Thinking of coming to Mallorca for a cycling holiday? Here are 5 reasons that might make you reconsider…
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This video was filmed on the island of Mallorca (or Majorca), Spain; a cycling mecca that is used for training by professional and amateur cyclists and cycling teams. It’s one of the world’s most popular cycling destinations. Riders train on the climbs here for races such as the Tour de France, Vuelta Espana, Paris-Nice, Giro d’Italia and more. Teams such as INEOS-Grenadiers, Israel-Premier Tech Pro Cycling, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team, UAE Team Emirates, Ag2R-Citroen and others use Mallorca for team training camps and rider testing.
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That's not a plastic bike. Shame about the fork.
Great film which reminded me of the horrible cycling holiday we had there at Easter 😂🤣😂 I hated it so much that I want to retire there!
Hated it so much that i just stayed here. And become cyclist myself..
fantastic. so many reasons "not" to go to mallorca. i think ill risk it. thanks for the video
Sounds terrible! Can’t wait to go 🤪
uhhh why does everyone here hate this amazing island and only look at the cons of it that are all in tons of other places, including colorado… i didn’t get why ppl are hating on it SO HARD either. “you DEFINETLY shouldn’t go to mallorca” like shut tf up and stop the bullshit
Just spent 4 days in port de soller, great place. Hired a bike for a day, rode up & around Tramuntana mountain region. Fabulous and spent rest of the time holidaying in the port and at soller lovely place, lovely vibe. Check out Tramuntana Tours.
Australian here… I was based in Mallorca on and off for 4 years. Biggest regret is that I didn't hire a proper road bike and cycle the road down to Sa Colobra and back from Palma. One day I'll have a shot at the Mallorca312.
Yeah it is so bad that i come every year from germany to see this disgusting scenery 😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
So basically we want to visit… 😂😂
Just back from Mallorca, what an amazing place to ride. Just wish I was fitter 😄
Thanks Tristan and Kyrsten.
Don't worry, when you learn to pedal you will love Mallorca. Keep trying…
This sounds awful.
Bonito video me emociona como mallorquín como gusta mi isla a tanta gente. Es un orgullo grande la suerte de vivir siempre aqui.
Se me ocurren muchos motivos mas para otros videos: los senderos fuera carretera para mtb tambien muy variados y divertidos. Seais siempre bienvenidos a disfrutar de la bicicleta. Saludos.
I see these descends and switchbacks, and wonder how the rim brakes perform in these settings. I haven't owned a race bike with rim brakes – so I have no reference point. Just can't imagine not having disk brakes
Been 5 times on Mallorca for the last few years now and it was super every time. So dont know what this is all about … it's a mega nice place to ride your bike. If you go mid spring it's normal that it is shit because of all the peps, but if you go mid/end winter its perfect 🙂
and about switchbags. Thats wrong, they are play of climbs with hardly any switchbags… Puig Major, Femenia, mirador del colomer and and and 🙂
És un vídeo molt simpàtic. Vull aprofitar per recordar a tothom que a Mallorca també hi ha mallorquins, i per això vull demanar bon criteri i comprensió a tots els visitants. Us ho dic en la llengua pròpia de Mallorca perquè en sigueu més conscients (per molts motius -alguns molt indecents-, la majoria de mallorquins ha après a amagar l'idioma, cosa que fa que desaparegui). No vull criticar la gent que ve a fer ciclisme. Molts de mallorquins també som ciclistes a més d'usuaris de transport públic, conductors de cotxe i vianants. Tots plegats hem de tenir seny per compaginar l'esport, l'oci, la feina, el dia a dia… perquè així tot sigui sostenible. En aquest sentit, com a persona que s'ha de moure per feina per carreteres d'aquest tipus, s'agraeix molt que es procurin evitar les hores de trànsit (7.00-8.00 per exemple, que és una hora punta d'anar a treballar, i si s'ajunten ciclistes i camions/busos a carreteres estretes amb molts de revolts simplement et fan arribar tard o t'has d'aixecar mitja hora abans per si passa), especialment per part de grups de ciclistes. Salutacions, espero que pugueu tornar a "sofrir" Mallorca aviat amb nosaltres 😄😉
5 reasons posh riders should avoid….real title
Hi Tristan, any tips on the flight from Barcelona to Mallorca?
How much it cost to put the bike into the plan?
Mallorca has been spooled by dxck head cyclists. Have cycled there for 20 years but far too many millennial idiots there now. Revolting creatures.
Just booked my flights to Mallorca 🎉🎉
Im visiting Spain soon can’t decide if I want to stay longer in Girona or Mallorca …
Very funny, I won't be going back again 🙂
What a crap video ….. pointless
I think it's easy to make real video with 5 reasons not to cycle in Mallorca.
Me being a masochist torture myself twice a year with a week cycling on Mallorca, so I exactly know what you mean. So when that lovely Dutch autumn strikes again, I again will be riding my bike on Mallorca in that horrible sunshine.
I'll admit, you got me at first. 😉