Gospel Pass Friday 27 September

[dellzeqq]

I have only ever ridden it from north to south before. The climb up from haye on wye (which will be a descent for us) certainly warms you up a bit. Worth it for the views though.

Banjo's ascents of the Gospel Pass had passed in to legend...

 

[dellzeqq]

[QUOTE 2671424, member: 45"]It's not the going down that I'm worried about...[/quote]
fear not. The gradient on the southern side averages 1.5%. That is officially flat.

Indeed, given one's weight loss over the so called 'hill' section, it is possible to assert, without fear of sensible contradiction, that gravity will act in an upward direction.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I understand that the Gospel Pass is the highest road in Wales. That's Gospel as in 'nearer my god to thee'.

depends on your definition of road...

...there's higher but you wouldn't want to ride your Colnago over them.

 

[dellzeqq]

Little Miss P sighed. She now knew that pushing the old boy up hills was turning in to a life sentence......

 

[Banjo]

Banjo's ascents of the Gospel Pass had passed in to legend...

Thats defo not me. My cassette is a lot bigger

 

[robjh]

Thats defo not me. My cassette is a lot bigger

boasting!

 

[swansonj]

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depends on your definition of road...

...there's higher but you wouldn't want to ride your Colnago over them.

He could ride even the most highly strung, finely tuned Colnago up to Marchlyn Mawr, the top reservoir of Dinorwig pumped storage scheme - beautiful smooth tarmac, nicely graded (for construction traffic), neither a public road nor a through road, but a road nonetheless for my money and higher than Gospel pass.

 

[Aperitif]

I did gospel pass late last night. I was heading out of town from work and passed the New Testament Church of God in Pinner...they were really bashing out the numbers with the doors flung wide on a balmy night!

Have fun!

 

[Banjo]

Looking good, fingers crossed.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

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He could ride even the most highly strung, finely tuned Colnago up to Marchlyn Mawr, the top reservoir of Dinorwig pumped storage scheme - beautiful smooth tarmac, nicely graded (for construction traffic), neither a public road nor a through road, but a road nonetheless for my money and higher than Gospel pass.

Tis true. but somewhere on the interwebs there is a definitive list which pre-dates the construction of dinorwig.

A case of "Your name's not down, you're not comin' in"

Have a great day one and all and ride safe. If you can't ride safe then ride very very fast instead.

 

[Aperitif]

Funny what actions these odd rides prompt...even when one doesn't partake!

Dinorwig is comprised of 16km of underground tunnels, deep below Elidir mountain. Its construction required 1 million tonnes of concrete, 200,000 tonnes of cement and 4,500 tonnes of steel.

Good tea time reading!
http://www.fhc.co.uk/dinorwig.htm

 

[User10571]

Funny what actions these odd rides prompt...even when one doesn't partake!

Good tea time reading!
http://www.fhc.co.uk/dinorwig.htm

Have you seen it?
It looks like something out of a Bond movie, or Thunderbirds when you see it across the lake....

 

[dellzeqq]

http://ouestleventoux.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/gospel-pass-wales-highest-road.html

the weather forecast is turning - we might see light rain

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Abergavenny/hour_by_hour.html

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Newport/hour_by_hour.html

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Hay-on-wye/hour_by_hour.html

 

[robjh]

http://ouestleventoux.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/gospel-pass-wales-highest-road.html

Shame we're doing it from the easy side - unless TC has some surprises in store for us?

 

[StuAff]

Shame we're doing it from the easy side - unless TC has some surprises in store for us?

It's funny, I thought Hay was more likely to be the easier side. Having had a look at the elevation data I think there's not much in it though, pretty even.