Costa Rica Mountain Biking Tour

Costa Rica is a very mountainous country, which makes it perfect to practice mountain biking in the different places, from the beautiful beaches to the breathtaking forests of the high lands. Come and experience the amazing landscapes offered by the active volcanoes, numerous waterfalls, incredible biodiversity, small roads and trails connecting small towns and warm people of Costa Rica. There are trails challenging enough for very experienced mountain bikers, to soft easy ones for beginners. It is safe to say that cycling is the second most important sport in Costa Rica, after soccer.

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Costa Rica Mountain Bike: La Ruta de los Conquistadores

"La Ruta de Los Conquistadores" is a race that takes place every year, and which main porpuse is to give the opportunity to mountain bikers. It is not only targeted to proffesional racers, but to people who are trainned enough and who would like to experience the Costa Rica mountain bike. This year (2009), the race will take places from November 11 to November 14, and it will begin in Jaco Beach. It is a 400 km competition, beginning in Jaco Beach on the Pacif Side, and ending on the Caribbean shores of Costa Rica; it is a three day competition.



For more information about registration, rules, categories, and prices among others, contact La Ruta de Los Conquistadores. There you can also find biker packages for other routes in the country.

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Biking ride at Tortuguero

The biking ride to Tortuguero is one of those especial events out of the normal rides made in the country. It will take place on October 31, and will leave from San José by bus to the small town of Cuatro Esquinas where the biking ride will actually begin going throuhg banana plantations, around 15 kilometers. Then bikers will take a boat to go to Tortuguero passing by the beautiful canals of the area.



The boat will take bikers to San Francisco where the second part of the ride will begin. The second part is around 20 kilometers in the beach. This ride San Jose - Tortuguero National Park is for beginners and intermedia bikers. For more information go to bikecr.

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Ride Puntamaleña

Ride Puntamaleña (Cortes - Uvita) will take place at Ciudad Cortes, especificly from San Buenaventura to Tres Rios de Coronado, then move off the beaches of Ventanas, Piñuelas, Ballena and Chaman and to finish at the Uvita school La Flor de Bahia. The distance of the race is 45 km, and there will be different categories such as juvenil, élite, veteranos A, B y mujeres, with three winner for each category. The date of the race is October 11, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. The registration fee is c 5.000 per person; includes security, raffles, refreshments, and Red Cross.


The invitation is made by the Cycling Committee of Ciudad Cortes and the Cantonal Committee of Sports and Recreation of Osa. For more information please contact ccarranza02@gmail.com, ronajera@ice.co.cr, johelvm@live.co.

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I Recreativa Quebradilla – Cartago 2009

The I Recreativa Quebradilla – Cartago 2009, will take place on Octubre 4th, 2009 at 9 a.m. Please register at Ciclo Mania, Ciclo Alex (Tobosi), Ciclo Gerald (Quebradilla), Libreria Gonzalez or to the phone numbers: (506) 2273-6071 or (506) 8886-0909. Rider can also register at the race date. The route is 36 km approximately, with panoramic View to San Jose and Cartago, 2 help place, refreshments and fruits, T-Shirts for the first 100 participants , with the registration to participate in the raffle for a bicycle, consolation prizes, snack, Red Cross Police officers, guides and guarded parking for the entire event.

There will also be a concert with VOX FM from 11 am to 2 pm, typical meals, entertainment for the passengers (football games), Exhibition of bicycles and others. For more information please call the phone (506) 2573-6071 and (506) 8886-0909 with Mrs. Ruth Barahona or Mr. Edwin Monge.

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III Tila Ride

On September 20, 2009, the III Tila Ride will take place. Get to ride your bike from Tilaran to Guanacaste. The race begins at 9:00 a.m. at the west side of Tilarán Central Park, in front of the Ciclo Tila. The registration fee is c 4.000 per person. The distance of the race 35 to 40 km. For the first 160 people to register there will be T-shirts, brazalets, numbers, raffles, fruits, refreshments, among others. For more information contact Ciclo Tila (506) 2695-6540 with Alvaro Herrera, or to the e-mail ciclotila@hotmail.com.

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Biking at Isla Chira, Costa Rica

It will take place on September 20, 2009, departing from Parqueo San Nicolas 50 metros oeste de los Tribunales en Calle Blancos, Guadalupe 05:00 AM. Chira Island is located in the Gulf of Nicoya and has an area of 43 km2 and about 2,800 people distributed between the towns of Puerto Bocana, Jicaro, San Antonio, Pochote, Montero and Puerto Palito. The island has over 40 miles of ballast or earth perfect for the practice of MTB!



The ride begins at 05:00 am coming by bus from Costa de Pajaros, where the cycling adventure starts. Bikers will ride about 10 miles to the place where the boats will be waiting. The journey lasts approximately half an hour to Puerto Bocana. Once in the island, again take the bicycle to ride the beautiful roads of the island for another 12 miles to a small beaches on the island.

For more details contact Henry Pérez López Tours y Eventos Bikecr.com SA henry@bikecr.com, or the web site www.bikecr.com.

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Top biking cities in the world

Biking is a great excercise and a way to become familiar with a city where you live. There are cities that have been adapted to bikes, promoting this healthy non polluted way of transportation. Among this great biking cities throught the world are Amsterdam (Netherlands), which has 40% of all traffic movements by bicycle, Portland (Oregon, USA), which has a varied bicycle network, about 260 miles, that connects all parts of the city; and Copenhagen (Denmark), which is home to the world's most successful community bicycle program.



Other cities are Boulder (Colorado, USA) with a great public programs for safe biking; Davis (California, USA) with 17% of its residents who commute to work on bikes; Sandnes (Norway), Trondheim (Norway), which invented the worlds first Bicycle Lift (Trampe), and San Francisco (California, San Francisco), Berlin (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), and Basel (Switzerland).

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Biking in Arenal, La Fortuna

One of the top places to bike in Costa Rica is Arenal, around the town of La Fortuna. La Fortuna is also a multisport adventure site where visitors can enjoy rappel, canopy, white water rafting, bungee jumping, hiking, and kayak among many others. There are trails for amateurs taking ease one day bike tours at the base of one of Costa Rica top volcanos and the most active one in the country, to hard trails for expert bikers.

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There are also multisport packages that include biking and white water rafting in Pacuare River. In the area, visitors can find hotels and accomodations for all budgets. Bikers could also made a combination of biking tour and hot springs in the area. It is truly a great site to bike. To book a trip that include multisport and biking specificly, please contact Banana Adventure Tours at www.bananaadventuretours.com.

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Special Copa Endurance Pipasa Juan Viñas 2009

There will be a VI Special Copa Endurance Pipasa Juan Viñas 2009, that will take place on September 06, 2009 in Juan Viñas. Bikers will begin the race in Barrio San Martin. The distance of the race is 47 kilometers and will go through the following places: Barrio San Martín (Parqueo en la Plaza de Futbol), El Trapiche, Naranjo, Los Potreros, Plaza Maravilla, Ingenio,Santa Cecilia,beneficio, Las Vueltas, Santa Marta, La Gloria, B Cuba, Los Alpes, Bajo Hermes, San Juan Norte, La Victoria, La Española, La Casona and the "Meta" (goal).


There is a registration fee that goes from 7.500 colones before the race or 10.000 colones the day of the race. There will also be winning prices for first, second and third place, but only in categories with more than 20 bikers. The prices will be given out on October 30th. Register online.

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