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Bike rental/hire in Dorset/Devon UK
Not sure if this belongs in rec.misc?
Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We would need light touring bikes, triples, with light baggage racks, for two adults and two preteens, preferably tiagra quality or higher. Any thoughts? |
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mtb Dad wrote:
Not sure if this belongs in rec.misc? Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We would need light touring bikes, triples, with light baggage racks, for two adults and two preteens, preferably tiagra quality or higher. Any thoughts? Not sure where to rent, but I'll cross-post to uk.rec.cycling where you'll get a better response. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. |
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mtb Dad wrote:
Not sure if this belongs in rec.misc? Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We would need light touring bikes, triples, with light baggage racks, for two adults and two preteens, preferably tiagra quality or higher. Any thoughts? try posting to uk.rec.cycling pk |
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On Oct 14, 1:21 pm, Gerald H wrote:
In article , says... Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We would need light touring bikes, triples, with light baggage racks, for two adults and two preteens, preferably tiagra quality or higher. Any thoughts? Not sure where to rent, but I'll cross-post to uk.rec.cycling where you'll get a better response. Alan. There is a hire place in Charminster, Bournemouth called "on yer Bike" which several people I know have used without problems.www.onyerbike.co.ukis their website I think... Thanks. I have written to them for info. L |
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:56:38 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech mtb Dad
wrote: Not sure if this belongs in rec.misc? Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We would need light touring bikes, triples, with light baggage racks, for two adults and two preteens, preferably tiagra quality or higher. Any thoughts? We ride tandem and usually rent as opposed to shipping a bike. I have found that, in the US, anyway, I generally get very poor equipment. My worst story is from Chicago where I reserved a high-quality tandem only to learn that all they had was a very cheap piece of junk. After two hours, we took it back and they wanted to charge me the two-day rental. They threatened to call the police, so I paid and charged fraud to the credit card company... they finally settled for $36 (+tax) for less than two hours on a piece of s**t bike. I have had better luck in Europe. The 600 lb gorillia of the bicycle rental business is liability insurance. Try to find a shop that doesn't do rentals and make an offerwith a waiver. It has never worked, but it sounds like a good idea. Jones |
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Bike rental/hire in Dorset/Devon UK
Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer.
I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. "Saddles and Paddles" in Exeter. It's on the quayside, right on NCR2. http://www.saddlepaddle.co.uk/ fboab |
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On Oct 15, 4:42 am, wrote:
Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. "Saddles and Paddles" in Exeter. It's on the quayside, right on NCR2. http://www.saddlepaddle.co.uk/ fboab They don't seem to carry the kind of bike I mentioned. Just hybrids and cruiser type bikes. |
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On Oct 14, 1:21 pm, Gerald H wrote:
In article , says... Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer. I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We would need light touring bikes, triples, with light baggage racks, for two adults and two preteens, preferably tiagra quality or higher. Any thoughts? Not sure where to rent, but I'll cross-post to uk.rec.cycling where you'll get a better response. Alan. There is a hire place in Charminster, Bournemouth called "on yer Bike" which several people I know have used without problems.www.onyerbike.co.ukis their website I think... Thanks but they don't seem to have the kind of bike I referred to. |
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