Anybody in south wales fancy allowing me to accompany them on a ride out?
I've done a little bit around Afan, but its a bit boring on my own.
Promise to make up for lack of fitness with boundless enthusiasm and a big box of flapjack 😀
Begging over.....
I'm always up for riding company and trust me I'm no riding god, (just ask anyone on the STW FoD gathering the other week), I regulary spin around Afan and Cwm Carn, whereabouts are you based?
(Edit; forgot to say I'm just up the road from Bridgend)
Hi where abouts in south Wales are you Im in gwent, near Brynmawr you're welcome to come along on some rides, Ian
im from blackwood out most weeks
I'm at Afan most weeks, usually a mid-week night ride and a weekend ride.
I also ride with the [url= http://www.singletrackmind.org.uk/ ]Singletrack Mind MTB club[/url] who a ride at Afan most Sundays and 'away day' rides elsewhere too. We're doing the Gap tomorrow.
Email in profile if you want to arrange something.
paulio, which night and what time do you start the mid week night ride?
The [url= http://www.mountaingoats.nildram.co.uk/ ]mountain goats[/url] ride most Saturdays all around South Wales. Good laugh, social and don't take themselves too seriously.
It depends on people's work demands but usually a Wednesday at 6.30. With a days notice I can pretty much make any night except a Thursday.
Sounds good, I may try and tag along this Wednesday coming if your out, and that's cool?
All good with me, I've just sent you an email.
Paul
let us know where you are based granny as there are various groups who ride out regularly in the area you can join up with, once you tell us the area you are in we can point you in the right direction 😉
hope to see you out there soon
I'm probably going to be riding Whites tomorrow, email in profile if you want to tag along
Thanks for the replies 😀
I live about 2 mins from a place called Crosshands(on the A48) about halfway between Afan and Brechfa 😀
Midweek is great for me as my son has a lot of rugby and footie comittments in the am at the weekends, might have to sort some better lights out though.
Also if anybody knows of a nice loop really local to me for evening excursions i'm all ears
Ron jeremy. Your e-mail in your profile doesn't seem to work? Might be me not sure.
surfydave(AT)googlemail(DOT)com
Will check profile
Thats what i typed in, my pc maybe, i'll try again 😀
granny there's a regular Swansea Wed eve ride in the Neath/Swansea/Brynammen areas usually involving Ambrose and his gang. I often join up with this bunch as it's informal but great routes and we all most always end up in a local pub for a pint and pig nuts - not good for the diet though 😉
@valleydaddy, I,m in glais so would be keen to find out more if possible.
grannygrinder, I'll keep this thread in mind if I can ever ride again. Whereabouts are you based?
I'm based in Crosshands.
Weds are mint for me as its the only evening the kids don't go somewhere. 🙄
Very interseted as Brynaman is only 20 mins up the road.
valleydaddy dont u bother with blackwood boys no more?? 😈
haha I try Chris but been riding locally to Aberdare as we have a good buch of 6 or 7 who get out regularly, similar to the Blackwood boys, plus now with 2 young kiddies time is a premium also some of the BB rides were starting at 6-6.30 so was struggling to make it there the Neath valley rides start 7pm+ so better for me.
I must get a ride in with the BB's soon though for sure - great bunch of lads 😀
plus when MTB-Wales went down the pan the ride posts stopped!!!
Do you still meet up with Bish/Tinks/IanIan/Bosh etc???
yeah me and tinks, my brother and carl went and done the gap ride the other week!! killed me lol
done a black mountains ride with ian grif, bish tinks and a few other a month or two back. i might be having another op soon so back to square one again!! gutted
grannygrinder, not meaning to ignore you on your own post, as mentioned, based in glais at the bottom of the swansea valley. new to night riding so was going to try a loop around the forest road at crynant this wed if you are interested just to get the feel of it. email in profile.
I was hoping to get in on those but home stuff was in the way I seem to remember.
I take it's your knees are giving you grief again??
lol no not now,by the looks over the years i have torn my hip flexers not to bad riding right legs pocks out a bit and can hurt but stupid things like putting my shoes on and even walking can hurt.
Just make sure you don't play them at pool Michael 😉
You must have me confused with one of those competetive types 😆
I've been threatening to join Ambrose and crew on a ride for ages.
I'm based in Ystalyfera now, so I can ride to the meeting point for the Upper Swansea Valley rides.
Only ridden once in 2 months, so I need to get out really bad. I reckon we could buddy up at the back of the group Grannygrinder.
It'd be nice to ease into night rides at a gentle pace.
Did somebody call?
Kev- the day I can keep up with you will be the day I eat that gorgeous bike you built me 😉
Grannygrinder, come and join us. We regularly ride on Weds PM, out for a laugh, never (knowingly) competetive, always looking for fun. We try to meet at 7:00 and ride for a length of time that allows us to get a pint at the end.
I'm in Garnant FWIW, working in Burry Port. Others are in Swansea, Llandybie, Llandovery, Llangadog, Brynamman, Cwm Twrch and Llandeilo. And Valleydaddy- he's from Aberdare but his visa has run out.
This Weds PM ride starting from Kim's place here:
followed by a bit of Bluegrass here: http://www.buckinn.swanseapub.com/
And we can point you at loads of local loops. Bring a map and a pencil to draw on it with.
call and he shall come 😉
I will let you know if I can make this Ambrose, I've had mumps and then laryngitus and a week on holiday so I have my excuses my friend 😥
Princess
I wish i still lived in Craigcefnparc now lol. That ride would have been do-able without the car. (it's knackered)
My wife's supermini doesn't quite cut it as a cycle transportation vehicle. It's too nice to put muddy bikes in.
I checked out that route in Ystalyfera. It's a no-go I'm afraid, it's a boggy push up for a very poor descent.
The Cwmtwrch ride could be a good un, but I've not recce'd the whole route yet.
Text me when you do your next Cwmgiedd or Abercrave ride and i'd love to join you.
Kev- Kim often drives up this way to ride with us. Jason lives in Cwm Twrch, as do Jeff and Nic- although she's full of baby at the moment. You are not short of a lift, that's for sure. Can you email me your number, I lost my phone and thus all my numbers on the Tywi track a while back.
My e-mail is mikegorslas@talktalk.net if anybody else wants to get in touch.
I was all set for doing something tomorrow, but i'm now working in Luton for the day.
I might be back or not depending on the traffic.
YGM. Good luck with the traffic- the main road into Ammanford from the M4 is shut at the moment 🙁
I will be there tomorrow with 2 others daz and ding 😉
Just converted rep mobile into bike car 😆
See you tomorrow
Tidy darts.
Is there room for an interloper/outsider on this excursion tomorrow?
Can I play too??
sure can fella lets make it the biggest chain gang ever witnessed at night 😯
Uber lumens being emitted in the Swansea valley 😀
Valleydaddy, could you forward me contact/meet details please
surfydave(AT)googlemail(DOT)com
cheers fella
ok will do 😀
cheers
Meeting in time to ride at 7:00 in the layby on the Pontardulais to Pontlliw Road. As you leave Pontardulais towards Pontlliw the Fountain pub is on your left, closely followed by a car sales place. Meeting in the layby on the other side of the road. SN 602 029, or thereabouts. The Fountain Pub probably has a website so you could get a Postcode for satnav.
argh change of location Sir??
ok will let all know 😉
is this the place?
Fountain Inn
111 Bolgoed Rd
Pontardulais, Swansea SA4 8JP
01792 881 866
Yup, change of start venue, Kim can't join us at 7:00, he'll join in later.
The Fountain Inn is a couple of hundred metres down from the layby. See you there.
ok no worries hopefully some new faces to add to the chain gang 😀