Jean Claude from Pretorius Bikes did an amazing job.
It’s ready for Mallorca!
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Malaga (day 9)
I am a lucky bastard!
Upgrade!
Thanks British Airways!
Malaga (day 8)
Today was my last day.
Lots of climbing. Lots of very steep roads.
I even made ‘king of the mountains’ on 4 climbs on Strava!
Granted, I’m the only one who’s logged any rides on those roads, so I’m expecting them to be beaten any day now!
This last week has been painful but worth it.
Next stop Mallorca!
Malaga (day 7)
The number of pros I’d seen so far on this trip: zero
The number of pros I could have seen this morning: about 150!
Stage 2 of the Tour of Andalucia started 100m from my hotel this morning.
Did I know about it? Did I heck!
“Finger-on-the-pulse-Peredur” is what I’ve started calling myself!
I didn’t climb any mountains today by the way. 50km on the flat.
Along the seaside.
I should have brought a bucket and spade. And a deckchair.
Malaga (day 6)
Today was a slog.
I think I’ve slightly overdone it.
I guess my legs aren’t ready for tough climb after tough climb quite yet.
Climbing a daily 1500m-2000m this early in the year is pretty bloody painful.
Too much too soon.
The pros call it overtraining, I call it imonmyholidays!
Malaga (day 5)
El Torcal baby!
http://www.bikemap.net/route/1419461
A brute of a climb, the last 4km being between12%-14% on very loose surface.
Sexy rocks and sexy views at the top:
Malaga (day 4)
Same as day 2 but the other way around!
Something slightly disapppointing, I’ve only found one restaurant that does a decent Paella.
Maybe they only make it in quantity during high season?
Maybe only tourists eat it?
I dunno.
To make up for the lack of the local touristy rice based food, I have been mainly eating octopus and patatas bravas.
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the……….
Miserable weather.
There was only one thing for it, a little bit of culture.
The Picasso museum. He was born here don’t ya know.
Malaga day 2
Back into the mountains.
Casabermeja and Colmenar.
My legs are hurting already. Wimp!
Here’s the bike:
Malaga day 1
My hotel is in the old town district of the city, lots of restaurants within throwing distance, IMPORTANT!
I’ll be living on tapas and Paella for the next few days.
As my precious Cervelo is in with Dr. Jean-Claude Pretorius getting it’s undercarriage fixed, I have brought one of my other bikes with me.
Boring tech nonsense: No-name carbon frame, Shimano Dura Ace/Ultegra/105 groupset mix. Look Keo pedals, Dura Ace wheels. 11-28 cassette. I am a wimp!
And this was today’s warm-up ride
Quite an easy route? I originally thought so until a 1km stretch of uphill at 19%!
And here are some cute dogs on said hill……
