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Cycling holiday in Tenereife

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  • October 20, 2019 at 2:39 pm #30212
    fenwick458

    I went to Tenerife last year in December for a cycling holiday, loved it, and im the middle of this summer I booked my flights again for this December.

    last year I stayed in Peurto de la cruz on the north side, it’s very hilly, there was almost no flat stuff. I think the flattest route we did was up along the coast to punta el teno, but a lot of that was dual carrigeway…

    anyway, I’ve had an injury since about July that I just can’t seem to get rid of, it’s seeming to get better very solowly but I am not doing much elevation in my rides now and basically just pottering about on the flat, i’m failrly certain if I start doing 1-2000m of climbing 4 hour rides it will not stand up to it and i’ll be in pain.

    does anybody have any knowledge of the island, is there any flatter parts of the island to go and stay at? and even better, any reccomendations of where to stay and where to hire a bike from?

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  • October 20, 2019 at 10:19 pm #951421
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    fenwick458

    damn. thought that might be

    damn. thought that might be the case. better get cracking with the rehab and hope for the best!

    October 20, 2019 at 8:19 pm #951419
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    CXR94Di2

    Dont crash on volcanic soil.
    Dont crash on volcanic soil. One of our team had £40k reconstructive surgery on his face after crashing badly

    October 20, 2019 at 7:56 pm #951417
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    rogermerriman

    Tenerife is a volcanic and
    Tenerife is a volcanic and thus it doesn’t do flat bar in the crater! Though is some flattish bits nr The Airport and some nice smaller less nightclub places, even so not really flat though!

    You can hire E-MTB plenty of gravelly tracks and what not, I took my Gravel bike last time and explored said stuff, though do have to take care, as easy to slice tires there.

    October 20, 2019 at 7:33 pm #951415
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    CXR94Di2

    I go to Tenerife twice a year
    I go to Tenerife twice a year for the last 4 years cycling. There is very little flat on the island. I normally stay at Los Cristianos in the south. Staying around the coast for riding will limit ft climbed, but a 30 mile ride could see 1500ft of climbing. You could limit how far you ride up Tiede, but that might not suit

    Because I weigh nearly 100kg I use a triple and 11-40 cassette. so I can spin all the way up Teide

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