Our Support
Ride with total confidence
You’re in very safe hands.
Providing first class support is second nature to us, it’s just what we do. A combination of experienced guides, qualified coaches, and expert vehicle support ensure that you’ll be able to ride with complete confidence, take in the scenery and have fun!
There are always options so you’ll never have to worry about doing too much or too little. Our support, knowledge & flexibility always ensures you get exactly what you need from every ride never losing sight of the fact it’s your holiday.
Five trips now with Rob and his team, the latest being the Alps Challenge Weekend. As ever, a very well researched itinerary. challenging climbs, excellent accommodation and food and great support and coaching tips. Highly recommended
We Ride With You
Our guides and coaches are out on the road riding with you every day to provide advice and guidance on just about anything. This could be fascinating facts about local places of interest, pacing and nutritional tips, recovery help or mechanical support. It’s all about providing you with what you need when you need it so day after day you can be at your best.
Expert Vehicle Support
Vehicle support is a key part of every day and is so much more than just having a van. Our vehicle(s) are driven by people with expert knowledge of the mountains and areas we ride. The vehicle is always within touching distance and is well stocked with high quality sports nutrition, fresh fruit, treats and a friendly and knowledgable face to help you with absolutely anything. Route advice, feeding ideas or need a break so you’re fresh for the next day? No problem, we’re here for you.
Mechanical Support
We have the tools and skills to resolve the vast majority of mechanical issues that may arise during your trip. For those rare moments when a problem is a little more complex we have established relationships with many trusted bike shops along the way. There’s always a solution to keep you on the road!
Nutrition & Advice
Nutrition plays a huge role in your ability to ride to your full potential. You’ve trained hard and want to put things to the test so you shouldn’t be held back by a sub-optimal nutritional strategy. Not only do we provide high quality sports nutrition, fruit and snacks to compliment your preferred products in the support vehicle we also share our expert advice about how to fuel yourselves for not only today’s ride but for what’s coming next.
Qualified Cycling Coaches
We want you to have as much enjoyment as possible during your trip. Our British Cycling Level 3 coaching skills are here solely for your benefit. If you need help with any aspect of your riding during a trip there’s as much advice available as you’d like either whilst riding during the day or back at the hotel in the evening.
Pacing, nutrition, better understanding of your physiological development needs and sport psychology techniques can all be covered. To top it off we can even provide you tailored coaching pre or post your trip via our small network of competent, professional and qualified coaches.
Pilates & Recovery
Your recovery at the end of each day is of the utmost importance to us and we’re here to help you recover in the best way possible. We’ll provide you with recovery shakes and nutritional advice immediately after your ride and help you devise an effective but easy to follow stretching routine so you’re ready to go again tomorrow.
We have a pilates instructor in the team and for those that want to take recovery to the next level Karen is the in house expert to show you the way. It’s also a great way to stay free of injuries in the future. If you’d never thought about the benefits of Pilates or Yoga for your cycling just ask, this could be your chance.
Bike Fitting Expertise
Over the years we’ve discovered that many small niggles that arise during trips are avoidable and could be prevented with some bike fit changes. We endlessly sent people to specialists after trips but then decided why wait until you go home to deal with an issue, why not deal with it right now so your holiday isn’t adversely impacted.
We trained with Cyclefit in London and worked with the bike fitting experts personally responsible for setting up the Trek Factory racing team including Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellara.
Logistics & Transfers
Logistics are an essential element of a great holiday. You’ll always be met in person by us at the named collection point and we take care of transporting you and your luggage plus bike. If you’re on a multi-stage trip we also look after all luggage transportation between hotels. During every trip you’ll have access to your day bag in the support vehicle ensuring you can easily get hold of spare kit and nutrition.
Photography
You’ll always want to take great photos of the stunning places you visit during a Colconquerors holiday. Just to be sure we take plenty of photos throughout all our trips as we know in the excitement of the moment it can be hard to bring yourself to a stop and draw the camera!
At the end of each trip all the photos taken by us will be made available to you so you can select exactly what you want.
03 June 2023