r/northwales

What an amazing day Saturday was running around the mountains, if you would have told me 6 months ago I’d be doing this I would have laughed at you! Lucky to call this place home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Canoeing the Afon Mawddach — a world-class whitewater river in the heart of Wales. Epic rapids, wild scenery, unforgettable paddle! 🛶🌊

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🚣‍♂️ Canoeing across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 🇬🇧

One of the most surreal paddles in the UK — 30m above the Dee Valley! 😍🌊

Would you brave the height?

Grizzly Adventurer Canoe trips

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Canoeing on Bala lake with grizzly adventurer in north Wales.

Hello!

I did my undergraduate studies at Bangor University about a decade ago and I'm looking to revisit the city and North Wales (I'm from Germany). I did a lot of exploring around Snowdonia and Anglesey by bike and I'm keen to retrace some of those trips, as well as just using it for general transportation around the city while I'm there. So I was looking for a place where I could rent one (bringing my own doesn't seem feasible) and having a surprisingly hard time. It seems like Evolution is currently the only bike shop in town and they don't seem to offer rentals, the only other option I found was through Byw'n Iach but they only have E-bikes and I was hoping for acoustic.

Otherwise the closest shops I could find are Beics Antur in Caernarfon or Beics Ogwen in Bethesda. Neither seem too hard to reach by bus after I arrive at Bangor station, but of course it would be a lot more convenient for me if I can rent in the city itself. There are more options in some of the more touristy Snowdonia villages like Llanberis/Beddgelert/Betws-y-Coed but that's even more out of the way.

Does anyone have any experience, advice or secret tips they can share? Maybe there's some sort of sharing network through the university I can avail myself of? Diolch in advance for any help you can give me and looking forward to my return :)