Llanberis & Ranger paths seem to be the most popular for pushing up & riding down. I haven't done it but I'd say the llanberis path is best for pushing up.
Did it years ago - rode up the Llanberis path and down the Ranger trail. Once you get far enough down that, there's a track that will loop you back into Llanberis.
Had to push a bit in places on the way up, but I was on a fully rigid mountain bike - I'd like to think that these days, with better bike/suspension/technique/fitness, I'd be able to get up with (almost) no pushing.
> Llanberis & Ranger paths seem to be the most popular for pushing up & riding down. I haven't done it but I'd say the llanberis path is best for pushing up.
Pushing up!!! Don't be soft.
The Llanberis path is 99% ridable on the way up and 100% fun on the way down.
The Ranger is hard work both up and down and yes, it involves a bit of pushing.
In reply to wannabeagoat:
I had a bet with my (then) 15 yr old son that I could run up and down Snowden from llanberis faster than he could cycle up and down (I'm in my 60's). He won hands down. The path is cycleable (as above) the vast majority of the route up. I beat him going up but by god he beat me coming down. He was riding a down hill specific bike at the time. Fortunately he's taken up road bikes so we're level pegging now.
In reply to wannabeagoat:
Yep you're right. As I recall we were OK uptoabout 0900. Mind you the speed he got up to he wasn't taking any prisoners coming down and in fairness at the time we did it he was getting rounds of applause!!
Up the Rhyd ddu is less rideable than the Llanberis but much more interesting. Depends what you want! The ranger is awesome and by doing the Rhyd you can ride to the valley which is quite nice.
I think the negotiated ban is between 10 and 4 between mid April and the end of September. The rest of the year is fine but if cyclists cause trouble it could have consequences so it's best to try and avoid it.
In the summer months it's really easy to get up and down in the late afternoon with plenty of light, I started at just gone 4 and was down by about 6:30 I think.
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