About Rio by Bike Tours
The company was founded by Philip de Wit and Jan Willem Zeldenrust, two Dutch locals and journalists with a passion for biking and for telling stories about Rio.
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 also a partner of the international network of bike tour operators Cycle Cities. In 2017 we expanded the company to São Paulo, because biking in Saõ Paulo is also lots of fun. Check out the website of São Paulo by Bike.
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