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Partners
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Alpine Bikes - http://www.alpinebikes.com The legends that are Alpine Bikes. We have partnered up with them to provide our mountain bike hire fleet. They have shops throughout Scotland, plus an online shop. |
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Spanish Highs - http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk Our friends at Spanish Highs are an activity holidays company based in the town of Lanjarón. They organise holidays and trips in the Alpujarras and the Sierra Nevada mountain range for walkers, trekkers and mountaineers. We've teamed up with our friends at Spanish Highs to provide bike and hike expeditions in high Sierra Nevada. See the holidays section on our web site for more details. |
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trailbase - http://www.trailbase.co.uk Amongst other things, trailbase is a fabulous mountain retreat located at 1,500 metres above the village of Válor in the eastern Alpujarra. It has been built by two outdoor fanatics, Gez Wall and Dave Olinski. We're teaming up with trailbase with the aim of ride-tribe using the trailbase mountain accommodation to open up the incredible and (for mountain bikers at least) largely uncharted network of trails in the eastern Alpujarra. |
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Travel, weather and local information
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Forum - http://www.sierra-nevada-forum.co.uk The definitive online forum about the Sierra Nevada for mountaineers, trekkers, mountain bikers and ski tourers. A lively and friendly forum with heaps of information about the area for outdoor enthusiasts. |
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skyscanner - http://www.skyscanner.com If you're looking for a cheap flight form the UK to Granada, Málaga or Almería, or anywhere else for that matter, then this is the only place you need to go. In our opinion, the best price comparison web site for flights. |
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Agencia Estatal de Meterología - http://www.aemet.es Spain's answer to the beloved Met Office back on Blighty. We at ride-tribe have tried out a few weather web sites, and our conclusion is that this web site provides the most detailed and accurate weather forecasts for Spain in general and the Sierra Nevada region in particular. The level of granularity is incredible, with distinct forecasts for individual villages in the Alpujarras. |
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Wikipedia - Alpujarras - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpujarras Yep, the Alpujarras has its very own Wikipedia page, in English. Some nice background information about the area and its history and culture. |
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Local businesses
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Bull Bikes - http://www.bullbikes.com Located in the coastal town of Motril, Bull Bikes is ride-tribe's nearest proper bike shop. Bull Bikes is also a downhill mountain bike team that has built itself a bit of a reputation in Spain's downhill racing scene. |
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Dr.bike - http://www.drbike.com If you're a mountain biker and you ever find yourself in Granada with time to kill, then get yourself to Dr.bike. It's THE bike shop of the region. They've got some seriously bling stuff here. Dr.bike is an authorised dealer for an amazing number of different bike brands, including Commençal, Yeti, Cannondale and Turner. Bike porn, pure and unadulterated. |
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Arte Andalucía - http://www.arteandalucia.com If you're looking to explore your artistic side, then Arte Andalucía is the place for you. Painting holidays based in the stunning setting of the village of Capileira in high Alpujarras. |
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Mountain biking
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International Mountain Biking Association UK - http://www.imba.org.uk The IMBA is the number one organisation for mountain bikers, by mountain bikers and of mountain bikers. This is the UK website for IMBA. Just an unbelievable resource for information on trails and mountain bike events in the UK. |
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bikeradar.com - http://www.bikeradar.com The people behind What Mountain Bike and Mountain Bike UK magazines. For online bike and bike gear reviews, it doesn't get any better. |
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mtbr - http://www.mtbr.com An American-based mountain bike product review site. The number of product reviews here is simply staggering. Most of the contributors are from the United States, so it can sometimes be hard to find reviews for UK-specific products. |
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