by Jamie Gilpin | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, France, Self Guided Tours, Update |
Our Founder, Dick Powell, shares why he has a particular soft spot for Dordogne cycling vacations in this post written in 2014. Jamie and Joy Gilpin have since taken over the running of Outfitter Bicycle Tours but still rely on the expertise and local knowledge of Dick and his…...
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 | 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...
by Jamie Gilpin | Nov 17, 2013 | Update |
I am so happy Jamie has added Napa & Sonoma California Wine Country tours. This is where Marilyn and I began our bike touring back in 1974. It all started with me quitting smoking and rewarding myself with a quality bicycle after 2 months. This led to our 1st...
