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See the world’s 12 most fashionable cities in one bike trip – for just £80,100

Jaw-dropping price includes an A2B e-bike and £1,000 charity donation

To celebrate the launch of its Obree and Orsted model e-bikes, A2B has teamed up with luxury experience service VeryFirstTo to offer a month-long cycling tour which will see travellers visiting the 12 most fashionable cities in the world, staying in high-end hotels and eating in world famous restaurants - and the cost? £80,100.

On behalf of German e-bike manufacturer, A2B, VeryFirstTo has come up with a list of the world’s 12 most fashionable cities, each of which will be visited during an £80,100 trip. Holiday-makers will be guided around on an e-bike which they will then be allowed to keep afterwards.

To come up with the list of destinations, VeryFirstTo ranked cities according to a number of categories, including shopping, dining out, culture and nightlife. Unsurprisingly, Paris, with its 70 Michelin-starred restaurants, came out on top, followed by New York, Milan, London and Barcelona. The trip will also take in Rome, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Berlin and Sydney.

The Paris leg of the trip will involve travelling from the historic district of Le Marais to the fashionable areas of Avenue Montaigne, Beauborg and Rue St Honoré. Aperitifs will be taken at the Hôtel Costes followed by dinner at Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse. Other highlights include a stay at the W hotel in Barcelona, dinner at le Gavroche in London and a night in the Cavalli Club in Milan.

The cost of the trip includes travel between the cities, accommodation, tour guides and transportation of the bikes, as well as a £1,000 donation to The Prince’s Trust. Meals are not included – although the £2,500 e-bike is.  

Tourists have a choice of two models. The Obree is named after Graeme Obree and is a 2014 International Designs of the Year Award nominee. It boasts a lower centre of gravity with smaller wheels, whereas the Orsted has larger wheels and looks more like a traditional bicycle. It is named after Hans Christian Orsted, the Danish physicist who carried out important work in the field of electromagnetism. Both e-bikes feature five levels of ‘assist’ and offer a legal limit of 25km/h in Europe and 32km/h elsewhere.

The trip is available from October onwards with a lower cost European only version also on offer. Don’t expect the reduced trip to provide a bargain, however. Other VeryFirstTo experiences include every Michelin 3* restaurant in six months for £182,000 and every World Heritage Site in one holiday for £990,000.

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MaxP | 9 years ago
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Any chance someone could go on this trip and do a honest review for us, so then we can judge for ourselves which relative we can steal a kidney from to pay for this trip.

I am more than happy to make a small donation  1

I still have some 'Green Shield stamps'

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parksey | 9 years ago
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One for when I win the lottery, perhaps.

I'd expect the amount of cycling to be nominal at best, those partaking are unlikely to want to get a sweat on, even on an e-bike.

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RobD | 9 years ago
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I really would hope you'd be flying first class for that money, actually, for that much I'd be expecting to never have to take a step of my own accord, there should be someone there to carry me from the moment I stop pedalling to the moment I reached the Hotel/restaurant.
I'm not sure this is the trip Id pick if I had £80k to spend cycling around a load of worldwide cities.

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giobox | 9 years ago
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More evidence of the "cycling is the new golf" trend. There's a lot of very expensive cycle tours starting to be offered these days. If there is a market for this, fair play to the these guys for taking the money!

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dp24 | 9 years ago
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80 grand and doesn't even include meals  21

I don't know how Milan made that list either. Dull.

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Gkam84 | 9 years ago
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I'm sure they asked Obree's permission....maybe.

But it is an electric bike. Obree has strived to break many human powered records in his time, without assistance from anything other than his mind and aerodynamics. Why would you even think naming an electric assistance bike after him is acceptable??

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arfa | 9 years ago
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Well whatever floats your boat but it strikes me as the perfect tour for someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

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ped | 9 years ago
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Percentage-wise, the £1000 donation to the Prince's Trust isn't far from the pittance that goes to good causes when we pay for folk to climb Kilimanjaro or trek to Machu Picchu.

If anyone wants to sort a whip round, I'll have a go at this.

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Gkam84 | 9 years ago
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Meals are not included.....but we'll take you to some of the most expensive restaurants available....Are going to those restaurants compulsory....  19

As for calling an electric bike after Obree.....F*** OFf

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Leviathan replied to Gkam84 | 9 years ago
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This isn't a competition prize then? Wait I'll just check my balance on my mobile app... No guess I am not going.

Gkam84 wrote:

Meals are not included.....but we'll take you to some of the most expensive restaurants available....Are going to those restaurants compulsory....  19

As for calling an electric bike after Obree.....F*** OFf

Really, Keith, do you have to quite so obnoxious all the time? Anyone who didn't know you would think you had some kind of mental illness. As Mr Obree is alive and well I imagine they would have to ask his permission to name the bike after him and this might involve that universal lubricant, money. Surely a Scot would appreciate something for nothing, that is your usual modus operandi.

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