Back to the original question:
Yes, it's well worth doing. Go up the Snowdon path (roughly following the railway). Either come back down that way, or If you want more technicality choose between the Ranger or Rhyd Ddu. The Ranger is superb, but I'm yet to ride Rhyd Ddu.
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Remember to plan for the weather. Take plenty of extra clothes and water proofs. It will be 10deg C cooler at the summit than in Llanberis. It will also be windy and probably raining. Oh, and although the guy in the photo looks like he's dressed for and having a nice XC ride, it IS steep and rocky. He's just a bit good.
Enjoy!
Anyone know if the pyg track is doable / worthwhile? Haven;t been up there in years but from memory after the 1st 100m or so I seem to remember it being pretty rolling. could be naff memory though!
Dunno, but I interpreted this as a concept that you might be intending on finding out?
Fadda - you reckon it would be ridable as a descent?
This makes it look that you were really interested....
unfortunately before the voluntary ban finishes so i'm sure that'll make it interesting?!
And this from futureisorange also seemed to imply that they were planning on taking no notice of the ban.
So I guess those two points from you, and the one from orange fella made it fairly clear you were contemplating attempting it. Given the fact that you're asking indicates you're not from round there. Not that this is a problem in itself, more that in arsing about up there you'd be pissing on someone else's already contentious doorstep. I was merely highlighting how thin a line riders must tread up there.
Nice quotes to affirm your argument Zokes.
Would you now like to provide a quote after it was established that the Pyg track was a footpath?
No thats right there arn't any are there?
And where exactly does futuresorange state he's going to ignore the ban?
The only comment he makes was that it would be interesting. I took that to mean it was going to be an early or late ascent, but i'm not stood on my soapbox waiting to strike.
Again can you highlight any points that justify your offensive comments?
And if you hadn't noticed I started this thread highlighting the ban and being able to ride from October onwards so why exactly am I a **** & moron?
Would you now like to provide a quote after it was established that the Pyg track was a footpath?
Sorry, I guess you must have missed the bit where a simple look at an OS sheet confirms what is / isn't a footpath. I'd assumed that anyone looking to ride a new area might have considered this as a logical first step in establishing where to go in a busy National Park. They're easily accessible [url= http://www.just****inggoogleit.com/ ]here[/url] though... HTH
Oh zokes, back down. Just because some tourists have pissed you off when you use to live closeby, doesn't give you the right to come steaming in with personal insults based on your interpretation of comments made.
I was following this thread I was interested in riding Snowdon myself. Shame its just another perfectly good thread lost to bickering and insults. 🙁
There's a full length headcam of the Rangers in two parts on [url= http://www.youtube.com/user/littlegoogbunny#p/u/19/m822wdtaq3M ]YT[/url].
Or maybe a logical step would be to start a thread on a chat forum of a popular mountain bike website to gain advice from like minded individuals. The kind of useful advice that has been provided by people on this very thread.
Are you honestly trying to defend your obnoxious behaviour on the basis that I am a **** and moron for not fully researched an area before ever bringing it to the forum?
I now see that trying to have an intelligent argument is beyond you. I shall therefore resort to your level.
You sir are the king of the ****s.
Thanks to everyone who provided useful information and an enthusiastic response. I won't be reading anymore of this thread though.
unfortunately before the voluntary ban finishes so i'm sure that'll make it interesting?!
How do you do it before the voluntary ban finishes without breaking it?
I read this as ignoring the ban as it is also time and date limited.01/05 -30/09 10-5. To do it before the ban finishes you would have to ride when the ban applies or you are not doing it before the ban finishes are you?
We speak about MXERS and 4x4 runing trails yet we ride footpaths and then ignore voluntary bans. Perhaps if we were more responsible other countryside users would not view us as we view the aforementioned. Having ridden it I dont think it would be safe with lots of wlakers on the hill. Some part are so steep and loose that quicl braking /stopping is not going to happen and it would ruin your fun and endager other people.
seriously this place bores me sometimes.
Why are you trying to stoke the fire Junkyard?
You can misread other peoples words how ever you want. The poster of that quote has already confirmed that is not what he meant so why are you using a quote out of context to jump on your soapbox?
By all means highlight the ban as it is important but why do some people feel the need to argue for no reason? Its like being in a room of hormonal women
Its like being in a room of hormonal women
How do you know we're not all hormonal women?
And thank you Junkyard. Whilst in retrospect I was a little brusque in my responses, clearly I wasn't the only person reading this thread to interpret those posts as an intention to flaunt the ban; no matter what gravitysucks' post hoc stance on the issue may now be. I suppose he'd better carry on not reading this thread now he's replied to you though...
lmao post hoc stance. Noticed you haven't managed to show where I knowingly intended to flaunt the ban yet.
And the only reason I posted again is to defend someone who has already made his intentions clear but continues to be bullied.
Nice to know how you treat new forum members
I must say you're doing exceptionally well at not reading this thread again though. Well done at that anyway...
Zokes - I have to ask you if you have ever ridden on a footpath?
Think he's just being a nob, he has moved to oz after all.
I do apologise for the obvious lack of linguistic elegance in my original post. What i should have said was that, my friends and i are planning a ride in a couple of weeks that will see us attaining the summit and indeed heading back to base again before 10am.
Obvioulsy i need to sit and think about how i word my responses in future so that i don't risk offending someone again. 🙄
How do you do it before the voluntary ban finishes without breaking it?
I read this as ignoring the ban as it is also time and date limited.01/05 -30/09 10-5. To do it before the ban finishes you would have to ride when the ban applies or you are not doing it before the ban finishes are you?
As you say the ban applies 10-5 so if we've completed the ride before 10 we won't be riding when the ban applies but will be riding before the ban finishes on 30/09.......if you see what i mean!
What I don't understand is why you'd only think about riding it because the ban's about to end, when it makes a very pleasant evening's ride in the summer (potentially up to 5 hours light in midsummer).
Come to think of it, has anybody ever done a night ride to the top?
well I do now - and to be fair I had not read your earlier retraction/clarification. Another STW internet storm in a tea cup. You could have worded it better and I could have read the thread better.
Going back to being a lurker?
fizzer - Member
Zokes - I have to ask you if you have ever ridden on a footpath?
Not in such a high profile area where it will obviously caus conflict and may have repercussions for other users, no. Have you ever driven at 71 mph on the motorway? What's your point, caller?
Think he's just being a nob, he has moved to oz after all.
I don't think I'll argue that 😉
Another STW internet storm in a tea cup. You could have worded it better and I could have read the thread better.
Ditto
Going back to being a lurker?
Nah! It was going to happen sooner or later, just wasn't expecting it to be quite so soon 😳
I reckon arrive at 6ish gives you a cpl hours darkness to ride/push to the top then you got daylight to descend and still be off before the ban kicks in.
check this out. http://www.bikemagic.com/ride-features/snowdon-stupidity/4702.html
If you're not doing it in the middle of winter, huge gales, icicles growing off your face and brake pistons freezing into position, you're not 'core enough..
😉
Snowdon is a local place for local people!
I ride, with consideration, on local and largely unused PFs quite a lot. But Snowdon is a special case because of it's status, popularity and terrain/conditions.
Am thinking about going again in Oct to do Ranger's.
Snowdon is a local place for local people!
No, it's a public place with a well-won voluntary ban during the busiest period. Only if that's not respected, it'll become a public place no longer accessible on a bike, which would be a shame.
I still think it should remain local. It would cause a lot less heartache on Internet mountain bike forums. Problem solved.
Have you ever driven at 71 mph on the motorway? What's your point, caller?
well we are an angry young man aren't we? FYI yes I have driven above 70 but then I'm not giving any lectures about speeding am I?
Not in such a high profile area where it will obviously caus conflict and may have repercussions for other users, no.
That'll be a yes, then. No further questions.
Just a quick confirmation for the benefit of Zokes.
Snowdon ascent and decent achieved with a finishing time of 07.55!
so don't worry.
it's ace fun. Do it!
i remember riding down it in 17 min with walleater which might have included a flat or something maybe