Eating Travel introduces electric bikes to Albury

Tour operators Eating Travel has introduced a fleet of 13 electric bikes to its range of custom services in Amp Lane.

Eating Travel owners Noelle Quinn and Brendon Mahony wanted to fill a gap in the market for e-bike hire in Albury.

"Beechworth, Bright and Myrtleford have e-bikes but Albury didn't," Ms Quinn said.

"We have 90 kilometres of bike trails around here.

"Obviously it's great to have some assistance on the hills or nice when you're riding into a headwind."

Ms Quinn said with a medium level of assistance, cyclists could ride for up to seven hours or 100 kilometres.

"Your backside will get sore before your battery goes flat!" Ms Quinn said.

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Having founded Eating Travel about five years ago, Ms Quinn said the global pandemic had halted international tours for the past two years.

She said they had focused on culinary travel adventures in the domestic market.

"Eating, drinking and tasting is a huge part of everything I do and I want our experiences to incorporate that," she said.

"I would like to incorporate more history into our tours in future.

"There are self-guided walks around Albury's historic buildings but not everyone likes to be self-guided."

Ms Quinn said they would offer shopping tours leading up to Christmas.

"There are flower farms and ceramicists and sculptors like Ben Gilbert at Yackandandah," she said.

"So many people don't realise how many artisans there are operating around Yackandandah."

The e-bikes can be hired to those aged 18-plus for half and full days, for individuals or in groups up to 13.

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