Ride25
"The Ultimate Cycling Holiday Adventure" — explore the world by bike, one leg at a time.
Ride25 is a UK cycling event management company built around a single long-running project: cycling around the world in "bite-sized chunks" while raising money for charity. It grew out of a UK-to-Australia charity ride its founders, Rob Hamilton and John Readman, completed for the Ugandan children's charity 1moreChild; the response to that trip led them to open the concept up to other riders. The business traces back to June 2012 and is formally registered as Ride25 Limited (company number 08878076.
The core product is a single round-the-world route, split into 25 numbered "legs" running from the UK through Europe, the Middle East and Asia towards Australia. Riders join as "Pioneers" (following the full route) or "Founders" (a parallel group covering the European legs), with each leg a fully supported, guided trip of four to eight days including accommodation, meals, support vehicles and on-the-road Wi-Fi. Legs are added and opened for booking progressively as the journey advances, so the live catalogue is a rolling handful of tours rather than a fixed list.
Alongside the legs, they also run bespoke charity bike rides and corporate cycling events for groups of 30–500 (past corporate clients include Google, Adobe and Facebook).
Geneva to Milan
Tour Operator: Ride25
Italy
4 days (Bike: 4 days)
350 mi (~88mi per day)
Big climbs, On-road
Guided
Supported
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Guided
£ 1450
Overview
Tour Operator Ride25
Beginning with the breathtaking sight of Lake Geneva, this leg will cover 350 miles bringing together flat and traffic free routes, and an exciting mountain climb up the Nufenen Pass. We will also climb to the Madonna del Ghisallo, aptly known as the patron saint of cyclists, before finishing in Milan.
Geneva to Rome
Tour Operator: Ride25
Italy
10 days (Bike: 9 days)
740 mi (~82mi per day)
Big climbs, On-road
Supported
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Overview
Tour Operator Ride25
Beginning with the breathtaking sight of Lake Geneva, this tour covers 740 miles, bringing together legs 3 and 4 of the Ride25 adventure (Geneva to Milan & Milan to Rome).
Combining flat and traffic free routes plus some exciting Italian mountain climbs (up the Nufenen Pass and to the Madonna del Ghisallo) we cross into the rolling hills of Tuscany and then cycle into Umbria & Lazio before picking up a cycle path that takes us almost entirely traffic-free into the centre of Rome.
Milan to Rome
Tour Operator: Ride25
Italy
5 days (Bike: 5 days)
390 mi (~78mi per day)
Big climbs
Supported
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Overview
Tour Operator Ride25
This is a particularly picturesque leg, with highlights including beautiful countryside, typical rolling Tuscan hills, vineyards, sunflowers, hilltop villages, cathedrals and historic buildings galore – not to mention the wonderful cities of Piacenza, Bologna, Orvieto and Rome.
The first part of the trip is almost totally flat until we cross into the rolling hills of Tuscany on the morning of day 3 where we cover the two biggest climbs of the leg. From there we cycle through Umbria & Lazio into Bologna and finally pick up a cycle path that takes us almost entirely traffic-free into the centre of Rome.
There is a total of 4 1/2 days’ cycling, covering 390 miles.
Paris to Rome
Tour Operator: Ride25
France, Vatican (Holy See), Italy & Switzerland
16 days (Bike: 13 days)
1094 mi (~84mi per day)
Avid
Big climbs
Supported
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Overview
Tour Operator Ride25
This tour is a wonderful way to see some of the very best scenery that France and Italy has to offer. Combining legs 2, 3 and 4 of Ride25’s tours (Paris to Geneva, Geneva to Milan and Milan to Rome) this tour involves 12 and a half days of cycling (plus rest days in Geneva and Milan) covering 1094 miles.
Departing Paris, we will begin our journey into France, passing through vineyards and Romanesque churches before taking on a challenging climb across the stunning Jura Mountains into Switzerland and then our descending into Geneva. Here we will enjoy two days’ rest before setting off on the next stretch of our journey, starting with a flat and traffic free route followed by an exciting mountain climb up the Nufenen pass. We will also pedal alongside some of Italy’s most beautiful lakes and climb to the the Madonna del Ghisallo, before arriving in Milan. After a rest day in Milan, we will head back onto the road for the final stretch of our journey, pedalling through typical rolling Tuscan hills, vineyards and hilltop villages and passing cathedrals and beautiful historic buildings. We will finish in the Vatican City.
London to Paris
Tour Operator: Ride25
France & United Kingdom
3 days (Bike: 3 days)
230 mi (~77mi per day)
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Overview
Tour Operator Ride25
Taking in two of the world’s greatest cities, this classic route is split across three days’ cycling with an average of 77 miles a day.
We will leave behind the bright lights of London and weave our way through France’s beautiful countryside before gliding up to the Eiffel Tower and taking celebratory tourist photos. As with all Ride25 tours, you will be fully supported along the way and everything will be taken care of so all you need to do is soak up the sights and enjoy the ride.