Your bike in front of some railings pics

[pjd57]

The Clyde at Govan , looking over to the Glenlee and the Riverside Museum

 

[PeteXXX]

Just dug this out from my Lake Vrynwy ride.
The dam wall railings and my CX

 

[Bonno]

Road to Campanet, Mallorca last week

 

[Spokesmann]

Earlier to day...

 

[Foghat]

Bonus points for getting the vantage points of these two:

 

[Foghat]

Tough old climb in Wales, Bwlch-y-Groes, and Bala Lake:

 

[jowwy]

Tough old climb in Wales, Bwlch-y-Groes, and Bala Lake:

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one of the toughest climbs i have ever done and thats including the Col du Telegraphe

 

[PeteXXX]

Snowy railings near the aptly named Cold Ashby, today.

 

[PeteXXX]

Tough old climb in Wales, Bwlch-y-Groes, and Bala Lake:

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I did Vrynwy, Bwlch-y-Groes to Bala, and over the Hirnant Pass back to Vrynwy, last year. Darn tough 100k!! Fun though

Near the top of Bwlch y Groes. Wet, very wet!

Looking up Hirnant.

And looking back down from near the top of Hirnant. (with some railings)

 

[Foghat]

I did Vrynwy, Bwlch-y-Groes to Bala, and over the Hirnant Pass back to Vrynwy, last year. Darn tough 100k!! Fun though

Classic route, that.

Good photo up the Hirnant pass, another tough climb - it always looks very daunting on the approach as the serious stuff is mostly in full view from a long way out, but is not quite as hard as it appears.......

 

[Foghat]

one of the toughest climbs i have ever done and thats including the Col du Telegraphe

There's only a handful of climbs in the UK that are tougher than the south-west side of Bwlch-y-Groes. In my early racing days, I would make it up in 42-23 - that was seriously tough, but when your contemporaries are all similarly geared, it's not quite so bad.......... When smaller BCD chainsets able to take a 39t ring were introduced, I gladly fitted a 39; these days, since the advent of compacts, I don't consider tackling it without at least 34-28.

I'd say Bwlch-y-Groes is more leg-busting than all the classic Alpine cols and climbs. When one does the Telegraphe as the lower slopes, or prelude, to the full Galibier, that is a fairly daunting proposition (approx. 2,100m total elevation gain), but still easier than the brutal Bwlch and its 'mere' 376m elevation gain.

 

[jowwy]

There's only a handful of climbs in the UK that are tougher than the south-west side of Bwlch-y-Groes. In my early racing days, I would make it up in 42-23 - that was seriously tough, but when your contemporaries are all similarly geared, it's not quite so bad.......... When smaller BCD chainsets able to take a 39t ring were introduced, I gladly fitted a 39; these days, since the advent of compacts, I don't consider tackling it without at least 34-28.

I'd say Bwlch-y-Groes is more leg-busting than all the classic Alpine cols and climbs. When one does the Telegraphe as the lower slopes, or prelude, to the full Galibier, that is a fairly daunting proposition (approx. 2,100m total elevation gain), but still easier than the brutal Bwlch and its 'mere' 376m elevation gain.

Being on the slightly larger side......it was a tough climb even on a 34/32 set-up

The telegraph was tackled on a 34/40 was still tough but could spin a lil bit more

 

[booze and cake]

I love that climb, sorry love is not the word, endure is, but I definitely love the descent from there down to Bala lake, one of my all time favourites. I was on a stag do a few years ago white water rafting nearby, and I [ersuaded the minibus to detour up over the top, he was not amused. Apparently Austin used to test their vehicles hill climbing ability on Bwych y Groes, we all paused for a pic of the view at the exact sign Jowwy is at above, except there was none, the visibility was zero because of the fog, it was hammering with rain and we're all having to lean at about a 45 degree angle into the wind to avoid being blown over. Happy days.

 

[PeteXXX]

My CX in front of the railings approaching Gt Billing church.

 

[Jenkins]

Over what is usually a trickle of a stream in Foxhall, near Ipswich today. It has been a bit wet recently!