I rode an e-bike up Snowdon in winter, and it was so cold that the brake fluid froze!

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I rode an e-bike up Snowdon in winter, and it was so cold that the brake fluid froze!

It might have a railway up the side and a cafe at the top, but Snowdon is a proper mountain. As I found out recently when I attempted to ride up this magnificent Welsh mountain on an e-bike. Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa to use its correct Welsh name (say Uhr With-va) rises to a prominence of 1,085m above sea level, with almost 1,000m of elevation gain from foot to peak depending on which path you take to the summit. At that height, the temperature at t…