About Our Holidays

Our standard self guided trips are our most popular packages and allow you to start the day when you want, ride at the pace you want, stop off when they want and choose the route they want, all you need to do is reach your end destination each day.

We will do the following for you:

Provide you with good quality, cycle friendly, ensuite accommodation on a Bed & Breakfast basis, all accommodation will have been reviewed by us.   These accommodations are generally, guest houses, inns or small hotels or hotel chains.

Move your bag (one bag per person up to 20kg) each day from point to point so that they are there for you when you arrive each day.

Meet you at the beginning or finish and transfer you and your bike from your arrival point to the start or back from the finish point if required.

Present you with a “Certificate of Completion” and one of our 750ml Water bottles

Provide you with genuine maps (where there are maps available), route notes, Garmin gpx files and general information on the route including cycle shops and repair centres.

Be on call to assist you should you have any mechanical or medical issues.  There may be a charge should you be riding your own bike and have a mechanical issue.

Our luxury package, which we launched in 2019 is becoming very popular and it adds a bit of “pamper” at the end of a day in the saddle.

You will get all of the above on the standard package plus:

Upgraded accommodation to anything from bespoke boutique hotels, 4 poster beds, themed hotels, spas, a night in a castle, etc, we generally aim for 4* plus grading and it will often be the best available accommodation in the location.

Unlimited baggage transfers, we understand that we are often a short break in longer holiday itineraries and people may be travelling with 2 or more cases, this isn’t a problem on this package.

Free short sleeved, half zip, Pedal Power Cycling Ltd cycling top and buff.

Free recovery should you have any mechanical or medical issues (within 4 hour response).

This package is great for groups of 6 or more riders, corporate events or charity rides, where you want the security of a quick response for any guidance, technical or mechanical issues.

Your support vehicle and driver will be with you for the whole duration of your trip and will provide the following support:

• Daily briefings on the ride ahead including route identification, safety issues, coffee and lunch stop points, places to see and what to watch out for along the route
• Daily baggage transfers, so your bags will not be far from you throughout the day
• Scheduled meet points along the route where they will be waiting as you pass through to check on each rider and ensure nobody has got lost.
• Provision of water and light refreshments along the route
• Technical bike support including basic on route repairs
• Spare bike should your bike be unrideable
• First aid cover
• Suggestions for evening meals each day and things to do, places to visit at your overnight locations

This package is where we put together certain trips on fixed dates for group sizes of 8-16 riders and includes all of the bespoke package above but is aimed at solo riders, couple or families who would prefer the support of an experienced guide as well as wanting the enjoyment of meeting and riding with other riders of all abilities.

It is a great way to meet new friends.

Trying to grade a route is very difficult, as one persons idea of a challenging ride can be classed as pretty easy by another, it also depends on the bike you are riding also the number of days you are doing it over.

We have tried to break it down to Fitness Level and Technical Ability.

We are not aiming our rides at the elite riders, however saying that, in order to do ANY of these rides you will need to be reasonably fit, not have any serious medical issues and be competent on riding a bike, some of which will be on reasonably quiet public tarmacked roads in the UK (riding on the left!)

It will also depend on the number of days you are doing the ride over ie: The C2C ride is 136 miles, ridden in one day it requires a high level of fitness (and to be mentally unstable ?)

However, if it’s ridden over 5 days, 30 miles/day it would classified as a moderate to good fitness level.

Low – Predominantly flattish routes, inclines of up to 8% on occasions, distance generally no more than 25 miles/40kms/day.

These routes are suitable for most levels of fitness, riders with very little experience, families with young children

Moderate – These routes may have days where there is a greater level of climbing, inclines up to 14% on rare occasions, distances of up to 40 miles/65kms/day.

These routes are suitable for most riders, but there may be occasions where you feel like you need to get off and push, that’s not a problem.  Nice sense of achievement when you finish the ride.

Good – These routes will generally involve good climbs each day, inclines of up to 20%, often for some distance, distance of up to 60 miles/100kms/day.

These routes are suitable for experienced regular riders, you may often need to “dig deep” to overcome the challenge, may need to get off and push on some of the bigger climbs.  Great sense of achievement when you finish the ride

High – These routes will generally involve long distances 100 miles/160kms or further, lots of climbing.

These routes are suitable for experienced riders, with a high fitness level, who are riding long distances on a regular basis.

In reality this only applies to MTB routes, anything that is classed as road or Hybrid/Gravel will be on tracks, tarmacked roads and cycle paths with little technical expertise required other than riding a bike and obeying the Highway Code.

Easy – Predominantly cycle paths, tracks and 90% “traffic free” areas

Moderate – Combination of cycle paths, tracks and tarmacked minor public roads

Hard – Some off road riding, may have technical sections including steep downhills, streams etc
Challenging – 50% or more of off road riding, very good level of off road/mtb experience required, risk of injury if inexperienced or careless.

Like a good scout “be prepared”!  The weather in the UK can change dramatically from one day to the next, actually from one hour to the next, you need to ensure you have brought the right things with you to maximise your enjoyment.  Here is a broad list of what we recommend:

Your bike

• fully serviced and suitable for the ride you are doing (or hire one from us)
• Helmet (provided with hire bike)
• Bike lock (provided with hire bike)
• Rear light (provided with hire bike)
• Small rucksack or pannier bag (provided with hire bike)
• Water bottle or hydration pack (provided with hire bike)

 

Bike spares (essential) (provided with hire bike)

• Spare tubes (min 2)
• Repair kit
• Tyre levers
• Tweezers – to get the thorn out!
• Multi tool
• Pump or inflators

 

Bike spares (nice to have)

• Spare tyre
• Spare chain
• Chain splitter
• Spare rear hanger
• Spare brake pads
• Cable ties
• Tape

 

Clothing

• Cycle glasses, tinted and clear
• Padded cycle shorts and long versions
• Cycle tops
• Base layers
• Waterproof jacket
• Cycle gloves (warm) full finger and fingerless
• Cycle shoes and overshoes
• Buff/Snood
• Woolly hat
• Evening wear – casual

 

Toiletries

• All the basics you normally take
• Medical pack
• Chamois Cream
• Sudacrem
• Insect repellent – especially if riding in Scotland (midge)
• Sun cream – yes it does get sunny here on the odd occasion !
• Aftersun
• Lip balm

 

Other

• Daily snacks to take with you each day
• Cash
• Phone and chargers
• Camera
• Torch