I'll have a go at the write up this week.
Great conditions - sunny, clear, no wind to speak of and crucially no ice. Steven Madeley, Ben North, Jason Turvey, Andy Harries, Mark Rosser, Chris Goodwin and me to start with - tapped out a good tempo through Brynna to Treforest where we picked up Rob Jones to head up through Porth to Rhondda Fach. Rob and Ben set a fair pace up the valley, so by the time we hit Maerdy Mountain our legs (...well mine for sure) were feeling it. Ben then stuck with Rob for further than most could manage, with Mark Rosser almost closing the gap to them (he'd have caught them if he hadn't been hungover
)Lovely views on top, and then the scary harepin descent into Aberdare - even in good conditions like today I get vertiginous. Good cafe stop in Aberdare, then Jase and Rob made sure we quickly warmed up again when we resumed when they put the hammer down (or at least a small mallet) to take us to Ponty. The it was everyone's favourite climb up the Graig to Penycoedcae - Rob J and Ben leading the way - and a glorious descent to Beddau (see Jason Turvey on the Strava leaderboard) where we split up.
Great ride as usual - really like that route. Plenty of kms for me this week - I thought I might actually finish top of the club leaderboard this week, but Terry managed to pip my by a few kms
. Maybe next week.....
