Traws Eryri Bikepacking Route: Ride through Wild Wales with the official guidebook writer - Part 1 

Watched these on a Miserably wet 2023 Xmas moring in county derry, really brightened my day, and I AM a member of cycling uk

Brilliant that Guy, cheers! It's high on the todo list

Cracking video and narration. Just watched both parts. Itching to ride now.

Great vid, many thanks. I've lived in Northern Snowdonia for 3 decades+ and looking forward to the next bit through the mountains. I knew Sian And Daf when they had the bikeshop in Betws-Y-Coed back in the early 90's :-)

If you turn left before you get to Llyn Cregannan there is a short single track road section then a nice steep bridleway decent though some woods with a couple of nice tight switchbacks that drops you out into Arthog with good access to the Mawddach estuary 🤫

Looks amazing!

mint sauce was shifting along that track lol

Thank you for sharing your adventure 🍻🍻🚵🚵

Looks a fantastic route! I've ridden a lot of those trails over the years, but this looks like a great way to link them together for an epic adventure!

Added to the "to do " list! Looks fantastic. Great work Guy.

Croeso I Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Great stuff Guy 🚴👌👌👌

Fantastic, great job ! Looking forward to to part 2 👍🏼

Thanks, guy, it's so fantastic to see Wales. So different to Australia love to get there one day

There is a cafe near to the Power station which is worth visiting as well

Guy, I am a relatively 'old' returner to cycling. I had been road cycling, just for general health and weight maintainence for about 3 years whin I discovered cycling uk initially through your KAW videos and then went on to see the Rebellion way and Cantii way, all of which looked amazing so I bit the bullet and bought a gravel bike, and now your partnership with cycling uk produces this. Looks like another stunning route which I am sure will be very enjoyable. I thank you both for producing these routes and insights into the routes, but I am sorry to say my bank balance doesn't...... I am off to the mountain bike shop 😄

I've been looking forward to this. Got myself a Mason Exposure after watching one of your previous videos. Reckon this could be a good test for it. Thanks GuyKes!

My friend, what a beautiful ride in snowdonia.. My kind of terrain, living in Northumberland 😊👌❤️🇬🇧stay safe and enjoy your time ❤👍

Just watched both vids and 9 out of 10 for the archeology/history and 2 out of 10 for the Welsh place names. 😜 Weirdly, just after you talked about your Mum [sorry to hear about her passing], your accent became more Welsh for a short while and less Yorkshire. 😁

Fantastic!

I was camping just outside Barmouth last week. Stunning area, I've now got my eyes on this route.

Another great vid. I'm planning on doing this route next year on a Cotic Cascade over two days.

Nice, adding this one to my list. Gonna have to dig out the mountain bike though by the looks of it

Wow what a fabulous ride fella, as a lad from south wales this is a must do for me! Could push it and involve the trans Cambrian way, as it pretty much starts where I’m from Pontypridd, ride the Cardiff ridgeway to the Caerphilly hills regular, can also drop over 2 Newport! Never rode eryri valley and mountains but hiked them loads of times! Absolutely stunning part of the world! Must do for me this.. thanks for this video! Would you recommend a full suss trail bike or a hardtail xc/trail bike(them’s the bikes I have!)

Fantastic vid - thank you! Appreciate the local history research. We're doing the ride this summer!

Thanks for this Guy. Great landscape, views ! The drove roads are the rights-o-way for us in Scotland but Wales looks fab, a must do. Full sus MTB shuld I put gravel tyres on... and can i ask please if I wasn't bike packing the best plan for 3 full days riding say 2 nights over. TIA

Need to get back to Penmachno soon , love it there

Great overview Guy. Feel like I've known you for decades after reading so many of your MBR reviews & editorials over the years. Don't listen to the listen to the criticism about your pronunciation of some of the Welsh placenames. The main thing is that you're promoting tourism and the beautiful Welsh landscape. I''m sure Steve Jones could give you some pointers for future reviews ;) Diolch yn fawr 👍

Great video dude. We’re planning on giving the route a go. Just wondering what the best way to get back to our start point is once we’ve completed the trail? Any advice welcome.

Hey Guy, amazing videos and ride!! How much is gravel bike doable? I’m happy to walk the mtb sections? My partner and I both have Van Nicholas Rowtags, and would love to tackle this. Sorry to hear your mum passed, what a great ride to do for her. ❤️🏁🏁❤️🚴‍♀️

Have done the North to South of road twice cracking route

Where can i get the official guide and route map.

Would it be possible to ride this on a drob bar steel bike with 650/2.1 wheels?

Looking at doing this over 3 days next year, going to be staying in hotels or something along them lines, so to split into 3 days with two overnights, which villages/town would you say are best placed? TIA

Could link nicely with Trans Cambrian Way for even more of an Epic!

Hi. Great video guide! I'm doing this ride with some mates in April 2024. Can you let me know what tyres your riding on please? I've got some Conti Race King 2.0's and I'm hoping they'll be good enough. Thanks.

It was Dafydd Roberts who ran the cafe with Sian not Davies :) but a side note it was criminal how Forestry Commission Wales treated them, their cafe was just as much a mecca as the trails

Your love and respect for Wales came through really clear for me, and I can see you ARE trying on the pronunciation. Obviously there are so many places you go through that learning them all exactly would have been really impractical - viewers have to remember this is an off-the-cuff recorded cycle ride, not a scripted, rehearsed video. Really enjoyed the video. I'm thinking of doing the route but only have a gravel bike (45c tyres). Any advice? Is that stupid?

What did you say the name of the off road route from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth was called please

"...its a bit welsh today" 🤣

How do we say the new name for Snodonia which isn't the new name.

Apart form the rocky climb that all looks like a good gravel bike route what’s your view

What bike are you riding Guy?

Nick name in wales for machynlydd is "machine shop" 😅😅

No dropper Guy?

I respect and enjoy a lot of your output and I don't like to post a negative comment, but this was marred by disappointment over your pronunciation, more so considering you are the 'official guidebook writer'. As a viewer, it came across as 'can't be bothered, it doesn't matter to me'. With a little bit of effort, this would have been an ideal opportunity to show respect for the place, people and language in the area traversed by the route. (PS Trawsfynydd is also misspelled above - if you are able to edit it, replace the second 'n' with 'yd' ). Please take this as constructive and well intentioned. Beyond this your enthusiasm comes across, despite riding it on a chilly couple of days in February. It looks a great route . If there isn't one already, perhaps a pronunciation guide would be a useful addition to the guidebook ;-) Edit: I've just watched part 2 too.. Also inspiring and definitely on my list. Thank you very much/ Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi 🙂

Great vlog, but you need to work on your Welsh place name pronunciation. 😂

Phil can't pronounce Welsh names correctly either. 😂