Comparison-shop European bike tours long enough and the listings start to blur. Similar routes, similar photos, similar mileage, and prices that look close enough to make you wonder what separates one week from another. The route is rarely the answer. What actually shapes your trip is everything built around it: who meets you, where you…
There’s a stretch of Georgia most people only ever see in summer; sunburned, swatting gnats, fighting for a parking spot at the beach. They never meet the coast the way BRAG cyclists do. That’s because we know the truth. The Georgia coast saves its best self for winter! The heat lifts. The gnats go underground.…
Ask most BRAG veterans about their most memorable ride, and you’ll get a good story. Ask Kevin Fitzgerald, and you might get a scene from Georgia Public Television. In 1990, framebuilder Jim Bradford needed someone to pilot his tandem for a day, so he handed the reins to Kevin—and Jim’s 8-year-old son, Blake, took the…
Before the wine, the cork forests, and the medieval hilltop towns of the Alentejo, give yourself a day in Lisbon, the city that started it all. If you’re booked on BRAG International’s Portugal Bike Tour through the Alentejo, you already know the ride ahead is something special: wineries, converted convents, and a night under Dark…
The Ultimate Guide for Active Adults Winter on the Florida and Georgia Coasts offers the perfect escape from harsh northern climates, and what better way to explore the Golden Isles than on two wheels? Winter bike tours in Florida and Georgia provide an ideal combination of comfortable weather, stunning scenery, and gentle exercise that’s perfect…
BRAG cyclists safely travel along quiet Georgia backroads to cross the state in 2015.
The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) took the BRAG Bus, 10 cyclists from Georgia, and our iconic Big Red tent to Iowa at the end of July for our annual pilgrimage to the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (or RAGBRAI). RAGBRAI is an annual bike ride that takes tens of thousands cyclists across…
Is a bike & barge tour better than a straight cycling tour? Neither one is better. They’re built for different riders, and the honest answer depends on what you want your evenings to look like — and how you feel about hills or mileage. On a bike and boat tour, your ship follows the coastline…
“For me, BRAG is a disconnection from the real world of busy work schedules, emails, phone calls, etc.. Here, you spend most of the day on the road, enjoying nature and making new friends. In the afternoons, you are enjoying great music and beers. At night, you are enjoying those campfire discussions about what if…
Wondering where to eat in Antwerp on your free evening during the BRAG International Bruges to Amsterdam Bike & Boat tour? Your boat docks at Kattendijkdok, in the Eilandje district, and nearly every option below is an easy walk from the gangplank. Here’s exactly where to go, how far it is, what it costs, and…