Nothing more fun than immersing yourself in typical Spanish life during the holidays. After the rented road bike has been delivered to you, it is time to explore the area. You can plan a route that takes you along the various delicacies of the Costa Blanca. We set out a few here.
Cycling and relaxing together
A frequently heard statement from cyclists who rent a racing bike is that they do not just want to cycle all day, but also want to have a goal to drive to. And although we have beautiful routes, there is also a group that not only plunges on a heavy ascent, but also wants to add some fun, good food and other elements to their cycling holiday. For them and possibly also accompanying friends and family members we put a number of interesting locations here in the area, which we think is fun to visit.
We at Allure Bike Rental in Alfas del Pi are aware that an affordable racebike is important. A holiday can be really expencive. For that you have to consider where to hire your racebike. It plays some role for a part of our (also new) customers deciding where to hire a Carbon road bike during the holidays. Especially for the Dutch, who sometimes can be stingy. That´s why we want to put a number of points next to each other here, which are important by choosing a rental bicycle.
We take the risk that this will be a bit of a technical story or that the real cyclists say; “We knew that for a long time”, just a bit of background from the Di2. After all, you do not have to read our blogs to rent a bike here.
It is at the end of May when friends of ours come from the Netherlands arrive at our plot to stay with their camper. This time he doesn´t have to rent a bicycle yet because they brought their own city bikes as well and of course his road bike. With the family consisting of husband, wife and small child, they drove through France in 2.5 days with their camper. When they arrive at us on Sunday afternoon, the joy about the reunion is clearly present on both sides after so many years. The man – lets call him R for convenience – is an enthusiastic amateur cyclist. He came to Spain to enjoy a nice cycling holiday. Or will it be a family holiday after all?
They are cliche´s: the Costa Blanca is the Florida of Europe. It has the most beautiful weather in Europe and the healthiest climate in the Mediterranean. Therefore it is all year round perfect to hire a racebike. But cliche´s do not just happen!
Although the Vuelta, has very different routes, the area in and around the Costa Blanca is particularly popular with the riders. A few years ago the peloton starts in Benidorm and then almost immediately goes to the Col de Rates, a climb of the 2nd category. The riders know this slope from their winter training courses, many teams stay in this region. The total climb counts 13 kilometers, with the first 6 kilometers being the steepest with an average increase of 6%.
This first real blog starts. TENSING with capital letters as they say so nicely. For us but also
for you! For us it is especially exciting because of course we get from almost everyone who is
a little bit “modern” and wants to participate in all Social Media, well-intentioned advice,
how we do and how we should NOT blog.
