“Bike On Tours” began from an interest in bicycle touring and experience in touring in the United States, France, Portugal, Spain and throughout Southern Ontario. The widely recognized Ontario bicycle touring web site www.BikeOnTours.on.ca first appeared in 1996. Twenty-three route guides for loop routes throughout Southern Ontario and for bicycling across Ontario from Manitoba and US border crossings to Quebec were self-published. Custom routes have also been provided for clients from as far away as the Netherlands,Mexico and the United States including Texas, Oregon and the Eastern Seaboard.

In 2008 all of these routes were combined for the first time in the new Ontario Bicycle Touring Atlas published by DunMap. Hundreds of copies have been sold and it is widely available on the internet including online retailers Amazon.com, E Bay, Barnes & Noble as well as through select retail stores. A detailed community index provides useful information on towns, bicycle repair shops, libraries for internet access and a selection of the most convenient and best restaurants, bed and breakfasts, inns, motels and camping. The listings include information on attractions such as wineries, theatre, festivals, beaches, natural areas, historic sites, Mennonite and Native Canadian communities. The Atlas is now in it's third edition.

Bike On Tours provides free listings in the community index for accommodation providers, tourist information offices and other related service providers. Paid advertising is available on the web site through Google Ads and an Accommodation Partner program.

Consulting services are available in Bicycling Plans, Tourism Development Strategies and Fund Development. Bike On Tours has well-developed skills in planning and fund development including plan development, project management and community consultation. A landmark study in cycling tourism was completd in 2011 for Tourism Region 8 - Northumberland, Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes. The study drew on international sources infomation from regions with success in catering to touring cyclists. The recommendations dealt with infrastructure, programs aimed at cyclists needs and successful marketing on the internet.

Howard has a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University, a BA in Geography and Sociology from the University of Guelph and is a Presidents Honour Roll graduate of the Fund Development certificate program at Fanshawe College in London. From 2001 to 2004 Howard was employed in Personal Giving and Planned Giving positions with two large charitable organizations. He was previously employed with the City of London as a manager and urban planner for over twenty-one years. He has been involved in the developing and implementing many different planning studies and the political process in the communities involved.