Cycling Pro Road & Mtb

different commitment and length, suitable both for road bikes and mountain bikes. In all cases there is no lack of very easy tracks, short-term and affordable even in a regular city bike and without the need for a specific athletic training: the classical tours to suit the whole family, with children below. A similar initiative could not be associated to a chain of hotel that offers to the enthusiasts turist a range of services dedicated to them, as a deposit for bicycles, an area dedicated to the washing, an allocation of tools for maintenance, the opportunity to have guides who will accompany the cyclists along the routes. One of these is the Hotel Marinetta in Marina di Bibbona, where there awaits Paolo Bettini, Silvia Parietti (ex-Italian Champion), some young athletes of the Club Paolo Bettini and engineers of Specialized, always on the side of Italian Champion, who provided some bikes. Present also Geonav technicians, who have offered their navigation systems, and Tetrax, which outlined his fastening systems for mobile and Internet users in the car. As always, Paolo is a very gentleman, as well as the mechanical of Specialized, who have patiently listened to the wishes of the journalists present, and the two girls of Geonav, that explained in details the operation of their navigator. A hint of color by the Tetrax Girls, do not ride, but it matters little. We start the morning for the first round on the road, Paolo jokes about his imperfect form while the boys of the club Bettini are more "battle" and the good Silvia, which is part of the group accompanying the tourists to contact to go to route discovery of Etruscan Coast, close the group. We move on roads, almost always well-maintained and low trafficked roads, among vineyards, olive groves and medieval villages. For lovers of cooking there is a large number of rural houses, cellars and places where the good is worth stopping to sample the specialties of the area. The climbs are never long, even if the slopes challenging, but overall are always very pedalling track and with due calm approached by anyone, as witnessed by the many foreign tourists we have crossed during the tour, with their rent bike in the structures of the place. Livorno, Cecina, Castiglioncello, Donoratico, San Vincenzo, Rossignano Solvay, are just some of the points of departure and arrival of the various tours, as well as La California. With pathways that are able to combine the sea, hill, nature, history, art and food. Even in mtb tracks are well structured, and the fans do not think that the pathways are difficult, because the discovery of the territory and the pleasure to ride in contact with nature is preferred to the pure technical aspect of the guide. So the discovery of the beautiful pine forest that leads Bibbona Marina in Marina di Cecina is easy to ride and by everyone, but the guides will bring the most courageous in many other and more difficult trails. A laudable initiative, therefore, not only because there seems to be well organized, but mainly because offers a number of cycling routes and services that still struggle to take off in other places, including tourist resorts. The municipality of La California and the Agency for Promotion of the Etruscan Coast, have not invented anything new, be sure, but these initiatives are still in Italy reduced to sporadic cases, laudable, therefore, that the government of this coast has been activated, like as Hotel Marinetta. These are some interesting links:
www.aziendaspecialebibbona.it
www.costadeglietruschi.it
www.hotelmarinetta.it
www.bikehotelstuscany.com
www.bikeguidetuscany.eu
www.geonav.it
www.tetrax.it
www.specialized.com