by Jamie Gilpin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog |
We regularly are asked the question “What so special about your Self Guided bicycle tours?”. An OBT Self-Guided Bicycle Tours are not the typical “self-guided” tour. So much so that we prefer to call them “Independent Supported Tours”. We hold ourselves to a higher standard, with much more “touch”...
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 | 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...
