Bike hire near Bath

sandy771

Going to bath for a couple of days, don't want to take my bike so looking for bike hire and a decent ride near there.

Any ideas?

tourdriving

Bike hire http://www.greenparkbikestation.info/bike-hire/ Bath, Somerset BA1 1JB (ROAD-HYBRID) http://www.bathbikehire.com/ http://www.bath-narrowboats.co.uk/bathbikehirecom Sydney Wharf, Bathwick Hill, Bath, Somerset BA2 4EL (MTB) Delivery service

sandy771

Thanks but looking for a bit more than they offer - might need to borrow a bike bag and lug my Capra into the hotel

rockmonkeysc

Take your own bike and get down to Windhill Bike Park. It's about 30 minutes from Bath and a good escape from all the hipsters and toffs.
http://www.mbr.co.uk/news/wind-hill-358817

sandy771

Bugger - only just seen your post

Ended up taking my own bike and doing a cross country trail from MBUK. a couple of funnish downhill bits but generally too much tarmac, too much flat bridleway and rutted fields, and too many gates. It did help earn a couple of pints that evening though

Windmill if there is a next time up that way.

rockmonkeysc

I'm sure MBUK are a bunch of roadies. They're based in Bath and publish a local route with an unnecessary amount of road. There's loads of better stuff in the area.
Windhill is well worth a visit. It's been open about six months now and is still really busy every weekend, 80 riders in within the first hour and a half last Sunday morning.
It's 20 minutes ride from home for me and used to be our club trails, there's still a fair amount of features there I helped build.
If you like jumps, the step up is awesome fun and really safe to crash.