Bicycle Rentals

Quality Road and Hybrid Bikes

We rent the best hybrid and road bicycles in the touring industry.  Our secret: quality equipment that is a pleasure to ride and a wide range of sizes.  A good fit is imperative to enjoy your bicycle.  We start with a rental fleet of premium quality, lightweight, 24- to 27-speed bicycles with frame sizes ranging in 1 or 2 cm increments from 43 to 63 cm on road bikes.  Hybrid bike sizes range in one inch increments from 14 to 22.5 inches.  Since almost all our trips originate from our main warehouse in Olympia, your Head Guide can choose from more than 400 bicycles to find the one that’s sized just right for you.  Child-sized bicycles, trail-a-bikes, and child trailers are available on family trips.

Rocky Mountain and Cannondale Bikes Built to Specifications

Our bicycles are custom built to our specifications by Cannondale and Rocky Mountain.  Working with the bicycle manufacturer, we select every single component to make sure that each bike is a pleasure to ride throughout your trip.  Upon receipt of new bicycles from the manufacturer, we partially disassemble each one.  Each is inspected, serviced and lubed as necessary, and carefully reassembled to our specifications.  On all bicycles we install accessories such as seat packs and cyclometers.

Bikes Equipped with Cyclometers, Front Packs, Seat Packs, and Two Water Bottles

Your rental bike will have a small seat pack, a removable front handlebar pack with map case, and two water bottles.  Rear rack packs are available if requested prior to the trip, as are rear-view mirrors.  Each bicycle also comes equipped with a frame-mounted bicycle pump, two spare tubes, and three tire levers in your seat pack, a small lock and cable in your front pack, and a cyclometer mounted on the handlebars.  The cyclometer electronically displays current speed and daily trip distance traveled.  Our written directions define route turns by description and mileage from the lodge, making a cyclometer on your bike a very handy navigational aid. 

Choose From a Variety of Saddles

We have a variety of bicycle saddles to choose from — male-female or racing-touring (softer).  Most bicycles will be set up with a touring saddle.  We will have a few extra saddles on hand at the start of your trip in case you want to switch.  If you prefer you can bring your own saddle from your bike at home, and have us install it on your rental bicycle.

You May Bring Your Own Clipless Pedals

If you are used to riding a bicycle with clipless pedals but want to rent one of our bicycles, unscrew the pedals from your bike and bring them (and the corresponding cycling shoes) with you.  We'll install your personal pedals on your rental bike.

Rental Bikes Tuned Up Before Tour, Professionally Overhauled Yearly

Your leader will tune up your rental bicycle before your trip in our professional bicycle shop, and our professional bicycle mechanics completely overhaul every bicycle at least once a year.  Should your front wheel find a hole your eyes missed or should any other mechanical mishap occur during the trip, we'll keep you going at no extra charge by either fixing the bike you rented or letting you use one of the spare bicycles we bring on each trip.  The spare bicycles also are available if you would like to switch from your assigned rental bicycle.

Hybrid Bicycles

Our most popular rental bicycle is the hybrid, or cross bicycle — a cross between a road and mountain bicycle.  The frame is similar to a road bike, but the handlebars are upright like a mountain bike.  The tires are wider (700 x 35) than a road bike but are designed for riding on pavement.  It's reasonably lightweight, and the cyclist rides in a more upright position that is easier on the back, shoulders, and neck.  This design is available in diamond and mixte (woman’s) frames.  These bikes have 24 to 27 speeds, removable toe clips, and lots of easy gears.  Many have suspension seat posts for a more comfortable ride.

Road Bicycles

Experienced cyclists usually prefer a road bicycle with the standard diamond frame and dropped (racing) handlebars.  This is the lightest and fastest type of bike, and it puts the rider in the most muscle-efficient and aerodynamic riding position.  They have 24 or 27 speeds, narrow tires, and removable toe clips.  Gearing is typically a triple chainring in front (52/39/30) with a nine-speed cassette in the rear (11-32).

Most of our road bikes have standard size wheels (700 cm).  We also have compact bikes with smaller wheels (650 cm) that will accommodate frames especially designed to fit shorter cyclists.  These bikes are available in frame sizes as small as 43 cm (17 inches), which fits a 4 ft - 10 inch rider perfectly.