Cycling Country Day Rides

ABCO Charity Ride - Alhama de Granada to Gibraltar following the Transandalus - MTB 2017

A highly recommended, epic MTB ride.

This ride was thought of as the perfect challenge for fundraising for three very worthy causes close to those completing it. Three days of pure MTB riding from Alhama de Granada to Gibraltar along the Transandalus route.

Anybody interested in riding any of the more than 2,000km of trails in this route should first check out the official website and thoroughly plan it out using where you can find the views of others who have completed the at times, tough trails.

Stages: Alhama de Granada to Antequera
Antequera to Ronda
Ronda to Gibraltar

Beneficiary charities: Cancer Research UK (Gibraltar Branch)
Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital (GOSH)
Rock Fitness Charity

Riders: SBCO Gonzalez
BCO Ignacio
BCO Benyunes

Special thanks to BCO's Buhagiar and Santos for providing support services to the riders, SBCO Galea for providing the support vehicle, the Association of Borders and Coastguard Officers for supporting this project from day one and to our family and friends for constantly pushing us along.

Date: May 2017

Cycling the Sierra Nevada and Monachil with Cycling Country

Road Cycling in Southern Spain and Granada´s Sierra Nevada. This is a beautiful descent of Monachil, famed in La Vuelta a España.
Come and ride it with us - Cycling Country Bike Tours

Trans Andalusia by MTB

0:00 - 0:15 Fourteen days in June 2016: 2000km and 36.000m of elevation on a mountainbike across the province of Andalusia. Solo with only one backpack. The main goal is to ride as much as possible off the beaten track to see what the non-touristic side of this region has to offer. One camera and 2 GoPros to make this movie and many photos in order not to forget this great journey .
0:30 - 1:15 Large fields of sunflowers South of Seville, some irrigated with water from canals. Parallel to the canals are nice flat and straight gravel roads which allow do ride many 'easy kilometers' to get out of the urbanised region.
1:16 - 1:32 Bridge over the Celemin Reservoir (
1:33 - 1:35 Arcos de la Frontera, Balcon de la Peña
1:32 - 1:39 Arcos de la Frontera (
1:40 - 1:54 Wind power stations on the way to Tarifa. Embalse de Almodovar.
2:03 - 2:06 First sight of the Mediterranean Sea
2:14 - 2:25 Wind Power stations in the Tarifa area
2:27 - 2:41 Abandoned military buildings
2:42 - 2:53 Coastal artillery to protect the Strait of Gibraltar
2:54 - 3:19 View of Africa, over the Strait of Gibraltar (
3:27 - 3:38 Bay of Gibraltar ( with the harbour of Algaciras and the Rock of Gibraltar (
4:14 - 4:24 Sierra de Libar (
4:50 - 5:18 Descent to Ronda
5:19 - 5:25 Ronda (
6:06 - 6:17 On route to the Caminito del Rey
6:18 - 6:26 Caminito del Rey (
6:27 - 6:30 El Chorro lake
6:39 - 7:28 El Torcal de Antequera (
7:29 - 7:42 Time lapse on the Sierra Nevada
7:43 - 8:00 Stone quarry near Monachil
8:01 - 8:17 Ascent of the Sierra Nevada of a 40km long asphalt road
8:18 - 8:20 Sierra Nevada Observatory (
8:21 - 8:40 Crossing the summit of the Sierra Nevada at +3000m, close to the Pico Veleta
8:41 - 9:40 The south side of the Sierra Nevada, with the Mediterranean Sea on the horizon
9:43 - 9:53 Getting back under the tree line during the descent from the Sierra Nevada
9:54 - 9:59 One of the white villages of the Alpujarras; Trevelez (
10:00 - 12:17 Tabernas Desert (
12:18 - 12:45 Almeria
12:50 - 14:29 Cabo de Gata (
14:30 - 14:41 Cortijo del Fraile ; film location of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and For a Few Dollars More (
14:42 - 14:51 Vias Verdes ; old disused railway lines that have been recovered and reconditioned for use by walkers and cyclists (
14:52 - 14:56 Alto de Velefique ; 1822m high col, sometimes climbed in the Vuelta (
15:03 - 15:04 Old gold mine in Rodalquilar (
15:06 - 15:28 Sierra de Los Filabres (
15:29 -15:30 Seron (
15:31 - 15:44 The mountain Jabalcon (
15:56 - 16:40 Walking path following the river Castril (
16:41 - 16:45 Portillo lake
16:46 - 17:08 Parque Natural Sierra de Castril.
17:09 - 18:11 Sierra de Cazorla (
18:12 - 18:15 Vias Verdes
18:16 - 18:42 Ancien lead foundry (Fundición La Cruz) in Linares
18:43 - 19:27 Cerro del Hierro; ore mine since the Romans (
19:28 - 19:36 Embalse de Melonares
20:08 Embalse del Rumblar.
20:09 Baños de la Encina (
20:13 - 20:30 Peña De Hierro mine; iron mine since the Roman times in the Riotinto area (

The music comes from following great artists:
0:02 - 2:56 EFIX & Henri Pfr - I'm Goin' Down (feat. Florence Welch & Kid Harpoon)
2:57 - 7:27 Toto - Africa (Mozambo Rework)
7:28 - 9:59 The Pixies – Where is my mind (Mozambo Remix)
10:00 - 13:30 The Police - Walking On The Moon (Millesim Remix)
13:31 - 16:45 Vijay & Sofia, Notte - Earth Groove
16:46 - 20:30 Gabriel Rios - Gold (Thomas Jack Remix)

Transandalus (Part 2) - Bike Tour

This video covers another stunning part of the famous Transandalus route. This time we cycled from Andújar to Granada crossing some beautiful national parks like 'Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas' and Sierra Nevada.

Here's our planning:

Day 1 (81km)
Andújar
Bailén
Linares
Canena
Úbeda

Day 2 (76km)
Torreperogil
Villacarrillo
Villanueva del Arzobispo
Tranco

Day 3 (80km)
Parque Nacional Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas
Coto Rios
Arroyo Frío
La Iruela
Cazorla

Day 4 (97km)
Quesada
Tíscar
Pozo Alcón
Zújar
Baza

Day 5 (52km)
Caniles
Serón
Bacares

Day 6 (114km)
Senes
Tabernas
Sorbas
El Argamasón
Carboneras

Day 7 (58km)
Agua Amarga
Las Negras
Rodalquilar
La Isleta del Moro
San José

Day 8 (51km)
La Almadraba de Monteleva
Cabo de Gata
Retamar
La Cañada
Almería

Day 9 (65km)
Benahadux
Huéchar
Alhama de Almería
Instinción
Canjáyar
Benecid

Day 10 (44km)
Láujar de Andarax
Paterna del Rio
Bayarcal
Laroles
Mairena
Valor
Yegen

Day 11 (81km)
Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada
Bérchules
Juviles
Trevélez
Pitres
Pampaneira
Órgiva
Lanjarón

Day 12 (51km)
Lecrín
Dúrcal
Padul
Otura
Alhendín
Armilla
Granada

#Vmadventure Granada to Malaga

After a couple of day's surounding by mountains in Granada its was time to go to the Coast. First I took a visit at Lajaron and the next day I visited hipie village Lajaron. At the end of day 2 i spend the night in Salobrena. After that I went to Nerja for a short stay. The next stop was Malaga. The coast of Spain offers everything sun,sea,bluesky and a great place to cycle.

Sierra​ Nevada - Spain

Beasts of the Mountains viaje Granada-Cádiz en MTB

Este fue nuestro gran viaje a Cádiz desde Granada en 7 días que fueron increíbles. Muchísimas gracias a todo Beasts of the Mountains por el apoyo y a la gente que estaba animando días tras día.

Dentro de poco más aventuras!!!

Road Bike training to Torre Del Mar

Also as member of the Bike2Malaga team you need to know how to ride the Road Bike. So on the 7th of December the team of Bike2Malaga went to do their first training. A ride of 60 kilometers in 2.50 hours. Not bad for a first ride! Are you interested in riding the Road Bike? Please visit our website: ........

Or come to our shop:
Calle Vendeja 6
29001 Malaga

Phone: (+34) 951 25 22 64
Mobile: (+34) 650 67 70 63


info@bike2malaga.com

Sierra Nevada Mountain Biking 2013

Mountain Biking Sierra nevada 2013

ALPUJARRAS MTB