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<div class="deck" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 30px !important; letter-spacing: -.15px;">There's a small lane north of Shirenewton that's one of my favourites. It's not so easy to reach, but the route getting there is also exceptionally nice and when combined; the two form a fabulous loop across the Gwent Levels and through Wentwood Forest... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/12/gwent-levels-wentwood-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></a>
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<span class="display-text-card" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 2em;">Join me for my first "official" ride of 2020 as I cycle this stunning circular route up the Ebbw Fach Valley, through Clydach Gorge, and returning along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/11/clydach-gorge-classic.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></span></a>
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<div class="display-text-card" style="line-height: 1.8em;">Shining like a silver coin at the northern base of the Black Mountains, this unique lake... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/11/llangorse-lake-classic.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featsubTitle" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/12/gospel-pass-epic.html">Gospel Pass Epic</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">Few routes are worthy of this dramatic title, but ask most cyclists and they'll likely agree that this is one of those rides... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/12/gospel-pass-epic.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="card-3-glow"><div class="tag_update"><span>UPDATED!</span></div><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/12/carreg-tegernacus.html"><img class="blank" width="100%" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="270"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCfwC4KAU4ubxSju4V5yjVwxXxUQmCYaSGDW6sofNfNlvxNr7Fg6WlylTpohx5rWvhGrF3qPLYcPTAHsbEhqVXhvfKutZaqcscrsw_o_jdZcx8sk4hZSDaXlDWOF5OgzvUvlOH7-HL1dSt7WXZUoqyH33BmdHgcr_k32w6Iquo75bjo5jBWW5R7QdBos/s1600/carreg-tegernacus-270%28sq%29.jpg"/></a>
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<div class="featsubTitle" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/12/carreg-tegernacus.html">Carreg Tegernacus</a></div>
<span class="display-text-card" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Without warning, the most amazing cycling adventure unfolded and this day became one of those surprisingly epic rides... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/12/carreg-tegernacus.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></span></div>
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<div class="display-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">An extensive recap of my <br />cycling achievements, my ride reports, the blog/website development, and even the weather!... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/2023-achievements.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></div>
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<div class="display-text" style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px;">An overview of my achievements over the course of the year, including distances, days in the saddle, elevation gain, and even overall time... <a href="https://bikeswalescharts-home.blogspot.com/p/2023-by-numbers.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></div>
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<div class="display-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A bold set of plans for my cycling adventures including new places to visit, new routes to ride, new photography, plus camping!... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/2024-goals.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></div>
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<div class="subhead_sm" style="line-height: 1.1em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://bikewalesroutes-home.blogspot.com/2020/12/ncn-routes-in-south-east-wales_5.html"><span style="color: red">NEW!</span> South East Wales</a></div>
<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I've outlined and listed all 27 routes of the NCN in South East Wales, including; interactive maps,.pdf's, & ,gpx files for download... <a href="https://bikewalesroutes-home.blogspot.com/2020/12/ncn-routes-in-south-east-wales_5.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View: South East Wales</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="letter-spacing: -0.25px; padding: 0px 10px;">Take a few moments to read a brief overview of what's new in this issue, as well as my thoughts about cycling and exploring Wales. This is also my place to say thank you — <i>to you</i>, for taking time to visit my little blog... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/editors-letter-december-2023.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">Take a look at some of my favourites from an epic year of cycling when I rode 164 days and cycled nearly 10,000 miles...
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<div class="featsubTitle" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/10/talybont-on-usk-explore.html">Talybont-on-Usk<br />[explore]</a></div>
<span class="display-text-card" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.65em;">This was my exploration of what I hope will become the first leg of a future trip across Bannau Brecheiniog... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/10/talybont-on-usk-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></span></div>
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<span class="display-text-card" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Every person, cycling or walking — should visit this poignant reminder to the sacrifices made by the people of the Valleys for coal mining... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-guardian.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></span></div>
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<span class="display-text-card" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Remember the pandemic? It's hard to believe when we look back. I tried to make the best of it one day by exploring our small village... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/07/alley-cats.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></span></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="letter-spacing: -0.25px; padding: 0px 10px;">Take a few moments to read a brief outline of what's new for this issue and what's been going on with Bike Wales behind the scenes. This is also my place to say thank you for taking time to visit my little blog... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/editors-letter-october-2023.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="font-size: .9em; line-height: 1.6em;">It was a big year for my cycling adventures and I shot a lot of photos. Take a look at some of my favourites... <a href="https://bikewalesgallery-home.blogspot.com/2023/02/best-of-2017.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Best of 2017</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="font-size: .9em; line-height: 1.6em;">Touring bikes with curved steel forks are starting to get hard to find and then I found this British-made beauty ... <a href="https://www.thewoodscyclery.co.uk/shop/uncategorised/touring-bikes/singular-peregrine-frameset-2/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="pointer">► </span>Check out: Singular Peregrine</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="font-size: .9em; line-height: 1.6em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="section-type">You Tube</span> - I would love to participate in this event. I enjoy seeing the comaraderie, between the younger and older folks as they cycle through the italian countryside. It's so simple yet simply glorious. I can watch it over and over again.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXkkQ8wWzgM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> <span class="pointer">► </span>Watch video</a></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.seasurfdirt.com/" target="new">Sea Surf Dirt<a></a></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyclingabout.com/" target="new">Cycling About</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theradavist.com/" target="new">The Radavist</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pannier.cc/" target="new">Pannier</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.adventure-journal.com/" target="new">Adventure Journal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bikepacking.com/" target="new">bikepacking.com</a></li>
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<div class="deck" style="margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px;">I have visited each of these castles seperately, but never all three in a single day and the idea had been brewing in the back of my mind for years. So on a beautiful summer day in July of 2022, I finally made the Three Castles Cycle Tour... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/02/three-castles-tour.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text" style="letter-spacing: -0.05px;">This route is not for the casual rider — many parts are quite challenging, but the countryside is wide open and rolling which makes for a fabulous day out on your bike... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/07/monmouth-abergavenny-loop.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text">I keep returning to this fabulous route year after year simply because it is stunning... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2023/01/llangynidr-sugarloaf-classic.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featsubTitle"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/05/llangattock-escarpment-campout.html">Llangattock Campout</a></div>
<div class="display-text">Four years is too long to wait for bikepacking! Checkout when I got back to the core of my cycling... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/05/llangattock-escarpment-campout.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featsubTitle"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/05/wye-valley-classic-v2.html">Wye Valley Greenway v.2</a></div>
<div class="display-text">I returned to the Wye Valley Greenway, however this time I cycled the route from Chepstow to Tintern... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/05/wye-valley-classic-v2.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="font-size: .9em; line-height: 1.6em;">After a few years of cycling long distances, I created a page just to keep track of the rides equaling a century or more... <a href="https://bikeswalescharts-home.blogspot.com/2022/12/100-mile-club.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View: 100 Mile Club</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="letter-spacing: -0.25px; padding: 0px 10px;">Take a few moments to read a brief outline of what's new for this issue and what's been going on with Bike Wales behind the scenes. This is also my place to say thank you for taking time to visit my little blog... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/editors-letter-july-2023.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="font-size: .9em; line-height: 1.6em;">As I began to write this reveiw, rumours began circulating that TREK is ending its production of their legendary touring bike?... <a href="https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bikes/bikepacking-and-touring-bikes/520/520/p/24000/?colorCode=red" target="new"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Bike</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card" style="letter-spacing: -0.05px;">I first discovered this new route in 2021, but for this report, I thought it worthwile to explore it from a different direction. Join me as I cycle the Wye Valley Greenway from Chepstow to Tintern... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/05/wye-valley-classic-v2.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card">Four years is too long to wait for bikepacking! Checkout when I got back to the core of my cycling... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/05/llangattock-escarpment-campout.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card">Join me as I cycle from Aberbeeg up through the former Marine Collery, the village of Cwm, and finally to the town of Ebbw Vale... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/aberbeeg-ebbw-vale.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">Steel-lugged, bar-end shifters, and with an option of linear-pull rim brakes... what's not to love? I've admired Fuji bikes for nearly 50 years and like many mdoels before it, this one looks great!... <a href="https://www.fujibikes.com/collections/touring-1" target="new"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Bike</a></div>
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<div class="tag_new" style="letter-spacing: 2px;"><span>COVER STORY</span></div><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/04/trevil-quarry-afon-crawnon.html"><img alt="" border="0" class="blank" width="100%" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9zQQFJFF31oEjCxbfwLxHVE_CE-2p4V3Er-gaWYlsG0Ug7Z3PdRJ6WG5CQ_5bw0aQi0fJheC01LEbblYya68BZNQupWI1KvoqLwc4Z0h1qUz-SJy1VAj8xAINcIqGSVOpvEsXvFlpnvBv27-TBtUapqdjmvWOVjYpnvmsRoWNbS-pIQHqRy2rirI/s1600/P1060142_new2.jpg"/></a>
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<div class="deck" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">I first wandered through this area on one of my early cycling adventures in Wales back in 2012. Ten years later, it seemed that I should re-visit my route with fresh eyes and a better understanding of the geography and its history... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/04/trevil-quarry-afon-crawnon.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></div>
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<div class="card-2-glow"><div class="tag_new"><span>NEW!</span></div><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/aberbeeg-ebbw-vale.html"><img alt="" border="0" class="blank" width="100%" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAR8qP20TOjYGXnCJ1svsL_C4gy5LxHo99yDAeohMQL9R7MWQ_VFrAQzp7lVysdkRO2dyp2eQjIQ0Y73YahD-lEDsH95UjJHvOVsvAtBYqWKvJiqLPlYlm79b_T2lHEyUC9u6FsttcNfHH__RqxAU9MNIYsijzuimIeCwjcNLAkhn2JInKZRjtwW4r/s1600/P1060388_new3.jpg"/>
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<div class="display-text-card">Join me as as I cycle up NCN Route 466 to the old colliery at Cwm. I then continue north to what was once the UK's largest steel works at Ebbw Vale. It's a short ride, but one rich in history... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/aberbeeg-ebbw-vale.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></a>
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<div class="card-3-glow" style="float: left; height: 530px;"><div class="tag_update"><span>UPDATED!</span></div><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/lady-windsor-ncn-route-881.html"><img class="blank" width="100%" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6CI29eye0FFCghFPM-HV9m50OpogfZseCudlP3_9YA4IH5_iHgGteR7bSN6XP5fP7KxF-p65QILzvmhRH-gq54nrSkOKzYyVPzUG0Hllm2dGGGXn0zdoXTsYQUZSH0ChnQW0Z_V2axFLbO1GeMJN3wyIOyGw-yEaGDXQGqEruVZaPsWE0oJDaiZq/s1600/Lady-Windsor_NCN-Route-881%28sq%29-sm.jpg" /></a>
<div class="featDate">August 31, 2014</div>
<div class="featsubTitle"><img alt="" border="0" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;" data-original-height="36" data-original-width="25" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguV1T6acTzo644cfqIXXaTpUF0vDcv1UgbjJdXlqpYwhwZyrxpx1-BvbsHcNlXmWqtfX8S7uMwKb6mQUYu3VTCziMDSp2y4Diy7CUxvRuQVVZZoFozYbgckOr2Pt7s2bya3sJABfzaHQ0/s320/blue-ribbon-clipart_sm.png"/><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/lady-windsor-ncn-route-881.html">Lady Windsor & NCN Route 881</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">One of my goals was to ride all of the main routes of the National Cycle Network... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/lady-windsor-ncn-route-881.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featDate">May 17, 2021</div>
<div class="featsubTitle"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/05/sugarloaf-classic-explore.html">Sugarloaf Classic <br />[ explore ]</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">The roads are quiet and roll through miles of tranquil farms; a perfect route for a lazy ride in the country.... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/05/sugarloaf-classic-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="card-3-glow" style="float: left; height: 530px;"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/07/maerdy-aberdare-explore.html"><img class="blank" width="100%" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFTOqMLJxIYn9_aYxH-gYKiwCglPXcQK9zj41kjMWNI_az2BTNBTFsQOzLd7pBzR4aG-IMwDsGy7ax6STfiOCAmB2sHl-851v3_dI5WBBxx-HKspwl3s6ZSrVSD-ZSItH-eSBJemYIVlLtjIpNQSGB6S6lX3nyng9REEvROxhkGDHawyWk8kPkQO2/s1600/maerdy-aberdare%28sq%29-sm.jpg" /></a>
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<div class="featsubTitle"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/07/maerdy-aberdare-explore.html">Maerdy & Aberdare Tour</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">I explore NCN Route 881 on my fourth adventure up the Rhondda Fach Valley and over to Aberdare... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/07/maerdy-aberdare-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I've recently rode with my inlaws in their car up through "cowboy country". It's just not the same as on a bicycle, so I went back and updated this gallery... <a href="https://bikewalesgallery-home.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-bwlch.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Gallery</a></div>
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<div style="color: #fff; background-color: #485175; padding: 6px 12px 6px 12px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px;">📔 Editor's Letter - October 2022</div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: -.25px;">Read about what's been going on with Bike Wales behind the scenes and a brief overview of the features and departments for this issue. This is also where I say thank you for taking time to visit my little blog... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/editors-letter-october-2022.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="subhead_sm" style="line-height: 1.1em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://bikewalesroutes-home.blogspot.com/2021/10/cordell-country.html"><span style="color: #ECB11A;">UPDATED!</span> Cordell Country</a></div>
<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">For my second advanced route I've put together an extended ride which explores the Ebbw Fach Valley and the Vale of Usk... <a href="https://bikewalesroutes-home.blogspot.com/2021/10/cordell-country.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="subhead_sm" style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.templecycles.co.uk/products/classic-tour?variant=52647618246" target="new">Temple Classic Tour</a></div>
<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I find it very sad that it's nearly impossible these days to find a steel-lugged bicycle frame with a steel fork and rim brakes. This may be one of the last.. <a href="https://www.templecycles.co.uk/products/classic-tour?variant=52647618246" target="new"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Bike</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card" style="margin-top: 10px; letter-spacing: -.25px;">This "Route to Ride" utilises five NCN routes from Pontypool to Blaenavon, including the fabulous M&B Canal. <br />
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<div class="display-text-card">After a lengthy hiatus, I began working on my Taff Trail project again with some interesting surprises... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/03/upper-pontsticill-taff-valley.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card" style="letter-spacing: -.15px;"><i>Not Quite Long Enough</i>; I've put together a collection of images and short reports from five rides I made during the summer and autumn of 2021... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/11/5x-2021.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">For my second advanced route I've put together an extended ride which explores the Ebbw Fach Valley and the Vale of Usk... <a href="https://bikewalesroutes-home.blogspot.com/2022/04/blaenavon-ramble.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I've recently rode with my inlaws in their car up through "cowboy country". It's just not the same as on a bicycle, so I went back and updated this gallery... <a href="https://bikewalesgallery-home.blogspot.com/2022/07/llangynidr-commons-ii.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Gallery</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I don't generally ride for distance, but I do set myself a few goals to maintain consistency and endurance. Check out how I'm doing this year!... <a href="https://bikeswalescharts-home.blogspot.com/2023/01/2022-yearly-totals.html#goals"><span class="pointer">► </span>View Charts</a></div>
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Article by: JOSH CAFFREY & ERICK CEDEÑO.<a href="https://theradavist.com/bicycle-nomad-buffalo-soldiers-route-bikepacking/" target="new"> <span class="pointer">► </span>Read full article</a></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.adventure-journal.com/" target="new">Adventure Journal</a></li>
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<div class="display-text-card">I made several rides last year without much of a plan; I just rode along and shot photos that interested me. However, at the end of the year, I realized that I had five sets of images which suggested something bigger. So I've combined these images into one uber report as a placeholder for future development... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/11/5x-2021.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></a>
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<div class="card-3-glow" style="height: 520px;"><div class="tag_update"><span>UPDATED!</span></div><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/mad-explore-discovery.html"><img class="blank" style="display: block;" width="100%" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqAIjyzKWnE5NwVHWZaMNEbtJmkEl_7a5mj_gGlXRX-MI7mFmTLJbMRuHLU52yeqdH4qlRXsvK8KYTK8Hfph92DfXhN-rvvWaj0dl3-IppqnlmVycKGogynnmb8_1oPAJ1YGA5hATCz0/s0/IMG_5931_new%2528sq%2529-sm.jpg"/></a>
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<div class="featsubTitle" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/mad-explore-discovery.html">Mad Explore & Discovery</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">Take a look back to an amazing adventure in my latest ride report update... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/mad-explore-discovery.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featsubTitle" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/03/vale-of-usk-ii-explore.html">Vale of Usk II <br />[ explore ]</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">It was a typical November day in Wales, but with a surprising amount of colour left in the trees... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/03/vale-of-usk-ii-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card">Join me as I explore a new walking and cycling route which has opened between Tintern and Chepstow... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/02/monmouth-chepstow-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I've big plans for my <i>Routes to Ride</i> section. My first "advanced" route took several excursions to finally pull together and now you can see the results... <a href="https://bikewalesroutes-home.blogspot.com/2021/08/adventure-series-raglan-ramble.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View route</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: -.25px;">This is the space where I take a few moments to outline what's new for the issue and generally discuss what's been going on with Bike Wales. It's also my place to say thank you! for taking time to visit my little blog... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/editors-letter-june-2022.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="subhead_sm" style="line-height: 1.1em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://bikewalesgallery-home.blogspot.com/2021/12/best-of-2020.html">Best of 2020</a></div>
<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I'm starting to review my photography from the years that I've been cycling in Wales. Check out my selection of what I think are my best from 2020... <a href="https://bikewalesgallery-home.blogspot.com/2021/12/best-of-2020.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View gallery</a></div>
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<div class="subhead_sm" style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://bikeswalescharts-home.blogspot.com/2022/12/rides-by-bike.html">Rides by Bike</a></div>
<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">When compling all of my cycling data, it seemed obvious that I should specify which bikes I ride. Now you can see the depth of my spreadsheet sickness... <a href="https://bikeswalescharts-home.blogspot.com/2022/12/rides-by-bike.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>View charts</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="section-type">You Tube</span> - There's a thing happening with cycling videos. For lack of a better term; I'm calling it "cycle therapy". It involves time-lapsed video of an idividual working on a bicycle accompanied with calm, relaxing music. I'm completely hooked. Watch it and tell me what you think...<a href="https://youtu.be/5o1T6AM32f8?t=0" target="new"> <span class="pointer">► </span>Watch video</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="section-type">BBC News</span> - A Ukrainian man cycled west from his besieged city of Severodonetsk to Bakhmut, a city under Ukrainian control, all the while dodging Russian bombs and artillery fire. Cycling whilst wearing a bullet-proof vest is something I've never had to consider.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61614256" target="new"> <span class="pointer">► </span>Read full article</a></div>
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<div class="tag_new" style="letter-spacing: 2px;"><span>COVER STORY</span></div><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/03/vale-of-usk-ii-explore.html"><img alt="" border="0" class="blank" width="870" height= "653" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj42E5_2a6Hm6PdXOdI9QABOARboC5K6hU3gY6Jzrj8ywZgI6gJdwVudpVlTuN77nEtANw2fLEi4Ty1Zl0-5QAdKt4MsgNX4BF9JEiIJxPZ4BscjTQhVeOZMPsB1K8w1ObWD3z3nxMrDxGUav8mETgS1U5vDN2WTqR79rZFGbhRukvtLUZ20KR8vvL/s1600/P1050283_new2b.jpg"/></a>
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<div class="deck" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;">I've been working for quite a while on a circular route which travels around the Vale of Usk and I think I've just about got it now. Take a look at my latest version which includes a loop through Raglan and Great Oak... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/03/vale-of-usk-ii-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></div>
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<div class="display-text-card">I discovered a new walking and cycling route opened between Tintern and Chepstow. The most exciting part of this discovery is that the new route makes use of a re-purposed train tunnel!... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/02/monmouth-chepstow-explore.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div></a>
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<div class="display-text-card">The morning was bleak, but in Wales - <i>if anything</i>; the weather is damn changable and sometimes that is all you need to know... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/brecon-beyond.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featsubTitle"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/02/st-lythans-tinkinswood.html">St. Lythans & Tinkinswood</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">Southwest of Cardiff, stand two neolithic burial chambers worthy of a visit by bicycle... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/02/st-lythans-tinkinswood.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text-card">A photo intensive report documenting NCN Route 49 along the M&B Canal as a module for future "Routes to Ride"... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/newport-to-pontypool.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">Check out the latest photo-shoot featuring the bike I bought nearly 43 years ago... <a href="https://bikewalesgallery-home.blogspot.com/2022/04/1979-trek-412.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">The new design now has individual pages for each year that I've been writing cycle reports... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/rides-by-year.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;">I've compiled the data from all of my Solitaires starting in 2016 into a single page for ease of comparison... <a href="https://bikeswalescharts-home.blogspot.com/2022/12/solitaires-overview.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.adventure-journal.com/" target="new">Adventure Journal</a></li>
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<div class="featsubTitle"><a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/ogmore-by-sea-odyssey.html">Ogmore-by-the-Sea Odyssey</a></div>
<div class="display-text-card">My first glimpse was on a midnight ride... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2022/01/ogmore-by-sea-odyssey.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="display-text">Join me as I cycle across the Gwent Levels and explore a new route through the oldest ancient forest in Wales... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/07/solitaire-wilds-of-wentwood.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="featDate">March 22, 2021</div>
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<div class="display-text">High in Taf Fachen Valley and popular with the locals... <a href="https://bikewalesrides-home.blogspot.com/2021/07/solitaire-pontsticill-michaelston.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: -.25px;">We've been working hard behind the scenes to create our exciting new design for 2022 and we've got a lot to show you! I've got the <i>how and why</i>, as well as the <i>what</i> we've changed — for our future blogging adventures... <a href="https://bikewales.blogspot.com/p/editors-letter-vol-06-issue-01-2022.html"><span class="pointer">► </span>Read more</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em;"><b>King's Retro</b> - I was browsing for modern steel framed bikes when I ran across this beauty - I thought I had traveled back in time. I wonder how long these will be on the market?... <a href="https://www.thelightblue.co.uk/Sport/5LB5KE59B/Kings-Retro" target="new"><span class="pointer">► </span>Check it out!</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="section-type">You Tube</span> - A friend back in the states runs a vintage bike collector email thread. He found this and shared it. Now I have to do the same. Enjoy!... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZSjZZ_r7LE" target="new"> <span class="pointer">► </span>Watch video</a></div>
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<div class="plain-text" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="section-type">You Tube</span> - Here's another great little video from Russ at A Path Less Pedaled. I just dig his work and ride ethics. It's "party pace" time!... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzEHSAXUTk" target="new"> <span class="pointer">► </span>Watch video</a></div>
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<li><a href="https://theradavist.com/" target="new">The Radavist</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.adventure-journal.com/" target="new">Adventure Journal</a></li>
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