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Glasgow

West End Cycles
16-18 Chancellor Street, Partick, Glasgow, Tel: 0141 357 1344
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: 10 to 15 pounds
Weekly hire: 45 to 55 pounds
Deposit required
Email: j.allan@btinternet.com

Edinburgh

Leith Cycle Co
Great Bikes, No Bull
276 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Tel: 0131 467 7775 or 0131 553 1130
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hires from ?0
Weekly rates available
Deposit required (?0)

BikeTrax
11 Lochrin Place, Tollcross, Edinburgh
Tel. 0131 228 6633 or Fax. 0131 228 3686
www.biketrax.co.uk

Edinburgh Cycle Hire and Safaris
29 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh, Tel: 0131 556 5560 / Fax: 0131 556 4171
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?0
Weekly hire: ?5 to ?0
Deposit required (?0)

AD (Corstorphine) Cycles
AD (7 Day) Centre, 9 Featherhall Avenue, Corstorphine, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 334 2349 / Fax: 0131 539 7477
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?5
Weekly hire: ?5 to ?5
Deposit required (?0 to ?00)

Stirling

15a Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, Stirling, Tel and Fax: 01786 83232
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?3
Weekly hire: ?0 to ?0
Deposit required (?0)

Trossachs

Scottish Cycle Centre
Invertrossachs Road, Callander FK17 8HW, Tel: 01877 331100, Fax: 01877 331200
Email: scotcycle@aol.com

Fort William
Off Beat Bikes
Fort William, Tel: 01397 704008
Touring and off-road bikes

Glencoe
Glencoe Mountain Bike Centre
Clachaig Inn, Glencoe, Argyll, Tel: 01855 811252 / Fax: 01855 811679
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?2
Weekly hire: from ?0
Deposit required

Mountain Madness
Camerons Court, Onich, Telephone and Fax: 01855 821500
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?2
Deposit required

Perthshire

Well House Hotel
Toberargan Road, Pitlochry, Tel: 01796 472239
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?0
Weekly hire:?6 to ?0
No deposit

Atholl Activity Cycles
Old School Park, Blair Atholl, Tel: 01796 473 553
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?0 to ?2
Weekly hire: ?0 to ?0
Deposit required (?0)

Dunkeld Bike 'N' Hike
The Chalets, Tay Terrace, Dunkeld, Tel: 01350 728744
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?1 to ?3
Weekly hire: from ?0
Deposit required

Dunolly House
Taybridge Drive, Aberfeldy, Tel: 01887 820298
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?3
Weekly hire: ?5 to ?5
Deposit required (?0)

Mountains and Glens
Railway Road, Blairgowrie, Tel: 01250 874206 / Fax: 01250 874469
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?0 to ?3
Weekly hire: ?5 to ?5
Deposit required

Croft-na-Caber Activities Centre
Kenmore, Loch Tay, Tel: 01887 830588 / Fax: 01887 830649
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?4
Deposit required (?0)

Perthshire Mountain and Touring Bikes
Loch Tay Boating Centre, Pier Road, Kenmore
Tel: 01887 830291/830414 / Fax 01887 830414
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?3
Weekly hire: ?5 to ?8
Deposit required (?00)

Inverness Region

Wilderness Cycles
The Cottage, Drumnadrochit by Loch Ness
Tel: 01456 450223

Flowerburn Holiday Homes
Fortrose, Tel: 01381 621069
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?
Weekly hire: ?0
No deposit

Logan's Bike Hire
Crann-Tara Guest House, High Street, Grantown on Spey, Tel: 01479 872197
Touring bikes and tandem
Daily hire: ? to ?
Weekly hire: ?0 to ?5
Deposit required (?0)

Aviemore Spar Stores
Grampian Road, Aviemore, Tel: 01479 810284
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?
Weekly hire: ?3 to ?5
No deposit

Aviemore Mountain Bikes
45a Grampian Road, Aviemore, Tel: 01479 811007

Sporthaus
Grampian Road, Aviemore, Tel: 01479 810655

Pine Bank Chalets
Dalfaber Road, Aviemore, Tel: 01479 810000

Clive Rowland
9 Bridge Street, Inverness, Tel: 01463 238 746

Beauly Firth Bikes
Murellan, Drumchardine
7 miles out of Inverness on the A862 to Beauly
Tel: 01463 831 679.
Email: almmoore@aol.com

Mountain Bike Hire and Tours
Inverness, Tel: 01468 627 414
Mountain bikes
Full day ?0 to ?2
Half day ? to ?
Helmet hire: ?

Aberdeenshire

Huntly Nordic Ski Centre
Hill of Haugh, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Tel: 01466 794428
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?2
Deposit required (?0)

Huntly Cycle Centre
7 Granary Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Tel/Fax: 01466 793508

The Islands

On Yer Bike
Salen, Aros, Isle of Mull, Tel: 01680 300501
Off-road bikes
Daily hire: ?
Weekly hire: from ?5
Deposit required (?0)

Fairwinds Bicycle Hire
Fairwinds, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Tel: 01471 822270
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire:? to ?
Weekly hire: ?6 to ?2
Deposit required (? to ?0)

Island Cycles
The Green, Portree, Isle of Skye, Tel: 01478 613 121
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?5
Weekly hire: ?0 to ?5
Deposit required

Skye Bikes
The Pier, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Tel: 01599 534 795

Skye Ferry Filling Station
Ardvasar, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Tel: 01471 844 249

Morrison Cycle Hire
Bonnie View, 19 Carinish, North Uist, Tel: 01876 580211
Touring bikes
Daily hire: ?
Deposit required

Barra Cycle Hire and Repair
29 St. Brendan Road, Isle of Barra, Tel: 01871 810284
Touring and off-road bikes
Daily hire: ? to ?2
Weekly hire: ?5 to ?0
No deposit

Alex Dan Cycle Hire
67 Kenneth Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Tel: 01851 704025

Paterson's Cycle Centre
Tankerness Lane, Kirkwall, Orkney, Tel: 01856 873097

Orkney Cycle Hire
54 Dundas Street, Stromness, Orkney, Tel: 01856 850255

Bike Rental

If you are coming on a BikeBus trip, and need bike hire (bike rental) you'll have to organise this yourself but the addresses of two bike hirers, all quite near where we start from, are given below. Please note that if the trip description says cycling with luggage , you'll need a bike with a luggage rack plus panniers, a helmet is a good idea too!

Bike Rental in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Cycle Hire , 29 Blackfriars Street. 0131-556 5560.
Mountain bikes, hybrids, touring bikes, tandems. Peter the owner takes pride in his flexibility, you can have a bike for just two hours or two months, pick it up in Edinburgh and leave it in Inverness or Skye or whatever. Can also arrange bike hire in other parts of Scotland. www.cyclescotland.co.uk

Central Cycle Hire , Bike Trax, 11 Lochrin Place, Edinburgh. 0131-228 6333.
Mountain bikes, hybrids, touring bikes, tandems. A long established professional bike shop. www.biketrax.co.uk

Bike Rental in Glasgow

Dales Cycles , Dobbies Loan, Glasgow. 0141-332 2705.
Mountain bikes, hybrids, touring bikes, tandems. A large, long established professional bike shop.

There are many other bike hirers in Scotland, most of them concentrate on hiring mountain bikes for day trips. We have used those listed above and can recommend them.