Trip over the Gap with Massive Dai and Gringo.

Trip over the Gap with Massive Dai and Gringo. 

(Matt and Graham) 

1-5-15

So i have been training todo a bike ride on the 16th May in the Forrest Of Dean, where i plan todo a 26 mile ride (The Big Boar Chase) off road on my mountain bike with 1040 other riders and Gringo..

So i was knackered and really wasn't keen on riding, but Massive Dai had just bought himself a new bike, so i got dragged out up to Tal-Y-Bont to the entrance to the Gap road where we left Gringo's Van, and went over the Brecon Beacons back towards Brecon. 

This was an 8.9 Mile ride, with a 818ft Climb. 

So you may notice 2 of the Bikes are identical, then there's my Orange in the Middle. Just beyond that gate is the highest railways tunnel in the Uk. Torpantau tunnel served the Brecon - Merthyr railway line for around 80 years. Here are some pictures when we walked through about 2 months ago. 

Here are the Bikes at the top of the Gap, before the Descend back into Brecon. 

Here is the View you can see over looking Brecon, With Pen-Y-fan being to the Left of the picture. 

So on the rough decent back towards Brecon, Gringo managed to destroy a tube, so we stopped to change the tube, and carried on....

 No less than 30 second later on the bike... he did it again, luckily he was carrying 2 new tubes. 

 This is me stood on the Gap, about to descend back into Brecon home. 

Whilst i was tired before and really wasn't keen on riding, actually the ride made me feel really good, sometime just getting up and doing the things you love can help you keep motivated and determined to achieve your goals in life! 

Thanks For Reading. :)