I Enduro MTB 2009: Nandaride

On the same day of the Braulio Carrillo Route 2009 race, there is also another biking route on the other side of the country, Nandaride. The race is called I Enduro MTB 2009: Nandaride and it involves 45 kilometers only for experts or 25 kilometers for amateurs. The winner will have prices in two different categories, femenine and masculine.

For more information about this race visit Bikecr Mountain Bike Costa Rica.

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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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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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Top 10 biking cities in the US

Biking Step by Step is a mountain biking blog for Costa Rica; however, we are interested in all the best places where mountain bike can be done and the best biking cities in the world. This time we have a small list of the top 10 biking cities in the United States:

1. Davis, California
2. Boulder, Colorado
3. Corvallis, Oregon
4. Madison, Wisconsin
5. Palo Alto, California
6. Portland, Oregon
7. San Francisco, California
8. Tucson/Pima Eastern Region, Arizona
9. Eugene, Oregon
10. Chicago, Illinois

This list was created by the The League of American Bicyclists. There are many races and recreative biking routes organized by this leage. To read more go to Americas Best and Top Ten.

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Biking in Corcovado

Osa Peninsula, located on the south part of Puntarenas Province (Pacific side) is home of Corcovado National Park and other smaller reserves created to protect the intense biodiversity of the area. It is called by some the open zoo of Costa Rica or the National Park of the world. Osa Peninsula and its many town Puerto Jimenez are very far away, and tourist should plan at least 3 days in the area to be able to enjoy some of the wonders it has to offer.



There are many biking routes in Corcovado area (Osa Peninsula); however, some of them are not very known. Some tour operators use the great landscaped and natural wonders of the area included in the mountain bike tours; including the beutiful river of Sierpe (65 km), Bahia Drake, Puerto Escondido, the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, Cabo Blanco and the small town of Puerto Jimenez. Normally these tours take from 3 to 5 days, pedaling around 50 km per day. Other are multisport tours that include kayaking, snorkeling and mountain bike.

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Biking in Tortuguero

Tortuguero is a wet land area protected by a National Park where thousands of sea turtles come to nest every year. There are not trails made specificly for biking, and it is not an area know by the prescense of mountain biking tours. However, local people sometimes uses bikes to move around the so called barras, hotel properties, the beach or in town.


There are also multi sport tours that include many interesting sports and the area of Tortuguero. For example, the tourte Turrialba - Tortuguero, which has mountain bike, hiking, white water rafting and river kayak.

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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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I Clasica Eco-Turistica de Mountain Bike

The I Clasica Eco-Turistica de Mountain Bike "La Conquista del Maquenque" will take place on sunday September 27, 2009. The race will begin at 8:00 a.m. from Veracruz de Pital, San Carlos, and the long ride will be of 60 km, (the short ride will be 25 km). The registration fee is c 6.000 per person. The price includes assitance (3 spots), paramedics (3 spots), mecanics (3 spots), check point (3 spots), motos, ATV, lunch, T-shirts for the first 350 people who register, a boat tour in San Carlos River (150 spots), raffles, and much more. Security garanteed.



There will be other events associated with the race, such as a dance with the music group Marfil on September 26 at Rancho Toños, and promotions for tours and hotels. The race has the main objective of promoting the Lapa Verde conservation at the Maquenque Wildlife Refugee. For more information go to www.laconquistadel maquenque.com

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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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II Recreativo de las Flores

The II Recreativo de las Flores is a Mountain Bike Race that will take place in Heredia (San Pablo y San Rafael) on September 20, 2009. There will be a short race of 20 km, and a long race 35 km. It will begin from Skorpio Gym to Plaza Heredia, and the starting time is 9:00 a.m. The registration fee is c 5.ooo per person. The price includes 300 shirts for the first 300 people to register, bike raffle, fruits and refreshments. For more information call (506) 2260-2510, or write to info@gymskorpio.com.

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Top biking places in Costa Rica

We especialize in biking tours in Costa Rica; we have operators everywhere in the country. Among the top best places to bike in Costa Rica, in no particular order are:

• Guanacaste: Samara Beach is regarded as a particularly suitable area for mountain biking and mountain biking competitions, such as the famous Tour de los Conquistadores which often ends in Samara. Around the Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Pailas sector, north Guanacaste, there is a beautiful route on single track, good for all levels of phisical condition. The route goes through pasture land, spiny cedar tree plantations, pristine jungle and different waterfalls.

• Monteverde: Go through unpaved roads, mountain views, fast heartbeats, and a very different way of seeing Monteverde.
  

• Irazu - Turrialba (White Water Rafting): This route begins on the Irazu volcano downhill and finish at Turrialba.
  

• Arenal - La Fortuna: Biking trips in this area are wonderful, because of the beautiful trail trough forest, the Arenal Volcano and the Lake Arenal.

• Sarapiqui: This is a great route that begins with three kilometers of asphalted road at "Islas del Rio" and then changes to non-asphalted one. The rides goes near the river.
  
  

There are many more routes in the country, going at the central valley, north pacific, and central pacific among others.

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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 Mountain Biking places in the world

There are many wonderful places to mountain bike in the world. However, we can pinpoint one country and place for each region so that bikers have a wider choice when planning their adventure vacations internationally.

South America: Ecuador is one of the top biking places in the world thanks to the great views, volcanoes, wild trails and adventour landscape, among others.

Central America: Costa Rica has great mountain bike trails around the country. If bikers prefer the Caribbean or Pacific trails, wild or easy trails, flat, curvy or mountainous trails, Costa Rica has it all, north to south and east to west.

North America: there are many places in the United States and Canada that are great for mountain bike, among those places are Virginia, Wyoming, Arizona, Utah, California, South Dakota, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Montana and New Mexico.,etc.

Erurope: Many countries in Europe are wonderful for mountain biking, but amon the very best are Saalbach (Austria), Chamonix, Les Deux Alpes, and Trois Vallées (all in France).

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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.

Arenal Volcano - CGoodfellow Copyright

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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Mountain Biking in Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a biking paradise! here bikers can find nice flat trails, mountain gravel trails, rocky mountain trails, muddy curvy trails and even beautiful trails in the middle of the forest. There are trails for all physical conditions, and bikers can choose among the wide variety of biking tours in the country. These tours can be found from the Guanacaste Province around the beaches, to the beutiful lands of the Alajuela Province close to La Fortuna, Arenal. If bikers prefer a more wild, less visited region, biking tours are offered in the Osa Peninsula. There are also one day biking tour or multi days biking tours.



Costa Rica is also host of various biking races annually. If you like biking and would like to come to Costa Rica an try some of our great routes, please visit our web page: www.bananaadventuretours.com, we can offer you a great vacations and nice biking plus adventure tours package.

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