Traws Eryri day 2

[@lukerider]

Nice video! It looks a really epic route and pretty hard work! No Pain, no gain!

[@david-pascoe]

Ha, there was definitely some pain!!! Glad you liked it. 🙏

[@kennyness8881]

Another excellent video. “Grim”-not a word we use in the USA unless with “Reaper” at Halloween….. but one I will start using when I bonk. Thanks for posting.

[@ianfranklin9482]

Loving these videos. Looks a great ride! Did you take a different route in places to the official one? Their official map / GPX seems to suggest mainly road through the quarry areas? Thanks!

[@david-pascoe]

Hey Ian. Yes we did deviate a bit. We had 2 GPX files that were slightly different and just added the interesting bits on to our route. Ended up doing a significant amount of extra climbing and about 18 miles more in distance. I think the quarry section was actually one of the most interesting bits so glad we did it that way. If you want our GPX file I’d be happy to send it. 😁

[@davidjones9636]

enjoying the vids ta. Can you tell me a bit about the bikes you are riding the glimpse i get is you are on hard tails? What tyres are you running as well? ta

[@david-pascoe]

Hey David. It was a bit of a mix to be honest. I’m on a Santa Cruz Tallboy 29er full suss. Ash is on a 27.5 Stanton Slackline hard tail and Rich is on a Surly 29er of some kind. Tyres on my bike were Maxxiss Rekon up front and Vittoria Syerra on the back. Would probably have a slightly chunkier tyre on the back if I did it again. Hope that helps. 😁

[@rickybushell7156]

Hey David. You know I'm potentially riding this weekend. Just out of interest. You did it 3 days. I know you slept in tents the 2 nights. How far did you ride each day

[@david-pascoe]

Hey Ricky. Just had a look and we did 41,41 and 52 on the final day. Ash had some issues with his rear tyre so we probably would have done a few more miles on the first day. Hope you find some good camp spots, we ended up in the woods both nights which wasn’t ideal. But it had got dark and we didn’t have a lot of choice. Anyway, have a great time and hope the weather is kind to you. Look forward to seeing your photos on FB. 🤞😎

[@silynch6404]

Hi David, great video. I plan to do this at the end of May and wondering how many hours it took you to ride from doglgellau to betws-y-coed? Trying to workout whether to do it in 3 or 4 days!