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Top European Autumn Cycling Destinations

Autumn is a beautiful time of year to ride bikes in Europe, the busy summer cycling destinations have come to a close but the weather is still warm and the sun is still shining. The high summer season of July and August is over and the tourists have largely gone home, leaving roads open for […]

WIN a Place on our October Girona Classic Climbs Tour Worth Over €1,500!

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Summer European Cycling Tours: Our Top Picks

Summer in the cycling world is the season of high mountains and epic adventures. The snow has melted and heading up high is in order, plus longer days mean longer rides and warm weather makes kitting up and heading out both easier and far more appealing (although these winter cycling destinations break that mould – […]

Nutrition for Cyclists: How To Tailor Your Fuel To Your Ride

Getting the right nutrition for cyclists both on and off the bike is one of the most important aspects of cycling. Ensuring that you fuel correctly for the ride ahead can make the difference between flying to KOMs or bonking and subsequently crawling home. Of course, different cycling challenges require different nutritional strategies, the type […]

A Different Tactic: How the Girona-Based Brand are Doing things Differently

Some might say that the custom cycling clothing market is saturated, in the Girona area alone there are a number of manufacturers, so how can a brand make themselves stand out from the crowd? Tactic, a Girona-based sportswear brand, have been in the industry for many years with the bulk of their output based in […]

Why Electric Bikes are a Game Changer for Cycling Vacations

Electric bikes are changing the cycling tourism industry whether you just need that bit of assistance on an epic climb to keep up or prefer to be powered along bike paths on a leisure cycling holiday, more and more people are embracing electric bikes, and anything that encourages more people to get on their bikes […]

The Synergy of Yoga and Cycling

At first glance, cycling and yoga may not seem to naturally go hand in hand, however the benefits of practicing yoga off the bike has been linked to some serious on the bike benefits. That’s why we’ve joined up with our friends at La Bruguera de Púbol to offer a yoga & cycling retreat to […]

Eat Sleep Cycle x MAAP Cycling Kit

Everyone loves new kit day, and this one is extra special! We’ve teamed up with MAAP for our new Eat Sleep Cycle kit, and we think you’ll agree when we say it’s one to inspire some envy out on the road… Why Cycling Kit by MAAP? There are plenty of clothing brands out there so […]

Eat Sleep Cycle in Four Seasons: 2018 in Review

It’s the time of year to crack out the bubbly and to reflect on the year just passed – and we certainly have a lot to reflect on from 2018 at Eat Sleep Cycle. We take a look at the last four seasons at Eat Sleep Cycle, from opening our new Girona Hub back in […]

How to Prepare for your European Cycling Holiday

Embarking on a European cycling holiday takes a lot of planning but the right preparation is important to ensuring that everything goes smoothly from the first idea to the first pedal stroke. So what is the best way to go about planning your European cycling holiday? How To Plan A European Cycling Holiday When considering […]

Let Down By Rapha Travel Cancellation? We Have A Solution For You..

Have you had your 2019 Rapha Travel tour cancelled? At Eat Sleep Cycle we see ourselves as part of a wider global cycling community united by a shared passion for the freedom of riding. We understand what these bucket-list trips mean to hard-working cyclists all over the world who look forward to visiting some of […]

DIY Cycling Tour Survival Guide

Setting off on a cycling tour is the best feeling in the world: sun, fresh air and the promise of the open road. Except sometimes, bad weather will strike, cables snap on a mountain pass, and when you arrive in town with your last drop of energy spent, there’s no room at the inn. However, […]

Vision for a new type of Bike Shop

It’s just under 4-weeks until the opening of our new Girona Hub and you are all invited! https://www.facebook.com/events/157923644829501/ The Hub, as we are calling it, is the culmination of learning from 2 previous smaller shops in Girona, hours of debate, benchmarking, research and endless sketches by our more creative third, Louise. We love keeping our […]

A brand-new look for Eat Sleep Cycle

It was a key moment in the Eat Sleep Cycle journey when our good friend and web designer Hollie told us that we needed to re-brand. It hurt a little bit knowing that our trusty logo (a collection of triangles and circles mushed together on Microsoft Word to make a mountain and some bicycles) just […]

Eat Sleep Cycle’s 1 year Anniversary

So much has happened in the first year of Eat Sleep Cycle that for the first time in my life looking back actually slows time down. “Were we really painting the walls of our first shop the night before it opened just one year ago?!” I have never enjoyed reminiscing so much! Yesterday around 60 […]

The coffee that ruins all other coffees

I didn’t really have anything to complain about. I was working as a bike mechanic in a very nice typical Belgian bike shop in my hometown of Antwerp. I had a good boss (it feels a bit odd to call him boss) and a job I enjoyed very much. I spent two winters working and […]

The wonder of Carrer de la Rutlla (Roo-ee-ya!)

By Brian Canty Next month I’ll be celebrating three years in Girona and I’m just amazed at how quickly the time has gone. I still have the most vivid memories of those early days and weeks of arriving on 94/96 Carrer de la Rutlla, a street that meant absolutely nothing to me back in late […]

The rock and roll lifestyle of a bike tour guide in the Pyrenees

I won’t thank my new editor Lee Comerford for tasking me with the most general of all assignments; ‘a blog on the last week’, or something like that, would be great. Tonight. How can one sum up in words what it feels like to ride across the Pyrenees for work? How impossible is it to […]

2009, Bedoin and the start of a beautiful love affair

By Brian Canty The Tour de France is like no other event in the world of professional sport and it´s a race I hold very, very dear. My first experience of it was on a balmy July evening in 2009, a couple of months after I´d finished college in Galway. Without much money or cycling […]

A blissful union of food & cycling on our first Gourmet Tour

Warning!! Contains images of food and cycling!! The Gourmet Tour of Catalunya is an itinerary inspired by all our favourite rides and all our favourite places to eat and drink in the Girona region. Here´s a taster… Wine tasting in the Emporda region is a must for any self respecting Gourmet Tour. The ride takes our cyclists […]

Dealing with the heat when riding abroad this Summer

Most of us cyclists crave the sunshine and to escape the bad weather of our home countries. Cold and wet weather can make long rides harder, especially if you are not dressed for it. As summer temperatures in Girona hit the thirties, cyclists can be challenged equally, but in very different ways. Having just nearly […]

Andorra: A theme park for cyclists

Driving into Andorra late Friday evening reminded me of the first time I drove to Las Vegas. Granted, the long dark single road into Andorra is far more windy, but the suspense of arriving at a far away and strange place equaled. Once we crossed the border (not quite knowing whether a smile, wave or […]

Why Girona isn’t Mallorca

As a cycling business owner in Girona I sometimes look across the pond to Mallorca and wonder about the mass cycling market it has attracted. I have been there myself as both a cyclist and non-cyclist so I know the benefits the island offers. Smooth roads, steady climbs, favourable weather and cheap hotels with huge […]

Worx: small bikes, mega impact

Worx is making big waves in the world of small bikes and we’re proud to welcome an XXS Worx RA SL to our rental fleet. Perfectly proportioned for smaller riders the bike handles like a dream and marks a satisfying end to having to ‘fit’ small riders to a bike that’s just too big. I […]

Vallter 2000: Life in the support vehicle

Yesterday 20 apprehensive cyclists left Girona early in the morning bound for Vallter 2000, the highest point in the whole of Catalunya. It was our 2nd Challenge Day of the year. For the first we conquered the 3 famous peaks in Girona and I wrote a blog about my personal achievement riding it too. It […]

Saturday 12th November 2016: a race, a chase & a grand opening

It’s Sunday afternoon, the day after the 12th November – a day that will be forever etched into Eat Sleep Cycle history. Yesterday, we opened our headquarters in Girona. It’s a little patch of cycling heaven in the centre of the Old Town, or Barri Vell. It constitutes a dream come true for myself, Lee […]

Why it’s time we started to warm to the running man in the yellow jersey

(This article first appeared on the stickybottle.com website here and is being published here with the kind permission of the author) I’m not a Chris Froome fan; or at least I wasn’t. I’m not too sure why, but I just never took to him. But his actions this week in racing aggressively and attacking when […]

Arcalis and the start of a beautiful love affair with cycling

Brian Canty writes from Andorra and reflects on the glorious racing this small mountainous country has hosted – from Jan Ulrich in the 1997 Tour to Dan Martin ripping up the field in yesterday’s race. Watch as Jan Ullrich rides the peloton off his wheel on stage 10 of the 1997 Tour de France. Watch […]

Rocacorba: Girona’s Hidden Gem of A Climb

Snuggled away 20 kilometres north of Girona is a monstrous climb that owes nothing to TV coverage . You’ll hardly find it on a map and you’ll even struggle to find the road that leads up to it from the nearby town of Banyoles. Yes, Rocacorba hasn’t the ‘bucket-list’ fame of Alpe d’Huez or the […]