falklands riding, take a bike or not?

paully617
paully617 Posts: 139
edited November 2010 in Routes
this is prob a focused question but i am off to the falklands in a week for a while and was wondering whether to take my bike or not.

anyone?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    my advice is not, there is loads of country side but no trails. the country side is wild as you like and littered with mine fields.

    ive been twice now and have tried to ride but there is no where really to ride if you are a keen off road cyclist.

    where will you be living?
  • tackleberry
    tackleberry Posts: 82
    Not unless it is a MTB or a cyclocross with xtra knowble tyres. By the way you will witness for yourself the new meaning of "middle of nowhere!" and then there's the wind......!"

    T
  • paully617
    paully617 Posts: 139
    I assumed that by posting it in the mtb section it would have been pretty Obv I was thinking of taking a MTB.
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  • d87heaven
    d87heaven Posts: 348
    Did anyone mention the wind? Its windy there.
    Lovely if desolate.
    Did I mention its windy there?
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    my mates brother has just been deployed there. he's a downhiller and hates it there....sorry :?
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    Been twice, they used to have some MTBs at the Phys Ed for taking out, Diamond Backs (this was a while back - no doubt they're rusted husks now). But honestly, it's not a great place to ride, even worse than a trail center.

    The gym(s) are decent though.
  • mariecross
    mariecross Posts: 76
    Been twice myself, 2003 and 2008. I did a bit of biking there but it's really not worth it. The gym does have some new bikes which are semi OK. Take a very good camera and your drinking pants!!
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  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    LOL :)

    Almost no roads, lots of bogs and as previously mentioned, loads of stuff that goes bang lying around!

    I've not been back since '82 but it's not the first place I'd think of for an MTB ride!

    I'd stick with gym work (they have a gym there now???) or running.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    the gym at Mt. pleasant complex is tip top, loads of weights, loads of cv machines (as in dozens of everything) the runners can sync with your ipod and the pool is decent.

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