September 2009 Newsletter

2010 Tour Dates Announced

We are planning four tours in 2010: Two Challenge tours and two Lite Tours. 

As before, we’ll be honoring 2009 prices until January 1st. Thereafter, the prices will be going up 10 to 15%. That’s quite a leap, but we increased our tour prices by only 1.5% last year in hopes that the dollar would rebound and it has not.

So, if you’re even thinking about doing a ride next year, it does really pay to get us your deposit in as soon as possible. We’ve had a lot of interest in 2010 and so plan on it being a huge year for us. We’re really hoping that these four tours are actually filled by January 1st. Click here for more information on these dates.

2009 Tour Pictures in the Gallery

Click here to go to 2009 gallery

I did my best to find a flattering picture of everyone, but that wasn’t always easy.

Send us a picture if you think you have a good one and I’ll try to post it in the gallery.

Extra Jackets and Jerseys

We do have some extra jerseys and jackets in the following sizes:

Mens: Medium, Large, X-Large

Womens: Small, Large, X-Large

Jackets: Medium, Large, XXL

The prices are still $65 for the jerseys and $80 for the jackets. We’ll have to ship from Switzerland, so that makes $10 more per item. If you’d like to purchase, let me know and I’ll send you a credit card link or you can write a check to Iowa. As you prefer.

Bike Switzerland Jacket (left) and Jerseys. Click to enlarge

Canary Islands Tour

The site is almost up and I’ll send out an email when it goes live. In the meantime, mark your calendars:

February 20-28

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Help us out…for chocolate.

Again, Bike Switzerland is all about word-of-mouth advertising. Please let your friends and other riders know about this trip of a lifetime. Also, we realize that ANY and ALL links to our site means that we get higher search engine results. So please, if you have an internet site or blog ( even if you’re a chimney sweep), create a link to our site and I’ll send you a 1/2 kilo of Swiss chocolate. Just give me a heads up !

Enjoy the rest of your season. I hope to talk to you personally very soon.

John