by Jamie Gilpin | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, Update |
Tuscany is one of our more popular destinations. For the past several years we have had the honor of working with Bruno Baldini and his wife Susanna Bottai. These two are our guides/concierge on our Tuscany bike tours – they meet and greet you, transfer your luggage from hotel...
by Jamie Gilpin | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Update |
Note: This is an article that Bruce Hildenbrand wrote for Cycle Sport on Andy Hampsten’s first American win on l’Alpe d’Huez, and the preview of the epic 2004 mountain Time Trial up Alpe d’Huez. He will be joining us in France in the summer of 2015 for our Tour de France...
by Jamie Gilpin | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Update |
Joy and I jumped at the opportunity to carry on Outfitter Bicycle Tours in 2010. A big part of our enthusiasm was due to our vision to develop a community. A community with more than a simple business relationship with each “customer.” OBT prefers to use the term “guest” and...
by Jamie Gilpin | Nov 6, 2014 | Update |
I first experience the Tour de France live in 1996 with Peter Boynton, the then owner of Europeds. He had run Outfitter Bicycle Tours first Dordogne tour for us, and I was on my way to Geneva to visit friends and he was heading to the Swiss Alpes to...
by Jamie Gilpin | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, 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...
