11395 Bicycle hire in Garfagnana

Anyone advise on where i might be able to hire a bike, looking for a good quality road or mountain bike, while i am in the area on holiday. In the past i've always brought my own bike but budget airlines (both the handling and the cost) tend to make this less worthwhile.
I'd like to be able to have something arranged before i go, but not sure if any of the shops would have a website or email for communicating. Will be staying near Castelnuovo so somewhere between there and probably Lucca.
any advice welcome, thanks

Iain

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Travel & Holiday Advice

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 09:19

Hi Iain,

We have a cycle hire business here (unfortunately not in Garfagnana).

The difficulty here is in order to set up a cycle rental business, you must have a licence from the comune in the exact same way as a car hire company. This puts a lot of bike shops (the usual place to look for a rental bike) off from doing it as a sideline. It may also take them into a different tax regime (not something undertaken lightly here!).

The upshot is it is very difficult to find cycle hire places. Our experience here is that the ones available free at agriturismos and hotels are generally in a poor state of repair or maintenance and even the owners admit they don't have time to maintain them.

I would suggest contacting wherever you are staying and see if they have some contact via the local bike club or rethink bringing your own.

Now of course if you were coming to the Sibillinis we could rent you one of ours!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:41

Hi I hope this link can be of use. They are based in Castelnuovo so if they can't hire you one they may be able to point you in the right direction of some one who can.
Hope this helps
Regards:smile:

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:53

Hi - if you are travelling south from Milan, Genova or Parma then Biciclo [URL="http://www.biciclo.it/home_fr.htm"]Benvenuti nel sito di Biciclo[/URL] in Aulla MS would not be too much of a detour.

We use Elisabeta for our B&B guests who need bikes. Because they run a huge trade/online business as well, their stock is modern and they will set up the bikes to your personal requirements in advance.

Good luck and happy hols

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 20:45

The folks at BikeRentalsPlus.com will deliver road, mountain and and hybrid bikes for your holiday. They also may have a supplier near the Garfagnana so you don't have to pay a delivery fee: [URL="http://www.BikeRentalsPlus.com"]www.BikeRentalsPlus.com[/URL]