At Fellow Velo, we are currently gearing up for the France Show at the end of January at Olympia. It’s very exciting to be sorting plans for our first exhibition and, hope to meet as many people as possible who love France and cycling – and better still people who would love to combine the two!

We don’t just package our cycle tours from a desktop at home, we have ridden every one of our routes and continually look to improve them for you. Our tours aim to surprise you with the ease in which you could find yourself gliding through France, whether it’s sneaking into the heart of Paris or rolling along hidden tracks in Provence. We take pride in researching our routes and hope that our first delight in discovering them is something you will be able to share as you feel the freedom of riding through the French countryside.

We would love to meet you at our France Show Stand at Olympia in January. Sit on one of our comfy saddles, spin the wheels, enter our ‘Draw a Bicycle’ competition and, let us help you make your cycling dreams come true.

Click the Show logo to link to its website.

A few years ago we were lucky enough to drive onto the Monaco GP Circuit (admittedly only in an Economy hire car) but that, and chats with motor-racing fan friends set us thinking about a ride to the Grand Prix for a future programme.
So, in wonderful October sunshine we’ve started planning a Riviera Ride to the Race
and aim to make a dry-run to the 2016 event and then, include it in our Guided Tours programme for 2017.
Who knows by then, Lewis may be pushing for a fifth World Title, Renault may have a competitive engine and Maclaren may have scored another point!

In recent news bulletins it was announced that France is considering the compulsory wearing of helmets by cyclists under 12 years of age. For some the debate over whether helmets should be made compulsory will rage and rage . . .
On the subject, the story goes that a guy once walked in to a Yorkshire motorbike shop and seeing the array of helmets on show, asked the proprietor;
“What’s the difference between a £30 helmet and a £300 helmet?”
The pithy reply came;
“If tha has a £30 head, tha buys a £30 helmet but, if tha has a £300 head, tha buys a £300 helmet!”

Fellow Velo Van – Deposit Down

Another big step taken with the placing of a deposit on what will be the new Fellow Velo Van. Naming discussions are currently underway and the current favourite is ‘Jean-Claude the Damn Van’.

Picnic on your handlebars!

Out testing the contents of our mobile picnics; on all of our Fully Guided Tours, the possibility of turning a corner to find a picnic laid out before you is just one of the little bonuses that raise the standard of these tours. You might as well stop and tuck in as your Guide is bound to be distracted by what’s on offer.

Fellow Velo – Route Research Archive

Little did we know years ago that we would be able to return to some of the great cycle rides we’d made in France and, draw on them to develop tours that we could share with others.

Design Inspiration

We’re not entirely sure how Noah Purifoy’s work might influence our bikes or our routes; clearly not all of his designs were worldwide commerical successes.