Tasmania Cycling Tour FAQ's

With the Après Vélo Cycle Tour, you will always have at least one ride guide on the road with the group. Depending upon the group size, there may be two ride guides. We understand that everyone has different levels of fitness and therefore we often break into two groups, with a ride guide leading each group.

We ask all customers to pay a 20% deposit when they book, which confirms their reservation. The balance is due 120 days before departure. If you book less than 120 days before departure, we will ask you to pay the full price upfront.

Cancellations may occur. However, the boutique nature of our tour keeps our groups small, so this is unlikely. If we do have to cancel the tour due to insufficient participants, Covid-19 or for some other unforeseen circumstances, we will naturally provide you with prior notice and refund monies paid to date.

It is a requirement that insurance is taken out for your tour of Tasmania at the time of booking, as this should then cover you immediately, should anything occur between the time you book and departure/return.

100%. We cherish the opportunity of designing bespoke tours for groups of friends, corporate clients, teams and families. Anything is possible in terms of the amount of riding you want to do, to the amount of post ride activity you’re interested in, accommodation style and any budget restraints you may have – whatever your timing and interests, please talk to us.

A standard road bike is suitable for this tour. Some roads are gravel but are not classified as fire-trails. The general road surface can be 'dead' so we recommend larger volume tires ie 28mm. 

Après Vélo and Beardy worked together for many years whilst he was living in Sydney. Beardy relocated to Tasmania in 2018.

Beardy is a cycling photographer that has captured the worlds highest profile cycling races such as the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia which he has documented via his website beardyscaravan.com.

Mt Wellington
17.68km / Avg 7% / Lowest 69m / Highest 1,258m / Difference 1,189m / Category HC / KOM 46:22 / QOM 1:05:41
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150km with +2,000m of climbing. See our Itinerary for our daily agenda. 

Early morning rides are forbidden on all Après Vélo tours.

• From 7am - Inclusive breakfast in your respective hotels.
• The two hotels are very close to each other and we will have a set departure point from the Grand Chancellor Hotel Hobart where there will be pumps, sun cream, water etc available before the ride.
• 8.45am – Meet the AV Team in front of Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart. This is your opportunity to drop your musette. You will see those bags again at designated rest stops and at the conclusion of the ride.
• 9.00am – Roll out
• Our support vehicle will be roaming during each ride and carry First Aid, sun cream, water, fruit, your mussette(s), tools and pump
• Cafe stop on selected rides
• Lunch on your own with the exception of Thursdays lunch at the Vineyard.

Tour de Tasmania is a tour for cycling purists. However, it is not a smash-fest. We are here to Live the Ride safely and take in the beauty that Hobart has to offer.  Rides will be in bunches, and we will offer a faster and slower group. No rider will ever be left behind, as that is not the Après Vélo way.

This is not a tour for beginners.  Riders should be able to back up +100km days. However, we will split the rides into two groups, to cater for different speeds.

Après Vélo will arrange transfers for your bike bag at predesignated times (TBC).

Weather in Hobart can be unpredictable and plays a big part with each ride.
Therefore each rider must be prepared for rainy weather and colder temperatures. Tasmania can have four seasons in a day.

We will have riders on standard and compact crank set ups. It is not essential that riders change the crank set up on their current bikes for this tour. For the rear, we recommend at least a 28-30.

We would HIGHLY recommend that you leave tubular tires at home.
25mm-28mm tires.