When I started doing the pedal tours in 2015, I was 25 years old and moving from Buffalo where I had previously managed a liquor store until the party bike idea was brought to my attention. Most pedal tour owners graduate from driving tours quickly but their is something about the energy you get from leading a tour. While all groups are different, they are also similar in many ways. They may listen to different music, drink different types of alcohol but everyone just wants to have fun. One of the most common things I get when people ask questions is we can only bring two drinks per person on the bike? When I tell them when they are on the bike the last thing they will be thinking about is drinking they don’t understand what I am talking about. I would bet that the majority of drinking done is not while the bike is in motion but when we get to the stop and we tell people to finish their drink before going inside because it will warm up and we cant protect drinks from bee’s.
Why do people keep coming back? The obvious answer is because it is fun, but on a deeper level I think it is the attention/energy you get from all the people you pass. From people walking, driving, renting scooters. Whether they honk, wave, yell happy birthday or ask for a beer it is 99.9% positive. Tons of people take videos of the bike when we pass them, scarily drivers of cars too. It really is a good time, people do a history tour with co-workers and have so much fun they do it with their friends. They have fun on the bikes and decide to do the boat (only $5 more a person than the bike) They have fun with their friends and then tell their boss to do it with their co workers.
Facebook/Instagram does not allow us to advertise to people under 21 so when get 21st birthdays it is because a parent did it and had fun and knows it will be a great way to celebrate their child turning 21. I really enjoy driving these multi generational tours. Mom, dad, an uncle/aunt, grandma, cousins, a few friends. You don’t even have to be 21 to do a tour so younger siblings and not yet 21 year old friends.
I can go on and on about the little things I have learned over these past 10 years. But just know that all this experience goes into making sure that me and my employees make sure your group has the best tour possible and that we give you lots of great photos to remember your tour by.
-Philip