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Cycling in the algarve?

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  • 26-02-2012 7:10pm
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    kenmc
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    Heading over to the algarve (alvor) for 10 days in may, am half thinking of taking my bike with me, or possibly renting one over there if I can find a reasonable source for a decent road bike.

    Has anyone any experience of cycling in this area, any nice routes to recommend? Also if someone has a link to a rental location it would be appreciated.
    Cheers
    K


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    coastwatch
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    Some info for you in this thread


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    kenmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭kenmc


    can't believe I didn't even think of searching. doh. don't remember ever seeing that thread before


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    bedirect
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    megabikes, based in loule, all the car hire places are agents for them...you will prob pay 100 euros for alluminium bike,


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    monkeyslayer
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    hope you're not scared of dogs! but an otherwise great place to cycle, check out the Ecovia do Litoral for a nice flat coastal spin that takes days. Lots of rental spots, many hostels/hotels will have a number to a shop who will bring the bike to you, I wouldn't recommended a pricey road bike rental though, the roads aren't that great, not nearly as good as spains


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    kenmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭kenmc


    monkeyslayer wrote: »
    I wouldn't recommended a pricey road bike rental though, the roads aren't that great, not nearly as good as spains
    Well it's either a road bike, or nothing, I ain't going training on a hybrid or MTB or something my grandad would have bought from new. So are you saying that it's not worth bringing my road bike over?


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    monkeyslayer
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    Well the roads aren't that bad, probably no better or worse than Irelands, the back roads are pretty hairy though. I would defo recommend bringing it.


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    on_the_nickel
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    Roads are fine, in my (limited) experience. You could always have a look at the route the pros took a few weeks ago to help plan route.


    http://www.voltaalgarve.com/


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