Below are some cycle resources and links to other Welsh websites we think you might like, although remember things change, pubs close and toast gets burnt. If you have a cycling trip, book link, Wales-related event please feel free to email us and let us know. We love to exchange links with people, after all that’s how the Internet works!
In Wales
Accommodation
Airbnb – Stay in a house, anywhere!
Independent Hostel Guide – UK-wide
Booking.com – Wales-wide
Cardiff NosDa – City centre
Swansea YHA – YHA
Manobier Hostel – YHA
St David’s – Old School Hostel
Fishguard – Independent Hostels Network
Tregaron – Y Talbot
Aberystwyth – Plas Dolau
Barmouth – Bunkorama
Totters Hostel, Caernarfon – awesome hostel
Garth Guesthouse, Bangor – great B&B
Llanfyllin, Bunkhouse – Hostel
The Mill, Knighton – Cyclists dream hideaway!
Brecon Beacons – Bunkhouse links
Hostel World – Welsh places
Cafes / Pubs
Albion Cafe, Cilfynydd – Great breakfast
Cardiff Pubs – Pub guide
Mumbles Nightlife – Where to eat and drink
Tenby Tourism – Visitor guide
The Fat Seagull, Tenby – Great breakfast
Y Cwtch Coffi, Cardigan, 07973 985031
Aberystwyth Pubs – Pub blog
Bangor pubs – Beer in the evening
Wrexham pubs – Camra ales
Hen & Chicks, Abergavenny – Nice Brains pub
Chepstow pubs – Pub guide
Cycling
Extreme Culture – valleys hub – biking / adventure
Mountain Biking South Wales – fab offload routes!
Welsh Coastal Path – Walking & cycling trail
Welsh Cycling News – British cycling website
Garmin Equipment – Cycling computers
Mountain Bike Wales – Welsh mountain biking
Cycle Routes – Welsh routes
Bike Radar – Trail centres article
Bike Park Wales – South Wales mountain biking
Trail Guru – Nice website
Cycling Events – Welsh events
The Guardian – Scenic rides in Wales
GPS Routes – Maps, distances and great routes
Cycling Wales – website
Beicio Cymru – Facebook group
Wales Sportive – Annual Event
North Wales – Routes up north
Cycle Training – Cycling training
Cycling Weekly – Magazine
Gower Bike Ride – BHF event
Beics Brenin – Coed Y Brenin
How to Choose a Bike – Jen Reviews
Cycle Wales – Facebook group
Wheelsity – Electric bikes
Road & Mountain bike reviews– loads of useful info.
Bike Shops
Ride Bikes – Talbot Green
Bike Shed Wales – Cardiff
The Bike Shop Wales – Penarth
Bridgend Cycle Centre – Bridgend
Lodge Cycles – Neath
Tredz – Swansea
County Cycles – Llanelli
New Image Bikes – Cardigan
Cyclemart – Lampeter
Summit Cycles – Aberystwyth
Beics Betws – Betws Y Coed
CycleWalesNet – Llangyfni
Evolution Bikes – Bangor
Shotton Cycles – Deeside
Bike Shop – Wrexham
Epic Cycles – Ludlow
Plush Hill Cycles – Church Stretton
Chris’s Cycles – Presteigne
Drovers Cycles – Hay on Wye
Bikes & Hikes – Brecon
Cycle Basket – Crickhowell
Revolutions – Ross on Wye
Gateway Cycles – Abergavenny
South Wales Bikes – Newport
Heroes
Richard Parks – Extreme Environment Athlete
Richard Burton – Famous actor
Alfred Russel Wallace – Naturalist & explorer
Welsh Heroes – Wikipedia archive
Tom Jones – Ponty singer
Bertrand Russell – Philosopher, writer…
The Last King of Wales – British history
Welsh Culture
Keep The Village Alive – Stereophonics
Ctrl-Alt-Delete – Welsh crime thriller trilogy
Singles – Manic Street Preachers
Cardiff After Dark – Street photography
Wales Rugby – Greatest Six Nations
Greatest Hits – Catatonia
Dylan Thomas – Great Welsh poet
Learn Welsh – guide
Fresh Apples – Valleys writer
History of Wales – John Evans
Wales Rugby – official jersey
Roadkill – Modern socialist poetry
Writers of Wales – A to Z
Charity
Prostate Cancer UK – Raising awareness in the UK
Prostate Cancer Wales – Raising awareness in Wales
Ty Hafan – Welsh children’s hospice
Other sites
Official Pontypridd Town – the author’s hometown
Wales Trails T-shirt – Official merchandise
Castles of Wales – great site covering the history of Welsh castles
Discover Cymru – Welsh photographers blog
Wales – Wikipedia entry
Web Design Wales – south Wales web design company
Publish & Print – Get your own cycle trip published!
Trainline – book a train
Wales Travel Book – Lonely Planet
Welsh T-shirt Shop – New designs
Outside Wales
Hadrian’s Cycleway & Coast 2 Coast – new book
Coast2Coast – Cumbrian ride
End to End Directory – Iconic ride
George Mahood – Funny cycling books
Time Outdoors – Tons of walks, cycling and charity events!
Human Race – Mass participation events
Bike Tutor – awesome bike repair blog
Big Fun Bikes – friendly bike shop, London
Author note:
“Organisations/websites who refused to link to us or help us promote/market the ride. Seriously. I asked them all to exchange links or advertise our site (idea) in a newsletter or just pass on to anyone they thought might have been interested. They all point-blank refused or couldn’t be bothered to reply to an email! And people wonder why Wales is still a poor country… These cash-rich government-funded quangos get millions of pounds of taxpayers money and yet they won’t engage with anyone who comes up with an idea they haven’t thought of themselves. I despair. Knowing how they work, they’ll probably wait a few years then do the same thing, making out it is their idea – pathetic. They did it with: #Wales #YearOfAdventure #WearRed (St Davids Day) – all my own ideas.”
Sustrans
Official Hay on Wye
Literature Wales
BBC Wales
Welsh Assembly
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