Gifts

10 Great Gifts for Cyclists

Posted on November 26, 2019 - 9:54 am by keith_ritter

At Trek Travel, our team is passionate about discovering unbeatable destinations by bike. Whether we are riding to work or cycling some of the most famous climbs in the world, we rely on great gear to keep us safe, moving, and fueled. We talked to our team of travelers and cyclists to pull together our holiday gift guide, which includes our choices for the best gifts for cyclists.

Ornot Handlebar Bag Mini

Securely stash a phone, snacks, wallet, or keys with the aid of Ornot’s Handlebar Bag Mini. This durable and discreet bag is made from cordura canvas, lined with waterproof nylon fabric, and shaped using lightweight plastic.

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Bontrager Bike Lights

Bike lights are a safety essential for cyclists, day or night. That’s why Bontrager makes a range of ultra-bright, all-weather head and taillights to make sure riders can see and be seen out on the roads at any time of the day.

Safety first >

Trek Travel Gift Card

Give your loved ones memories that will last a lifetime with a gift card for a Trek Travel cycling vacation. With a wide range of trip styles and destinations across the globe, there is a perfect bike trip for everyone.

Give the gift of travel >

Bontrager WaveCel Helmets

The WaveCel helmet features revolutionary safety technology to better protect against cycling accidents. Discover a variety of colors and styles designed for road biking, mountain biking, and commuter biking. WaveC

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On Cloudflow

When the miles rack up, stay inspired with this record-breaking shoe. A breathable engineered mesh inner sock keeps feet supported and comfortable. But it’s outside where the real action takes place: 18 Cloud elements on the sole will help to push you forward. Give a gift like no other. Give the gift of speed.

Get moving >

Blackberry Farm Holiday Gift Box

Bring festive flavors of Blackberry Farm, a luxury retreat tucked in the Great Smoky Mountains, to your holiday table with their limited edition 2019 Holiday Farmstead Box. Inside, savor Blackberry Jam, Blackberry Farm Coffee, Olive and Sinclair’s Peppermint Bark, and more delicious treats.

The Holiday Gift Box isn’t currently available, but check out their current collections>

Kate’s Real Food Ultimate Gift Pack

Kate’s Real Food makes six delicious flavors of energy bars using whole-food ingredients. Each one is certified organic, gluten free, non-GMO, Kosher, and sweetened with all-natural honey. Gift a set of each flavor along with a fun winter beanie!

Send some snacks >

SILCA Custom Engraved HX-ONE Home Essential Kit

Customize SILCA’s HX-ONE Home Essential Kit to add a personal touch to your cycling-themed holiday gift. This complete set of precision S2 steel hex wrenches and bit drivers is stored in an engraved Beechwood carrying case.

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Trek Travel's best holiday gifts for cyclists

Clif Wine Gift Set

Share a gift basket featuring a curated selection of Clif Family wines and artisan foods. If you are looking for something extra special, create a custom gift set with the help of Clif’s in-house Gift Concierges.

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Club Peloton

Give the gift of membership to Clif Family Wine’s CLUB PELOTON, which includes the exclusive invitation to an annual ride and lunch along with 6 months of wines. Plus, enjoy special discounts on bike rental and tune-ups with their cycling partner.

Sip and Cycle >

California Wine Country Holiday Guide

Posted on November 17, 2017 - 8:51 am by keith_ritter

With the recent fires in the Napa and Sonoma counties, Trek Travel wants to help these communities we consider to be a part of our own get back on their feet. We, and many others, believe that one of the best things that can be done is to support local businesses, artisans and help bring tourism back to this incredible wine growing region. So just in time for your holiday planning we’ve chosen our favorite wines, fixin’s and gifts that will be sure to impress at any gathering.

Trek Travel Cali Wine Holiday Guide SHED

SHED Healdsburg

Brighten up a salad or add garnish to a sweet treat with a SHED Sonoma Honeycomb. Sustainably sourced from local beekeepers and a unique way to enjoy Sonoma from afar.

Bring Sonoma home >

Trek Travel Cali Wine Holiday Guide North Block

North Block Hotel

Shop botanically infused bath amenities hand-crafted with proprietary formulations of essential oils and herbal extracts by a local artisan and featured in every guest room at North Block.

Indulge your senses here >

Clif Family Wines

Long days of cycling through Italy finished off with leisurely evenings of good wine soon became the inspiration for the Clif Family vineyards and tasting room settled atop Howell Mountain in Napa. If you have the good luck to visit we recommend you also indulge at their Bruschetteria food truck.

Gift Wine Club >

Alley 6 Craft Distillery

Alley 6 is a small batch, grain to glass craft distillery focused on quality ingredients, the art of a hands-on process and dreaming up unique flavor profiles and spirits with deep complexity and character that you won’t soon forget.

Find the perfect pour >

Woodhouse Chocolate

Handmade in Napa Valley with the combined efforts of three generations of the Anderson/Wood family, these rich and flavorful chocolates and confections are crafted in European style with local, sustainable ingredients.

Satiate your sweet tooth >

Summit Lake Winery

A small, family owned winery on top of Howell Mountain, Summit Lake is known for its distinctive and outstanding red varietals such as Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and of course Cabernet Sauvignon.

Sit back with Summit Lake >

Trek Travel Cali Wine Holiday Guide Flying Goat

Flying Goat Coffee

Known for its single origin brews, Flying Goat is run by Phil Anacker, a Sonoma coffee legend who’s goal is to expose coffee drinkers to a Cup O’ Joe “that’s been carefully managed from seed to mug.”

Keep caffeinated >

Ad Hoc at Home

The revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart with over 200 recipes inspired by his restaurant in Yountville.

Get the Book >

The Gift of Travel

Trek Travel is committed to a full season of trips in the wine country and our guides can’t wait to get back in 2018. We hope you’ll join us whether you’re riding yourself or sneaking a Trek Travel gift certificate into the stocking of someone special. Contact a Trip Consultant to give the gift of a lifetime.

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5 Awesome Gift Ideas for the Cycling Dad

Posted on June 17, 2015 - 10:04 pm by keith_ritter

Prove to Dad you’re his favorite and give him a gift he’ll remember forever. Here are our favorite gifts for Father’s Day this year.

Classic Climbs of the Dolomites – from $3799
For the dad who loves the mountains, the Classic Climbs of the Dolomites cycling trip offers the very best of the dramatic Dolomites and Italian Alps. The landscape of the famed Dolomite mountain range offers epic riding: as you climb the jagged peaks and legendary roads made famous by the Giro d’Italia. Experience the passion of Italian cycling beneath clear blue skies, as you ride past proud pale mountains and through lush green alpine pastures.

Solvang Ride Camp – from $999
Few destinations in the U.S. offer mountains, sea, and wine country with the luxury, hospitality and small-town intimacy and friendliness you discover in this captivating area. This trip has it all. On our 4 day Solvang Ride Camp, combine your full days of cycling with sightseeing, dining, hiking, and relaxing along the Central Coast. With a home base in the wine country north of Santa Barbara you’ll be just miles from the chance to tackle some of the classic climbs which extend beyond the valley.

Moab Mountain Bike Trip – from $1399
Believe the hype: Moab is the mountain bike Mecca that all fat-tire lovers dream of. Its trails offer astounding views of snow-capped mountains and valleys that redefine words like “epic” “awesome”, “sick” and “killer”. Trek Travel takes you into the belly of the beast, through a network of fireroads, singletrack and doubletrack that drop you between boulders, along cliffs, and up over the ever-so-grippy slickrock terraces and ledges. Each day is jaw-droppingly better than the last, with expansive vistas, the red hue of Utah’s ancient soil, and a small-town Wild-West feel. Moab isn’t just another mountain bike trip. It’s the birthplace of the mountain bike.

Trek Emonda upgrade – $300
Give Dad the best of the best on his bike trip and upgrade to the new Trek Émonda SLR. Trek Travel’s fleet of world-class bikes just got a little lighter with the race-ready, Project-One designed bike. It’s Trek’s lightest production road bike ever. Perfect for climbing in the Alps or just cruising the back roads of wine country.

Carbon Wheels upgrade – $200
Upgrade his bike with a pair of Bontrager Aeolus D3 Clincher carbon wheels. These wheels are lighter and ready to roll. A wider rim profile and extreme rotating weight savings means extra speed where it counts. Give Dad the opportunity to train like the pros with his bike all suited up.

Top Five Chocolatiers Around The World

Posted on February 12, 2015 - 3:44 pm by keith_ritter

What’s better than getting your loved one chocolate for Valentines Day? Taking them directly to the source! Check out our favorite chocolatiers from around the world, then WOW your significant other with a trip to taste chocolate at its finest.

Vermont: Lake Champlain Chocolates
It all started in a restaurant kitchen in Burlington, Vermont. During the holidays, Jim Lampman would buy fancy chocolates to give to his staff. Until one Christmas, when his pastry chef confessed what he really thought of those chocolates. The result was a batch of hand-rolled truffles so smooth and creamy, so deep in pure chocolate flavor — after just one bite, Jim knew they were onto something. Within a year the restaurant was sold and Lake Champlain Chocolates was born.
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Ireland: Lorge Chocolatier
A pastry chef from France, Benoit Lorge decided to use his qualifications to help him travel the world. After traveling to Corsica, the South of France and Scotland he finally landed in Ireland where he settled in Kenmare. During the winter months, Benoit used the extra time that he had to produce exclusive chocolates to help raise money for local charities. The demand for Benoit’s very special and unique products soon gained him an exclusive reputation and his products were in great demand.
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Wisconsin: Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier
Growing up on a dairy farm in Seymour, Wisconsin, Gail’s mom instilled a lifelong love of cooking in her ten children. Gail finally took a chance on her dream of owning a chocolate shop at the age of 45. She took an online class and then returned to France, where she unabashedly sampled lots of world-class chocolates and soaked in as much information as she could gather. After coming home with nearly 50 pounds of chocolates, she worked tirelessly to make her dream a reality.
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California: Woodhouse Chocolates
After nearly 20 years of winemaking, the Andersons began to notice a pattern in their lives: chocolate. So they spent two years immersed in it. Tracy took every course she could find on chocolate and her home kitchen was transformed into a chocolate laboratory. John created the physical space for their shop and kitchen just blocks from their home, in which it all sits today, as well as putting his valuable palate to work in the development of their chocolates.
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Belgium: Dumon Chocolatier
The story of Dumon Chocolatier starts back in 1992, when Stephan Dumon started a small-scale production of artisan truffles for bakeries and pastry chefs nearby in Torhout (just outside Bruges). Very soon neighboring citizens in Torhout asked if they could buy from him as well, so a small shop was set up in the garage. In 1996 Stephan’s mother opened her own unique shop in the town centre of Bruges, and ss popularity of our chocolates grew, the production-facilities grew as well.
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Holiday Must Haves

Posted on December 11, 2014 - 9:00 pm by keith_ritter

Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket | $199

Indoors or out, and especially on an airplane, this insulated jacket is the perfect travel piece to keep you comfortable without weighing down your suitcase.

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Travel and Leisure Magazine Subscription | $12

The best guide for insider information on top hotels, restaurants, and things to do around the world, Travel and Leisure provides inspiration and insights on every page.

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CB2 Wood Bike Storage | $50

Turn your gear into art, and save space in your home, with this handcrafted wood rack that mounts easily to any wall and holds you bike by the top tube.

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This is Ground Cordito | $45

With room for up to three cables and two plugs, This is Ground’s Cordito neatly holds your electronic cords and keeps them from getting tangled in your bag.

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Osprey Syncro Hydration Pack | $110

This lightweight and ventilated pack is available in three sizes and offers plenty of carrying capacity for multiple hours on a mountain bike or hiking trail.

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Outdoor Tech Buckshot Wireless Speaker | $50

This small, portable speaker has all the features you want. It’s shock-resistant, water-resistant, and provides crystal clear audio for sixteen hours.

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Black Diamond Storm Headlamp | $50

Equipped with a fully waterproof construction, this incredibly bright headlamp is perfect for helping you work in all conditions and levels of daylight.

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L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream Trio | $28

Born of Provence, L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream will keep your hands from drying out on long flights. A perfect winter stocking stuffer for men and women.

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Mophie Space Pack | $150

An iPhone battery case with built in storage, bring the Mophie Space Pack on your next trip to ensure that your phone never dies right when you need it most.

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Cycle Ops PowerSync Trainer | $900

Take your indoor training to a whole new level. With programmable resistance and virtual training software, you’ll never get bored on a long winter rider again.

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Leap Wireless Earphones by Yurbuds | $100

These sweat-proof, comfortable earphones have exceptional sound and Bluetooth connectivity. Lasting up to 6 hours, never let wires get in your way on a ride.

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Artifact Uprising Hardcover Photo Book | $70

Document your adventures or tell your story with a, premium quality photo book. Beautifully share your best photos with family and friends this holiday season.

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TRX Suspension Trainer | $200

TRX suspension training uses your bodyweight for a fast, effective, total-body workout. Set it up anywhere so you never lose fitness while you’re on the road.

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Grid Mini Foam Roller | $25

Finally an easy to pack, travel friendly foam roller. This 4-inch roller helps mobilize tissue and aid in recovery by providing targeted compression.

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Stumptown Coffee Rambler | $185

Whether you wake up near rocky mountain, desert dust, hotel minibar, or skyscraper, coordinates matter not. The Rambler makes a damn good cup wherever you find yourself.

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Bontrager Mallorca Carry On | $220

Big enough for riding essentials but small enough to fit in the overhead, this roller bag features wet and dry compartments to separate clean and dirty clothes.

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Nuun Energy Sampler Pack | $20

The perfect supplement for any ride, Nuun electrolyte tablets provide the essentials for performance through balanced hydration and sustained energy.

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Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket | $199

Travel and Leisure Magazine Subscription | $12

CB2 Wood Bike Storage | $50

This is Ground Cordito | $45

Osprey Syncro Hydration Pack | $110

Outdoor Tech Buckshot Wireless Speaker | $50

Black Diamond Storm Headlamp | $50

L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream Trio | $28

Mophie Space Pack | $150

Cycle Ops PowerSync Trainer | $900

Leap Wireless Earphones by Yurbuds | $100

Artifact Uprising Hardcover Photo Book | $70

TRX Suspension Trainer | $200

Grid Mini Foam Roller | $25

Stumptown Coffee Rambler | $185

Bontrager Mallorca Carry On | $220

Nuun Energy Sampler Pack | $20

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