Something different! Oggies club run Sunday 28th June

[Andy H]

Planned a great route around Brecon Beacon, 100 miler, enough climbing to qualify for a Rob Jones 'epic', with 9800ft in those 100 miles!
Needless to say it'll be a long day and ALSO involves starting in Glynneath or Hirwaun
So, here's the route:-
https://www.strava.com/routes/2435583

I was thinking of an 8:00am start, don't know about parking in Glynneath but thought we could meet at the layby on A465 just before Hirwaun roundabout.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7347574,-3.5072886,226m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Let me know what you think.

p.s.  think of it as a day out rather than a club run
p.p.s. all welcome but its a tough ride!

[Jason T]

Looks good... I should be up for this if the weather is half decent.

There would appear to be a car park in Glynneath;
http://tinyurl.com/q5tw4yt

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7463042,-3.6243111,93m/data=!3m1!1e3

This could be mentally challenging, dropping down past Pontsticill (70 Mile Mark) and then heading north again 

[Rob Jones]

To qualify for a Rob Jones 'epic' on distance and climbing criteria alone, said ride must be a distance of 100 miles or more and have a climbing to distance ratio of at least 100ft:1 mile. There are other things can make an epic ride though such as rain, wind, cold, good company and great coffee...

Will have a more detailed look at the route and meeting up plans later.

[Andy H]

Weather forecast for \Sunday not looking great, so may have to rethink route and leave this one for another day.

Will keep an eye on the forecast and post later in the week.

[Jason T]

I'm happy to postpone this ride if need be, it would be best to have good (Dry & Not Too Windy) weather for this route IMO.

[Steven]

Cloudy with 10mph winds . What's not to like?

[Andy H]

Improvement from heavy rain and 17mph winds on yesterday's forecast.

See how it looks on Friday/Saturday's forecast

[Rob Jones]

Looked like heavy rain still forecast for sunday from today. Didn't catch wind speed but low pressure swirling around S Wales...shame as wet days few and far between this month.

[Andy H]

Doesn't look that great, again today; will work on a plan B.

[Steven]

I'd like 4 hours to give me confidence for the National 100. Happy to go out solo for an hour beforehand..

[Andy H]

I'm sure I can manage that without it being quite such an exposed route.

[Andy H]

Forecast pretty wet for Sunday. Here's an alternative route bring your rain gear!

https://www.strava.com/routes/2676493

Normal 9:00 am meet at Brackla

[Andy H]

Definitely a rule#5 day today, HTFU!

Only 3 pacers for a summer excursion to the beautiful Gower, good pace, windy and I think it rained…........ a bit!

[Steven]

Andy, Jason and I did a 77 mile Gower loop. I think it may have stopped raining at times but I can't remember when!  Two points,

The Gabba jacket is the best cycling innovation since Lycra. I wore this with only a thin vest top underneath and was comfortable.

Jason Turvey needs to enter some races...

[Jason T]

Good ride today, a little grim at times and a need to pick some grit from between my teeth when I arrived home but it wasn't that bad at all.

Well done to Steven for venturing out on such a day when it's his birthday 

Cheers Chaps.