Seeking advice on Iceland mtb trip

[purtygirl]

Considering going to Iceland this summer to mountain bike. Would like to do 3-5 day mountain bike trip. Any suggestions on tour companies and "must do" rides?

[Nimblewill]

Hey I work for a company called BikeToursDirect. We represent local tour companies all over the world. We have some tours in Iceland that you may be interested in.

Fire and Ice
Secrets of Westfjords

We are currently awaiting 2013 dates from our operators in Iceland for these tours but should have them any day now.

Iceland is a "bucket list" place to ride for me and looks absolutely amazing.

[skogorbet]

Or you could avoid the spam above and go direct to the outfitter running the trip

Opus Adventures - Mountain Bike Iceland

[Nimblewill]

Sorry if that came off as Spam. I only intended to offer a suggestion for a tour as purtygirl asked.

Opus Adventures is a local tour company in Iceland that is represented by BikeToursDirect. However it is good to know that the price of that tour is the same on the BikeToursDirect page as it is on the Opus page. The difference is that you can pay with US$ through BikeToursDirect. We represent and promote local companies all over the world. Regardless of who you book through, I'm sure you will have an amazing trip.

[rockyuphill]

Pinkbike just did an article on a trip to Iceland

Ovegur: A Journey to Iceland - Pinkbike

[Joules]

Pinkbike just did an article on a trip to Iceland

Ovegur: A Journey to Iceland - Pinkbike

I did this tour with Icebike 2 years ago, and would definitely do again. Magne is a great guy, and we saw stuff I never would have just doing it alone (just know when he says "it's all downhill from here" or "this is the last hike-a-bike" he's full of it; just like most anyone that says those things).

The reason I chose them over Opus was the latter's itineraries seemed to have more non-singletrack riding than I wanted to do. Once you get outside of Reykjavik, most "roads" are something you'd need a mountain bike for anyway, so maybe that's not all bad.

you will be out in the middle of nowhere, and Iceland doesn't seem to have much of a mtb scene, so make sure you bring any spares you think you might need; i.e., don't count on picking up brake pads once there, it won't happen.