Strava did this

I don’t think I’d ride it solo. Certainly not without having set up a failsafe end of ride call to friend/partner. I’d certainly be up for riding it first week in September. Let me know if it materialises and I’ll be there (though I’ll be in the Alps the week beforehand, so infury may be a factor in my attendance 🙂 )

No jokes along the lines of…”if I was all alone in a Russian airport I might.” Just me then.

Yes, no probs. I’d probably take it easy on the trickeir bits on the Ranger Path though.

Not seen MBR this month. Have they stuck to tradition and suggest going up Ranger or Rhyd Dhu and down Llanberis? 😉

Tried it many years ago on my own at an age where awareness of your mortality is overshadowed by a belief of being invincible :).

It was around March time, weather wasn’t great with a low cloud base but not unreasonable.
Got about halfway up and hadn’t seen a soul, weather turned to gusting wind and horizontal rain so decided to turn back (self preservation finally kicked in)

Helmet put on and just starting a nice steady roll down when whilst hopping a water bar a gust of wind grabs me and spits me off the bike.

Very lucky, winded, grazed and holes in clothing at all the pointy bits but no serious damage, but somehow managed to travel 25-30 ft further down the track than the bike whilst avoiding some very sharp sections of rock.

Go for it but take care.

Some good advice here. Thanks
Funkrodent or anyone else that fancys it ill post nearer the date.

No, but then I wouldn’t in a group either, as I’m nowhere near fit enough.

If the weather was good, yes I would.

It’s local to me, post up nearer the time and I will try and join you. What day you thinking?

Done it loads of times and a few on my own. If I do it on my own I try to stick to the major routes just due to the fact that if I do come off I will be found. The rangers isnt really one of the more used trails.

If the cloud is down dont go up. There are some pretty big drops up there and it’s so easy to fly off one.

It’s totes amazeballs in the snow. 😀

I was on the summit on Sunday at 11am, 3-4 bikers about to go down. Keep to the curfew peeps.

Keep to the curfew peeps.

Yeah this ^^ or it will end up in an outright ban.

It’s the busiest mountain in the world or so it seems. The chance of being left alone is about zero at best!

I did. But understand the risks and it will make you careful enough. It’s not adventure without risks.

Just do it.. and dont stress that you will ride off a cliff or get run over by a frontera.

One day your life will flash in front of your eyes…. just make sure its worth watching.

I’ll be in betws-y-coed from the 30th Aug till the 6th.

Yes, rode it in Feb. Bike nearly blew away at the top! 😆

If you’ve got an iPhone then share your “find my iphone” details with someone. Better still treat yourself to a Spot tracker!

Out of interest, are there any apps out there where someone can track exactly where you are? would be good if Strava did this

If you use endomondo as long as you have Internet signal it will update profile and activity as you go along so people can watch you that way.

No I wouldn’t ride it solo nor would my Oh let me having recently faced the this is 999 your fiancé has been in an accident call whilst riding my bike solo.

Yes, I ride it solo, as well as 99% of riding I do. Stick to the Llanberis path and your never alone.

So, to be off by 10 or avoid worst of crowds on way back down, what time to start off from Flanberrys? (We’ll be pushing up DH bikes)

Both times I have ridden / pushed up Llanberis it’s taken about 2.5 hours 🙂

Leave at 5am up the top by 7.30 back in Petes eats by 8, bed again by 9.30.

Took me exactly 2 hours to get up the Llanberis path, and about 30 minutes down.

Yup. I’m badass. 😉

Took me exactly 2 hours to get up the Llanberis path, and about 30 minutes down.

Only ever been up then back down Llanberis once. (‘cos Rangers is 1000x better)
2.5 hrs up 🙁
17 mins down 😀

Funkrodent or anyone else that fancys it ill post nearer the date.

Sounds like a plan. If poss please email me at ben(AT)pack-net.co.uk in case I miss the post. Cheers!