WE OFFER A RANGE OF DUTCH BIKES FOR HIRE
We have 2 Hire Locations - Hove/Brighton & Littlehampton
To avoid disappointment, we recommend you book in advance.
BIKE HIRE RATES 2010 - July - August
Daily Hire ............£17 (shop opening hours)
24 Hour Hire..........£22
3 Day Hire.......£60
2hr hire £12 (available after 2pm)
Triple Touring Panniers £4
Wicker basket £3
Cycle Helmet £3
Child Seat £3 (each)
Deposit £50 per bike on a credit/debit card - terms and conditions apply - see below.
All our hire bikes come with fitted locks and chains/cables for you to lock them to while unattended. For overnight/weekly hires, you must have somewhere to securely store your bike indoors and of the public street overnight.
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Daily hire is from 9.30am to 5.00pm
24 hour hire - pick up your bike at 9.30am and return by 9.30am following morning
3 Day hire - 3 x 24 hour hire - eg, pick up Friday 9.30am and return 9.30am Monday morning
4 hire part-hire - only available after 1pm
Extras Available
£3 per child seat - front and rear options available
Cycle helmet £3 (adults or childs)
CHOOSING YOUR BIKE
We offer range of Batavus models for you to choose from subject to availability.
All Terrain Bike - Batavus Raid - 24 speed bicycle suitable for a variety of riding inlcuding off-beaten cycle tracks and road riding. Please note, this bike is unsuitable for child seats.
Batavus Personal Bike - Designed by Batavus for use as a hire bike, this bike is now the most rented bike in Amsterdam and is availble for hire in our locations with the benefit of 3 speeds, rear rack, front and rear lights, side stand, integral locks and extra wide tyres for exploring off-beaten cycle tracks and also road riding.
The Personal Bike is a unisex bike with no crossbar - thus allowing easy access for the rider and also some models have the benefit of extra-low step-through frame.
Child Seats are available as an optional extra with the Batavus Personal Bike. You can have one front and one rear if you wish.
BUB - Bub is the all new Batavus trendy bicycle which has recently won a Gold IF Design Award.
BATAVUS BOOSTER
Batavus Booster - a 3 speed, quirky, different Dutch bike.
(We also offer a range of quirky bikes for photshoots/films/props - scroll below to see the bikes available)
Booking -
You can just turn up on the day, and take pot-luck, however during very busy times, booking is advisable.
If booking we offer two types of booking -
Full payment in advance. This is where you pay for your bike(s) at the time of booking and we will reserve your bike for you and have it ready for you when you come.
Booking, without pre-payment - we offer this on the basis that you can book your bike which you must collect by 10am on the day you've booked your bikes. If you don't collect by 10am, we'll assume you are no longer intending to come and your bike will be allocated to another renter. During particularly busy periods, it may not be possible to make this type of booking.
Please note when booking bikes where you require child seats and so on, we will only accept pre-paid bookings. You are welcome to turn up on a 'pot-luck' basis if you wish.
Child Seats - We only have a limited number of child seats and suitable child carrying bikes available. So if you're intending to rent a bike with a child seat - please do book in advance. To-date, our child carrying Batavus bikes have proved very popular.
We regret that we're unable to accommodate you bringing your own child seats for use on our bikes and we do not rent our child seats separately for use with your own bike.
Hove and Brighton now boasts some excellent off-road seafront cycle rides, which are ideal for those looking to enjoy a cycle ride in a traffic free environment.
WE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OFFER CASH RENTALS.
To hire a bike, you must have a credit/debit card. If at the end of the hire, you may, if you wish, pay for your hire with cash but this is only on the basis of your credit/debit card being pre-authorised for the hire and the hire deposit.
The current retail price for a Batavus Personal Bike Deluxe is £699. We don't take a cash deposit at the time of rental, but we do pre-authorise your credit card to the value of £50. Please note that this money is not taken from your account - in fact no money is taken from your account until you return the bike, where subject to the bike being returned in the same condition as it was at the time of hire, you will only be billed for hire fees. You may wish to pay for your hire fees on termination by cash or debit card or using the same credit card that was used at the time of rental.
Identification-
If this is your first time hiring from us, we'd need to see some form of photographic identity, which could include anything from the following -
staff card - passport - driving licence -
As with all our shops, CCTV images are continually recorded for the security and safety of our customers, staff and property.
Discounts-
We offer a hirer's loyalty scheme for regular hirers details which will be available to you on your first hiring.
Full terms and Conditions -
A copy of our full terms and conditions will be made available to you at the time of hire where you will be asked to sign that you agree to them.
These conditions have been composed by our solicitors, and in summary they basically boil down to these key features -
- You're responsible for any damage, howsoever caused to our bike or any of the hire equipment.
- You're responsible for any damage or injury that your cause to anyone/anything else while out riding our bike.
- By hiring, you agree that you are fully competent and capable of riding a bike - and fit enough to ride one and also that you're fully familiar with the requirements of the Road Traffic ~Act and that you will cycle responsibily either on or off the road and pay due respects to other road users, pedestrians and so on.
- You'll return the bike to us no later than the agreed time.
- In the event that your bike is stolen - you're responsible for the entire replacement cost of the bike. Replacement values are based on trade prices, and not retail prices.
The above are not exhaustive, but cover the most important points.
Our responsibilities to you are to provide you with a quality bike, as described in our hire information (we do reserve the right to change the specification in accordance with manufacturer's build designs, which do change from time to time) and to ensure that this bike is a safe, working condition so that you can enjoy your cycling.
Our aim is to provide you with a quality Batavus Dutch bicycle for hire and that you enjoy a great day or hour's cycling.
If there is anything we can do to make your experience more enjoyable, then please let us know when you rent your bike.
Car Parking-
Pay and Display car parking is avaiable in the streets surrounding our Hove/Brighton shop. Most of these bays have a maximum 2 hour limit, however there is a very large bay just a short walk away from the shop where you can pay and display for far longer periods - all day - and at a reduced rate. Please ask our staff for details of where these locations are.
Toilets -
Public toilets are widely available all along Brighton and Hove's seafront cycle routes as well as lots of refreshment stops.
Luggage storage -
We regret that owing to the relatively small size of our Hove shop, we're unable to store personal effects and property while you are out on your hire. So please, ensure that you make alternative arrangements particularly in relation to children's push chairs and buggys.
Cycle Maps
Subject to availability we provide all our hirer's with a free cycling map, courtesy for Brighton and Hove City Council. This map details all the off-road cycle routes, places of interest and so on. All we ask you to do please is to return it to us after the hire period so we can re-used the maps. We also have a wall map available in our shop where you can see the routes available. If you're just looking for an amble along the seafront it's unlikely you'll need a map as the route is straight along the seafront and is 99% flat riding, the only hill being just outside Brighton Marina.
Any questions - please telephone us on 01273 774061 - or you can email us at dutchcycles@live.co.uk - but please, have a read of the above information which should hopefully cover most questions.
Rates for mid and high season will be available later in the year.
We also offer a range of quirky bikes for use as television/film/stage props or for photographic shoots.
Please Contact us at dutchcycles@live.co.uk for further details.
Our Raleigh Trades Bicycle - pictured above can be seen around Brighton as one of our advertising boards. We purchased this bike in 2007 during an episode of the popular television programme - Cash in the Attic. At the time of purchase, the bike was in a poor and neglected state. We have now restored the bike and it's used as one of our cycle sandwich board bikes in Brighton. This bike is available for hire for photo shoots, or use as film props. It's a genuine Raleigh Trades from the 1940s. With the front wheel smaller than the rear, this bike would have typically been used for carrying heavier loads, for example a Butchers or Greengrocer's bike.
Please email us at dutchcycles@live.co.uk for further information.
We also have a Burmese Side Car bike - the genuine article, again restored by us and repainted to match the original paintwork. This bike is also availble for hire for use for photo shoots, film prop etc. Please email us at dutchcycles@live.co.uk for further information.
The Burmese side car bicycle can take three people, two passengers in the side car, and one rider. The side car is made from mahogany and with a steel frame. Traditional colours of red and white livery on the side car and the bike is in green.
Sidecar is made from mahogany and the detail amazing. If you're looking for something interesting for a photoshoot, film, stageplay etc, you can hire this bike.