INTERNATIONAL TOUR INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE BAC OFFICE
The BAC office has several file cabinets that contain information provided by tour directors over the past 20 years. This summary contains three lines of information about each international ride (excluding Canada) since 1983:
- line 1, in bold, indicates the ride’s date, title, geography, degree of difficulty, ride director, and duration;
- line 2 summarizes the itinerary for the ride; and
- line 3 describes the type of information that is available to would-be ride directors in the BAC office files.
This listing is designed so that you can use the Word2000 Edit/Find command, or equivalent, to search for a country of interest.
Jun 83 Holland, Netherlands, 3x, Frank Behrendt of International Bicycle Tours, 13 days
- loop from Amsterdam to Schoorl, Makkum, Bolsward, Dokkum, Giethoorn, Vierhouten
- commercial tour operator; nothing in file
Jun 83 The South and Southwest, England, 3x, Rosalyn Smyth, 21 days
- E from Gatwick to Canterbury, W to Land’s End and St Ives via No and So Downs, Isle of Wight, Dorset, Dartmoor
- hotels, itinerary
Sep 83 Dordogne, France, 3x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 7 days
- S from Brive to Toulouse via Souillac, Cahors, Montauban
- commercial tour organizer; nothing in file
Mar 84 The Rio Grande to Monterrey, Mexico, 3x, Brad & Don Eaton, 7 days
- Loredo TX to Monterrey via Sabinas Hildago, Montemorelos, Linares, Iturbide
- supported by local tour leader; nothing in file
May 84 Belgrade to Venice, Yugoslavia, 3x-4x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 21 days
- Kotor, Dubrovnik, Split, Mostar, Plitvice, Postjona, train to Venice; rough roads, even before the wars
- commercial tour organizer; nothing in file
Jun 84 Venice to Geneva, Italy, France, Switzerland, 5x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 14 days
- tough trip with 30 cols
- commercial tour organizer; nothing in file
Jun 84 Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, 2x, Rosalyn Smith, 20 days
- LAURA tour (Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Alphen), plus Bruges, Clervaux
- hotels, map, general itinerary
Sep 84 Eastern Pyrenees, France, Spain, Andorra, 4x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 13 days
- loop W from Perpignan to Carcasonne, Foix, Tarascon, Andorra la Vella, Puigcerda; end Coullioure
- commercial tour organizer; nothing in file
Sep 84 Dordogne, France, 3x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 7 days
- S from Brive to Toulouse via Souillac, Cahors, Montauban
- commercial tour organizer; variant of ’83 ride; nothing in file
Oct 84 Bologna to Venice, Italy, 3x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 21 days
- S from Bologna through classic towns of Tuscany and Umbria, then N through San Marino, Ravenna
- commercial tour organizer; hotels, mileage
May 85 Brittany and the Loire Valley, 2x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 17 days
- Versailles to Blois
- commercial tour organizer; hotels, itinerary, mileage
Jun 85 Copenhagen Loop, Denmark, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 15 days
- self-contained in panniers, 500 miles, 4 ferries
- maps, hotels, general itinerary
Jun 85 The South, England, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 13 days
- E from Gatwick to Canterbury, then W to Winchester, Isle of Wight, end in Dorchester
- repeat of 1st part of ’83 trip; hotels, general itinerary
Sep 85 Graz to Salzburg, Austria, Yugoslavia, 3x, Franz Vychodil of the Tourist Bureau, 17 days
- Radenci Yugoslavia, Leibnitz, Geistal, Mariazell, Filzmoos, Halstatt
- commercial tour leader; hotels, general itinerary, map
Jun 86 Lake Country to Venice, Italy, Switzerland, 3x, Haryl Pascal’s tour company, 14 days
- Stresa, Locarno, Lugano, Lake Como, Bellagio, Bergamo, Verona, Vicenza, Venice
- commercial tour operator; hotels
Jul 86 The Cotswalds and Welsh Borders, England, Wales, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 14 days
- W from Windsor to Bath via Oxford, Chipping Camden, Tintern Abbey, the Forest of Dean, Chepstow
- hotels, maps, general route, historical data
Aug 86 Cuzco to Macchu Picchu, Peru, 3x, Gary Ziegler of Ultimate Escapes, 11 days
- mountain bike ride, Pisac, Vilcanota valley, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo
- commercial tour operator; nothing in file
Sep 86 Alsace Lorraine and the Vosges Mountains, France, 3x, Dr. Andre Mas & Rene Thummel, 14 days
- Remich, Verdun, Donremy, Raon l’Etape, Urmatt, Weiterswiller, Merlebach
- French tour organizers; nothing in file
Feb 87 North Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 8 days
- S from Auckland to Thames, Tauranga, Rotorua, Tongariro NP, Wanganui, bus to Wellington
- commercial tour operator; general itinerary, hotels
Mar 87 South Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 21 days
- ferry from Wellington, loop S from Picton to west coast, Wanaka, Queenstown, Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Christchurch
- commercial tour operator; general itinerary, hotels
Apr 87 Tokyo to Kyoto, Japan, 3x, Tom Reyes’ tour company, 13 days
- Oiso, Hakona, Izu Cycling Center,Toi Onzen, Miho, Hamamatsu; cycling areas linked by trains and ferries
- guided tour with commercial tour operator; general itinerary, hotels
May 87 Zagreb to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 3x, Haryl Pascal’s tour company, 14 days
- via Plitivice Lakes, island of Pag, Zadar, Trogir, island of Hvar, Mostar
- commercial tour operator; general itinerary, hotels
Jun 87 Devon and Cornwall, England, 3x, Jerry Nagel, 12 days
- loop W from Exeter through the southwest via Okehampton, Newquay, St Ives, Penzance, Plymouth, Ashburton
- hotels, map, general route
Jun 87 Alsace Lorraine and the Vosges Mountains, France, 3x, Tony Ciccariello/Dr. Andre Mas, 14 days
- loop from Remich (near Luxembourg) to Metz, Verdun, Vancouleurs, Charmes, Mutzig, Bouxwiller, Putlelange
- variant of ’86 trip; French tour organizer; hotels, map, route sheets
Jun 87 Five River Trip, Germany, Luxembourg, 2x, Sid & Caryl Russak, 15 days
- Kelsterbach (near Frankfort) to Remich (near Luxembourg); Main, Tauber, Neckar, Rhine, Mosel river valleys
- Itinerary, hotels, general route, map
Jul 87 Warsaw to Vienna, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, 3x, Ellen Brannigan, 14 days
- S from Warsaw to Krakow, Bielska-Bialy, Frydek Mystek, Brno, Hollarbrun
- hotels, general itinerary, map
Sep 87 Brittany and the Loire Valley, France, 3x, Anne Sidwell & Emily Cletsoway, 16 days
- E from Brest to Crozon, Concarneau, Carnac, La Roche Bernard, Angers, Samur, Montrichard, Blois
- hotels, map, route sheets
Jun 88 Tuscany, Italy, 3x, Tony Ciccariello, 14 days
- loop N from Bracciano to Montefiasconi, Chiusi, Siena, Pontederra, Lucca, Florence, Arezzo, Gubbio, Assisi, Termi
- hotels, general itinerary, map
Jun 88 The Southwest, Ireland, 3x, Neil & Margaret Cheney, 12 days
- 4 nights in Banteer, Co Cork, then to Limerick via Bantry, Killarney, Dingle peninsula
- nothing in file
Jun 88 Ile de France, France, 2x, Robin Radtke & Sylviane Ashworth & Dr. Andre Mas, 13 days
- circuit of the districts surrounding Paris; Versailles, Fontainebleau, Chartes, St Denis
- French tour organizer; hotels, general itinerary, route
Jul 88 Burgundy Beaujolais & Cote du Rhone, France, 3x, Sid & Caryl Russak, 10 days
- S from Dijon to Avignon through the Saone and Rhone valleys
- hotels
Jul 88 Kent Surrey Sussex and Hampshire, England, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 13 days
- Gatwick to Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury, Rye, Isle of Wight, Lyndhurst, Salisbury; gardens, castles, stately homes
- nothing in file
Aug 88 Warsaw to Vienna, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, 3x, Ellen Brannigan, 14 days
- S from Warsaw to Krakow, Bielska-Bialy, Frydek Mystek, Brno, Hollarbrun
- variant of ’87 ride; nothing additional in file
Sep 88 Athens Loop, Greece, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 22 days
- Cape Sounion, Marathon, Delphi, Gulf of Corinth, Kalavryta, Sparta, Olympia, Mycenae, Epidaure, Paros, Aegina
- hotels, itinerary, map
Oct 88 Hong Kong to Guilin, China, 3x, Al Gillogly, 26 days
- Macau, Pearl River valley, Ghangzhou, Zengcheng, Foshan, Zaoquing, Deqing, Yanghus, fly back to Ghangzhou
- Itinerary, hotels, general route
Feb 89 South Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 20 days
- ferry from Wellington, loop S from Picton to west coast, Wanaka, Queenstown, Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Christchurch
- variant of ’87 ride; commercial tour operator; nothing additional in file
Jun 89 Avignon to Albi, France, 3x, George Kerster, 16 days
- E to Digne-les-Bains in the Maritime Alps, W through Arles and Salon-de-Provence
- nothing in file
Jul 89 Five Countries, France, Germany, Benelux, 2x, Sid & Caryl Russak, 13 days
- N from Metz to Amsterdam, 2/3 in the Netherlands
- cue sheets, hotels, route
Jul 89 Romantic Paths of Rhine River Region, Germany, France, 3x+, Robin Radtke & Raymond Schmitt, 17 days
- Frankfurt to Heidelberg via Black Forest, Alsace; Annweiler, Volksberg, Molsheim, Ribeauville, Strasbourg, Theding
- map, hotels
Jul 89 Krakow to Prague, Poland, Czechoslovakia, 4x+, Ellen Brannigan, 8 days
- Bielsko-Bialy, Frydek-Mystek, Olomouc, Kutna Hora; Auschwitz, Moravia, Bohemia
- general route, hotels
Aug 89 Prague to Budapest, Czechoslovkia, Austria, Hungary, 4x, Ellen Brannigan, 14 days
- Tabor, Ceske Budejovice, Freistadt, Tulln, Vienna, Sopron, Lake Balaton
- nothing in file
Aug 89 Southern Scotland and English Borderlands, Scotland, England, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 13 days
- S from Edinburgh to Bamburgh, Hadrian’s Wall, Hexham, train to Stirling, loop through Scottish lochs
- hotels, maps, commentary
Aug 89 The Cotswalds and White Horse Hills, England, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 12 days
- loop W from Oxford to Avebury, Cirencester, Bath, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stratford
- nothing in file
Sep 89 Loire Valley, France, 3x, Richard Linett, 11 days
- self-contained in panniers; SE from St Malo to Orleans via Angers, Saumer, Chinon, Blois
- map, itinerary, hotels
Feb 90 East Cape North Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 12 days
- meet in Auckland, visit Opotiki, Te Kana, Te Araroa, Te Puia, Tolaga, Gisborne, end Wellington
- commercial tour operator; nothing in file
Mar 90 South Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 20 days
- ferry from Wellington, loop S from Picton to west coast, Wanaka, Queenstown, Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Christchurch
- variant of ’87, ’89 rides; commercial tour operator; nothing additional in file
Mar 90 Bali, Indonesia, 3x, Bob Servetter, 9 days
- Sanur Beach, Kuta Beach, Lake Bratan, Singaraja, Klungkung, Buitan
- nothing in file
Jun 90 Auvergne-Dordogne, France, 3x, George Kerster, 9 days
- loop SW from Clermont-Ferrand to Salers, Argentat, Brive-la-Gallarde, Montignac, Rocamadour, Cahors, Brioude
- cue sheet, hotels, itinerary
Jun 90 Alto Adige to Adriatic, Italy, 2x-3x, Sid & Caryl Russak & Bob & Mary Jane Hall, 14 days
- transfer from Munich to Malles, ride to Venice Lido via Merano, Trento, Lake Garda, Verona
- hotels, trip description
Jul 90 Five Rivers, Germany, Luxembourg, 2x, Sid & Caryl Russak, 15 days
- Kelsterbach (near Frankfort) to Remich (near Luxembourg); Main, Tauber, Neckar, Rhine, Mosel river valleys
- variant of ’87 trip; cue sheet, map, hotels
Jul 90 Salzburg to Budapest, Austria, Hungary, 3x, Ellen Brannigan, 12 days
- via Vocklabruck, Wels, Linz, the Danube, Grein, Krems, Hainburg, Esztergom
- hotels, cities
Aug 90 Warsaw to Minsk, Poland, Russia, 3x, Frank Behrendt of International Bicycle Tours, 14 days
- via Siedlce, Brest, Kobrin, Molodecno, Minsk, then fly to Moscow
- commercial tour operator; nothing in file
Aug 90 East Anglia, England, 2x, Rosalyn Smith, 12 days
- loop from Colechester via Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk, Cambridge, Norfolk coast, Great Yarmouth, Aldeburgh, Ipswich
- hotels, ride description
Aug 90 Krakow Loop, Poland, 3x, Ellen Brannigan, 7 days
- via Wieliczka, Zakopane, Silesia, Bielsko-Bialy, Wadowice; Tatra and Beskid mountains
- nothing in file
Sep 90 Athens Loop, Greece, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 22 days
- Cape Sounion, Marathon, Delphi, Gulf of Corinth, Kalavryta, Sparta, Olympia, Mycenae, Epidaure, Paros, Aegina
- repeat of ’88 ride; map, hotels
Sep 90 Gourmet Tour, France, Switzerland, 3x, Pierre Maisonneuve, 13 days
- loop from Geneva to Lyon, Collonges, Annecy, Roanne
- commercial tour organizer; cue sheet, itinerary, hotels
Mar 91 South Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 17 days
- ferry from Wellington, loop S from Picton to west coast, Wanaka, Queenstown, Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Christchurch
- commercial tour operator; variant of ’87, ’89, ‘90 rides; nothing in file
Mar 91 Rain Forests and Volcanos, Costa Rica, 5x, Mike Gengler, 11 days
- Heredia to Playa Ocotal via Poas Volcano NP, Arenal Volcano Observatory, Monteverde Reserve; 40 mi unpaved
- nothing in file
May 91 Burgundy Bienvenue, France, 2x-3x, George Kerster, 20 days
- loop NW from Dijon to Fontenay, Sens, Auxerre, then SE to Vezelay, Autun, Cluny, Bourg-en-Bresse, Beaune
- cue sheet, hotels, itinerary
Jun 91 Cote d’Azur & Provence, France, Italy, 2x-3x, Sid & Caryl Russak & Bob & Mary Jane Hall, 13 days
- 2 day rides from Nice, then to Avignon via Grasse, Pont du Gard
- route, hotels
Jun 91 French Alps, France, Switzerland, 4x, Dick Jones/Pierre Maisonneuve, 16 days
- loop S from Geneva via Seyssel, Grenoble, Laval, Mont Blanc, several cols
- commercial tour organizer; hotels
Jul 91 Normandy & Brittany, 1x-2x, Jerry Gerson, 12 days
- E from Cherbourg to D-day beaches, return W via Mont-St Michel, le Vale Andre, end in Dinard
- hotels, general route, itinerary
Jul 91 Oxford to Chester, England, Wales, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 12 days
- NW from Oxford via Cotswolds, Stratford on Avon, Welsh Marshes, Ludlow, Dollgellau, Cambrian Mountains
- nothing in file
Aug 91 Shannon to Cork, Ireland, 3x, Rosalyn Smith, 11 days
- loop S to Clare Abbey, Ballybunnion, Tralee, Dingle, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Kenmare, Bantry Bay, Kinsale
- nothing in file
Sep 91 Brittany – Loire Valley, France, 2x-3x, Mike & Linda Rohacek, 16 days
- E from Brest to Blois via Crozon Peninsula, Concarneau, Belle-Ille, La Baule, the chateaus of the Loire
- nothing in file
Sep 91 Pyrenees, France, Andorra, Spain, 3x-4x, Dick Jones/Pierre Maisonneuve, 16 days
- loop S from Toulouse via Ax-les-Thermes, Quillen, Llivia, Col du Soulor, St Bertrand de Comminges, St Girons
- commercial tour organizer; nothing in file
Feb 92 East Cape North Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 9 days
- loop from Rotorua to Opotiki, Te Kana, Te Araroa, Te Puia, Tolaga, Gisborne
- commercial tour operator; nothing in file
Mar 92 South Island, New Zealand, 3x, Pedaltours, 31 days
- ferry from Wellington, loop S from Picton to west coast, Wanaka, Queenstown, Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo, Christchurch
- commercial tour operator; variant of ’87, ’89, ‘91 rides; nothing in file
Apr 92 Springtime in Provence, France, 3x, Dick Jones/Jacqueline Tahon & Pierre /Maisonneuve, 16 days