Push Bike Hire- Tenerife

NoNameNoNumber · 16 Feb 2016 at 13:03

I'm heading out on Saturday for a week and whilst I'm there I'd like to ascend Mt Teide, a quick Google hasn't brought anything up.
Ideally Puerto De La Cruz area but we'll likely have a hire car to travel if needs be.
Pro Bike have ceased trading which is a bummer but surely there are others?

Any pointers much appreciated

NoNameNoNumber · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:17

Bike point. Right I'll have a Google, not necessarily a huge problem as we'll likely hire a car anyway

NoNameNoNumber · 23 Feb 2016 at 15:19

Well today I claimed Teide, didn't make it to the top though as the bloody road was closed. Loads of snow and ice up there so I only made it 1700m out of 2400m odd. Still, 3 hrs to do 18 miles averaging 6% with patches of 16% is enough to get you going.
A good hard climb that I really enjoyed, just massively ****ed I couldn't get any further. Pacing went well, I was feeling good.
Bah, may try again on Friday...

This isn't a rant at the authorities for shutting the rd btw. More a rant at 3 hours of continuous climbing with no signs to say it was shut. I can assure you the descent didn't take as long. Hairy in places though due to the ice!

NoNameNoNumber · 23 Feb 2016 at 16:27

Puerto de la Cruz. Apparently the hard side

Longest ascent in Europe. Still unbelievably miffed I couldn't get to the top... So much so I think I'll have to have another bash on Friday, and just pray its open.

Yeah I have done a few routes round the peaks with 2000m of climbing but that's over 70+ miles. To do it all in 18 is mentally a bit of a bruiser... No let up whatsoever.

NoNameNoNumber · 23 Feb 2016 at 16:54

Yeah I'm not particularly hopeful tbh and mentally I'm not sure I can face 3 hrs of climbing to be told I can't do the last 45 minutes again... I'll do it again if I can get confirmation it is open.
Yeah I passed that lot, drafted for a while to get some fluids in then let them have it. Danced off into the distance