Freeride Mountain Biking Madeira Islands - Bike Rentals, MTB Tours and Holidays

Freeride Madeira

The Madeira pioneer mountain biking tour & rental company! Run by professional and passionate local mountain bikers/ guides and trails builders. For over 10 years we’ve been developing our services and building world class trails, to deliver one of the best MTB experiences out there!

Our guiding service is more than just riding bikes, it’s feeling at home abroad with a fun and knowledgeable team. Every ride is planned in detail according to the weather, trail conditions and your experience level, so you don’t miss out on any of the best trails, epic views, our culture, cuisine and of course the best “Poncha”!

Our trail network today has over 200km of single track, built and maintained by our full time trail building team throughout all these years. Financed by what we earn from our guided tours and events. We are the one and only company that gives back to the trails until today!

Join us on your next bike holiday if you want to ride with the local trail builders/ guides on Madeira´s freshest trails, contributing directly to the sustainability of the network.

Services

Our main focus are the van assisted Enduro guided tours and the E-MTB & Cross Country guided tours, the inteligente way of exploring our immense and complex trail network and culture.

We offer tailor-made bike holidays with a wide range of accommodation and an airport shuttle service. Our rental bike fleet is of a high quality and kept dialled by our mechanic on a daily basis. Our booking manager will ensure your booking process goes smoothly and your holiday exceeds your expectations.

Trailbuilding

Booking to ride with Freeride Madeira you are contributing directly for the Island’s trail development and maintenance.

For the past 10 years, we are the one and only company in Madeira that invests back 20% of our annual income on having full time trail builders (Classified by IMBA & Portuguese cycling federation) on our team.

We have quite a unique system of trail sustainability worldwide that comes from a lot of passion and dedication for the sport. No matter if it’s cold and raining or the sun is roasting, our tail crew is up in the mountains Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm(or longer), all year round to keep our trails World Class for you!

We are also nature lovers, and when it comes to reforestation, we are also not shy to give back to nature working together with the Ecological park of Funchal we plant over 500 trees per year on burnt areas.

Media projects

In order to share with the World our mind-blowing trails and the beauty of Madeira we have worked alongside some of the World´s most influential film crews and athletes. We are proud to be a part of the production of film segments like the “Death Grip Movie” with Brendan Fairclough and “Gamble Movie ” with Loic Bruni and many more.

Events

Since the early days of mountain biking in our region we have always been involved in the organization of local events, which we continue until today. Our highlights have been organizing a successful Enduro World Series venue in 2017 and 2019. We are also proud organisers of Trans Madeira, a multi day enduro race that showcases the four corners of the island.

Richard Evans

2023-04-17

Had an absolutely amazing day on an e-bike xc tour. We hadn't initially planned on getting e-bikes (having never ridden one before and always thought they were cheating!), but so happy that we did - what an amazing bit of kit! Our guide Milton was really great, he knew the trails back to front, adapting the day for us (more single track please!) and taking us through so many different types of terrain. Excellent lunch stop at a restaurant to dry out and warm up in front of the fire! We ended the day by riding right the way down into Funchal, really nice way to finish. Definitely recommend booking ahead - we only just managed to get booked in during a week's holiday because they, rightly so, are so popular. Seems expensive, but totally worth every penny, such a memorable day!

Andreas Turku

2023-04-17

Spent two weeks with them in March 2023, and it was so good that we'll go three weeks next time for sure! Great guides, great service and great riding company from across the world. Some of the money goes back into trail building, which is super good! Would recommend any day of the week.

Sergio Pérez

2023-04-14

Good combination of trails, nicely done and maintained, perfect weather for biking, nice guides, perfect shuttles and good spots for lunch. Can not be a better mix to enjoy your day in the bike. 100% worth it. Good job guys.

vitor ramos

2023-04-13

gute Bedingungen, aber man muss bescheidener sein und die Konkurrenz nicht kritisieren.

Brendan Masterson

2023-04-13

After spending a week with Freeride Madeira I'm considering cancelling my next trip to Morzine so I can come back here instead. It's just that good ! All rider levels catered for from pro to newbies. Endless awesome single-track. Freeride Madeira not only know all the best trails because they built them , but also know the best lunch stop locations as the food is as good as the trails in Madeira. We will definitely be seeing you guys again. In my 20 years of riding this trip ranked right at the top. Thank you so much for such an awesome week Bren

Agata Grzywacz

2023-04-12

I think thanks to Freeride I have completely rediscovered my love for MTB. From start to finish I was blown away with the experience and I'm still smiling while planning our next trip ;) After finishing each day, you would think it couldn't get any better, just to be proven wrong the next day. The monster work put by the silent heros into developing the endless network of trails is just mind blowing and must be recognised. Trails are just pure pure fun but safe at the same time - everything just works ! Guides are excellent with super fun personalities and so are the van drivers thanks to whom we can smile for miles and miles of descents knowing we don't have to pedal up ;) we absolutely loved every minute of it and cannot wait to come back.

Ben Lubbock

2023-04-11

Insane trails, amazing guide and professional service, would highly recommend for anyone wanting a serious ride in Madeira! I will be back again for sure.