Category: Bourg d'Oisans

Cycle hire for Alpe d’Huez in December Since living here in Bourg d’Oisans I have cycled my local climb – Alpe d’Huez at least once a month – the summer months are great however December and January are really tough. You have to pick a good day to ride and wait until 1 pm before…

We try and get a photo at the start of our Cycling Tour week. Here are a selection of them from this year. Each year we take group bookings, singles and couples. Our cycling season starts in March in Andalucia before transferring back to our main base in Bourg d’Oisans between the end of April until Mid…

ColdeSarenne, a photo by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. We had an unusual experience on the Col de Sarenne yesterday with a couple of horses who were very keen to talk carbon bikes with us.

Late September is great here in the Oisans and we invited a couple of More Than 21 Bends friends over for some end of season cycling. We set off at 8:20 to ride La Marmotte route backwards with a slight little twist. First off was the Col du Lautaret and Col du Galibier followed by…

We have discovered something new here this year on our cycling tours – Strava. Last year it was not mentioned at all, this year well its talked about nearly as much as Rapha gear, is it to expensive ? and the Lance Armstrong did he or did he not debate.  We tend to join in…

[flickr video=7767050712 show_info=true secret=3abec3f3ee w=500 h=375] Col de la Croix de Fer descent with yell a video by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. Take a look (and listen) to this video to see how much fun our cycling holidays are.