Passeios e Viagens

Pedal pela linda região dos lagos e dunas das cidades de Saquarema e Maricá, passando pelas orlas de Niterói e do Rio de Janeiro, via Caminhos de Darwin. Mix completo de estradas de terra, paralelepípedo, asfalto e areia.

Informações Gerais:  

- Data: 17/09/2016

- Local:  Saquarema > Rio de Janeiro

General Information:

As the Olympics will be hosted in Rio this year, the Olympic Cycling Route has been one of the most sought after routes among tourist and local cyclists. Although a majority of the ride takes place on traffic roads, it's possible to ride at times when there is less traffic and take on some bike paths along the way.

First,  you need to decide how long (distance and time) you would like to ride, as the full Olympic Route (without the loops) is about 120km long, and includes one of Rio´s longest climbs towards the end at Estrada das Canoas.  It's possible to ride just part of the route, so that you feel like you have ridden where the best athletes in world will compete in August, so check below for the distance and description:

Ride Information and Ratings:

- Date:  May 27th, 2016
- Distance:  253,3km
- Total Ascent:  2.250 meters
- Location: Rio de Janeiro to Paraty along the coast
- Total Riding Time: 10:20h riding, 12:00h total
- Scenic Views Rating:  9 - Very Pretty
- Ride Safety Rating: 6 - Decently safe (urban riding on the first 65km and highway shoulder the rest of the way)
- Cultural and Tourism: 10
- Level of Exercise Rating: 10
- Type of Terrain: Asphalt
- Description of Terrain:  In the urban part, it´s mostly regular road in decent condition, which lasted for about 65km. In the highway, we rode on pretty well conditioned shoulder almost the entire way. On some climbs, the shoulder gives way to a second lane, so we had to ride on the side of the road, which was also in good condition.

Ride Map:

-  https://www.strava.com/activities/590042101
- GPX (download here)  

Ride Information and Ratings:

- Date:  May 15th, 2016
- Distance:  223,9km
- Total Ascent:  2.200 meters
- Location: Rio de Janeiro (Urban and Mountain)
- Total Riding Time: 13:15h riding, 9:53h total
- Scenic Views Rating:  9 - Very Pretty (in some points)
- Ride Safety Rating: 4 - Not very safe (lots of high traffic areas)
- Cultural and Tourism: 10
- Level of Exercise Rating: 10
- Type of Terrain: Asphalt
- Description of Terrain:  City asphalt during the entire ride, although bike lanes could have been used for about 50km in Barra da Tijuca. As is the case in most of Rio, the asphalt is in bad condition, except where it´s been paved recently.

Ride Map:

-  https://www.strava.com/activities/577494912
- GPX (download here)  http://www.cyclinrio.com/blogdoherzog/gpx-files/Audax_Rio_200km_ida_e_volta_largada_.zip

Ride Information and Ratings:

- Date:  April 10th, 2016
- Distance:  195,2km
- Total Ascent:  1.300 meters
- Location: Rio das Ostras to Frade and back.
- Total Riding Time: 8:13h riding, 9:17h total
- Scenic Views Rating: 7 - Pretty
- Ride Safety Rating: 7 - Safe Ride
- Cultural and Tourism: 6
- Level of Exercise Rating: 10
- Type of Terrain: Aslfalt
- Description of Terrain:  100% asphalt, for the most part in good conditioned shoulder. On a few roads we had to ride with traffic, but they were rural roads with little traffic.  The worst part from Córrego do Outro to Frade, which is the ascent, where not only the asphalt was in terrible condition, but there was no shoulder and there 4 1km stretches of cobblestone.