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Just got back from Gran Canaria last week, somewhere i never thought of as a MTB destination but there appears to be some stunning scenery there, anyone actually rode there?
South of the Island appears a lot better weather wise and the scenery seemed prettey epic not more than 5 miles from the beach.
Met a german who spoke of a DH track just out of Playa del Ingles too and reckons that there was plenty to go at. Seems to be a winner of a destination as an alternative to Malaga.
You missed out, next time bring a bike.
Here´s some pics from Gran Canaria:
http://javitobike.blogspot.com.es/search/label/canarias
and a vid:
only ridden it on a road bike and it is a lovely place to ride, found the drivers to be both insane and incredibly curtious, they would risk a headon to give cyclists plenty of room when overtaking?
My parents live out there and I mainly ride road because I have my own road bike in their garage, but I've occasionally hired a MTB and there seems to be some decent stuff.
The drivers are amazing. I once had one sit behind me for about 3 miles (admittedly downhill, but even so) on a road where an English driver would have overtaken.
And a couple of times I was cycling along roads with a wide tarmac verge. The road itself was probably of a width where an English town planner would squeeze a cycle lane in, with a wide verge bit to the side. White lines down the middle, so if I was aware of a car behind me I'd move onto the verge if it was safe to do so to let them past. A couple of times the car stayed behind me because the driver still didn't think there was enough room to get past me without crossing the line!
Just in the process of sorting some flights out to go back there next month 🙂