[Closed] Pedalling in tenerife

A few months ago booked a cheap package to tenerife. Last winter got to me, snow ice greyness for months. I longed for summer or even spring to arrive. So I resolved to escape it all and tenerife was cheap and I suspected it had a hill. Now, this little trip was not going to be all about the bike. Something the other half was deeply suspicious about when I mentioned there was a hill. So ground rules were formally put in place. Primarily No disappearing for hours/days leaving them behind. The other half is not adverse to some peddling but is adverse to carrying bike, pushing bikes up vaguely peddlable gradients, or descending things that involve bike leaving ground. This was looking like an issue. I can with a little exploration usually piece together a ride that keeps us both smiling in most places given some back country to explore. However this takes time, not a problem for me but it would break this holidays primarily ground rule. So what I needed was a route already prepared we could just set off on that would conform with the marital harmony requirements. There are advertised marked trails on tenerife but without pre riding I was still nervous about conformity, particularly when under cross examination. Hence, a decision was made to book a guided ride. I had never done this before and its not a cheap option but no riding for a week was something my cycling addiction might not cope with,so I went for it. The Internet quickly throws up a company called bike point in tenerife that offer mountain bike tours. They gave a description based on technicality and physicality. We went for 2 out of 5 tec and 4 out of 5 physical. The bikes on offer were OK hardtails with the potential to upgrade to reasonable carbon hardtails. What could go wrong. Trip day came we were collected from our hotel by a guide called Raf. A young super fit chap with a good sence of humour. Raf was to be our guide for the 3 hour trip with 3 other paying customers. Fortunately everyone seemed to know how to climb on a bike. But we were never asked about our cycling experience before we turned up. If one of the group was an unsure or unfit cyclist I don't no how this trip would have worked. Anyway that was not the case and we headed for the hills. My bike, the cheap option, had good gears and suspension that moved. Someone had put the brakes on the wrong way, darn Europeans. Luckily I discovered this in the car park, where perhaps my front wheel stand might have been mistaken for skill. The ride took us up into the mountains on forest trails. Sort of carbon hardtail land. There was some up. It is a mountain but nothing lung busting. The guide took us to some fantastic and other worldly scenery, which really made this trip. The downs were basic and taken at a pace everyone I guess was happy with. But I hung around at the back and pelted them. I had fun. The OK bike took to the air and all was well in the world. The only down side of this was I was the chap on hand to deal with other people's spills. Of the 6 on the trip 3 ended up rubber side up. Nothing to bad but one was looking interesting for a minute. The other The rockyness of the descents caught folk out. All in all a great trip. Would I do it again? Perhaps not the same one but another led by Raf, defenitely. Other half would disagree. Too rocky.