Cycling fieungerola Costa del sol

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Heading here on hols and looking to get few miles in! Was wondering are there any clubs or group spins in this area..

bazermc

I thought Sky based themselves in Mallorca.

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bazermc wrote: »

I thought Sky based themselves in Mallorca.

The joker!

Idleater

I took the bike over there last October. fantastic cycling area, I just cycled routes myself, around and over the mountains. The Villages behind the mountains are not very touristy, thus really nice to cycle to and enjoy a coffee in. The mountains are accessible though I found a lot of strava routes were mountain bike rather than road bike.

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Idleater wrote: »

I took the bike over there last October. fantastic cycling area, I just cycled routes myself, around and over the mountains. The Villages behind the mountains are not very touristy, thus really nice to cycle to and enjoy a coffee in. The mountains are accessible though I found a lot of strava routes were mountain bike rather than road bike.

I know that if you go up in to the hills you hav to cross a toll road.. If there was organised spins in that area would be great! If not mite just stick too the flatland along the coast!

Idleater

there are a couple of crossing points that intersect the toll road, I'll look them up on maps tomorrow. I Did a couple of spins up to the masts, you'll see them, to Mijas and on from there. There's basically the normal road to mijas , and the toll motorway to Marbella.
The Coast is fine too but a bit flat for me.

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Idleater wrote: »

there are a couple of crossing points that intersect the toll road, I'll look them up on maps tomorrow. I Did a couple of spins up to the masts, you'll see them, to Mijas and on from there. There's basically the normal road to mijas , and the toll motorway to Marbella.
The Coast is fine too but a bit flat for me.

Cheers thanks for that all info on this is great!

nilhg

We were out in Torremolinos last Oct/Nov and I did quite a bit of cycling that week, access out into the country is much easier from Fuengirola, I often used that route in or out.

The main road up along coast, through the towns isn't the most pleasant spin but I found it safe enough,

https://www.strava.com/activities/212747605,

but ideally you'd probably be looking at something like this,

https://www.strava.com/activities/213099459

Be warned though if you go off the main roads/get a bit lost you can hit some fairly extreme gradients, and the main roads can be steep enough,

https://www.strava.com/activities/215023913

The climb up to the masts is mega, if you like your hills you'll be wanting to do that.

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Idleater wrote: »

there are a couple of crossing points that intersect the toll road, I'll look them up on maps tomorrow. I Did a couple of spins up to the masts, you'll see them, to Mijas and on from there. There's basically the normal road to mijas , and the toll motorway to Marbella.
The Coast is fine too but a bit flat for me.

Thanks for that..