Hello everyone, hope you are well.
Last week my brother came over to vist us.
My brother has been a keen cyclist for a long while and is a member of the Glenmarnock Wheelers. He decided to bring his bicycle over and get himself into shape for the start of the racing season in Scotland. We took a run in the car the to find good routes for him. We looked at what sort of state the road surface was in and how steep the incline was. We took a drive up to Competa and Alhama de Granada both routes were steep but smashing views.
Before he was going to attempt any of the route I felt that I had to warn him about some of the driving here particulary at roundabouts as he had never cycled over in Spain before.
He decided to head up to Competa on the Sunday, going through Frigilana, through to Torrox .On the way back he came down through Algorrobo. Only fault with this route was the Frigiliana - Competa road which had a bad surface. This route was about 80 km and was part of Stage 2 of the Tour of Andalucia.
The next day he decided to go down the N340 to Motril. He told me that this route was a bit nerve wracking as he had to go through the tunnels and there are a lot of fast moving trucks. This route was about 100km
On the whole he said that cycling in the Costa Del Sol is superb and will be bring his bike over again.
Good luck with the first race of the season on Saturday morning . The weather for Scotland does not look very good!
Check out Glenmarnock Wheelers website: www.glenmarnockwheelers.co.uk and the Tour of Andalucia website: http://www.vueltaandalucia.com
1 comment:
Hello Ronster. Thanks for the mention. I should admit that I rode my bike up to a wee bar in the hills every day...
I would definitley recommend Nerja as a base for some Winter/Spring road training. If only they'd resurface the Nerja - Torrox road it would be perfect!
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