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A4069
Original Poster
57 posts
45 months
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out for a spin on the A4069 today, pretty glorious out there. and who can get enough of this bend: 
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Allyc85
3,681 posts
55 months
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Tis always good fun up there, just a shame its near on 4 hours away for me 
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steve z
1,245 posts
91 months
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B4519 and B4520 between Brecon and Builth Wells are better though.
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pwd95
7,069 posts
107 months
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Chris71
19,978 posts
111 months
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pwd95 said: Up there quite a lot, nice run for me too....   What, this road?   ETA: In a moment of spectacular stupidity I didn't realise the Griff you 'knew of' for sale was yours! Chim looks good.
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Allyc85
3,681 posts
55 months
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pwd95
7,069 posts
107 months
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pwd95
7,069 posts
107 months
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steve z said: B4519 and B4520 between Brecon and Builth Wells are better though. Don't know if I'd say better but certainly outstanding..... Top of the 4519....  
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Chris71
19,978 posts
111 months
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pwd95 said: Not just yet! I think that a Chim or Griff will be the next toy - happy with the Caterham for a while, it goes and handles superbly, but it's just not quite the same as a TVR. Definitely feeling withdrawl symptoms. PS Did yours find the new (well, new-looking) surface at the top of the A4069 a bit uncomfortable? From the valley and uphill to a mile or two past the famous bend mine behaved well, but at the top there's a different type of tarmac which is very dark with lighter flecks in it, and it didn't feel very secure there at all, especially on the more cambered sections.
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pwd95
7,069 posts
107 months
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Know what you mean. I'm never brave enough to push it too hard up there. There's some scary corners on both sides. Have you done Pembrey yet? They've got the same tarmac as Silverstone, special expensive grippy stuff apparently. Only Pembrey & Silverstone have it according to them. It came to drizzle quite heavily half way through the session & I didn't feel any twitches at all so it does seem very good.
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Allyc85
3,681 posts
55 months
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Chris71 said: PS Did yours find the new (well, new-looking) surface at the top of the A4069 a bit uncomfortable? From the valley and uphill to a mile or two past the famous bend mine behaved well, but at the top there's a different type of tarmac which is very dark with lighter flecks in it, and it didn't feel very secure there at all, especially on the more cambered sections. I know my Focus wasnt quite the beast that your TVRS are but I found the road on top of the A4069 to have a stange feel to it. I had Toyo proxeys on my old car and on the old tarmac it felt great but on the newer stuff it felt very vague and almost springy though the steering 
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Chris71
19,978 posts
111 months
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Allyc85 said: I know my Focus wasnt quite the beast that your TVRS are but I found the road on top of the A4069 to have a stange feel to it. I had Toyo proxeys on my old car and on the old tarmac it felt great but on the newer stuff it felt very vague and almost springy though the steering Yep, just felt slippery - like the (already significant) negative camber had been exagerated quite a lot. Just took it easy along that bit. Ironically my mate in a Fiat Panda (to be fair it was the slightly sporty one...) was lapping it up, but he had extemely expensive Michelins on there. pwd95 said: Have you done Pembrey yet? Not for a long time, went down there a couple of times when I lived in Swansea, but haven't been there since about 2003. On a completely random note (and without a hint of grippy tarmac) I did enjoy Llandow tremendously for what's basically a glorified oval.
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Red111
686 posts
59 months
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Out with two mates in the summer at the Black mountain 
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SimonV8ster
7,370 posts
97 months
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This one ?? 
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peanutjb
816 posts
115 months
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No! This one  
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kik1.6se
244 posts
101 months
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dannytherev
2,004 posts
54 months
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Was up this way today with some serious metal met up with hy789 (shame about the weather) pics  
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hy789
88 posts
43 months
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dannytherev said: Was up this way today with some serious metal met up with hy789 (shame about the weather) pics awesome road, managed to just avoid the major downpour
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Chris71
19,978 posts
111 months
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dannytherev said: How much fun would that bend be in that weather!
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dannytherev
2,004 posts
54 months
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Oh it was fun fella esp for the V8Vantage 
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