Majorca, I love it.

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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    ednino wrote:
    nunowoolmez wrote:
    Didn't manage to get to some of the big big climbs, a good reason to go back i think!

    What's the biggest? I want to beat my PB climb elevation gain of 2,500ft 8)

    Soller is 2,700ft I think.
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  • janwal
    janwal Posts: 489
    These maps give you a good selection of main routes.We used them as a guide last October.Sa Colabra is good but beware food at bottom is expensive as it's a captive audience,one steep road in and steep road out.Also go early for it as lots of coaches go there mainly in the afternoons and cause traffic jams as it's very narrow in places.Light house run is also busy with coaches and road can be very potholed in places but some amazing views. if you venture to Soller you must have a mallorcan pie.Head up towards the station and on the bottom side of the small square there is a bakery on the corner.They are really tasty ( best we've tasted whilst we've been there) and you'll be ready for one by the time you get there and sit thinking about the climb back!!

    http://www.majorcacycling.com/routes.html then link to this page
    http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 82e84c&z=9

    the bikepmap one looks like routes people have uploaded . Maps also have different views,terrain,satellite etc
    http://www.bikemap.net/regional/Kingdom ... =13&type=6

    http://www.bikemap.net/route/60501#lat= ... ts_terrain
    http://www.bikemap.net/route/891562#lat ... ts_terrain
    http://www.bikemap.net/route/985038#lat ... ts_terrain
    http://www.bikemap.net/route/943383#lat ... ts_terrain
    http://www.bikemap.net/route/948159#lat ... ts_terrain
  • bigjim
    bigjim Posts: 780
    Go into the station in Soller and see what a station should be like. Especially the Art Gallery. Lovely little town. My sister lived there for a while.
    Mass on Sunday at the church was worth going to. Well for us left footers.
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  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    I'm going for the week with 10 mates in mid May. We are staying at Muro.

    Can't wait!
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:

    Soller is 2,700ft I think.

    There's two main climbs out of Soller, the one that goes over the tunnel and down the hairpin bends. Super tough from both directions.

    Then there is the climb to the Montbanner tunnel, which I believe is higher, and is super tough from the Soller side - however it's a more gentle incline from the other side. If you climb from Soller to Montbanner you have about a 20 mile descent into Pollenca!
  • nunowoolmez
    nunowoolmez Posts: 867
    MoscowFlyer wrote:
    I'm out there in May for three days, cannot wait. Staying at the Aparthotel Duva, looking forward to tackling Sa Calobra and the rest that Majorca has to offer.

    Apparently there's a great ride from Pollensa to the lighthouse that we should be taking in as well?

    That will be the ride up to Formentor. Lovely ride, quite up & down, & watch out for the goats! When I did it last year mid Feb the wind was ferocious. Some people turned around as they feared being blown off their bike, but it makes for good fun. If you go, make sure you go all the way up, take the road to the restaurant, which you will want to shelter in due to the ridiculous wind!
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Oh yes Pollenca to Cap de Formentor is a must do - it's not a particularly long ride - 14 miles each way from the southern end of Port de Pollenca, and not massively taxing in terms of hills, but it's such a lovely route and you get to stop at the lighthouse for a cake at the end. It was one of the first rides I did there, road surface isn't great however :(.

    The best part of that route (at least in April) is just the amount of cyclists on it, no joke that you'd see 100 cyclists for every car.

    PS. I remember that route most though for trying to get our one year old to sleep in the car, driving up to the lighthouse and back in the dark, no cyclists out and even then it's a nice route. She was asking about going through the tunnel to see the lighthouse for months after!
  • ManOfKent
    ManOfKent Posts: 392
    I'm not going to Mallorca this year so I hate you all. :wink:
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    Oh yes Pollenca to Cap de Formentor is a must do - it's not a particularly long ride - 14 miles each way from the southern end of Port de Pollenca, and not massively taxing in terms of hills, but it's such a lovely route and you get to stop at the lighthouse for a cake at the end. It was one of the first rides I did there, road surface isn't great however :(.

    The best part of that route (at least in April) is just the amount of cyclists on it, no joke that you'd see 100 cyclists for every car.

    PS. I remember that route most though for trying to get our one year old to sleep in the car, driving up to the lighthouse and back in the dark, no cyclists out and even then it's a nice route. She was asking about going through the tunnel to see the lighthouse for months after!

    I cycled that on a one speed tandem one summer back in the late 80's from Can Picafort. Barely saw another bike! had a nice swim at Formentor before the return trip.
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  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    Word of warning i did the formentor last week and the bar st the end has not changed unfortunately (nor has the road surface)

    Coffee is terrible its from a vending type machine. We got three coffees and two small cakes. Drumroll....... 21 euros.

    What a joke. Im my town sa pobla just inland that would cost you 6 euros. Take a sandwich as it would be nicer and you wont get ripped off.
  • littledove44
    littledove44 Posts: 871
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    Word of warning i did the formentor last week and the bar st the end has not changed unfortunately (nor has the road surface)

    Coffee is terrible its from a vending type machine. We got three coffees and two small cakes. Drumroll....... 21 euros.

    What a joke. Im my town sa pobla just inland that would cost you 6 euros. Take a sandwich as it would be nicer and you wont get ripped off.
    We rode through Sa Pobla last week. Looked nice. I guess that means you finish every ride with an uphill bit. :D
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    Flying out today. Forgot my;

    a) spare cleats, so can't use my new shoes
    b) contact lenses, and I wear daily's…oops
    c) razor

    Hopefully that's all. Some easy to remedy, some not (lenses!)
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    Word of warning i did the formentor last week and the bar st the end has not changed unfortunately (nor has the road surface)

    Coffee is terrible its from a vending type machine. We got three coffees and two small cakes. Drumroll....... 21 euros.

    What a joke. Im my town sa pobla just inland that would cost you 6 euros. Take a sandwich as it would be nicer and you wont get ripped off.

    Yes the cafe isn't great, self service pap really. When I went through last year they were patching up some of the road surface but it really needs to be stripped back and relaid, not sure why they don't compared to the roads in the rest of Mallorca isn't in a horrid state, and especially compared with the first half of the route.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    As I arrived at work this morning in freezing temperatures I was thinking, sod it, let's just go and live in Mallorca, not serious of course but I do wonder what it's like living there year round, I would imagine the constant tourist thing would wear you down eventually.
  • bigjim
    bigjim Posts: 780
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    As I arrived at work this morning in freezing temperatures I was thinking, sod it, let's just go and live in Mallorca, not serious of course but I do wonder what it's like living there year round, I would imagine the constant tourist thing would wear you down eventually.
    My sister has lived there for about 7 years. Tourist thing does not seem to bother her.
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  • bigcgilmour
    bigcgilmour Posts: 106
    We almost took the step to live there (had agreed on house etc) butdecided the kids education was more important...

    No doubt once I'm back from my holiday in April I'll be thinking about going living there again
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Perfect for Tuesday morning:
    http://pages.rapha.cc/clubs/rapha-cycle-club-mallorca
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Was looking at flights out for September but it seems it would be £600 for me, the wife and the bairn :(
  • djhermer
    djhermer Posts: 328
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    Was looking at flights out for September but it seems it would be £600 for me, the wife and the bairn :(

    Then you need to do the honourable thing. One fair is cheaper than three.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Thinking of planing a trip to Mallorca after the school holidays - it'll mostly be a family holiday as it might be the last chance we get before my daughter starts school, but I hope to get a couple of days cycling in too.

    What's the conditions like in September or into October? Would like it to be warm enough for playing on the beach but not too hot that cycling is going to be unbearable!
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    September's perfect.
  • littledove44
    littledove44 Posts: 871
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    Thinking of planing a trip to Mallorca after the school holidays - it'll mostly be a family holiday as it might be the last chance we get before my daughter starts school, but I hope to get a couple of days cycling in too.

    What's the conditions like in September or into October? Would like it to be warm enough for playing on the beach but not too hot that cycling is going to be unbearable!

    I wax there in november last year and it was still hot beach weather. 28 degrees. Into October would still be perfect.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Very nice! The first idea from the wife was to go at the start of September, but I quite like the idea of going into October when it's starting to get a bit cooler in the UK.
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    Very nice! The first idea from the wife was to go at the start of September, but I quite like the idea of going into October when it's starting to get a bit cooler in the UK.

    Be careful - we went early October one year and the weather broke. We got some big storms and quite cool weather. Unusual perhaps, but it can happen.
  • AK_jnr
    AK_jnr Posts: 717
    Has anyone used 'mallorcabikehire'?

    They only had a Planet X pro carbon left which im not exactly enthusiatic about riding but its a bike. I used the Canyon Base last time but they were fully booked. I'm there on the 7th April.
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    Max Hurzeler, Proc Cycle and Pollenca Pro Cycle should be able to help. Between them they have farsends!
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Are there any road bike hire places around the Cala d'Or area as this is one of the places we are looking at.

    We'll have a car so we could drive to Port de Pollenca but would rather not have to - holiday time being precious.
  • littledove44
    littledove44 Posts: 871
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    Are there any road bike hire places around the Cala d'Or area as this is one of the places we are looking at.

    We'll have a car so we could drive to Port de Pollenca but would rather not have to - holiday time being precious.

    i think there is a good one in Campos
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    My wife has now mentioned Menorca as a possibility, any decent cycling / cycle hire there at all?
  • littledove44
    littledove44 Posts: 871
    markhewitt1978 wrote:
    My wife has now mentioned Menorca as a possibility, any decent cycling / cycle hire there at all?
    You need to put an immediate stop to this.

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