Snowdonia/North Wales

Any recommendations on nice places to ride around here? Am on 42x16 fixed, and 700x23, so nothing off-road or too steep!
Will probably be based in Betws-Y-Coed so anywhere anyone knows round there would be awesome.
I know a few nice roads for driving round there, but don't really want to be on any roads popular with boy racers, so that rules out the A5 and A470 as well as the 'Evo Triangle'

Depends how far you want to ride. Also depends on what you consider too steep/long of a hill is to climb.

You could ride over Penmachno down to Penrhyn then back around through Beddgelert. Or if you're after something a bit shorter ride to Blaenau Ffestiniog and get the train back.

I was up in Snowdonia a few weeks ago but based in Llanberis, coming from the South East I didnt quite realise how few roads there actually are and you see the same riders about every twenty miles. Although I was riding gears I can recomend the roads around Bedgellert, although its a hike down the A5 from Betws Y Coed the road from Bedgellert to Caernarfon was very light on traffic and a good mixture of descents and rideable climbs.

Lake Bala is nice, especially early in the morning, and you can do an on-road lap of the lake. Not a great area fixed as some tough hills, use Bikeroutetoaster to check some gradients.

Just seen this.

There's nice riding out of Betws on the B5106 - the back road to Llanrwst, Trefriw and Conwy. There's a Ghost bike on this road but don't be put off. If you ride out any further than Tal-y-Cafn it gets a bit hilly but you can cross the river here and get back to Llanrwst on the A470. This is a TT route and well used by cyclists.

42:16 is going to be a bit of a struggle to do much else though. Just climbing out of Betws towards Ogwen will be difficult. I say difficult but I'm not sure I could do it and 42:16 is my favoured training ratio around the Clwydians. If you can put an 18 on the back as I do for longer rides, you'll open up a lot more of the area.