Any Caribbean islands good for bicycling?

Question

Looking to spend 5-7 days on either Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Aruba or Antigua. Would like to spend part of that time cycling, either around the island or from a home base. I don't hear much about cycling in this part of the world. Any suggestions/experiences? Open to other islands, but not to a "all-downhill" or super touristy experience. Prefer road to mountain biking. Would also appreciate any ideas on bike rentals.

Answer 1

Curacao has plenty of biking routes, some of which are guided.

here's a link where you can find more information

htte://www.curacao.com

http://www.curacao.com/ActivitiesEvents/...

Answer 2

I can only tell you about Puerto Rico because I have never been to the other places. But Puerto Rico would be great for cycling. Puerto Rico is beautiful, the whole island is beautiful. The outer edges are tropical beaches & the center is all lush green mountains. I think the mountain terrain would be good for cycling b/c u will go up & down & you can discover beautiful things along the way. PR is a US commonwealth so you will find the roads all paved & smooth & safe to travel, other islands might not be this lucky. Also there are alot of 'off the beaten path' type of trails through mountains & junglesas well.  Puerto RIco has its on cycling federation. I included the website, however it is in spanish, but the first website about PR is in english. Spanish is the main language in PR but majority of people speask english as well.

Answer 3

Biking is big thing in Jamaica especially with organized events and large influx of mountain bikers who come for the thrill and the beauty of our island.

Trust me with Jamaica you cannot run out of riding options from mountainous area with tight crooked turns on road surfaces to meandering long distance scenes on some of our local roads,cyclist events are limited but are known from time to time to frequent the media by showing events that are held from Mandeville Manchester to our Blue Mountains national park were trails and roads can take you as high as 4300 feet,with the highest peaks ,6000 & 7402 feet access only by foot .

However if your also looking to explore organized events like having arrangments set up blue mountain biking with other tourists as well you can do it via this web page.

Read these and see more info on biking here.

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/carri...

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g14731...

http://www.bmtoursja.com/

http://www.gowealthy.com/articles/565/in...

http://www.bmtoursja.com/thetour.htm