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Hi heading here for a week in July.
WOuld like to do 1 or 2 days of riding, but not bringing bikes.
Has anyone used any hire/guiding companies in the area?
I found one called 'Blue bear' online, and was wondering if they were any good.
Also, has anyone cycled up/down to the madeloc? We walked up to it from collieres last autumn, on a path that looked like it would be a great ride.
Thanks!
Have a chat with Ian at Altitude Adventure. They ride down into that area regularly and should be able to advise (they also do bike hire and guiding!).
Rode with Ian & Ang for a couple of days in October and we did a cracking ride ending virtually on the beach in Argeles.
Thanks Stevo
Sadly they are already all booked up....
Might just buy a map and go exploring.
Sure to end up in a cave somewhere around there with a glass of plonk!!
I know the area. My parents have a house in the mountains above Laroque on the side of Pic Neulos the tallest (1200m) mountain in the area before Canigou. There is bike hire shop in Argeles in the beach area (not the old town area) off the road heading north. Easy to find because has loads of big pedal cars outside. they do mainly beach cruisers but do mountain bikes (basic suspension but hydraulic disks at least), not top of the range but do the job if you have no choice. Brakes are left hand drive!
Buy one of the blue maps and explore. Ride up the fire roads and try and ride down the tracks.
I have been riding that end of the Pyrenees for ten years but a bit more in land than Argeles and Madeloc. Have found some really good stuff but also some really bad stuff. Record was nearly a four hour bike carry with hardly any pedalling.
Not a big MTB culture in that area. Off the fire roads I have hardly ever met anyone or even seen a tyre track and so take a phone! Careful on a Sunday because they hunt boar and might shoot you.