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Video: My Brevet Cymru

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by dave atkinson
Mon, May 06, 2013 11:35
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Video: My Brevet CymruDave rides the Brevet Cymru
400km of highs and lows, in more ways than one

Well, 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!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/308631008

Audax
Brevet Cymru
Wales
Dave Atkinson

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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Tom Amos | 11 years ago
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crumbs! hope you had a few large beers afterwards. well done!

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russyparkin | 11 years ago
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mate thats not a proper audaxride. you needed a massive beard and a flat cap.

better luck next time

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joebee9870 | 11 years ago
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respect 13

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WolfieSmith | 11 years ago
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You mad bugger Dave. Have you never learnt to drive? 4

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andyp | 11 years ago
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Brilliant. Well done indeed. I suffered like a dog on a 200 last year....400 is just immense

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Angelfishsolo | 11 years ago
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That is one hell of a ride. Congratulations.

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vorsprung | 11 years ago
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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..

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dave atkinson replied to vorsprung | 11 years ago
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vorsprung wrote:

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 1

Learnt a few lessons on my first 400 though, what doesn't kill you etc and so on

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Some Fella | 11 years ago
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Officially now a bad ass. Chapeau!

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