Anyone got any info on riding in Corsica?
Thinking about going down there for a week or so in May, will do some walking, maybe some watersports but would be good to get a solid couple of days riding in. Looking for singletrack/fun rather than island tour type stuff.
Anyone?
I think general consensus is there isn's a huge amount of off road riding in corsica tbh.
It's a lovely place though, you'll have a fab holiday.
Even on here; http://www.ffc.fr/a_VeloLoisir/a_SitesVTT/index.asp
which is all the waymarked routes in France, there is no listing for corsica I'm afraid.
hi steve
If you want to raod ride you'll be fine, probably scared to death by the local's dirving but ok.
Off road wise it's not the best place to ride around.
I know there is a few spots, but Corsica is just a big pile of rocs thrown on the sea.
I suggest you start climbing 😉
a google search of "vtt corse" produces a bit of info.
[url] http://www.cliquecorse.com/vtt.shtml [/url]
[url] http://vtt.en.corse.free.fr/ [/url]
Ive been there several times and took my bike once. Its very very mountainus. I spent three hours in granny to get to the top, then 20 mins comming down hill. Lots of the small roads are dirt roads. There are loads of these tracks around the coast, or from the coast road to deserted beaches. Lots of similar dirt roads in the mountains. But I did not find any single track. The bush is just too thick even to walk through and the hills just too steep. We did go to the top of the mountains just north east from Sarten (village in the south west). Up there it was more of a plateau area where the dirt roads were more challenging and sometimes turned into almost singletrack.
Its very very beautiful, no tourists, great food, great mountain walks, great beaches, great culture. But you will have to find some local knowledge to make it a great biking spot. I have never ever even seen a mountain biker in my 5 or 6 visits there. Im sure there are but just too few to make trails. Im off there in September and will be taking my bike, but will just ride about on the top plateau area again.