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Your Most Burning Questions About E-Bikes Answered

Your Most Burning Questions About E-Bikes Answered

Electric bicycles or E-bikes—which are part bicycle, part motorized vehicle—are becoming hugely popular for all uses, including commuting, recreational cycling, and touring. E-bikes provide many of the same benefits as regular bikes, with a few impressive perks. While they may sound completely modern, hybrid bikes date all the way back...
Our 5 Favorite Things about Sault

Our 5 Favorite Things about Sault

We’ve proudly declared Sault to be one of our favorite European villages. We’ve traveled to this Provencal town on numerous occasions so are maybe a little biased but there are several reasons we keep going back. There’s something refined about the French travel experience when you go to Sault....
Have you met Jamie Gilpin, OBT Owner?

Have you met Jamie Gilpin, OBT Owner?

Haaaave you met Jamie? or Joy? You may have emailed with them about your tour details or sat with with them on the sidelines of the Tour de France waiting for riders to come by. But do you really know them?? They’ve answered a few fun questions and a...
An Optimistic Forecast for 2021 Bike Tours

An Optimistic Forecast for 2021 Bike Tours

2020 is on it’s way out. (Thank the heavens!) So naturally we’ve turned our attention to 2021. Our global community has been put through the wringer this year and it’s looking like this winter season will be yet another test. While there are hard truths in the headlines, there...
Top 5 Things to do in Cortona

Top 5 Things to do in Cortona

Do you know what Tuscan city we don’t talk about nearly enough? Cortona. Cortona is a favorite stop on our Tuscan bike tours. This small hill town has an incredibly rich history. George Dennis, an explorer and Etruscologist, said “You may have traveled far and wide in Italy, but...
What to Know about your 2021 Bike Tour!

What to Know about your 2021 Bike Tour!

It’s about that time. Time to make your cycling vacation plans for 2021. As most international travel plans for 2020 were squashed by COVID-19, 2021 is going to be LEGENDARY! Travelers looking for solace, families looking for adventure and cycling fans looking for excitement and history can all be...
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