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My parents live in cyprus(pathos) and am going over there in may for 2 weeks with my bike, now i know of the local guiding company but are there any peeps here who live local that can give me heads up on riding in the area
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j
Just got back from my girlfriends folks house near Larnaka. I will be taking my bike next time. I have a Cyprus Cycling Routes booklet here. Mail me your address and I can post it to you if you like. It not much but is quite interesting. I did discover though that there are no restrictions on where you can ride a bike apart from on motorways, do be extra careful on the roads there cos no one indicates and they drive like nutters. Also traffic lights are a bit different as Red means stop unless it is clear to go. My email is mrvear@hotmail.co.uk.
yes my parents live out there most of the year, they said no one gives a crap where you ride or what you do, and they have warned me about the roads, the bookley would be nice ,wil mail you later
cheers
j
Went in Feb, and bloody loved it. Did two days with [url= http://www.mountainbikecyprus.com/montain_bike_cyprus_2009/index.html ]these guys.[/url] (Lovely people, good knowledge and a good price) I know you were after a local to show you around rather than a guiding company, BUT the maps are sketchy at best, there's nothing like OS maps, so if you don't have local knowledge, navigation might be a bit sketchy. For a day or twos guiding it might give you a bit of a bearing on the local trails and give you an idea of whats out there. I would not have found the best places without someone to show me.
I did discover though that there are no restrictions on where you can ride a bike apart from on motorways
Which is amazing, you can go anywhere, soooo much better than over here.
do be extra careful on the roads there cos no one indicates and they drive like nutters
No, really, they are frikkin nuts !! Watch out on the roads.
The only other thing that the guide said to me was, "don't have any big crashes", beacuse the medical facilities over there are cr@p. Really, don't break anything. Pads are recommended as it's nice and rocky, and watch out for the bloody spiky as **** plant life, got lots of thorns in me, but none in my tyres.
Photos [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/trailofdestruction/sets/72157623414831357/ ]HERE[/url] if you're interested.
The best thing was I didn't see another biker out there, the trails were almost deserted, it was ace. Very tempted to go back next Winter actually.
HTH
I was out there kitesurfing a few years back, stayed in Pissouri. Trudos area seemed full of good riding, I'd probably go back and just hunt about on my own to find good rides.
