This post is all about finding bike rentals in Vancouver, BC, Canada! Vancouver is rapidly becoming a destination vacation city for people who like to ride bikes. Check out our map showing you where to rent bikes in Vancouver, and the contact details for the rental stores. This post also has a video about the joys of cycling in Vancouver, and a video showing you how to use Vancouver’s Mobi Bike Share bikes. To start with, here is a video showing you some of the awesome cycling you can look forward to in Vancouver.
If you want to enjoy downtown Vancouver, join the throngs of cyclists on the separated bike lanes, including Hornby Street and Dunsmuir Street. I took the photo below during a quiet time of the day – at rush hour, there are a LOT of cyclists on the Dunsmuir Street separated bike route.
This is how all streets should look – safe space for pedestrians, #cyclists and motorists in downtown #Vancouver! pic.twitter.com/SDr4CZY91L
— Average Joe Cyclist (@AvrgeJoeCyclist) June 19, 2016
You can also cycle the awesome Stanley Park Seawall Trail; or enjoy any one of the many wonderful bike trails. Here’s an entire post about some of the awesome bike trails in and around Vancouver. And here is a post with tips for planning a cycling vacation in Vancouver. You can also take a look at a blog called Let’s Go Biking, which features bike rides in and around Metro Vancouver.
Mobi Bike Share in Vancouver
There are many bike rental shops in Vancouver. You can choose a short-term rental on a Mobi bike share bike. With this system, you pay a daily rate of less than $10, and then you can do unlimited short rides of up to 30 minutes for free. This is ideal for getting from tourist spot to tourist spot, or from a restaurant to your hotel. This video shows you how that works.
Renting a Bike from a Bike Rentals Shop in Vancouver
If you want to do some serious cycling, you can rent a bike from a rentals shop, where you can often also sign up for a guided bike tour. Either way, you are set to have a great bike ride. Bear in mind that BC laws require wearing bike helmets at all times. All Vancouver bike rentals shops will supply bike helmets; most will also supply locks. Most have a variety of family-friendly options as well, including kids’ bikes, trail-a-bike, bike trailers, and baby seats.
This is a list of Vancouver bike rentals shops, including locations and contact details. Many of these bike rentals shops are located right on off-road trails, or very close by, making it safe and easy to rent a bike and have some healthy outdoor fun in Vancouver. The map shows where these Vancouver bike rentals stops are, while the exact address is given in the listings.
110 Davie St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2V4
(604) 648-2600
Location: right on the off-road Seaside Bike Route
Types of bikes: High quality road, tandems, electric bikes, baby seats
1798 Georgia St W, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V7
(604) 688-5141
Location: at the entrance to Stanley Park
Types of bikes: road, hybrid, tandem, mountain, cruiser, elliptigo, trailers and trail-a-bike for kids
Spokes also sells bikes, and has been in business since 1938
745 Denman St, Vancouver, BC V6G 2L6
(604) 688-2453
Location: at the entrance to Stanley Park
Types of bikes: mountain, cruiser, comfort, hybrids and tandems. Also in-line skates
768 Denman St, Vancouver, BC V6G 2L5
(604) 688-0087
Location: downtown Vancouver, west side; few blocks from Stanley Park
Bicycle rentals and roller blade rentals
5 – EzeeRiders Robson Bike Rentals
1823 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1E4
(604) 331-1789
Location: Downtown Vancouver, a couple of blocks from Stanley Park
999 Pacific Street, Vancouver
604-682-4537
Brands: Cannnondale, Trek and Schwinn.
Location: southern edge of downtown, at the nexus of Vancouver’s separated bicycle lane network. Minutes from the much less busy entrance to Stanley Park (and the awesome bike route, the Stanley Park Seawall Bike Trail)
7 – EzeeRiders Seawall Bike Rentals
Unit 28 – 1055 Canada Place (Vancouver Convention Center)
(604) 331-1789
Location: right on the Seawall, so you are already on the Seaside Bike Route
1531 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1C3
(778) 371-7316
Location: downtown Vancouver, west side. A few blocks from Stanley Park and the Stanley Park bike trail
Types of bikes: high quality city, tandem
1754 Davie St, Vancouver, BC V6G 1W2
(604) 568-8490
Types of bikes: Quality bikes, including junior mountain bikes, kid’s bikes, trailers and trail-a-bikes
Offers Guided Bike Tours, working with Vancouver Bike Tours
Location: Very close to English Bay and the Seaside Bike Route
10 – Club16 Seawall Bike Rentals (Trevor Linden Fitness Club16)
Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Place #50, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3
604-647-7543
Location: Right on the Seaside Bike Route
Types of bikes: Cruisers, tandems, kid’s bikes, trail-a-bike
608 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2B9
(604) 602-1181
Location: downtown Vancouver
929 Expo Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6Z 3G8
(604) 630-3798
Location: downtown Vancouver
Types of bikes: high quality bikes, including electric bikes and adult tricycles; child seats, trailers
648 Hornby St., Vancouver
604 618 8626
Location: downtown Vancouver
Rentals always available
Tours offered
“Our philosophy is to take our new friends to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the city, with tours led by story-teller guides to increase opportunity for learning and local insight. New for 2015 – we’ve opened a rental shop in downtown Vancouver featuring stylish city bikes, kids bikes and accessories, and off the beaten track self-guided maps and insider tips.”
On a personal note, I have to add that I got a great photo of a family (brother, sister, dad) cycling on the Hornby Street separated bike lane in downtown Vancouver – and later realized from the color of the bikes that they were City Cycle rental bikes. I had a moment of great happiness, thinking that I live in a city where people can rent bikes and then immediately be on family-friendly, separated bike routes – even though they are in the heart of the downtown city! Awesome! Here is the photo:
I hope that you and your family will also have a great time renting bikes and cycling in Vancouver!
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