Mount Teide from Los Gigantes - Indoor Cycling Training

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About El Teide from Los Gigantes:
The route up to 'El Teide' is one of the iconic climbs of Spain. With an altitude gain of more than 2300 meters / 7 550 feet this ride is a climbers dream. But it is not just about altitude gain, the scenery is simply stunning. Some of the landscapes on this ride are surreal and could be from another planet. The ride ends in front of 'El Teide', the highest mountain in Spain and the second-highest volcano in Europe. The route starts close to sea level next to the harbor of Los Gigantes. It then works its way up through the busy streets of the resort town. As you leave Los Gigantes you ride through the banana plantations. After 6.7 km / 4.2 miles you get beautiful ocean views and in a distance you can see the balcony road to which you are going. A few kilometers later you get to the balcony road you could see in a distance earlier. This segment has beautiful ocean views and it feels more like riding in the sky than on the road. Pine, cactus, and lava now starts to take over the scenery. As you leave the main road and take the road up towards Teide you can enjoy a steady gradient of around 5-6 percent. This is a beautiful segment with pine and lava fields. After approximately 28 kilometers you get the first glimpse of a Teide wrapped in snow. For a few kilometers, you ride in the fog. Snow starts to appear next to the road and you are now riding above the clouds. With 10 kilometers left the scenery changes to large barren lava fields, and you can relax your legs for a bit descending a segment with negative gradients. As you do a left turn towards Teide, the scenery becomes even more surreal and reminds you more of Mars than of planet Earth. The route goes up and down through these extraterrestrial landscapes until the last push towards the top. The ride ends at the side road to Paradores Cañadas del Teide, the local hotel and restaurant. The perfect place to recover from the ride and enjoy the amazing view of 'El Teide'.
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Adding music to the ride:
Most cyclists would agree that the ride to Col du Tourmalet is awesome. But when it comes to music opinions are very mixed. This is why we do not add music to our rides. We simply do not want to spoil your ride with music you do not like. But it is quite simple to add it yourself. Open an extra browser tab. Find a site that offers music (Spotify, KZbin, etc…) and pick the music you like and enjoy the ride...

[@ijunrijwansusanto1477]

Very good, (I am from Indonesia-ASean country). Thanks

[@amybowden8445]

I love these! I'd never get to see such scenery without this virtual opportunity right now!

[@tonybaker55]

Changed a bit since 1971! All there was at the end of the road was a large boulder that acted as a roundabout and a small place where you could get a drink. We were challenged to run around the rock 10 times in the thin air.

[@HYP3RK1NECT]

Esta fue la mejor pista / ruta, hasta ahora. Con letreros de kilómetros restantes te incrementa la motivación. (Tomalo como un tip para los siguientes videos)

[@BiketheWorld]

Gracias por tu comentario. Para los que quieran datos de la ruta, hemos creado la app Open Road. Usted puede leer más aquí:: pezcyclingnews.com/technspec/pez-in-the-pain-cave-indoor-riding-with-open-road/ Thank you for your comment. For those that want data of the route, we have created the app Open Road. You can read more here: pezcyclingnews.com/technspec/pez-in-the-pain-cave-indoor-riding-with-open-road/

[@ijunrijwansusanto1477]

Luar biasa, saya sangat menikmati video yang ada sajikan ini. Jalan dan pemandangan di sekitarnya yang sangat bagus. Terimakasih atas kerja baiknya.

[@heinzsteinemann3518]

Fantastic! Reminds me of my many vacations in Tenerife. I'm currently looking at that on the exercise bike.

[@MrMaurodaturi]

Hi! Amazing! Very good video, good quality and very good workout. Thank's.

[@gustavocabrera2925]

Sensational!! Some parts are just like moon places.

[@BiketheWorld]

Yeah, it is out of this world...

[@rogeliogarcia4441]

Thank you!

[@BiketheWorld]

You're welcome!

[@fernandozamoraenciso3218]

Gran trabajo! Muchas gracias..

[@frankdigiovanni3666]

C’MON WINTER!

[@garyh303]

Hi thanks for the video 👌🏻

[@BiketheWorld]

Glad you liked it. It is an amazing climb :-)

[@mylenebroca171]

Hello Where is your destination in the vidéo ? Thanks you. It's beautiful !

[@BiketheWorld]

Mount Teide on Tenerife....

[@steveeglintine]

Hi. Love your videos. I usually tackle Teide from Los Cristianos, but interested in Los Gigantes next year. My research suggests first 8km is 8% and then much easier. Would you say that's the case?

[@BiketheWorld]

That is pretty much correct. After 8 kilometers, it will get easier. But it is a long ride, so it shouldn't be underestimated. Enjoy :-)

[@markkeohane9850]

These vids are usable but I hate the way they are filmed on a motorbike then slowed down. Kind of spoils the effect when you realise that. (If you doubt it look at the speed with which pedestrians are moving, car indicators are blinking really slowly, cars just look like they are going slowly. Try setting the speed to 1.5x; that's more like the speed it was actually filmed at.)

[@BiketheWorld]

No worries Mark, most of our subscribers and members love the extraordinary picture quality and smooth filming of these epic rides. For creating this kind of videos it is necessary to use very heavy video equipment. To heavy to put on a bicycle. The speed has been adapted to that of a cyclist, but as you point out you can adjust the speed in the lower right corner. We also have plenty of videos filmed on a bicycle. Stay safe :-)

[@frankdigiovanni3666]

Bike the World don’t change anything... keep filming the way your doing it

[@saurabhghosh5395]

Why no sound ? ☹ i want to hear the natural sound of this place.

[@BiketheWorld]

Thanks Saurabh, we'll try to see if we work out a solution to record the natural sound next year ;-)

[@markkeohane9850]

Because it's filmed on a motorbike and they don't want you to hear the engine.

[@saurabhghosh5395]

@@markkeohane9850 but for that we can mute the sound / lower the volume 🤷‍♂️

[@markkeohane9850]

@@saurabhghosh5395 But then how will you hear the natural sounds of the place? Sorry, don't follow that. You want a soundtrack but then you say you can mute it or turn the volume down?

[@saurabhghosh5395]

@@markkeohane9850 those people who don't want to hear bikes engine sound can mute the volume (i want to hear it)