Name: Backroads, backroads.com

Description: Spend a week mountain-biking in the Costa Rican rain forest and along the coastline, or 11 days in the lake district beneath the Andes. Cost: $2,300, $3,800.

Name: Bike China, bikechina.com

Description: Next month, ride through the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan to the mountain town of Zhongdian. Simple meals and accommodations. Cost: $2,000.

Name: VeloAsia (www.veloasia.com)

Description: Cushier, bus-accompanied tours. On the 12-day Lunar New Year trip, ride past Vietnam’s imperial tombs, deserted blue lagoons and pine forests.

Cost: $3,000.

Name: Bicycle Africa(www.ibike.org)

Description: Offers two-week rides in Africa or Cuba year-round.

Cost: $1,000 to $1,300 to Africa; $990 to Cuba, including air fare from Cancun.