Bike Touring Company List

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Sun, 03/25/2007 - 6:06am

Anonymous

Trying to create a list of bike touring companies that have trips that cater to the avid cyclist, as opposed to only the pedal to the next meal kind of trip (not that I dislike those -- I really have had some great experiences).

If you know of such a company that has such rides, can you please post the name. You do not need to share your experiences unless you want to - just trying to get an initial list (I may come back to you for your thoughts).

My preliminary list:

La Corsa
Backroads (epic trips and class 5s)
Trek Travel (explorer trips)
Escape Adventures
Cilcismo Classico
Adventure Travel Group
CycleItalia
Ride Strong Tours
Graham Baxter

Thanks

Sun, 03/25/2007 - 6:56am

<a href="http://www.OhReallyOreilly.com">Peter O'Reilly</a> (not verified)

there's a whole more to nycc.org than just the msg brd

"http://www.nycc.org/resources_trav.shtml"

Sun, 03/25/2007 - 7:29pm

Ron (not verified)

Awesome. Tx

Sun, 03/25/2007 - 7:19am

Carol Waaser (not verified)

ExperiencePlus! has a number of tours for more experienced cyclists, including a few they call ExpeditionPlus. The expeditions are 3-6 weeks of 70 miles/day (average) for road trips or tough terrain for mountain bikes. They also grade their tours from 101 (easy - pedal to the next meal) to 401 (serious road cycling with climbing).

Sun, 03/25/2007 - 7:53pm

grace (not verified)

Ron,
avid climbers would probably prefer Trek Travel's Specialty trips to their Explorers. Specialty trips include the grand tours - Giro d'Italia, Tour de France & Vuelta a Espana - and something called Classic Climbs of France. Plus the humbling (for me) Training Camp in Santa Barbara with Kevin Livingston.

Sun, 03/25/2007 - 8:33pm

Jen (not verified)

Excellent bike tour

I had an absolutely amazing bike trip in Thailand with a group called Smiling Albino. They tour throughout Southeast Asia and Nepal. It is not your typical bike tour. It's a very unique, challenging, authentic, interesting experience and a ton of fun. Check them out at smilingalbino.com

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