Dragon Ride revisited

The Dragon ride revisited was the first of Cycle Cardiff’s rides to be classified as very hard – and rightly so! The promise of hills (or Welsh Mountains) and a forecast of rain didn’t stop seven cyclists setting off at the earlier time of 9.15. We headed out of Cardiff on a familiar route through St Fagans and Welsh St Donats and then on not so familiar roads towards Pencoed, start of the Dragon Ride proper.

A fair few ‘minor’ climbs had been tackled and not insignificant amounts of food had been consumed by the time we reached Blackmill at the foot of the Ogmore Valley and the start of the ‘mountains’. (more…)

Posted 6 August 2008 by Gwenda Owen