Choose your perfect bike.
A choice of excellent bikes are available to rent, with your choice of a Road, Gravel, or Electric-assist Bike.
A form to reserve your choice of bike will be sent to you after sign-up.
Bike options
1. Aluminum road bike with carbon fork and seat-stays.
2. Top-of-the-line full-carbon road bike
3. Gravel bike: new top of line, like a road bike but can comfortably handle dirt and gravel roads.
4. "E-bike" (electric-pedal-assisted bike): which can make all routes accessible to everyone with moderate fitness or experience level.
Left to right: Michael has a regular road bike, Fausto is on a carbon, and Giudi is rockin' an e-bike! (note: most of the e-bikes are hybrids. Hers happens to be mountain-bike style.)
NOTE: For the Umbria trip we recommend you ride an E-bike.
Please choose a Gravel Bike only if you are an experienced cyclist with a fitness level prepared for (fabulous) long climbs and multiple hills. The surface is mostly asphalt (sometimes with potholes, etc, we’re out in the boonies). A couple of rides also have unpaved, dirt roads for portions of the route. A couple of rides are on smooth, mostly-flat asphalt roads.
We’ll be doing rides on 4 days during our week. Most rides are fairly flat though the Gubbio and Montefalco rides have plenty of hills. The e-bike option makes it accessible, or you can challenge yourself! In any case, we will be riding like tourists. Relaxed, photo stops, etc. No rush to keep up.
PUGLIA: The biking in Puglia is dolce vita – moderate terrain, but of course there are still some rolling hills because… what’s the fun in flat? The surface is mostly paved, with occasional gravel stretch. Recommended bikes: Gravel bike, or E-bike. Road bike if you are an experienced cyclist.
What’s Included in your bike rental
All rentals include personal fitting, a helmet, water-bottle, repair kit, and choice of pedal-type: clip-in (Shimano), regular flat petals. You may bring your own bike, but check with airlines for fees.