Manchester - Llandudno 2016 : Saturday April 23...for Harry, England and St George

[Freds Dad]

I've just got home to be surprised by SWMBO who has booked us a trip to Portugal next week. We arrive back late on Friday 22nd so it may be touch and go if I make Saturday's ride. How late can I leave it to let you know?

 

[nickyboy]

I've just got home to be surprised by SWMBO who has booked us a trip to Portugal next week. We arrive back late on Friday 22nd so it may be touch and go if I make Saturday's ride. How late can I leave it to let you know?

You need to post something on here before we depart 0800 Saturday 23rd

 

[Freds Dad]

Thanks.

 

[I like Skol]

Just done a little recce along the front from The Beaches Hotel, Prestatyn to Llanddulas and can confirm that the coast path is largely clear of sand and is entirely rideable

 

[fossyant]

Just done a little recce along the front from The Beaches Hotel, Prestatyn to Llanddulas and can confirm that the coast path is largely clear of sand and is entirely rideable

Are you down here now. I'm here too.

 

[nickyboy]

Just done a little recce along the front from The Beaches Hotel, Prestatyn to Llanddulas and can confirm that the coast path is largely clear of sand and is entirely rideable

Yebbut....is that "rideable" for you....with your bunny hops, track stands, wheelies etc etc??

It was a bit dodgy when I rode some of that a month ago so hopefully no more storms and we should be nice and clear

 

[nickyboy]

Are you down here now. I'm here too.

You going to be around 23rd? Some will be taking the hilly inland route which must go very close to you when it drops into Gronant? In any case, if you want a few slowish miles on the front with us you're more than welcome

 

[fossyant]

You going to be around 23rd? Some will be taking the hilly inland route which must go very close to you when it drops into Gronant? In any case, if you want a few slowish miles on the front with us you're more than welcome

We may be here, but I'd need a ruddy tow rope !!

 

[fossyant]

Yebbut....is that "rideable" for you....with your bunny hops, track stands, wheelies etc etc??

It was a bit dodgy when I rode some of that a month ago so hopefully no more storms and we should be nice and clear

It's clear - I rode Gronant to Rhyl and back. A couple of light patches, but nothing to stop a road bike.

 

[fossyant]

Did I mention I had 2.4" knobblies

 

[rich p]

Did I mention I had 2.4" knobblies

No Fossy, but never mind that, what tyres were you using?

 

[I like Skol]

Are you down here now. I'm here too.

Flying one day visit. Some friends of the family hire a van at the Llanddulas Beach Caravan Park. I was safely back in England when I posted.....

Yebbut....is that "rideable" for you....with your bunny hops, track stands, wheelies etc etc??

Youngest Skol Jnr did the ride on his Triban 3, which I think has 23c tyres and his bike handling is not a patch on mine.

One thing I will say, we rode from Llanddulas to Prestatyn very quickly but, once on the return trip into the headwind progress was much, much slower. I hope the wind is blowing from the East for your ride on 23rd.

 

[mythste]

Flying one day visit. Some friends of the family hire a van at the Llanddulas Beach Caravan Park. I was safely back in England when I posted.....


Youngest Skol Jnr did the ride on his Triban 3, which I think has 23c tyres and his bike handling is not a patch on mine.

One thing I will say, we rode from Llanddulas to Prestatyn very quickly but, once on the return trip into the headwind progress was much, much slower. I hope the wind is blowing from the East for your ride on 23rd.

Easterlies in April? Pah. I'm working on some aero fairings to combat the gales we'll face!

 

[nickyboy]

Cycling back Sunday - routes

I plan to cycle back on Sunday and I know a few others are planning something similar. If the weather is really bad and it's hosing down I'm just going to buy a train ticket and forget the ride home. As such, I have plotted a couple of routing alternatives

You're more than welcome to plot your own route back but I will do one of these depending on how I'm feeling in the morning. Plan is miss out Eureka as it would add unnecessary miles on an already longish ride. We go past a few cafes and supermarkets en route so food shouldn't be a problem

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12293484
This basically takes the flat, fast NCN5/A548 route back towards Chester, skirts around N Chester then picks up our Saturday outbound route after that.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12960826
This takes the hilly, scenic route back to Chester that is available on the Saturday outbound. It is then the same as the route above

So feel free to import these routes and chop them about to suit your final destination

 

[si_c]

Looks like a westerley wind http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/llandudno/ll30-2/daily-weather-forecast/322302?day=18, sunday looks a bit better. Manchester forecast is for no rain, so it's looking like we should be mostly dry. Wind is going to be brutal on the coast road, might actually be easier to ride the hilly route