The PFOP was closed 2 weeks ago anyway, so may not be any need to make a diversion.
( the Beast/DB one, not the RedBull one)
Just keep an eye out on Penmachno. We went through what looked like a puddle, but it was actually up over our knees ! Stopped us dead. We did laugh, but the bikes looked like swamp things. You'll need to give everything a good service after that, definitely check BB, hubs jockey bearings.
Bookmarking this for a future trip planing.
This is basically how I like all my riding. Spoon fed modern speed on obviously lines is absolutely fine – ai do my fair share of that- but the satisfaction of acheiving ‘tech-flow’ trumps it.
Swings and roundabouts, I enjoy the last few descents down to Glyncorrwg at Afan because they're steep, rocky and technical, but achievable.
Conversely there's a few flatter bits early on where it's just "can I please just have this with some momentum to make it enjoyable?"
I enjoy a good technical descent, and I enjoy a good technical climb, but contouring round something just breaks my soul!
I rode the obvious mix of Temtiwr and Cyflym Coch yesterday (do it as a figure of eight to avoid the dull fire road return on on Cyflym Coch) starting from Cae'n y Coed. It means when it's done it's easy to add the decent bits of the blue in or climb up the fire roads for the Adams family sections of red or False teeth and Bugsy off the blacks.
