Road cycling Tenerife
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Climbing Tiede is a really good cycling challenge. It's not really all that hard it just fecking long!! It never really ramps up that much if you ride from Los Christianos through Viliflor. i think the average is about 5%.
Coming down is fun too!!
Watch out for the cloud base at this time of year, it gets really cold really quick in the clouds.
I had a bike from Bike Point based in Los Christianos. Great bike and service. Brakes the wrong way round though. Pesky euros!
Coming down is fun too!!
Watch out for the cloud base at this time of year, it gets really cold really quick in the clouds.
I had a bike from Bike Point based in Los Christianos. Great bike and service. Brakes the wrong way round though. Pesky euros!
Going for a sixth long weekend end of April, my knee is a little swollen at the moment so I am getting little concerned. All routes to Vilaflor are ok, some harder than others. The last 11km from Vilaflor to the crater have some steepest ramps when you have been climbing for 2hrs to Vilaflor. From LC there is a nice cafe after about 12km.
We did a 100m loop through the crater and back round the coast, I have hired Durace spec bikes in the past with 52/36 and 11/30.
Road from LC has been resurfaced apparently.
We did a 100m loop through the crater and back round the coast, I have hired Durace spec bikes in the past with 52/36 and 11/30.
Road from LC has been resurfaced apparently.
I can put my palm flat on the floor no problems! I had my saddle about 10mm high after taking it out, put it back down now. I think potentially ITB has affected patella tracking, doesn't help that I have partial ACL tear and complete rupture of MPFL.
Got ice on it now and foam roller! FTP is dropping like a stone from chest infection at beginning of Feb, weather has been shocking. Off to Majorca for family holiday in Easter no riding though (at the moment)!
Got ice on it now and foam roller! FTP is dropping like a stone from chest infection at beginning of Feb, weather has been shocking. Off to Majorca for family holiday in Easter no riding though (at the moment)!
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I’m heading to Tenerife in early October for a couple of days and have a pass from he wife to head out one morning whilst she lazes by the pool. We’re staying in the same area as you near the airport so any general advice or recommendations for decent routes for a 4-5 hour ride near there would be much appreciated. Cheers
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We’re staying in Arenas del Mar, so just up the road from El Medano. I’m looking at road only and was going to hire a bike from Bike Point in El Medano. I'm an ok cyclist and normally do about 150km a week. I’ve also got a couple of gran fondos planned this summer so hopefully I should be fit enough for a decent ride!
Replying just to add that I was in Tenerife in January and went for a guided ride (with a rental Ridley Fenix Ultegra) with Bike Point Tenerife, and it was excellent. They have a range of scheduled rides on different days of the week, or will do you a custom one if you fancy something different. Route, food, bike, all taken care of, they met me at my hotel with a couple of other riders, and we had mechanical (and water top-up) support along the way. I did a ride up the west coast to Los Gigantes and climbed to Santiago del Teide. Really recommended.
PhillT said:
Replying just to add that I was in Tenerife in January and went for a guided ride (with a rental Ridley Fenix Ultegra) with Bike Point Tenerife, and it was excellent. They have a range of scheduled rides on different days of the week, or will do you a custom one if you fancy something different. Route, food, bike, all taken care of, they met me at my hotel with a couple of other riders, and we had mechanical (and water top-up) support along the way. I did a ride up the west coast to Los Gigantes and climbed to Santiago del Teide. Really recommended.
Good to hear. I’ve booked to do Teide with them in October. It will be my first mountain ascent so I’m excited and nervous in equal measure.
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