Texas Hill Country Custom Bike Tour
Texas Hill Country Custom Bike Tour
Overview
Fredericksburg is 75 miles west of Austin, Texas. The town is known for its German heritage and well-established wineries. There is a wonderful collection of restaurants, galleries, beautiful ranches, Nimitiz National Museum of the Pacific War, LBJ Ranch and State Park and, of course, Texas wildflowers in the area. There are great surrounding small towns you will cycle through like Willow City, Comfort, Luckenbach, Stonewall and Enchanted Rock State Park.
This tour can easily be expanded to six to seven riding days for additional fees.
Tour Highlights
- Cuyahoga National Park Amish country
- Traffic free riding trails
- Underground Railroad history
- Bridge of Dreams covered bridge Little Miami State Park
Details
Rider Level
Rider Level
Minimum Group Size
8 guests
Distance
15 – 67 miles daily
Travel
Fly in and out of the Austin Airport
Meals
This tour can be priced to include or exclude meals
Accommmodations
Lodging can be excluded
Included
- Three casual dinners and picnic lunches on riding days
- Cocktail social hours on the 1st evening of each tour
- One wine tasting
- Entry into LBJ Ranch and Enchanted Rock State Park
- Van support
- Maps
- GPS mapping
- Mechanic
- 2 or more experienced guides
Not Included
- Airfare.
- Souvenirs.
- Meals on days off
- 12% gratuity for guides, mechanics, volunteers, and tour staff is not included, but greatly appreciated
Suggested Travel Months
October, November, March, April
Dates
Aug 24-30, 2023 ( Thurs – Wed)
Sept 1-7, 2023 (Fri- Thurs)
6 Days | 6 Nights
Sample Itinerary
Orientation Day:
We will pick up guests at the Austin Airport by 1pm. Shuttle to Fredericksburg Hotel. Fit for bicycles and take a short 15-mile ride in the country “out west”of town. At 6:00pm we gather in the gardens for a catered BBQ dinner, cocktails and a social to get to know everyone. You will have time then to walk through town and get a feel for your surroundings.
We ride to the magical town of Luckenbach with its 2 buildings: a post office and a music venue. Locals describe town as a banjo picking, guitar strumming, string plucking, boots thumping, hat twirling good time in the heart of Texas.
We offer a short Luckenbach loop of 35 miles with 1230 feet of elevation gain.
The longer loop is 46.3 miles with 1994 feet of elevation gain.
The town of Willow City probably offers the prettiest ride of our Four Day. You will cycle the well-known Willows Loop, known for their Texas Blue Bonnets. Most of the surrounding ranches and land are privately owned, so we ask you stay on the roads and off private land, as you enjoy the wonderful sea of blue flowers. An afternoon adventure will take us on a van shuttle to a wine tasting at Rancho Ponte, just 4 miles east of town.
Short loop option is 40 miles with 2184 feet of elevation gain.
Long Loop is 67.9 miles with 3958 feet of elevation gain.
We head north out of Fredericksburg today, with Enchanted Rock State Park as our destination. The park is named for the enormous pink, granite mound which protrudes 425 feet upward from the surrounding area. Because of its composition, the rock expands and contracts with the weather and temperature thus making creaking noises. The longer option today can take you through Gypsum Mine and Crabapple.
Short loop is 46.5 miles with 2540 feet of elevation gain.
Long loop is 75.3 miles with 4596 feet of climbing.
This is our shortest ride of the week, but we offer 3 riding options. Our destination for the day is the town of Stonewall and the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park. Your riding options range from 17 miles in one direction (either to or from the ranch) to 40 miles round trip with riding on the LBJ Ranch.
Following today’s ride, we will return to the Fredericksburg Inn to shower up and have some lunch before our shuttle back to Austin Airport or our cars.
