Roy's Rides are centred on Builth
Wells in mid-Wales. The first event of the 2006 season took place in March at
Llaneglwys Forest, where a number of new tracks have been cut through the
forest, thus ensuring some technical riding. Track cutting crews have been busy
for quite some time tracing old tracks and reopening them, and cutting new
tracks where the old ones have become too overgrown to recover, or where a new
track links road sections. With names such as April Fool, The Maze, The Gulley,
Scooby's Nest, Brock Bank, Roy has tried to make the forest very user friendly,
and parts of it were used in the Spring Merida, 2006. The Merida's 50k
riders used Brock Bank, and reports indicated they thought it the best part of
the course, one 75k rider, who tried this part of the route on Good Friday,
agreed with this verdict and thought it should be incorporated into the next
event. While he was in the forest we persuaded him to try the Ridgeback, which a
team of four had finished cutting just minutes before he arrived. "A bit hard
and wet as an uphill section" was his verdict, so we will take note of this. On
May 3rd the link near Fiveways (The Sheds) was completed with a bridge over the
stream, so this will allow traffic to be turned before they reach Fiveways and
thus avoid two-way traffic at Fiveways. Together with John Lloyd, the course
preparation team cut the second part of the link, and built the bridge. John
thinks they should ride most of the way up from the stream, we'll wait and see!
The Llaneglwys rides are an ideal opportunity for the experienced rider to hone their skills. The Forest affords a number of routes, and we hope eventually to get a distance of up to 15-16 miles from one circuit. If you participated in the Spring Merida, you will be familiar with the Forest, as it was used for both the 50k and 75k events and Roy is always looking at introducing new tracks to events.
Tillhill, who manage the forestry are keen to encourage use of the forestry by families and competitive cycle riders, and RoysRides are pleased to continue assisting in finding and clearing routes in this great bit of forestry. With access onto open moorland most should find going to suit them.
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