Ride with the Pros

The county of Gironès and Girona city have long been associated with cycling. Many professional riders have lived and continue to live in the city, perhaps the most famous Lance Armstrong, made Girona his home and base for many years during his time with the US Postal team.

Currently Girona is the home base for the Garmin Cérvelo team and many other teams use the area for their training camps.

Whilst well-known for its excellent road cycling, Girona is less famous for mountain bike. However the area contains some of the best off-road riding in Europe, most of the local riders are mountain bikers with hundreds turning up to race every weekend. The mountain biking here has been a well kept secret with few maps of the single track paths available.

Girona also boasts a 100km long dedicated Greenways cycle path and the neighboring county of Empordà has an extensive cycle network extending through the area famous for wine and olive oil production perfect for more relaxed cycling.

Bike Breaks - Girona Cycle Centre

We are lucky enough to offer Go Venture readers 50% off all bike rentals in January, February and March 2012 thanks to Bike Breaks (Girona Cycle Centre).

BIKE BREAKS is the Girona Cycle Centre operated and owned by the husband and wife team of Dave and Saskia who have lived in the Girona area for many years, loving the Catalan lifestyle, climate and mountains which all make a perfect all-year-round destination for their mountain bike holidays, road bike holidays, touring bike trips and guiding services.

Our aim: to create a ‘one stop shop’ of services and information for visiting cyclists and local riders alike, anyone who wants to ride in the Girona area. From high quality Cannondale bike hire or equipment hire to all-in cycle holiday packages and everything in between… we can help!

Check out their website to see their range of high quality rental bikes and what services they can offer:

www.gironacyclecentre.com