The itineraries, combined with the assisted E bikes that we offer in our tours, are developed to be suitable to all shapes of bodies. We carefully assess the tracks so that to select the gentler and less trafficked routes in order to end up with the safer possibilities. The only characteristic that is essential to have prior to joining us is at least a minimum of technical ability to drive an E bike (see our E bikes here) under gravel or dirt road. You won’t find anything hard such as going downhill in our E Bike tours, we just need that you feel comfortable in steering and braking under these pavements. So, if you have already, even if a while ago, riden an E Bike under these conditions, we’re quite sure that you’re skilled to join us. Just remembering that prior to any of our tours, we’ll provide you a safety talk, or, if necessary, mentoring, on how to use the pedal-assisted E bikes and will also conceal some free time to test drive them under these conditions, under the supervision of the Tour Leader. To wrap it up, we’ll make everything in our control to make you relax, empower yourself and have a great time!

Nowadays there’s a profusion of models and types of what the market calls, generically, “E bikes”. In our tours, though, we’ll only offer assisted E bikes (see our E bike park here, meaning that you’ll always have to push the pedal in order to activate the electrical assistance. Here in Europe legislation determines the maximum speed limit as 25 kph/15 mph for whichever assisted electrical means (mopeds, scooters, Ebikes). So, whenever you reach this speed limit, the electric assistance will kick out. But don’t worry, since safety is a major concern for us, hardly we’ll go that fast in our tours

Yes, in all of our bike tours the rental of the pedal assist electric mountain bikes is already included in the price. If you prefer, we offer step-through framed bikes that will increase your comfort during the ride

In order to maximize the the quality of our guests experiences, we stick to small groups. Our maximum limit is 8 people per tour leader.

The safety gear such as helmets will be provided by us. We’ll also provide a rucksac with a bottle of water and some snack in it. It is up to you to bring personal items such as:

• Sunglasses (or presciption glasses if applicable) - Mandatory Equipment

• Closed shoes (sandals, slippers or open shoes will not be accepted). If you have specific shoes with cleats, please let us know in advance.

We also recommend bringing:

• Sun protection;

• Insect Repellent;

• Snacks;

• Mobile phone or camera.

• A change of clothes if you judge necessary: you can change in the restaurant or winery’s toilet

Wear comfy clothes, preferably the ones that you use for practicing sports that allow you to have freedom of movement. If you have brought cycling gear, such as padded bike shorts it is even better. In the week prior, we’ll keep you updated as it concerns the temperatures and if extra gear would be necessary. If you prefer, bring an extra change of clothes for the wine tasting (it is possible to use the winery’s toilet for changing)

Yes, you can participate with our own pushbike provided that you meet certain riquerements so that the whole group can stick together. In this case, send us a message prior to booking so that we can assess the fulfilling of these requirements.

During the week prior to the tour, we’ll be sending you updates via online messages so that you can prepare. Rain is not, isolatedly, a factor that halts us from cycling and actuating our tour. Prior to the day of the tour, our leaders will conduct a risk assessment based on multiple factors such as rain intensity, hidrogeologic risk, situation of the roads, visibility, among others in order to determine if a tour will proceed or will be postponed. In this last case, you’ll be offered the possibility of rescheduling it. If participation on the new proposed date is impossible, the amount will be fully refunded (depending on the payment method, management costs may be withheld)

We know this is a major issue and we take it seriously. So, one of the criterias we take into account when designing and running the tour is the availability of toilets along the way. Since public toilets in the hinterland (usually where we run our tours) are not very common, we depend on some cafeterias along the way or other private facilities where we usually stop also for exploring the local culture and interacting with residents. Thus, the answer is “yes, there’ll be toilets along the way” and the tour leader will address where they are positioned in the orientation briefing.

Our tours’ length are roughly 40km/24 miles. Our time on the bike can vary from 3 to 5 hours. Considering that we’ll always have stops along the way where you can refill your water container (in a water fountain linked to a public acqueduct or buying it), we suggest that you take a recepient of at least:

We have tour leaders that speak English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

We have a minimum age limit, and that’s all! So, children from 8 years up are allowed to participate provided that they are accompanied by their parents and the height is higher than 5 feet or 1,52 m.

The difference resides in the mecanism that enables the engine to work. In a pedal-assist, this mecanism is the movement of the pedal and the amount of power you’re putting into it: in this case the electrical assistance is reactive provided that it requires that you pedal so that the engine kicks in. In an E-bike it is the throttle that will trigger the electrical engine, thus, in this case, you don’t need to pedal to start the electrical engine. It behaves like a motorcycle.

Here in Europe the E-bikes with a throttle are illegal if they don’t have a license plate. In our tours, we use only pedal-assist bikes.