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Maps ---- Guide Rides ---- Self-Guided Cycle Touring
You can borrow a Bike Bus Map and let us customise your route for the day, or you can reserve a spot on a Guide Ride and be led straight to the best trails, or you can buy a Self-Guided Road Tour. Either way, we are here to help you ride without getting lost. Though getting lost is sometimes the best way to discover the Dordogne.
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Those who survived to write back
Joel
"So, Rachel here, just a quick message to say thank you for lending us the Tandem, 'cause without it we would have been well and truely stranded......so thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!!!"
Rachel, for the best part of summer 2002
"Your web site looks great very impressive. Makes me think about all the places in the Dordogne we missed! No doubt at this very moment the Dordogne is riddled with happy cyclists peddling their vacation away!
Just wanted to touch base and say thank you.
Thanks again! It was great meeting you and I wish you the best of luck with your business!"
Marianne
June 2002
"We had a great time in France and appreciated your help with the bikes. It was good riding with you - if you ever make it out here I'll be happy to show you round.
Have a great summer."
Robin and Heather
May 2002
Bravo pour le site qui est très convivial, avec une version française fort sympa (français parlé 'quite' parfaitement !)
"Merci pour cette journée trés réussie, où nous avons pu à la fois faire la découverte de la région et du tandem. Les paysages comme le matériel fourni furent de qualité, et l'accueil fort sympathique (y compris le chien)."
Frederic, Pascale, Olivier et Tommy Blanc
France/Ain
Had a really good holiday and really enjoyed the couple of days out on one of your bikes. Whilst the Tour de France day was over in a flash, I enjoyed all the build up and the atmosphere. My second day out I rode to Beynac on my own. Cycling is really enjoyable out here and car drivers seem more considerate than in the UK. The GT bike felt really solid, and I felt confident with it straight away, a good choice.
Mike Stevenson
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Borrow Maps for your Ride
Once you have your bikes, you have the freedom to ride almost anywhere. To help you explore this beautiful area, you can borrow customized maps for both on road and off road cycling and for many levels of ability.
Cycling on-road
Green = Very gentle cruising, flat, smooth surfaces
Blue = Some climbing involved, but mostly flat and on smooth surfaces
Red = More climbing required, not much flat and on varied surface (tarmac, gravel tracks)
Cycling off-road
Green = Easy riding, few hills, quiet tracks, less than 30km, few technical skills required
Blue = Experienced rider, some hills, mixed terrain, less than 40km, some technical skills required
Red = Extreme rider, crazy hills, difficult terrain, up to 100km, all technical skills required
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Self-Guided Cycle Touring 'à la carte'
Cycle touring with Bike Bus is easy, flexible and good honest value for money.
Simply choose and buy a Road Book + Map from the list of Tour Titles
Choose your accommodation from (but not limited to) the suggested accommodation list.
Reserve your hotels yourself or you can ask us to do so
Then pay for just the Road book, just the accommodation, or both. Done deal.
Tour Titles - Click for Info and Prices ** List is currently unlinked **
Discover the Dordogne - The ultimate ride for fortresses and gourmet rocket fuel. You'll not forget this historical exploration as the road book is peppered with indepth detail on the lives and culture of this green and pleasant land.
Three Valleys Tour - Take it easy on this gentle family tour from from the Dordogne to the Vezere and Céou Valleys. This is a classic 'Teashop Tour' of the Perigord.
Fishing with Cavemen - This enchanting valley has been favored by man for 1000's of years and yet has remained much as it was back then. Choose your hotels wisely and this can be a Deluxe Tour or Budget Extravaganza as you cycle surviving on freshly caught fish and dinosaur ducks.
Where is the Quercy? - Over the border from the Perigord is another land full of awe inspiring cliffs, medieval battlementry and fantastic tracks to a cyclometric paradise. What does that mean. Fine cycling through amazing scenery.
Gourmet Gastronomy - The French love their food so long as it is lovingly prepared. The meals on this tour are no exception. You will be cycling, sure, but eating, more. With Michelin restaurants on every horizon, this tour will put the smile where your belly is.
Sarlat à Lot - From the busy market town that is Sarlat to the wild causeways to Cahors, this is a challenging mountain bike tour that may succeed in making your legs fall off. These aren't mountains but they sure feel like them. Use this tour as training for shaking off the winter blues with the Perigord's early warm spells.
Céou Adventure - Mountain bike everyday around this lovely valley, and you'll not want to leave. Our road book will unleash many of its remote treasures allowing you to soak up the bumps and jumps, and experience the exquisite Céou.
Daisies around Les Eyzies - This is a one base tour encamped in the Capital of Prehistory, Les Eyzies. Simply the best cycling through stunning landscapes.
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Guide Rides
No hill is too steep, no terrain is too rough and no tea shop is too far, join a guide ride in July and August.
All our guides are qualified through the French Brevet d'Etat system and are fully compliant with their declarations and insurance.
Preparation Advice
Arrive 15 minutes before the departure time to get kitted out and briefed.
Wear suitable clothing and footwear for cycling. No jeans and no baggy trousers.
A helmet will be supplied and for your safety should be worn and fastened at all times.
Bring suncream, water and energy snacks (dried fruit, cereal bars - chocolate just gets messy)
Guardians/parents must sign our declaration on behalf of their children.
The Ride Structure
Each ride will begin with a safety briefing and helmets distributed and fitted
An initiation to some of the skills required for the ride, techniques of group cycling, and country-code
The ride is 1.5 hours, tailored to suit riders abilities. Trails are off-road as much as possible
After the ride, equipment is returned and there may be facilities to clean yourselves up
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