The Conwy cafe ride - I'm a cyclist and I live in the Pennines
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- An insight into what road cycling in the United Kingdom can offer the keen cycling enthusiast.
Today me n' Mike took on a 100 mile ride to the fantastic and historical Conwy Castle in North Wales where we had a spot of lunch at the Cantin cafe which is nestled next to the Castle grounds.
We started the ride from Graham Weigh Cycles, which is a well know bike shop in the area and is a great place to visit if you are into your classic old bikes from the 1980's.
The ride then took us along the coast passing through some well known seaside holiday towns with a challenging return leg where we headed into Snowdonia on a rather hilly route.
My videos are not sponsored and I aim to offer you, the viewer, a genuine perspective of how the ride went along with a narration, route maps and so much more, I hope they give you some inspiration and motivation to get out there and go for a ride....
"I'm a cyclist and I live in the Pennines"
Lovely to see and hear more interaction from Mike., he’s great. Of all the times I’ve been cycling I think I’ve only had a TAIL wind a handful of times and what a difference that has made, but the HEAD wind, oh my goodness, talk about energy sapping.
As we approach winter, it’s so lovely to see your summer rides and look forward to those days again and the speed this years gone so far, Spring won’t be long.
Thank you lads for all your encouragement both in the commentary on your rides, the brilliant filming and simply taking the times to do what you do.
Thanks so much Steve, I totally agree with you about how quickly the seasons pass us by, it's hardly worth worrying about ( it used to really bother me a lot )
I have got quite a few videos to edit but I'm struggling to put one together within a month these days . I guess it will keep me busy through the dark months ahead.
Oh and as for Mike, yes he's getting used to the camera a bit more now
Cracking film Daz. A few years ago i lost my mojo for cycling. Stopped watching TV & tuned in to you tube. Found your channel & was glued to it over winter & since then I've loved your vlogs &, re found my love of cycling😊👍
Thanks Gary , it's great to hear stories like this. It's a fantastic sport to get into and can become a way of life 👍
Magnificent! I like how your cycling tours are continuously evolving over time. Another one that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks for the great feedback there Martin. Riding the bike is one thing but trying to tell the story is another. It's all part of the love for this great sport we enjoy.
Brilliant bike ride well done lads.
Thanks John 👍
Stunning Countryside Wales is beautiful , 48mph 🤣 i was breaking out in sweat just watching you both. Mike is a nice chap also very funny, really enjoyed this.
Thank you for your kind words.
Cheers buddy this was a cracking ride and it had it all. The pub over the bridge after the 48mph section had some interesting mudstones with mineralised stringers visible. I guess we are always prospecting ....
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures we always are i'd pan a puddle given half the chance.
Great ride and brilliant vid. Thanks Daz.😊😊
Hi Nick and thanks once again for the comments, There are some great lanes in this area to ride your bike, especially on the return leg if you are feeling adventurous
Thanks Daz, I’m craving coffee and walnut cake right now😅
That was a good piece of cake, can literally taste it from here Sophie
Fantastic ride so well captured as usual! It's nice to watch a summer ride too at this time of year. And you yelling at Mike 'what's wrong with your arm?' made me laugh. Happy cycling!
Cheers buddy, Mike's arm can quite often indicate something along the lines of " Get on the front " after about 500 metres of riding into the wind
I used to go to Bangor a fair bit and always wondered where the cycle path went that was down the side of the A55. Looked like another beltin ride. Glad to see black pud was on the menu 🙂
I have done pretty much the whole of the coast from Seascale down to Aberystwyth now Di and cycled along the Welsh coast including Anglesey several times. There's some great cycling lanes in the UK for sure.
And yes the good old black pudding provides you with plenty of energy
Another great video Daz
Thank you Andy 😉👍
That coastal path looks amazing. Great video 👍
Thanks pal, if you get a good summer's day, the coastal route is a cracker
Hope you're doing well Daz. Cycling slowing down for me now for the rest of the year. If I dont speak before then have a great festive break. I bet you will be doing the Rapha challenge!
Hi James, I have had a change in circumstances with my job which has really impacted upon my free time to edit the videos quickly and at one point to even get out on the bike !
I am trying to address all of this by tweaking the work / life balance where I get the commutes in on a daily basis to keep the fitness levels where I want them to be and to get that all important "Fix" which exercise gives you.
I don't blame you for slowing down a bit on the bike riding, the weather has not been kind to us for some time now and we are in the thick of it with the darkest of nights right now ( two and a half weeks to the solstice )
The Rapha 500 is a challenge that is well worth thinking about, I will certainly give it 100%. if I decide to take it on. It's a lot of miles to cover in December and I won't be doing it on Zwift either ....so the average speeds will be more like 13 - 14mph
I hope you are well too and thank you for your continual support and comments in this corner of CZcams.
Wishing you a great festive season and all the best for 2024 buddy,
Regards Darren
Fantastic ride, daz. I might give this route a go myself as im only down the road in runcorn. Fantastic video, matey. i do look forward to your videos 😎🚴🏾♂️.
Thank you Jay, most of the routes I plan kind of make sense if you spend 5 mins looking at a map. I try to give enough information in the videos for people to get a general idea of where we have been. I have cycled all of these routes many times before on my Manchester to Aberdaron runs, often taking a variation each time to keep things interesting and building up the map in my mind so to speak.
@MrDazP1adv3ntures Amazing daz. And there is nothing like a ride oit with a mate with a cafe stop. You take care, and till the next video 😎🤙🏽🚴🏾♂️
Thanks Jay, you too
We went to the same cafe in July 😊 also to a great chip shop on the main street. Lovely place for a mooch round 😊
We struggled to find one in the centre Andy but in the end this turned out to be just right for us.
It is a lovely place to explore ...
Thanks for the vid, summer is starting to seem like a long time ago. Fab riding 👌
Cheers psyman, the dark cold and wet nights are here for sure now 🙁 but it was great to get out in the summer when the sun was shinning
Come on Daz we need more videos of your rides. There great but not as many as last year. I look forward to watching them on a Sunday. What union you in have you gone out on strike 🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣
Keep up the good work Daz all your videos are a pleasure to watch.
Hello Tony and thank you for the kind words. I used to be able to plough through the videos easily within a week but the more I have gotten into the editing side of things and narrating they just take so much longer to create. This particular one took a month to put together. I can spend literally two or three evenings creating the maps of the ride in Photoshop alone before I start to look at making a video. I think I have ended up setting my self higher standards which once you get to a certain level, you don't like to go backwards if you know what I mean.
I have loads to edit so please stay tuned buddy and thank you once again
Keep up the good work Daz…
The time you put in to them shows with the very detailed and well presented videos.
…looking forward to your next one 🚴♂️😉
Will do Terry 👍
Great effort boys & you can't beat a tailwind on your home leg 👏🏻
It was pretty tough on the outward leg but once we turned that corner after the cafe stop it was a totally different ride 👍
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures it's a great feeling isn't it (as long as you don't totally drain your legs beforehand). I made the mistake yesterday of taking my winter bike out on a hilly route & into a headwind, I don't think the 11-28t rear cassette helped. I then had a tailwind home & 35kmph all the way back. Legs were definitely stiff by the time I got home.
Cruising at 35kmh is an ace feeling .
If only we could ride like that all the time hey
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures it's strange, as in the right conditions maintaining that sort of cruising speed feels easier than going much slower earlier in a ride, I always finish faster than my first 30 miles
It is a bit like what Sean Kelly always says on TV , " You have to make the right calculation " to finish the ride or you could find your self "Getting into all kinds of difficulty"....
Fab ride ❤ love the route and locations was really fixed on that Graham weigh bike shop omg! You know Mike is starting to sell me the idea of blackpuddings I might try it soon lol and aww no scones cream and jam this time? 🤣🤣
The bike shop is an excellent place to have a good old look at some love bikes from way back then in 80's and offers you a proper trip down memory lane, them bikes are a work of art Joanne.
You can't go wrong with a black pudding either.
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures I still love 80s bikes they hard to get these days 🥺 those campagnolo groups ets was amazing tho
Yer the old bikes are things of beauty
Great ride, how come Mike's only got one bottle? Thought for a minute you were doing a Holiday on the Buses locations visit😁
Mike likes to ride as light as possible, personally I don't think it is a good thing but to be fair, I have gone out on some long summer rides with one bottle which I have regretted.
As for the bicycle ride, I like to tell the story and capture the moments as they appear in front of me. A good descent is always on the list...
Yes that’s a proper bike shop there pal very nice indeed . The ride looked impressive also esp when you got that tail wind 🌬️
The bike shop reminds you of being a mid back in the good old days and yes it was a cracking route where you got some sweet spot riding after a blustery start .
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures I found my new favourite descent recently, the Hartside pass descent back down to melmerby is brilliant I had an epiphany so I did again loved it
I will have to research this, is fast or just nice and sweeping
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures averaged over 30 coming back down it, its quite chicany but the road surface is superb very well looked after , just short 5 miles up at a constant 5% , it’s not too far from great dun fell (not sure if u done that one) what a belter try it out next year daz
@252Scooby thanks for the info , much appreciated
ah, I'm 30 miles from home and with a tail wind so should be back in time to see this live with a bit of luck 🙂
Have you been prospecting the beach at Scarborough ?
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Hi Daz, no its a bit far away from me here in Hampshire, but I'd heard there was a bit of stuff coming out - wasn't sure if if was for real or if it was a leg-pull... 😶....
@@1000000trs Oh yes, apparently all the way up the coast from spurn point in the glacial till. Look for the black sands on the beach and scoop it up. Just like they do up in Nome
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Ok, got to give that a try. Maybe let me know when your heading out there, and I'll try to get up there at around the same time. I'll can send you my email address (can't to a personal message on CZcams i dont think - what abotu Facebook - I can see a Dazp1 with three a lilac coloured Logo, is that yours ?) Cheers.
I am not on FB buddy
looks a good route, cant quite see from the strava if you went around the great orme at llandudno or not. If not id recommend it theres a ancient copper mine there what you can go on tours down its quite interesting to see.
nevermind ive just got to the bit where you mention it haha.
We were going to cycle up and around it but decided to go onto Conwy IBT instead. There is always another time to ride there and fit the Orme in.
Great vid many thanks. What gearing did you use for this ride?.
Hi Steven, on this bike I tend to run a compact 50 34 with an 11 32 on the back.
Hey up Daz. You can pronounce some of them Welsh places very well. Anyway hope your feeling better, do you want me to come round and dab your brow with a cold cloth ?
Mike , I thought we had an agreement not to chat on the CZcams about dabbing things.
You need to brush up on your Engish though 😁
Things are a bit quiet Daz, anything in the pipelines?
Hello Terry, you are correct, things are quiet and I am not happy about it but I am hoping to rectify this over the coming weeks. I have had a change in my role at work which has impacted many things, one of which is editing the videos and another is actually getting out on the bike !
Believe it or not I also lost loads of unedited video files from all of my summer rides, however I have managed to find a company who can retrieve data from corrupt / damaged hard drives. Fingers crossed there ( It never rains, it pours..)
Anyway, all that to one side Terry, I do have a nice cycling video coming up where me n' Mike are out in the Yorkshire Dales National park and " Spoiler alert" I gave Mike a camera OMG !
It has made me chuckle I can tell you that but I guess the viewers will decide at the end of the day.
I hope you are still getting out despite the prolonged poor weather we seemed to have been cursed with over recent months. Thanks once again for asking, always appreciated my friend.
Regards Darren
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures looking forward to it.. The roads round here are terrible at the moment, I came off last week avoiding potholes, thankfully just a grazed leg. I have been waiting until my ankle fracture fully mended so was desperate to get out. I am not a speed freak but even plodding along it is scary out there. The amount cars overtaking me with oncoming cars is unbelievable. Bought a cheap hybrid in Clitheroe today and road it back to Catterall, so the fitness is building. Good luck with the tech.
@terrydickinson3296 The idiot car drivers seem to be getting worse and that's after the new legislation to protect all road users in the hierarchy of who's the most vulnerable.
I see cars on a daily basis who show total disregard for me as a cyclist when they pass by and then almost have a head on collision.
Take it easy out there and if possible do routes where you know where the potholes are. I know it can get boring, but this time of year after riding a couple of local loops , you will become familiar with road and the dreaded cavernous holes.
What bike did you get ?
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures just an old ridgeback hybrid for winter. It handled pretty well on the way home and won't need much tinkering with. Rear cassette might a thorough clean and regrease it slipped a few times.
They are a nice looking bike and probably just the ticket for this time of year....