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best road in north wales .............

Take the road from Llanidloes , past staylittle turn left past Dylife towards Machynlleth ! .............. dont ride fast look at the views towards snowdon
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is that what they call the devils staircase,
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devils staircase starts at Tregaron towards Beulah 2 wee bends !
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The cops in North Wales don't have the best reputation for being bike friendly. Is that the case or a rural myth?
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The police force in wales are to be well shall we say best to be avoided !
BUT ..................... can you blame them, some of the best roads in uk are there. but unfortunatly there are some motor bike " riders " who use theses as race tracks and they give us all a bad name.
I have had 2/ 3 stops due to dirty number plate. . got of bike and cleaned it and was on my way ! Ithink its the bike you ride that is the problem!! ( never get stopped on one of these ! )

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The cops in North Wales don't have the best reputation for being bike friendly. Is that the case or a rural myth?
You hear many stories of this, they can't all be false. The usual technique seems to be to pull over as many bikes as possible and go over them with a fine tooth comb looking for trivial infringements. Small/dirty numberplates or loud pipes being particular favourites. The idea is to disincentivise bikes from using their roads so they go have accidents on somebody else's stats.

That said I was up there in September, not a dibble in sight and some wonderful roads round Llangollen and the Ponderosa cafe. Avoid peak hooning times and don't RLAC and it's quite enjoyable
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best road in north wales .............

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devils staircase starts at Tregaron towards Beulah 2 wee bends !

Two we bends on the staircase itself…….up a 25% climb…….amid absolutely stunning scenery for miles whichever direction you ride……and right next to the epic Abergwesyn common. Not an area to miss

But it is in mid-wales rather than the north.
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know it very well ( another fantastic area ) i try and get there mid week and on a suuny day !
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