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"The best bike tours in New England"
Bike New England is a small company specializing in scenic bicycle tours of the North Shore area of
Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and the popular
Berkshire
Mountains of western Massachusetts. All of our tours take quiet safe local roads
so you can fully enjoy New England's rich historic and cultural heritage. By using the index on the left, you can view our scheduled
tours for the 2008 season. We also
design and lead special request tours in New England for your
family, group or organization. Visit our our tour
listings and the Day
Tours page for more information and prices.
Our routes are
now available on Disk!
All Bike New England routes are
now available on one disk with over 400 files. The disk
includes cue sheets and maps for all our current tours, as well as 7
years of touring in the Berkshires, the Massachusetts North Shore,
Cape Cod, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Quebec, Nova Scotia, the
Adirondacks, and Lake Champlain. To order the disk, please
send a check or money order for $35 to Bike
New England
, 17 Mill Rd., Ipswich MA 01938
2008
TOURS 
Bike
the North Shore , A wonderful coastal tour for
only $895! Our week long tour
is based in Ipswich and Newburyport Massachusetts, two of the oldest and best preserved colonial towns in America.
Designed for intermediate to advanced cyclists, our marked routes offer rides with distances to fit a wide range of cycling abilities, returning each night to the
Inns. We explore a wonderful variety of terrains and visit
the historic highlights of this area, plus miles of
ocean-side cycling in coastal New Hampshire, and our own special back roads ride that
take us to some of the New England's most historic villages. Since the inception of the North Shore tour series in the summer of 2005, they have become a favorite of cyclists seeking safe, easier and scenic bicycle tours in a historic part of America. Dates: Sunday,
August 17 - Friday, August 22, 2008.
Thursday, September 4 - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Commuting
participants: $50 /day includes guided tour plus a light
lunch with the group. Rides begin promptly at 9 am each day.
Please call ahead , (978) 979-6598 to speak to Gordon if you
wish to join as a day participant.
Elderhostel North Shore
Bike Tour
Cycling has become the sport of choice for older outdoor enthusiasts. This special version of our North Shore cycling tours is designed for active participants aged 55 and older through the Elderhostel travel organization exploring the England Coast and historic Essex County. We stay in historic Ipswich,
Massachusetts, with six days of beautiful easy cycling along the scenic shoreline and old stone-walled roads of the many nature preserves of Essex county.
Rides are up to 45 miles a day, with shorter loops for all levels of cycling ability. In the
evenings we enjoy the comforts of the Ipswich Bed and
Breakfast, and meals in several of
Ipswich's many wonderful restaurants.
Commuting
participants: $50 / day includes guided tour plus a
light lunch with the group. Rides begin promptly at 9 am each
day. Please call ahead , (978) 979-6598 to speak to
Gordon if you wish to join as a day participant.
Dates:
Sunday, June 15-Friday, June 20, 2008
Sunday, August 24 - Friday, August 29,
2008
 Berkshire Cycle Touring is
designed with a mix of great climbs and views in the North
Berkshires, and with a bit flatter terrain and easier riding in the
South
Berkshires Click the links on the left side of this page for a detailed description of our Berkshire cycling tours.
A budget-minded tour of the Berkshires for only $895!
Date:
Sunday, September 14 -
Friday, September 19, 2008  Biking La Bella Berkshires
Our guides Gordon Harris and Barb Lampron lead a deluxe tour for the Italian adventure specialists Ciclismo Classico, offering four
days of cycling in the scenic Berkshires, based in Great Barrington and
Williamstown, Massachusetts This tour specializes in visits to the many cultural attractions that bring people to the Berkshires year after year.
Dates:
Friday Oct. 10 - Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
 Berkshire
Fall Foliage Bicycle Tour This
beautiful late season fall foliage road
bike tour of the Berkshires with surrounding Vermont and New York
State is is recommended for upper intermediate to expert cyclists
(and also as an extension of our La
Bella Berkshires tour available through Ciclismo
Classico). We'll be based two nights at the Williams
Inn in Williamstown,
Massachusetts ("The Village Beautiful") and two nights at the Windflower
Inn in popular Great Barrington, MA. Price is $1295, with 4 nights lodging (double occupancy), continental breakfasts
,great dinners, plus guided rides with maps and cue sheets.
The rides are 35-45 miles, with occasional climbs, and with shorter and flatter loops available every
day, plus full van support. Half tour option
$695. Date:
Monday, October 13 - Friday, October, 17, 2008. 
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