[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Gruffudd ab OwainJan 9, 20226 min read"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Ond mae 'na ddigwyddiad newydd ar y gweill yng Nghymru sy'n cynnwys elfen pellach o antur."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "Does dim route penodol wedi'i osod gan drefnwyr 'A Bike Race: Roughly the Size of Wales', felly beth yn union sy'n mynd 'mlaen? Mi holais i nhw, a dyma oedd ganddyn nhw i'w ddweud."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "\"Mae'n ras feics, ras feics endurance hunan-gynhaliol efo gwahaniaeth. Does dim route wedi'i osod, 5 checkpoint a 22 waypoints ar hyd y ffordd. Bydd y reidwyr yn gwneud eu route eu hunain via ffordd, graean, tywod; be' bynnag."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "\"Wedi reidio'r rhan fwyaf o'r route fy hun yn barod mi ges i fy nharo gan ba mor brydferth ydy arfordir Cymru, ac hefyd cyn lleied yr oeddwn i wedi'i weld o'r blaen."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "\"Pan fydd rhywun yn meddwl am Gymru a seiclo, bydd rhywun yn meddwl am Geraint Thomas, Eryri, mynydd Caerffili, Bwlch y Groes, y Tymbl a fwy na thebyg ambell i ddringfa nodedig arall. Bydd y ras ddim yn cynnwys dim un o'r rhain (oni bai fod Geraint awydd os nad ydy o'n brysur ym mis Mai?) ond yn hytrach yn tywys y reidwyr o gwmpas yr arfordir ac efallai i lefydd na fydden nhw wedi meddwl am fynd iddyn nhw ar ddwy olwyn o'r blaen."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "\"Dydy hynny ddim i ddweud fod 'na ddim dringfeydd en route achos mi fydd yna slogs a bydd y daith yn profi'r reidwyr yn gorfforol ac yn feddyliol gydag oddeutu 1000km o bedlo a dros 10,000m o ddringo... Dwi'n gobeithio bydd y golygfeydd epic ar hyd yr arfordir yn codi ysbryd.\""}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "\"Dwi 'di seiclo ar fy mhen fy hun yn bennaf, ac ond yn y de, gorllewin, reids hirion drwy'r dydd drwy'r canolbarth ac mi wnes i hyd yn oed hurio beic yng Nghyprus ac yn ne Ffrainc, felly dwi'n deall ystyr antur ar ddwy olwyn. Dwi'm yn meddwl alla'i fyth fynd ar wyliau eto heb hurio beic felly dwi'n gobeithio y bydd pawb sy'n mwynhau yn cael amser gwych ac yn mwynhau.\""}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "But there's a new event on the way in Wales that adds an additional element of adventure."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "No route is set by the organisers of 'A Bike Race: Roughly the Size of Wales', so what exactly is going on? I got in contact with them, and here's what they had to say."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "\"[It's] a bike race, self supported endurance bike ride with a difference. There's no set route, 5 checkpoints and 22 waypoints along the way. Make your own route via road, gravel, dirt or sand."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Despite the emphasis on 'race', there will be an opportunity to appreciate the landscape that our nation has to offer. \"I\u2019m not expecting people to be in TT mode head down and eyes only on the road, at each checkpoint and waypoint there will be plenty of beauty to take in."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "\"Having ridden most of the route already myself I was taken aback by just how beautiful the coast of Wales is; and also how much of it I hadn\u2019t seen before."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "\"When you think of Wales and cycling, you usually think Geraint Thomas, Snowdonia, Caerphilly mountain, Bwlch Y Groes, The Tumble and probably a few other notable climbs. This race won\u2019t feature any of those, (well maybe G will be tempted if he isn't busy in May?) but instead will take riders on a journey around the coast and maybe to places they wouldn\u2019t have even thought about visiting on two wheels."}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "\"That\u2019s not to say there aren\u2019t any climbs en route because there will be some slogs and the ride will test riders physically and mentally with around 1000km of pedalling and over 10,000m of elevation... I hope the epic views along the coast will keep spirits up when the chips are down.\""}]