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Het bedrijf is gestart door  Philip de Wit and Jan Willem Zeldenrust, twee Nederlandse locals en journalisten met een passie voor fietsen en het vertellen van verhalen over Rio de Janeiro.

Philip arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 2008, after living three-and-half-a-years in New Delhi where he worked as a South Asia correspondent, covering countries like India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. After that he worked five years as a Brazil and Latin America correspondent. Nowadays, when he is not guiding bike tours in Rio de Janeiro, he works as a contributing writer for sport sites.

Jan Willem first set foot on the shores of Guanabara Bay in Rio in 2011, after a three year stint in Barcelona. In this Spanish metropolis he worked as a bike tour guide, sportswriter and photographer. In Brazil, besides being a tour guide, he also works as a Brazil correspondent for a Dutch Press Agency, writing about sports, culture and travel.

Rio by Bike is een partner van het internationale netwerk voor fietstour operators Cycle Cities. In 2017 zijn we begonnen in São Paulo, omdat fietsen daar ook  enorm leuk is. Bekijk de website van São Paulo by Bike.