Echelon Pro Cycling Tours: Small Group Cycling Trips with Pro Support and European Style Hospitality

How wonderful would it be to ride on low-traffic roads with the support pro cyclists get before, during, and after their races? Most of us have to choose our routes, fix our own flats, or call Uber if we have an unrepairable mechanical. After the ride, we’ll heat up a frozen dinner and wash it down with a beer.

But although most of us don’t have the legs or skills of pro racers, it would be nice to experience what it is like to live like a pro cyclist with all amenities included for a week. With Echelon Pro Cycling Tours, that experience is within reach.

About Echelon Pro Cycling Tours

Echelon Pro Cycling aims to give its guests a “custom cycling experience” with a mix of what it’s like to ride as a pro bike racer. With trips through Oregon, California, and New Zealand, the company says all you have to do is show up and ride.

Removing the complication and complexity of a bicycle travel-related trip, the company, with the help of its guests, organizes trips, “With a locals-only approach to routes, meals, and lodging, we custom-tailor each tour to fit your specific desires. Whether you’re looking for big elevation gains, rolling paceline drills, long days in the saddle, or a lighter ride day coupled with a private winery tour, the ride is yours to shape.”

Pro Level Ride Support, “Fuel,” and Kits

When guests are out on a ride, Echelon Pro Cycling Tours offers full SAG with mechanical support. It also supplies fuel to get you through each ride, such as standard gels and bars.

But to complete the pro cycling support, the company even has its own “pro-peloton vetted energy bars. These homemade, foil-wrapped squares of goodness are guaranteed to keep your wattage high and taste buds happy.”

However, the pro experience doesn’t end there. Each guest receives two, complete Echelon Pro Cycling Tours kits with jersey, bib shorts, and socks. So, if you didn’t pack enough kits for a cycling trip of 5 to 6 days, the company has you covered.

Other Pro Cycling Amenities Echelon Pro Cycling Tours Offers Guests

While you are on your trip, Echelon Pro Cycling Tours offers a European-style breakfast every morning. Once the riding is finished for the day, guests get a professional massage, dinner with wine pairings, and “handpicked” accommodations.

The company attempts not only to give guests a week of cycling at a pro level by doing things other bicycle travel companies don’t. It also tries to personalize each piece of a trip with a “local” feel from the roads and routes chosen to the food, experiences, and places cyclists rest their heads each night.

Cycling With Echelon Pro Cycling Tours

Great food, lodging, and on-the-road support are all great, but what makes a cycling trip truly grand is the experience of the roads and the scenery. With trips, as mentioned earlier, to Oregon, California, and New Zealand, guests will certainly see many natural wonders.

And, as Echelon Pro Cycling Tours points out about the cycling, guests will ride, “Ribbon-like roads, unspooling thousands of feet down to the crashing ocean.  Endless climbs pushing up through dense, redwood forests. Rides that reward you with a stunning vista at the apex of every climb, countless miles of quiet, country roads…“

These rides include big miles each day with lots of climbing. You’ll definitely feel it in your legs and body. In other words, this is the type of trip most hardcore roadies love. And the company keeps the number of guests small from 6 to 10 cyclists. 8 cyclists are welcome on the New Zealand trip.

Last Thoughts

Taking a trip with Echelon Pro Cycling Tours looks like a great time. Unfortunately, the company’s website is slim on information. What’s included in each trip, costs, etc. are not mentioned.

But before you decide to sign on for a trip with them, you can send an email to info@echelonprocyclingtours.com. I would think someone would respond and address whatever your concerns might be. You can also just fill out the Sign Up page and that will probably begin the conversation about trip particulars. Good luck!!