| Route |
Contributor |
Last Updated |
Where |
Distance |
Tags |
|
Sarn Helen - NIDVM/Hirfynydd section |
Pilau |
Dec 4th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
39.5km |
Recreational, MTB, Steep, Intermediate, Offroad, Low traffic, High traffic, Rough, Rural, Scenic |
| Sarn Helen is the name given to a number of Wales’ Roman roads. The roads were built after the conquest of the Welsh tribes to create a network of all-weather routes linking the Romans' forts. "Sarn Helen" is a misnomer meaning Helen's Causeway or Road and refers to Elen, a Romano-British princess and the wife of the emperor of Britain, Maximus. Whilst she is fabled to have got Maximus to build roads across Wales to help defend it, it is considered that Elen is from a much later period than the roads themselves. These roads suggest a route from a fort in Neath in South Wales all the way up to a fort near Conwy in the north. Parts of Sarn Helen (such as this) are off-road and make for interesting MTBing, but much of Sarn Helen is tarmac or obliterated. However, I’m inspired by the idea of a south to north route split into bite sized chunks, which follows Sarn Helen or haunts its surrounding countrtside and visits the Roman sites along the way. See plot #1 for a description of this section. WIP. |
|
Reservoir Cogs + The Gamallt (2845m) |
thunderthighs |
Dec 3rd |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
106.2km |
Training, Onroad, Smooth, Steep, Difficult, Low traffic, Safe, Rural, Scenic |
| A sparsely populated and underdeveloped swathe of spectacular valleys with endlessly winding roads, placid lakes, silent forests, gorges and moorland all devoid of traffic and just asking to be conquered on two wheels.
GRADE: Expert climbs, Medium distance; GEARS: 25% gradients so Compact or Triple; BIKE SHOPS: None en route, Bike Base, Abergavenny 01873 855999, Brecon Cycle Centre 01874 622651; INFO: www.visitwales.co.uk. |
|
Reservoir Cogs (2415m) |
thunderthighs |
Dec 1st |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
94.9km |
Training, Onroad, Smooth, Difficult, Low traffic, Safe, Rural, Scenic |
| A sparsely populated and underdeveloped swathe of spectacular valleys with endlessly winding roads, placid lakes, silent forests, gorges and moorland all devoid of traffic and just asking to be conquered on two wheels.
GRADE: Expert climbs, Medium distance; GEARS: 25% gradients so Compact or Triple; BIKE SHOPS: None en route, Bike Base, Abergavenny 01873 855999, Brecon Cycle Centre 01874 622651; INFO: www.visitwales.co.uk. |
|
Alternative Charity Gower Bike Ride |
Pilau |
Nov 15th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
91.8km |
MTB, Difficult, Offroad, Rough, Urban, Rural, Scenic |
| I had the idea years ago with a couple of mates to run an off-road version of the road based Gower Bike Ride. This is the route I'm toying with - still very much under construction and with much of it as yet unresearched. A Work in Progress. Comments welcomed. I'm having some issues with this route at the moment. Firstly, some of the tracks are very much dry weather tracks and suffer terribly in the wet. Secondly, there are significant portions that are not strictly legal cycle routes - possibly and issue if I try to make this an organised event. |
|
West Brecons 80 |
djarrom |
Nov 12th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
129.5km |
Onroad, Difficult, Scenic |
|
Afan Glyncorrwg W2 alternate |
orange al |
Nov 10th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
39.6km |
MTB, Difficult, Offroad |
| undefined |
|
Black Mountain Loop (1580m) |
thunderthighs |
Nov 9th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
86.2km |
Training, Onroad, Smooth, Intermediate, Low traffic, Safe, Rural, Scenic |
| CLASSIC: Over and back across the Brecon Beacons. MEDIUM ride but Expert in bad weather; GEARS: Standard 39x25 or compact; BIKE SHOPS: Brecon Cycle Centre, 01874 622651, Schmoos of Swansea 01792 467070; INFO: Llandovery 01550 720693. |
|
Llyn Brianne & Devil's Staircase |
drfrot |
Nov 7th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
94.5km |
Recreational, Training, Onroad, Steep, Intermediate, Difficult, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic |
| Passing through: |
|
swansea, mumbles, bishopston, killay. |
rhodrigwyn |
Sep 25th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
27.8km |
Onroad, Intermediate, Rural |
| Passing through: mumbles road, black pill, Mumbles, Caswell, Bishopston, Killay, Uplands |
|
Swansea commute - in |
djarrom |
Sep 25th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
11.9km |
Commute |
|
Brnbach common from Pontlliw |
djarrom |
Sep 25th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
14.6km |
MTB, Steep, Scenic |
|
Mixed Loop |
Mwnci |
Aug 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
65km |
|
| undefined |
|
Baglan>Margam>Pyle Loop |
Mwnci |
Aug 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
30.8km |
Onroad |
| undefined |
|
Gower Bike Ride 2008 |
Mwnci |
Aug 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
45.2km |
Onroad |
| undefined |
|
Baglan>Skewen>Llansamlet>Swansea>Baglan |
Mwnci |
Aug 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
28.3km |
Onroad |
| Passing through: Briton Ferry, Neath, Skewen, Llansamlet, Swansea, Baglan |
|
Baglan>JerseyMarine>Aberafan>Baglan |
Mwnci |
Aug 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
26km |
Onroad |
| Passing through: Baglan, Llandarcey, Jersey Marine, Aberafan Beach, Port Talbot |
|
Gower |
roberth |
Jul 11th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
39.6km |
MTB, Steep, Offroad |
| A great summer loop around the Gower |
|
Gower Loop |
deal |
Jun 22nd |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
66.3km |
|
| undefined |
|
Pembrokeshire Cyclosportif 64 |
XSW |
Jun 1st |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
103.7km |
Onroad, Smooth, Steep, Intermediate, Scenic, Touring |
|
Dragon Ride 2008 Gran Fondo |
deal |
May 31st |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
175.2km |
|
| undefined |
|
Gower Loop |
s1llybilly |
May 26th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
62.5km |
Recreational, Training, Onroad, Smooth, Intermediate, Low traffic, High traffic, Rough, Urban, Scenic |
|
Afan Skyline - WDMBC |
matti |
Mar 25th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
58.2km |
MTB, Steep, Offroad, Rough, Scenic |
| From the lower (old) trail centre |
|
running hte hill |
browngloss |
Feb 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
7.6km |
Training, Onroad, Steep, High traffic, Not Bike, Urban |
|
Afan WDMBC The Wall Penhydd |
matti |
Feb 10th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
43.1km |
MTB, Intermediate, Offroad, Rough |
| undefined |
|
Hilly Old Welsh Route |
Verwood_Ash |
Dec 28th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
68.6km |
Onroad, Steep, Intermediate |
| A road ride I tried whilst on a MTBing weekend in the same area. I wasn't used to the size of the climbs coming from rural Dorset!! |
|
Swansea and Neath Valley Hill Training |
Billios |
Oct 29th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
28.1km |
Training, Onroad, Steep, Low traffic |
|
R10/22 Resolven TT course |
bikeradar |
Oct 16th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
16.1km |
Onroad |
|
Lower swansea valley training loop |
Billios |
Oct 12th |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
16km |
Onroad, Intermediate, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic |
|
Ferdie's route to Tredz, Cardiff |
tredz |
Oct 2nd |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
62.8km |
Commute, Training, Onroad, Smooth, Difficult, Low traffic, High traffic, Safe, Unsafe, Urban, Rural, Scenic |
|
Getting to Tredz! |
tredz |
Oct 2nd |
United Kingdom >
Wales >
Swansea
|
16.2km |
Commute, Onroad, Smooth, Basic, Low traffic, High traffic, Safe, Unsafe, Urban, Rural, Scenic |
| Passing through: Work! |
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Bicycle Trails in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
