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Cross Foxes is the big hill you go over just after leaving Dolgellau on the return journey.
If you're not going to be stopping at the YHA to sleep on the way return leg then that's when you'll really be travelling where there's no options to get food or coffee. So in order to not have to haul lots of things with you around the northern loop, get food to get you through the return journey on the way into the first visit to the YHA and leave it there until you set off after the second visit.
The_Seldom_Killer
Using this: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4620132
~315k in 16hrs? Then it looks to be about 75k from Menai to the YHA.
Cross Foxes?
Why would I prep a bag drop - is that just to avoid cues or carnage at the YHA the second time around or do they not do food there or something?
I would probably be trying to ride the whole thing without stopping but it does depend on how slow I'm moving given conditions, climbs, etc and how tired I am - stress beforehand, etc.
I could use it as a bit of a bikepacking test and maybe try carrying a matt and bivvy and using an audax hotel somewhere but I'd probably not bother with a control sleep unless I was in a bad way.