As the month of August draws to close and we get ready for the Autumn in Girona the weather is still hot and Thursday means shop ride as always. Great group rode three loops including a small helping of Gravel as always and a new route through the mountains to Amer, where after we cleaned […]
Essential guide to all things cycling in Girona from the experts with 20 years Girona experience. “Bike Breaks (aka Girona Cycling Centre) is tucked away in the old town one road behind the Rambla, owned and run by British downhill ex-pro Dave Walsh and his wife Saskia. While the shop is mainly a rentals business, […]
A more relaxed feel on the shop rides is called for in the summer, as the temperature and humidity climb.Today after the coffee stop three groups ventured out to explore the area with our guides. Foe me this was one of the best rides of the year, an invented loop with gravel and cycle path […]
The week following the biggest cycling week in Girona (Girona cycling festival) is always a tough one, after all the crazyness things settle back into the normal routeen and the Thursday ride roles out again. This week someone has turned up the heat as summer has started. Ambient temperature of 34 degrees made for a […]
The concept of Gravel riding is really taking hold in Girona. With a massive array of trails and track to be had its giving more and more possibilities for exploring here. This weeks long loop is the La Baroca loop., one of the favourites and a ride that passes through an area with no roads […]
Every week we try to do something different for the long loop and we always try to have it be a memorable ride. This week was one of the longest we have done, 145km and 1800m over 8 hours! Though admittedly we did spend some of that time eating and drinking coffee and amazing sandwiches […]
Last chance to enter the best cycling week of the year! The festival is just around the corner, and we are closing entries! Many cycling events for everybody, concerts, amazing food, the nicest surroundings and more, all packed and concentrated in a crazy week of sport and fun! Don’t miss out! Enter here. Here there’s […]
Big groups and big fun. As the season is well underway for us relating to cycling in Girona, we regularly get good numbers for the shop ride and this week was no exception. Riders of all levels and from all over the world coverage on Bike Breaks every Thursday for the long running Girona group […]
Big groups and big fun. As the season is well underway for us relating to cycling in Girona, we regularly get good numbers for the shop ride and this week was no exception. Riders of all levels and from all over the world coverage on Bike Breaks every Thursday for the long running Girona group […]
Dodging the rain. Its does not rain very often here, but we have had a really wet spring this year. So the main aim of this weeks shop ride was to avoid the showers. After sampling the outstanding coffee from Daisy and the Broomwagon we headed out for the start of the shop ride. The […]
