All three tours are for road style bikes. Tour #1 has some steep mountain climbs similar to the Rocky Mountains with 7% grades. Tires should be 23-25 mm wide and suitable for pavement but short patches of gravel road construction are to be expected. Riders should bring at least one foldable tire that fits in their gear bag and three spare inner tubes, frame fit tire pump, and basic bike tools to assemble their bicycle from the airlines.
During Tour #1 and Tour #2 full size bike cases will need to shipped by truck to our final hotel. This cost is an extra $100 per bike case. Riders can avoid this cost with the following solutions: Bring a Co-Motion style take apart bike with S N S Couplers and use the smaller bike case as your gear bag, or bring a Bike Friday folding bike and use the suitcase as your gear bag, or bring a bike in a cardboard box and throw the box away during the tour and then rebox your bike at the final hotel., or bring an old racing bike in a cardboard box and give your bike away at the end of the tour to a local racer. During Tour #3 it is fine to arrive in Iquitos with a hard shell bike case and keep the case in your hotel room until the tour is over.