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Tour Manager – Guide – Ride Leader School

Our goal is clear, we aim to train and improve the level of professionalism of cycling tour managers, ride leaders, guides and non-cycling tour guides around the globe.

What You”ll Learn At Guide School?

Guiding 101 – The art of guiding.
The Guiding – Tour Bible.
Food Safety, Handling and Understanding Dietary Requirements
Hotels, Facilities and Services
Airports, Train Stations, Pick Up and Drop Offs
Bike Cleaning, Maintenance, Storage and Safety.
Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance, Storage and Safety.
Understanding Electronic GPS Devices, Analog and Digital Maps
Electronic Ride Route Creation
Cycling Health, Fitness and Training Programs
Group Safety, Dynamics and Psychology

Cycling Tour Customer Service
Bike Skills Coaching
Bike Fit and Setup
Social Media and Branding
Group Riding, Guide Roles, Lead Guide, Follow Guide
What To Do In An Emergency
Conflict Resolution
Safety Briefings, Public Speaking
Bike Technology, Industry News, Historical Knowledge
Cultural Immersion: Local Language, Country and Regional History
Understanding Local Food, Wine, Craft Beer, Cool Drinks, Snacks

The Courses:

Introductory Guide:

Safely perform duties as an assistant guide, assist as a ride leader, or provide support services and or driving for cycling or non-cycling groups of introductory, tourist level riders, on short day rides or tourism style day tours.

Introduction Level:
Bike maintenance
Electronic route planning
Bike navigation devices

Course Duration: 2 Days
Intermediate Guide:

Guide, assist as a ride leader, or support services and or driving for cycling or non-cycling groups of introductory level riders on short day rides, tourism style day or multi-day tours.

Intermediate Level:
Bike maintenance
Electronic route planning
Bike navigation devices

Course Duration: 2 Days
Expert Guide:

Head Guide or ride leader, assist with support services and or driving for cycling groups. Head guide on non-cycling groups or varied abilities, fitness range from introductory to expert level riders on day rides or multi-day tours.

Expert Level:
Bike maintenance
Electronic route planning
Bike navigation devices

Course Duration: 2 Days
Head Guide – Assitant Tour Manager:

Deliver Head Guiding services and safely manage large or detailed 3, 4 or 5-star groups, corporate groups, individuals or large groups of guests and staff (no limits)
Non-Cycling and Cycling guests of varied abilities, fitness and health, riders range from introductory to expert level for Road, Gravel or Mountain Bike.

Tour duration: 1 day to 1-month style tours.
Tour locations International, Multi-Lingual.

Expert Level:
Bike Maintenance: Bike Mechanic – Workshop level
Electronic route planning
Professional Level: Bike navigation devices:

Course Duration: 3 Days
Directeur Sportif – Tour Manager:

5 Star Itinerary Planner, deliver and safely manage large or detailed 5-star groups, corporate groups, individuals or large groups of guests and international staff (no limits)

Non-Cycling and Cycling guests of varied abilities, fitness and health, riders range from introductory to expert level for Road, Gravel, and or Mountain Bike tours.

Tour duration: 1 day to 1-month style tours.
Tour locations International, Multi-Lingual.

Professional Level:
Bike Maintenance – Bike Mechanic – Workshop level
Electronic route planning
Bike navigation devices:

Course Duration: 3 Days

About You

Do you love cycling and want to become an international guide?
Are you a:
Introductory level – to former professional cyclists?
Don’t be too concerned about where your physical cycling performance is currently at, we see physical performance as only one part of being a great guide.
Do you love customer service, like being outdoors and want to be involved in the bike industry?
Want to travel, ride your bike and get paid to do it?
You want to start a cycling tour or guiding business, but you are not sure where to start?

About Ride International:

We’ve been training and coaching the best cycling and non-cycling guides on the job since 2007. We identified the need to create the first international training school for tour managers, cycling & non-cycling guides and ride leaders.

How it came to be:

After years of operating international cycling tours and training staff, we thought it time to share our passion and knowledge to assist others to become great Ride Leaders, Cycling, or non-Cycling guides.

We’ve mentored, and trained scores of guides and ride leaders of varied nationalities over the years – There’s a good reason our guides and non-cycling guides are considered to be the very best in the world.

We offer levels from Introductory – Directeur Sportif, 5 Star Tour Manager. Each participant will pass through a rigorous training program on and off the bike to become an accredited International Cycling Guide.

We personally train and audit each guide individually, to our exacting – high international standard.

About Our Courses:

Each level of guide school is undertaken in core blocks, participants are required to complete each program to progress and achieve status at the chosen level.

Time allocated in each field may vary (we offer recognition of prior learning) according to the participant’s previous competency level, experience, expertise and training required to complete each course block.

Where Can You Attend Our Courses:

We host our School for Tour Managers – Guides in Melbourne, Australia and Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland or by request for individuals or groups)