Gran Canaria

foxexpress
foxexpress Posts: 4
edited August 2007 in Workshop
Has anyone been to Gran Canaria for cycling? any tips or info on where to go?
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Cycle Gran Canaria is a cycle sports company started by 4 years ago and has evolved into the only year round on site cycle holiday company in the Canaries, specifically Gran Canaria.

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  • SDP
    SDP Posts: 665
    its well hilly ...

    there is a good shop in maspalomas for basic stuff & i belive las palmas has a good shop as well

    1930metres is highest point on teh island..
    www.mjsracing.net
  • comsense
    comsense Posts: 245
    SDP wrote:
    its well hilly ...

    there is a good shop in maspalomas for basic stuff & i belive las palmas has a good shop as well

    1930metres is highest point on teh island..

    there is a new Magaazine doing the rounds here in Ireland called Freewheeling.
    Currently its free in the cyclesuperstore.ie - if you emailed them and offered to pay postage they might oblige you by sending a copy. Anyway - its got a few pages about that a ride over 100K that took in that climb and the chap reckons its 23% for long strecthes - he was also impressed with the way he was treated by the hire shop staff and quality of bike.
    Also mentioned the traffic was civilised towards cyclists. i've cycled a lot in the Canaries
    but never on gran canaria - going to sort that out in October this year.
  • Digger2780
    Digger2780 Posts: 5
    My wife and I went to Gran Caneria a year ago. The coast roads are a nightmere of buses and cars. However, if you start in Maspalomas and head inland up a challanging climb to the centre of the island and base yourself in one of the very nice hotels up there in the small towns and villages it can be very nice.

    good luck and let us know how you got on.

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