Saturday, June 7, 2008

Day 2 of our vacation in Andalucia

Today we have another small ride planned for today, this time we ride in the direction of Lanjaron. The climb is mostly on the road, just before Lanjaron we turn back in the direction of Orgiva on a steep asphalted road which turns in a jeep track later on. We enjoy the scenery


At the end of the climb we come to the highlight of this ride: technical singletrack downhill to Orgiva. This singletrack starts out nice with a wide singletrack with scattered rocks, not too fast not too slow. Three minutes later I spot a farm, a remember David saying please wait at the farm, I follow the track to find a suitable spot for a picknick . This was just the right spot to stop with a nice view of Orgiva and it's surroundings and a good look at the start of the gnarly section.


After our pick-nick we continue our descent, the singletrack now turns more technical with large stones and deep ruts, the descent also steepens a lot more then before but the most of it stays rideable for me :-) But all good things come to the end and this time it means the downhill reaches it's lowest point. Time to reflect the downhill:


We end our's day riding with a tour around Orgiva to the main square we're we consume a drink a some tapas


Statistics:
20.16 km
700 height meters
Total time: 3 hours 25

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