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OPINION
Video: My Brevet Cymru
Mon, May 06, 2013 11:35
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Dave rides the Brevet CymruWell, that was pretty epic. I rode further than ever have I done before, and learnt new and deeper meanings of the term 'bonk'. Many hills were climbed, and one farmer's gate decorated.
I'll do a full write up soon but in the meantime here's a video I made of the day to give you a taste of the fun. Enjoy!
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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crumbs! hope you had a few large beers afterwards. well done!
mate thats not a proper audaxride. you needed a massive beard and a flat cap.
better luck next time
respect
You mad bugger Dave. Have you never learnt to drive?
Brilliant. Well done indeed. I suffered like a dog on a 200 last year....400 is just immense
That is one hell of a ride. Congratulations.
Sorry to hear you had a bad time on the A40 to Brecon! Shame, that's one of my favourite bits of the Brevet Cymru: it's a coach road so the climbs and descents are very gradual. I stopped somewhere on the A40 to put my mp3 player on, two guys went past and I got into a bit of a race up with them.
Just in case you think I am over doing the machismo -
I had a bit of a bad patch on that last section from Talybont, especially on that really big climb just before Chepstow. The flesh was willing but the mind was asleep.
Some photos on the blog..
Some of the people in your photos look familiar from the stops, i think you must have been just ahead of me on the road until the horror.
I was wanting to enjoy the A40 bit too. Didn't though
Learnt a few lessons on my first 400 though, what doesn't kill you etc and so on
Officially now a bad ass. Chapeau!
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