How Bicycle Travel Transforms Lives: Deborah Christakos

Imagine a bicycle touring vacation taking you places you’ve never imagined.

Maybe at a stage in your life where you thought you were beyond cycling. Maybe too old.

Or perhaps it brought you closer to someone you love. Or helped you discover a passion you had forgotten about.

Connecting:

That is what we do at Ciclismo Classico. We make the connections that no one seems to make, at a time when you least expect it.

At least, that is what happened to Deborah Cristakos and her husband when they took their first bike trip to Piedmont with Ciclismo Classico any years ago:

In Deborah’s words:

“I was not an avid cyclist before a cycling trip with my husband to Piedmont to celebrate both of our 5oth birthdays.  Cycling is my husband’s passion, food and wine are mine.

I trained for a few weeks, to be certain I would make it through the rides to eat, drink and enjoy the local specialties. The gastronomy did not disappoint. But the beauty of the region experienced at a cycling pace and the view from back roads through orchards and vineyards renewed a youthful sense of exploration, playfulness, and exuberance.

Going Home:

Returning home, I ventured out in my own backyard by bike more often and found cool green streams, fields full of pumpkins, towering corn stalks, and experienced the change of seasons first hand (brrrr)- I live in New England. I felt a renewed sense of place and geographic connection.

I own a food tour company in Western MA, and it wasn’t long before I realized touring by bike we could visit the food sources, farms and breweries that I feature and have a deeper connection with the source.  Without question a new door has opened in my life, and I ventured through it on a bicycle.”

Come and join us on an unexpected journey with Ciclismo Classico. You may discover something new about yourself that you’ll bring home and cherish forever.

Contact us today!