Now is the time to choose your 2006 Adventure Cycling bike vacation - a trip you will look forward to until it happens, enjoy while you are living it, and remember forever. For the new season, we have lots of fresh new adventures for you to select from as well as the classic tours that are keystones of Adventure Cycling's 30 years of cycling experience. Don't delay your decision; seven of our trips are already sold out!*

For many cyclists, a cross-country bike trip is a life goal. Adventure Cycling authored the granddaddy of all cross-country rides with its TransAm back in 1976, and is widely considered the ultimate resource for transcontinental cycling trips. In 2006 you can choose from three routes and five departure dates. The Southern Tier and Southern Tier Plus both use our shortest route crossing America in just 65 days. If the North Country is more to your liking, you can explore the 4,304 miles of the Northern Tier route that crosses the country near its border with Canada. Finally, there is the classic TransAm that traces the route Adventure Cycling first ventured out on 30 years ago.  This could be your year to discover a "new you" out there on the open road.

This season we have also come up with some brand new trip ideas and locations. At one end of the adventure spectrum we have the C&O Towpath, a relaxed cruise along a famous eastern canal, and our Parent/Child Tour, a bike path-based trip in Colorado that is ideally suited for families cycling together. For those who want greater challenges, the Colorado Alpine Loop trip offers a mountain bike journey over four high altitude passes in an area best described as the "Switzerland of America." 

Don't forget all the fun and fabulous riding that make our supported event-style rides so special. This year, we are offering Cycle the Columbia Gorge, Cycle Utah, Cycle Montana and Cycle Utah Parks on the road side of things and Cycle the Divide Montana for you dirt riders. All events feature a full complement of amazing rides, luggage support, catered meals, and just enough fellow riders to have fun without feeling overwhelmed. By the way, if you need a little more than a week of riding, check out our excursions and expeditions, from the New Englander and Glacier-Waterton to Lewis & Clark West for you history buffs.

Our goal here at Adventure Cycling Association is to get you bicycling and we are excited to offer an energizing mix of classic tours and new tour offerings. All of our adventures provide excellent opportunities for you to travel by bicycle with people who have the same thing at heart: travel and see the world, or at least a beautiful part of it, from the best vantage point available - your bicycle.

Please join us, and feel free to call us if you have any questions.

Rod Kramer - Tours Director

Adventure Cycling Association
Inspiring people of all ages to travel by bicycle.
(800) 755-2453 x221 toll-free, (406) 721-1776 x221 phone, (406) 721-8754 fax
http://www.adventurecycling.org