Triathlon Plus Magazine chose Brevet as “Best for the Luxury Experience” in their guide to the best pre season training camps in Europe. Brevet’s Cyclotour du Léman Training Camp was highlighted as the 180km sportive around Lac Léman is ideally suited to triathletes looking for a concentrated cycling training block to get ready for a triathlon…
Calling all our Rest of the World riders, those pesky Aussies have laid down the FebFifteen challenge; can you ride 15 hours this week? The crew over at Cycling Tips have created the FebFifteen challenge to help us kick start the season. l I guess the Aussies will be able to revel in riding in…
When Cyclist launched into the overcrowded cycling magazine market it choose to feature roads less ridden, the very first edition of Cyclist Magazine explored an epic loop in Switzerland with climbs that feature on our Alpenbrevet and Granfondo Gottardo sportive holidays and signature Alpine cycling challenge the Randonnée Alpes Suisse. Ride The Epic Cols The Tour Doesn’t Visit The launch…
The science of cycling has pushed forwarded at a rapid rate in the last 15 years. One area that has been the focus of a lot of research is cycling position. This has lead to an explosion of bike fitting studios. Sports Rehabilitator Ben Hallam, head of Bespoke Cycling’s Fitting Studio, explains why you should…
Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald is essential reading for cyclists who want to reduce fat and increase lean muscle without compromising power. The best selling Racing Weight book goes into a lot of detail to dispel many myths surrounding how to diet and train effectively for endurance sports. If you’re the sort of person who needs…
We’re delighted to announce our latest partnership is with The Sufferfest, legendary creators of the world’s best cycling training videos. Sufferfest cycling training videos are downloadable to your computer, tablet or phone and allow you to train effectively indoors on a turbo trainer or using rollers. Behind all the motivational humour and excellent community spirit…
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After a successful launch in 2012, we rebranded our Swiss cycling holidays company SwissRetreat, as Brevet in early 2013. Building on the heritage of challenging long distance rides known as brevet (pronounced breh-vay) our unique offering of Training Camps, Sportives, and Randonnées will inspire you to surpass your expectations in an inspirational Alpine environment. New…
Sa Calobra Serpent Summit Signs off Season Our final cycling tour of the year was a bespoke private trip for clients in Mallorca and the highlight was scoring an ascent of Sa Calobra on unusually quiet Mallorcan roads. Our bespoke cycling trip was for riders completely new to road cycling, as our guests were semi…
We recently hosted Don and Becky as they swapped cycling in the Blue Hills around Boston, Massachusetts for a Brevet Bespoke Alpine cycling tour in the Swiss Alps. Alpine Cycling Tour As big European cycling fans Don and Becky were keen to ride on roads with history and where better to start than the Col des…
The Gran Fondo San Gottardo is an epic sportive set high up in the Swiss Alps with three huge mountain passes to tackle over the 110km parcours and over 4,200m of climbing in total. Cycling Weekly Ride the Granfondo Gottardo We had the pleasure of hosting Cycling Weekly journalist Hannah Reynolds as we took on the Granfondo Gottardo…
A team of triathletes from management consultancy Accenture recently trained for the Enduro Challenge ultra triathlon on a Brevet Bespoke training camp in the Swiss Alps. The Enduro Challenge The Enduro Challenge pits corporate teams against each other to race from Marble Arch to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Competing in teams of six,…
Taking on the challenge of signing up for an Ironman and embarking on the journey that is Ironman training takes courage. Completing an Ironman involves swimming 3.86 km, riding 180.25 km on the bike and then running a 42.2 km marathon! We recently hosted triathlete Allan Noble as he put the finishing touches to his Ironman…
Tour de Romandie 2013
Tour de Romandie 2013 will be more important than ever before as the top riders will try and emulate Bradley Wiggins and Cadel Evans by using Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie as the launch pad for winning the 2013 Tour de France. In 2011 Team Sky studied Cadel Evans and tried to work out a plan…
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