Akureyri offers good conditions for cycling. You can find many paths and trails to bike along within the town as well as in the surrounding area.
We have gathered a collection of routes, for all kinds of bikerides with desciption and maps - look here!
At the recreational area Kjarnaskogur, and at Hlíðarfjall bike park (no bike rental) you can enjoy many cycle trails some which are especially designed mountain bike tracks. In Mt. Hlíðarfjall one of the chairlift is open during summer - available for transport of people and bikes upp the hill. For prices and openinghours visit hlidarfjall.is
Some mountain bike tracks can also be found on Trailforks - look here!
Akureyri Cycling Club is an activ community for bikers in the area. Building tracks, arranging events and tours.
Companies that sell bikes and/or bike related items and those which offer repairs.
Skíðaþjónustan (bikes, items and repairs)
Útisport (bikes, items and repairs)
Púkinn (bikes, items and clothes)
Ellingsen (bikes, items and clothes)
Bykó (bikes and items)
Húsasmiðjan (bikes and items)
Hagkaup (bikes, items)
Msport (clothes)
Hornið útivist og veiði (clothes)
Sport 24 (clothes)
Sportver, Glerártorg
IS-600 Akureyri
E-mail: info@akureyriactivities.is
Website: www.akureyriactivities.is
Akureyri Activities consists of a group of friends that love the sport of riding bikes. A very passionate group about delivering a high-end experience to it's customers.
The guides are all local riders who have been exploring the trails around Akureyri for years and building new ones. They know the area better than most and can offer their customers tours of some hours to several days and leaving all the stress of finding the right trails and right equipment to them.
On all tours the guides will have a backpack with them, with spare tubes and other tools needed for smaller repairs along with safety first kit for smaller accidents.
Cycling in North Iceland is an great experience and a way of ultimate adventure.