Ten years ago both Diego & Shea started tour companies with 10 bikes in a garage, on separate continents: Shea’s Fitz & Follwell in Montreal, and Diego’s BA Bikes in Buenos Aires. Their paths crossed in Montreal in 2014, and after subsequent visits to Argentina (they had a blast) and Diego’s move to Canada, they are now partners at Fitz. Fitz operates carefully crafted daily bike tours in Montreal. Three new Fitz Tour destinations will launch in 2019, including Toronto, with many more planned. Headquartered at Velo Québec’s Maison des Cyclistes in Montreal, their new bike cafe is opening there this spring.
They will share their experience of the sustained growth of guided bicycle tours, and the massive potential for 3-hour tours to be developed in both large urban and smaller tourism markets. They will discuss industry trends ranging from the surge of Airbnb’s slice of the tours and experiences pie, to the bikeshare (and scooter) boom.
