Tenerife, Grand Canaria and Lanzarote...

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If anyone is there on holiday and fancies hiring a bike, this might be of interest.

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It comes from Tourenfahrer magazine 3/2021 and is downloadable from their website or just copy the map:

https://www.tourenfahrer.de/tour-datenbank/tour/winterflucht-sommertraum-1013/detail/
 
I've driven/cycled aroud a few of those roads. The one leading up from Los Cristianos via Valaflor to Mt Teide is a great scenic route!
 
I've hired when I've been on holiday there. It's going back a while so I can't remember the road numbers, but the place isn't so big, so probably did all those shown. The roads, I recall, were generally really well surfaced, and some great scenery in the mountains and forests. Quite a few locals on bigger bikes also (was a weekend). There wasn't a great deal of choice bike wise at that time, I ended up with a Suzuki Freewind, but it was ok for what it was for Mrs. Blackblade and I.

I'd do it again on another visit there.
 
Awesome - many thanks. I have been on a couple of golf trips to Tenerife and have always wanted to add a day on the end for biking. This looks ideal.
 
Just found this photo. Hadn’t realised how long ago it was - 2003. Hopefully better choice of bikes now.
 

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It’s articles like this in the German magazines that interest me. Lots of bike manufacturers use Tenerife for press launches, so we get blurb in the British magazines about the bikes but nothing about the roads the went along, as if it is some super secret. Tourenfahrer and the other magazines are different, in that they have assorted contributors who submit articles, often with very good and clear information. Yes, someone always criticises that the article misses out 15 awesome miles of the awesome D123ABC from X to Y (as if this ruins everything) but that is to miss the point entirely; at least the magazine is having a go.

A good example of an interesting contribution to the latest Tourenfahrer is an article on touring over many thousands of miles from Finland, up to the top of Norway and back to Finland via Sweden, in the real depths of winter with studded tyres. The article is one thing - and not many from the UK will ever do it, even in summer - but at least they published it, along with a very clear route map.

https://www.tourenfahrer.de/tour-datenbank/tour/fjordwaerts-1-abschnitt-1016/detail/

https://www.tourenfahrer.de/tour-datenbank/tour/fjordwaerts-2-abschnitt-1017/detail/

https://www.tourenfahrer.de/tour-datenbank/tour/fjordwaerts-3-abschnitt-1018/detail/

https://www.tourenfahrer.de/tour-datenbank/tour/fjordwaerts-4-abschnitt-1019/detail/

Someone looking to do the same but in summer, might want to adopt or adapt the routes taken? That is where the value lies.

The other reason why I share them here, is because they build into a small database. More importantly, it gives bods the chance (as, say, Blackblade-erry has done) to pass some comment and a picture or two on their experience. Which, hopefully, makes it interesting for others, who might not necessarily ever thought of going to Tenerife.

PS I have been to some of the places in the depths of winter, not least as we used to reinsure the ‘Iron Railway’ (built by an Englishman) to carry iron ore from Sweden to Norway and from there by ship for export. One year, it fell to minus 40 C, cold enough to crack the steel rails and snap the retaining bolts. By way of reference, minus 40 is just about the temperature that EU intervention beef was stored at in specialist deep freeze ‘hangers’. Nature did it over hundreds if not thousands of square miles, for weeks at a time.
 
I have done one of the Tenerife routes in basecamp now and will do the other two this weekend. If anyone wants the files then PM me. Ta.
 
Gran Canaria also looks good

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Just a short boat ride from Tenerife (under 2 hours)
 
I have done one of the Tenerife routes in basecamp now and will do the other two this weekend. If anyone wants the files then PM me. Ta.

Great.

Ping them over to me please and I’ll host them on Dropbox for you, shared in this thread.

Thank you.

Richard
 
The other reason why I share them here, is because they build into a small database. More importantly, it gives bods the chance (as, say, Blackblade-erry has done) to pass some comment and a picture or two on their experience. Which, hopefully, makes it interesting for others, who might not necessarily ever thought of going to Tenerife.

And long may you continue to do so Wapping. :thumb2

I appreciate that there's a lot of time taken by you (and many others) for the benefit of the masses on here. Although I am far from a prolific poster, I'll try to contribute, but know that I get much more out than I put in, and am grateful for the effort from those contributors.
 
Ive ridden all those routes and its definitely worth hiring a bike if you get the chance. I lived there for a couple of years and rode mostly everywhere ,some incredible landscapes once you get into the big rim up at around 1800m . riding across the huge lava fields is something you don't get to do often.
the route from los Christianos - vilaflor - Puerto de la cruz - masca would be my choice if you just have a relaxed day trip. plenty of photo / beach/ eating opportunities on the way :okay

its a great place especially in the winter months when its not so hot . its not all chip eaters and bar crawls . :rob
 
Ive ridden all those routes and its definitely worth hiring a bike if you get the chance. I lived there for a couple of years and rode mostly everywhere ,some incredible landscapes once you get into the big rim up at around 1800m . riding across the huge lava fields is something you don't get to do often.
the route from los Christianos - vilaflor - Puerto de la cruz - masca would be my choice if you just have a relaxed day trip. plenty of photo / beach/ eating opportunities on the way :okay

its a great place especially in the winter months when its not so hot . its not all chip eaters and bar crawls . :rob

Did you ever pop over to Gran Canaria ? Just wondered which is better ?
 
Did you ever pop over to Gran Canaria ? Just wondered which is better ?

no I never did , but at a guess id say Tenerife would be better for a bike as its got more varied landscapes and some over 2000m high roads. I used to go to La Gomera often for holidays and that's a nice place to get away from the world. the roads and good and while its only very small it has everything I wanted .I used to go there a Honda dominator which if anything was too big. a little 250 would be fine.
 
I have done one of the Tenerife routes in basecamp now and will do the other two this weekend. If anyone wants the files then PM me. Ta.

yes please Snelly, I will add these to my Cycle Garmin Computer . Ive also rode a motorbike over there too, Hired, The road around Masca is the "tenerife Stelvio"

 
Like it. Nice thread Mr Wapping. Should be there now but hey ho .. hopefully next Feb.:okay
 
Looking at it, you could fly down and hire a bike. Then do all three, taking ferries between the islands. Though I’d guess you’d need to check whether the hire companies allow their bikes of an island.... or just don’t tell ‘em, bikermate style.
 
Sent routes to Wapping today and I think he’ll share them via Dropbox. Days 1 & 2 look good but 3 less so and probably needs work.
 


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