Mallorca 2024
Monday 23rd - Friday 27th September
Pollença
In the past club members have coincidentally bumped into others in Mallorca! This trip is about club members intentionally coming together to ride on some fantastic roads and sharing social time on a beautiful (fingers crossed) sunny island. It’s not intended to be a training camp, although it can be, if that’s what you want. Take your own bike or hire a bike, come for a week or just three days. Even though we will all be booking individually (or in small groups), we will look to arrange evening meals together.
Riding
Mallorca has amazing cycling opportunities, stunning scenery, and great climbs. It is hugely popular as a cycling destination. You won’t see lots of cars on the roads, but you will see hundreds of cyclists.
As well as some fantastic climbs that are semi-alpine, there is also lots of flat riding with beautiful Spanish towns and villages. Many cafes are available wherever you go for a coffee stop or two.
Depending on who decides to come along, we’ll look to have rides that match our coffee ride speeds. You can ride in small groups or book something with local ride guides. The plan is for a relaxed few days riding the way you want.
We will post some routes on Spond before we travel to allow you to download them and be set to pedal as soon as you land.
Accommodation
The idea is that everyone stays in the same area, and Pollença is really lovely. Choose either Porta Pollença for a more touristy style and seafront location or Pollença Old Town for lovely old squares and cafes.
We'll look to plan rides that can pick up in one direction or another from those two locations. Hopefully, there will be opportunities to get together in the morning for breakfast or coffee before we ride and then eat together in the evening to enjoy some social time, even if we ride in different groups. Partners who don't ride are, of course, welcome.
Bikes
Take your own bike or hire on the island? There are plenty of good bike hire options in Mallorca, and people in the club who have been before will be able to recommend them. However, booking your hire bike sooner rather than later is important, as Mallorca can run out of bikes!
Benefits of taking your own: You get to ride your own bike and sit on the same saddle you’re used to. It’s also slightly cheaper, depending on your airline.
Benefits of hiring: Less hassle getting to the airport and getting a transfer to the other side; your precious bike doesn’t go through airports. If you have a mechanical problem on a hired bike, the company will usually come and get you and repair it.
Planning
We’ve set the dates to be just off-season to keep costs down.
We’ll set up a chat group to compare notes and coordinate the week.
Simon plans to arrive in Mallorca on Sunday, the 22nd of September, and to return home on the Morning of Friday, the 27th of September, so they will be riding Monday to Thursday.
We’ll map the locations people book for accommodation and try to make the start and finish points easily reachable.
If you have ridden routes and want to share them, we will publish them and use them if possible.
Individually book cars or taxis for transfers or other island activities when you are not riding, teaming up, or going alone.