2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Chargeride]

Started the ride in the tired Welsh town of Denbigh

Straight out onto a gravel bridleway

Beautiful riverside forested path

Relatively easy crossing, but it went very wrong

Bike conked two minutes later, endless drying cleaning, nothing for twenty minutes then it burst into life by itself

Huge technical climb

So high we could see the Irish sea

Huge fast descent

Went on for miles

The impossibly cute village of Nantglyn

The bridleway out of it was ludicrous, it had long turned into a waterfall, I made half of it, but that was just rocks covered in leaves

Thats why the Mini was designed.

Gorgeous descent

Walked the bike across, it was now 20C and wet feet were welcome

It led through a house renovation and the builders were giving us directions

we mooched around for a bit and gave up, they told us to try the farm next door.

Full on deliverance vibes, but we went in anyway.

The track was just horrendous, the absolute limit of the bike and me

Another abandoned farm.

Back in Denbigh ,a quick look at the castle

 

[Rás Cnoic]

Started the ride in the tired Welsh town of Denbigh
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Straight out onto a gravel bridleway
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Beautiful riverside forested path
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Relatively easy crossing, but it went very wrong
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Bike conked two minutes later, endless drying cleaning, nothing for twenty minutes then it burst into life by itself
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Huge technical climb
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So high we could see the Irish sea
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Huge fast descent
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Went on for miles
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The impossibly cute village of Nantglyn
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The bridleway out of it was ludicrous, it had long turned into a waterfall, I made half of it, but that was just rocks covered in leaves
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Thats why the Mini was designed.
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Gorgeous descent
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Walked the bike across, it was now 20C and wet feet were welcome
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It led through a house renovation and the builders were giving us directions
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we mooched around for a bit and gave up, they told us to try the farm next door.
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Full on deliverance vibes, but we went in anyway.
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The track was just horrendous, the absolute limit of the bike and me
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Another abandoned farm.
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Back in Denbigh ,a quick look at the castle
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That looks brilliant but total knackering! Reminds me of the rides I'd do with friends back in my teens, never knew where we'd end up, no phones, no maps, carrying the damn MTB half the time but when we found the perfect sheep path descent, all worth it!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Started the ride in the tired Welsh town of Denbigh

I can see you were eventually blessed with magnificent sunshine! Judging by your gloves, it had to be rather cold and possibly windy? A fabulous ride, true mountain biking, yay! Waiting for the video!

Regarding your "conked" Levo, I'm surprised. I rode through many creeks with my Giant Trance E+, Vado and Vado SL (often with the motor chamber covered by the water), and never experienced electrical issues afterwards! Yes, the Giant had some moisture related issues when it got old but that's the Giant e-bike

Now, I can recognize the place. The gravel road level was raised in later years but trust me I rode that long stretch of water covering my motor on my big Vado and no electrical issue!

 

[DaveMatthews]

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Sorry, Dave The water ingress to the Giant E+ bike motor chamber and corroding the integrated circuit are a well known fact!