“nothing prepares you for the algarve’s beauty, even after a 2,000km ride from the uk”

Been somewhere inspirational? Ridden an amazing road? Email YourRides@ride.co.uk to tell us about your trip and your bike

Brilliant tarmac, great food and endless warmth, these are a great basis for a stunning biking holiday… and you can download the routes from www.ride.co.uk

The perfect mount for a point-hunting challenge to Barcelona is, surely, a £435 Triumph Trophy. Alistair George goes rallying on a budget…

Exciting ways to get away from it all

Recommended by RiDE’s contributors, each one is the perfect way to cap off a great riding season

Oppressive heat reigned across the core of the Iberian Peninsula. The Extremadura region, bordering Portugal in the far west of Spain, had proved extreme in both beauty and its energy-sapping temperat