Comments on: Is Colombia Safe for Cycling? https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/ TDA Global Cycling offers cross-continent bike expeditions ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months! Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shanny Hill https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-254403 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:35:09 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-254403 In reply to Carlos Velasquez.

best of luck on your adventures Carlos. Sounds like it could be a fun trip but I don’t know the route you will take and as we are busy running our own tours we are not able to help much beyond the advice we share in our blogs. I would suggest checking the local / regional security situation before heading out.

]]> By: Carlos Velasquez https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-254401 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:08:06 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-254401 April 10 of 2023 I’m cycling with a friend from Cartagena to Barranquilla, Santa Marta, then riding south to Sincelejo, Montería, Medellín, Cali, and final destination Pereira. I’m a fit cyclist in my sixties my average week of riding is 150 miles.
I would appreciate any comments and advice for this Adventure.
I’m estimating it will take us 5 weeks.
Thank you

]]> By: Stuart https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-239641 Sun, 23 May 2021 08:40:41 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-239641 I cycled Colombia to Patagonia in 2018. Colombia is a paradise for any traveller, but especially for cyclists. It’s impossible to describe the awesome friendliness and hospitality you’ll experience there. Beautiful country, beautiful people.

]]> By: Victor Selenow https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-223283 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:46:45 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-223283 I am presently in Colombia for my 4th winter here,.I stay for 3 months and usually ride about 2500kms each winter. I have spent most of my time in Cali and Santa Marta and also Medellin area and San Andres. The cycling is fine, weather great, good food etc. I have never felt threatened and usually ride alone. I ride a nice comotion bike with a crappy paint job so my bike looks cheap. ( no dar Un papaya!) In the cities there are thousands of cyclists in early morning and weekends if you feel like having company for security. Just be aware that cars are NOT going to give you lots of space but I have never encountered road rage or aggressive drivers like in the USA.

]]> By: Shanny https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-220670 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:44:31 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-220670 Thanks Dave and Nancy!
Glad you enjoyed the blog. Sounds like quite a tour you had.

]]> By: Dave https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-220652 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:52:55 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-220652 We just finished riding Alaska to Argentina. We rode the length of Colombia without issues. We heard stories but met lots of nice folks and were happy to discover that all the pros noted above really have raised cycling awareness. Neither my wife nor myself look anything like Nario but not a day passed with a kid somewhere yelling out Nario as we rode by..

Keep your wits about you in big cities. Don’t do things that would put you at risk. Avoid all the things that you think would get you in trouble and you’ll be fine.
Dave and Nancy
[email protected]

]]> By: Douglas Rosas https://tdaglobalcycling.com/2019/03/is-colombia-safe-for-cycling/#comment-219840 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:01:26 +0000 https://tdaglobalcycling.com/?p=36495#comment-219840 There are dangerous spots, not due to guerrilla, but for bike theft, specially among the big cities, well known touristic places like flandes. Thieves will even murder you if yo resist.

On throad riding, we colombian as car or motorbike drivers often do not like to share the road and we see cyclist as an obstacle on thje road, some of the drivers even do not care about the cyclist and they just drive in front of whitout any remorse.

On the other hand people are often friendly “specially” with foreigners, which we often call them “GRINGOS”, they are wellcome to almost every humble home, not the wealthy owners, because they feel like living on another world.

Bike riding is mostly safe if you pay atentiopn to that I was telling you above.

It is safer to ride in abunch than alone, I can assure you if you travel alone there is a big chance to become a victim.

When I was riding my mtb for the very first time there was an attemp to stole my bike by a group of tenagers in bmx bikes. One of them even rode in the wrong way against the cars and jump into my bike trying to make me fall, but I read the situation and stand up, few time next the boy falls on purpose so the others posed to help him whit the sole purpose that I will fight against them in order to one of them to stole my bike, I interpreted the signals and then I rode far away, so they couln’t stole my bike. This happenned 5 blocks from home. Now I’m afraid to ride my bike in total confidence

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