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.

Will Legon

2023-08-25

Been on holiday to Madeira and took the opportunity to hit the local trails mountain biking with a guided group. Joined this company on my first day and enjoyed it so much, decided to come back for a second day. 150 Euros covers the hired bike, uplifts and a guide within the group and we rode some of the BEST trails I've ever ridden. The bike was a Cannondale full suspension with some really good specs and was set up in advance for my height and weight. Really really great couple of days. Big thanks to Fabio and Flavio too!

Paulo1351 1

2023-08-23

Hire bike was ok but brakes squealed all the way round. Said they had a batch of duff pads, but at least they worked. Other bikes in the group were fine, so give them the benefit on that. Trip was fantastic though, guide and pick up driver were great and looked after our group, the last descent from one of the highest points into Funchal was brilliant. If you're doing more than 1 day then I'd say take your own bike as it works out cheaper and book the guiding. Just 1 day then the cost of hire bike and trip is about the same as cost of taking your bike on the plane etc. Make sure you book the right level trip as well, so level 3 is roughly single black diamond in uk. 4 double black and 5 suicidal 😂, Would definitely use freeride again though.

Michael Pollard

2023-08-22

Superb. Just had a great few days with John guiding and Vitor on the uplifts. Trails were so good. It’s obvious FM put a huge amount of work into opening new tracks and advocating for mountain biking on this beautiful island. Transfers & Accommodation were great, we were able to ride the full last day and get showered before our flight. 100% recommend.

Maciej

2023-08-22

I don't recommend it, I signed up for an advanced level Enduro trip. Due to the seller's mistake, they tried to put me in the beginner group. If you want to take a trip, make sure the seller definitely sign you...