by Jamie Gilpin | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Dordogne, Update |
In the early 1980’s Marilyn & I started having bike tour companies do touring presentations at our store, The Bicycle Outfitter. EuroPeds in particular, specialized in the Dordogne Department in Southwest France. Marilyn, a French student, was particularly interested in that area. So after exhausting what we thought were the best...
by Jamie Gilpin | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, Update |
I’ve been to see the Tour de France twice with Outfitter Bicycle Tours, and it is hard to imagine a better place to ride a bike than France. The main advantage of riding with Outfitter is the ability to create your own itinerary, even in the middle of the...
by Jamie Gilpin | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Guided Tours, Update |
It’s Tour Picking Time! October on my calendar means it’s the time of year when cyclists and other people shift their focus to planning the upcoming year’s events and tours. Those of you reading this blog, probably already know that touring by bicycle is the best way to see, hear, smell, taste and feel...
by Jamie Gilpin | Mar 21, 2014 | Update |
We’ve all had it happen: 6 months after an amazing vacation you realize that you have’t looked at a single photo you took. They are somewhere on your hard drive or even un-downloaded and still on the camera. You recall promising yourself and even your friends and family that...
by Jamie Gilpin | Feb 27, 2014 | Update |
After running “luxury and easy” bike tours for a few years as Outfitter Tours, doing the Dordogne, Provence and Normandy, we decided to go on some other tour companies bike tours. We saw the 1st 3 stages of the 1998 Tour de France which started in Ireland and love...
