Travel Guides

After the long flight from Singapore to Vancouver, you won't need to do anything clever with your luggage or your bike box, because there isn't one. Your Brompton folds down small enough to wheel straight through arrivals. By the time you check into the hotel and freshen up, your Brompton will be ready, unfolded and waiting for its first proper look at the city. That first afternoon, we'll keep things gentle. A short spin along the water, past the seaplanes taking off from th

Most people plan a Kyoto trip around the cherry blossoms. Fewer know that the city's fiery show in November, when the maples along the rivers and temple grounds turn every shade from gold to deep red, is the one locals quietly prefer. We're taking a small group to see it properly this November, by Brompton, over seven days and six nights. We rode every kilometre of this route ourselves in May, testing hotels, checkpoints, and the roads themselves before bringing guests along.

Late July in British Columbia is about as kind as weather gets. It’s warm without being humid, and the light stretches out well past dinner. That is when we run this one. Eight days, seven nights, bookended by Vancouver with Victoria and Whistler in between, a ferry crossing in the middle that turns into one of the better afternoons of the whole trip. Landing softly in Vancouver We will fit the bikes after check-in, and go on an easy spin along Coal Harbour and a slice of the

"Every polished tour we run began as something rougher and braver. We call it a Pioneer Departure. It is the trip where we ride a region or country for the very first time, before it ever appears in our brochure. We find out whether it is good enough for you. It is the most adventurous rung on the ladder of Brompton overseas touring, and it is not for everyone. This is who it is for, and when to say yes." The same rigour, a little less certainty Let us be clear about one th

"Before a tour goes on sale, we ride it ourselves. Every road, every lunch, every hotel lobby we might have to carry a bike through. We call it a recce. It is the least glamorous thing we do and easily the most important. In May, it was Kyoto's turn." A recce is not a scouting trip with an empty road ahead of us. It is a real tour, run for a small team of our marshals and most experienced riders. They take on a route that is technically uncharted, at a faster pace and over lo