New year already started a while ago and so far weather gives high expectations for 2015. As probably everybody, I want to make more out of this year, than out of the last one. I got more time and space, better equipment and knowledge than last year. So then: It´s time to start the bike season 2015!
Lisboa Tours
Lisbon's past and presents: Nowhere Lisbon's heartbeat is so easy to feel as from one of over 20 viewing points in the city. This "miradouros" are maybe one of Lisbon's biggest treasures. To reach them sometimes we have to climb, but the views we receive in return recover the effort absolutely certain! Perfect views above the roofs of Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Alfama, Baixa Chiado, Sao Joao and Sao Sebastiao. The river shore provides a wide cycling lane and amazing sunsets and the suburbs offer more as you aspect! So get on the bike and see Lisbon. What you can see on a day by foot, you can do in 3 hours by bike!
MTB Tours
About 25 km outside of Lisbon, we find Serra the Sintra and the Atlantic. Easy to reach by urban train it´s a perfect scenery to bike!Serra the Sintra offers uncountable trails for all kinds of mountain biking. The singletrails from the 350 high peaks down to the sea are one of the highlights in this bike region. The village of Sintra and it´s surroundings are rich in history and culture and the lonesome cliffs are simply fantastic!
In the south of the hills, where Rio Tejo reaches the Atlantic, Cascais is located. A urban, but provincial part of Lisbon. The region around the upper class beach city Cascais offers rural villages, small rivers with miles between fields and forrest. Landscape is mainly flat and unpaved roads make it easy accessible. Guincho Beach in the southwest of Serra de Sintra is a famous surf spot and perfect connected with a long cycling lane back to Cascais.On unpaved roads Between rural villages and the rough cliffs is a perfect scenery to bike. Calm, unpaved roads through the fields of Cascais or trailing around on : Between Sintra, Praia Grande and Cascais is a trail for every biker!
Multi-day tours
But a bike is not only a city vihicle and a funtool: It´s the best way to dicover a country, no doubts in this! 2 up to 5 days of bike travelling, oneway or roundtrips, through the region of Lisbon and up and down the coast.
Going for hidden beaches, breathing salty sea air and aromatic pines. Lissening to the bees and birds and feel the atlantic wind. Enjoy authentic portuguese life and untouched natur far away from busy Lisbon or Algarve. That is what bike touring is about.
Cicloficina Parede
Cycling, biking and touring means being on the road and so much more!It´s about fixing and caressing bikes, about improvement and improvisation, about technical disputes, route planning and wasting time together.
Therefore we now have a place in Parede to share all this!
My new place is a place to live, but maybe more a bike station. A place for touring bikers, bike tourists or locals. My castle is your castle!
I have a place to sleep and take a lukewarm shower for all touring bikers, a garage for everybody to fix his bike and always a bottle of portuguese wine.
Touring bike building
Building a touring bike is breathing spirit into a bike and I love to do this. During the last years I build up touring bikes when ever I could. Always somewhere between quality and price efficient improvisation. But always though enough for the big adventure it was called for.
And I´m ready for a new project...
Bikesufing
Meanwhile all the world knows what couchsurfing is. So it´s not so hard to gues what bikesufing is: A cheap, easy, environmental friendly and socal way to know Lisbon.
How bikesurf.org works you can see on the video below. Feel free to join!.
Upcomming dates you find on facebook.com/mountainbiketraveller
or on request on mountainbiketraveller@gmail.com
