Peregrine Mountain Roads 300km - 1st July

[Kev Sp8]

Not run this year. I believe it may run in 2019. I have the GPX file if you’re interested?

[158Tester]

That would be most interesting thanks. How would you get it to me?

Cheers,
158Tester

[whosatthewheel]

That would be most interesting thanks. How would you get it to me?

Cheers,
158Tester

GPX is available here...

http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/17-660/

I uploaded on a BikeHike and the vertical ascent is nowhere near 6,000 metres, more like 4600... I had the suspicion it is not possible to put together a route of 300 km in Wales with 6K of climbing

[Ian H]

I uploaded on a BikeHike and the vertical ascent is nowhere near 6,000 metres, more like 4600... I had the suspicion it is not possible to put together a route of 300 km in Wales with 6K of climbing

Interesting.  Loading it to GPX Editor gives 7400m.  I expect Oliver will have a look at it before it runs again.
It was great 'fun' getting that route into some sort of order. 

[Kev Sp8]

I recorded 6028m of ascent on the ride. On my ridewithgps planned route it shows 5342m. I'd guess the true figure is somewhere in between.

[Kev Sp8]

The route is pretty convoluted which I assume is deliberate to collect as many climbs as possible.

[Ian H]

The route is pretty convoluted which I assume is deliberate to collect as many climbs as possible.

Not quite.  Nik wasn't interested in the climbing, just the mountain roads.  His method of calculating AAA was to think for a moment, then say "I think that's worth a couple of points. Don't you?"

Another excellent 300 of his was the Drove Roads of Mid-Wales.  (I wonder if I have a routesheet somewhere).

[mattc]

...  Nik wasn't interested in the climbing, just the mountain roads.

Which flat ones do you recommend?