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Thanks for the suggestion!
Yes, this is a South to North route for a couple of reasons. For example the Gap MTB route, one of the UK's best descents, works nicely in this way, there's mellow climbing from Merthyr to start off with. And more generally it is designed to be ridden S-N but no reason you couldn't start in Bangor, then extend to Swansea at the finish.
The reason it doesn't run from Swansea is that in that case it would be a 5-day route rather than a 4-day, which can be harder to get enough time off from work. I don't know of any particularly good wild camping spots near Merthyr, and the riding from Swansea to Merthyr is a lot of climbing that can be easily skipped with the regular and friendly valley line train...