Bicycling in Italy is a passion among the Italian people. No where else in Europe compares with the diverse geography and the breath-taking scenery. Ancient houses, churches, and medieval buildings dot rolling hills. Ancient villages and towns sit atop hills and hide amongst wheat fields and farms in the valleys that spread out before you. […]

France is a country that fills a bicyclist dreams. It offers wide, empty roads and beautiful rolling countryside. And the landscape resembles a bouquet of vivid colors. What You Need to Know About Bicycling in France When to go     Getting there    Lodging/Food    Bicycles Regions Alsace    Brittany    Burgundy    Centre-Loire    Champagne Dordogne    Languedoc    Normandy    Poitou-Charentes Provence    Rhône-Alpes From the dramatic, historical coast of Normandy to the vast […]

The landscape for bicycling in Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) can be divided roughly into two kinds of terrain – highland and lowland. The highland area comprises the mountainous regions of Scotland, Northern England and North Wales. The lowland area is broken up by sandstone and limestone hills, long valleys and basins such as the […]

If The Open Pavement Is Your Love Here Are The Hotspots When I started to develop this web page on road bicycle trips, I asked myself “What were the requirements for a location to be named a hotspot?” Would it be the just the scenery? Or would the road conditions be the main criteria? Then […]

When I ask someone to describe their best mountain bike trips, they usually talk about days on a local single track with lots of technical ascents and descents. Even for me, some of my most remarkable mountain bike rides have been on 10 or 20 mile local trails. But this web site was developed to […]