About Bike New England

Gordon Harris, owner of Bike New EnglandCelebrating our tenth year of providing beautiful affordable bicycle tours. After joining the 2000 Big Ride Across America for the American Lung Association, I was hooked on Bicycle touring. After riding across the entire country, my favorite cycling was still right at home in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. So I started Berkshire Cycle Touring to share these beautiful rides. In 2004 I moved to charming Ipswich, Massachusetts on the north shore of Massachusetts, where I lead cycling tours for Elderhostel.   At the same time I expanded the web site name to Bike New England to reflect our expansion to providing cycling resources for this area, and now throughout the eastern United States and Canada.  --Gordon Harris

Gordon's Articles in the Ipswich Transcript:

Pedal Power Surges
Mill Rd. Linear Park RIP
Topsfield Road Crossing
Self-Governed at Market and Central
Roads to Nowhere lead to Many Beautiful Places

Barbara Lampron, Bike New England guideWe're joined in our Berkshire cycling tours by Barbara Lampron, a cycling enthusiast who has that special touch with our guests that makes Bike New England tours so unique. Barbara is an accomplished photographer -- view her Water Photos, taken while cycling in the Berkshires, on the North Shore, and along the Erie Canal.

of On the North Shore, Diane Isenberg and Joy Brown help lead the Elderhostel tours. All our guides as well as our rides are local-- that's how we give you such wonderful affordable tours in these popular cycling destinations.

Joy Brown, Bike New England guideWe've explored many other fascinating areas of the Northeast, including Lake Champlain,the Adirondacks, the Monadnock area of New Hampshire,Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, Quebec's Eastern Townships, and Nova Scotia's Cabot Trail. It is our pleasure to share descriptions and directions from these adventures with you at bikenewengland.com

Gordon Harris and Tim Gillette with Bike New EnglandBy keeping our tours local, we can offer them to you at very affordable prices. Explore the links to the left, and check out the calendar page. Remember that early in the season, it is often possible to reschedule a tour to fit the needs of the first people signing on.

- Gordon Harris, Bike New England

When not leading bike tours, Gordon is a self-employed carpenter in Ipswich, MA. Visit his carpentry site

In 2010 we are focusing on expanded resouces to the cycling community, including access to our index of over 600 pdf files of cue sheets and maps from 10 years of touring and cycling vacations. We are able to fund the research, writing and web site by offering selected cycling products offered on our web pages.

Interactive map of our tours and routes.


View Bike New England Tours and routes in a larger map

View map of more cycling routes, ride maps and cue sheets throughout New England

Contact Bike New England

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Cycling Gloves


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Pearl Izumi Women's Select Gel Glove - $ 24.95
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From: Randall Scott Cycle Company

Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Glove - $ 28.95


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Pumps

Blackburn AirTower-HP Pump
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Blackburn Airtower 2 with AnyValve, Silver - $ 34.99Steel barrel and welded steel base for maximum stiffness and stability Ergonomic T handle with storage on both ends New Presta/ Schrader AnyValve head Max pressure 140 psi
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