If you’re visiting Scotland, or if like me, you’re a fair weather or occasional cyclist, then hiring a bicycle would probably be more cost effective than actually buying one.
I have put together this handy directory of Scotland bicycle hire. More and more people are taking to cycling around Scotland as an ideal way to see the best of the country on some of our excellent cycle tracks.
And with all the fitness benefits that come with good exercise, it’s easy to see why bicycle shops are booming. For regular cyclists, owning your own bicycle is probably your best option, but with some people the biggest problem is storage space. If you’re short of space in the home or garage, then hiring a bicycle solves the problem.
SCOTLAND BICYCLE HIRE SHOPS
ABERDEENSHIRE
Cycle Highlands
The Pavilion, Victoria Road, Ballater AB35 5QQ
Tel: 013397 55864
ARGYLL & BUTE
Crinan Cycles
34 Argyll Street, Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8NE
Tel: 01546 603511
Cruise Loch Lomond
The Boatyard, Tarbet, Loch Lomond, Argyll & Bute G83 7DG
Tel: 01301 702 356
AYRSHIRE
Walkers Cycling
45 Main Street, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire KA3 2SY
Tel: 01563 544488
Irvine Cycles
23 Eglinton Street, Irvine KA10 8AX
Tel: 01294 272712
Express Cycles
73 Main Road, Glengarnock, Ayrshire KA14 3AA
Tel : 01505 682401
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
The Break Pad
Kirroughtree Visiors Centre, Palnure, Newton Stewart DG8 7BE
Tel: 01671 401303
Castle Douglas Cycle Centre
Church Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1EA
Tel: 01556 504542
DUNDEE & ANGUS
Spokes Cycles
272 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1AE
Tel: 01382 666644
EDINBURGH AREA
Bike Trax
7 – 11, Lochrin Place, Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3 9QX
Tel: 0131 228 6633
Pedal Forth
17 East Cromwell St, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6HD
Tel: 0131 554 9990
Leith Cycle Co
276 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5BX
Tel: 0131 467 7775
The Bike Station
244 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1UU
Tel: 07928 483194
FORT WILLIAM
Nevis Cycles
4 Lochy Crescent, Inverlochy, Fort William PH33 6NG
Tel: 01397 705555
Off Beat Bikes
117 High St, Fort William,
Invernesshire, PH33 6DG.
Tel: 01397 704008
GLASGOW
The Bike Station
65 Haugh Road, Glasgow G3 8TX
Tel: 0141 248 5409
South West Community Cycles
Pollokshaws West Railway Station, 2092 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G43 1AT
Tel: 0141 632 7155
INVERNESS AREA
Ticket To Ride
Cantraybruich Cottage, Culloden Moor, Inverness IV2 5EG
Tel: 07902 242301
Highland Bicycle Co
16a Telford Street, Inverness IV3 5JZ
Tel: 01463 234789
MILLPORT: ISLE OF CUMBRAE
On Your Bike
27-29 Stuart street, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae KA280AJ
Tel: 01475 530300
Mapes of Millport
3/5 Guildford Street, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae KA28 0AE
Tel: 01475 530444
PERTH & KINROSS
Escape Route
3 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5BX
Tel: 01796 473859
SHETLAND
Grantfield Garage
North Road, Lerwick, Shetland Islands ZE1 0NT
Tel: 01595 692709
STIRLING
Stirling Cycle Hub
Stirling Train Station, Goosecroft Road, Stirling FK8 1PF
01786 474160
The ‘Bicycle capital of Scotland’ has to be Millport, on the Isle of Cumbrae. It’s the only town on the Island, and Cumbrae’s so small that a bike ride round the Island will take you on a journey of just 10.25 miles. There are cycle hire shops here offering hundreds of bicycles between them, and although not all of them have a website, you will find them when you get there, trust me. So, Scotland bicycle hire has to start in Millport which can be reached from Largs with a nice, leisurely 10 minute Ferry Crossing.
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