Come and explore the Highlands of Scotland by bike. We've been helping people with their Scottish cycling holidays since we hired out our first bike in 2007. Since then we have grown the bike hire fleet, expanded the team and developed new transport, luggage storage and bag transfer services for cyclists and walkers.
We are a small team with a broad range of cycling experience. Our hard work and honest advice has been recognised in many five star reviews on sites like Tripadvisor. Travel restrictions are now being relaxed ahead of schedule in Scotland. Thank you to everyone who has limited their contacts this winter and to those who have delivered the vaccine programme.
We are a small team with a broad range of cycling experience. Our hard work and honest advice has been recognised in many five star reviews on sites like Tripadvisor. Travel restrictions are now being relaxed ahead of schedule in Scotland. Thank you to everyone who has limited their contacts this winter and to those who have delivered the vaccine programme.
Services
Single Day Hires in Summer: The summer months are the peak of what is a short season for us and we have to maintain availability of bikes for our longer itineraries. We understand that you need to make plans too so if you want to go cycling for just one day in June, July or August please get in touch around a week in advance and we'll be happy to check availability and make a booking if we can.
If you want to enjoy your bike ride it helps to hire a great bike. We use high quality bikes from Trek who are one of the world's leading bicycle manufacturers. Our hire bikes are NEW each year and carefully cleaned, maintained and checked before every trip to ensure safety and reliablity. We subscribe to the Cyclists Touring Club Bike Hire Code.
Explore farther and faster on a road bike. For day bike rides by Loch Ness or cycling the North Coast 500 we've got new Trek Checkpoint AL4 road bikes. Our road bikes are designed to be fast but comfortable and resilient enough to handle the rougher surfaces found on some Highland roads. Luggage Rack are not fitted as standard but can we can put one on if you need panniers for a bit of light touring or plan to cycle the North Coast 500.
The hybrid or trekking bike is the ideal choice for a cycle tour of Scotland, cycling the North Coast 500 or any of the cycling day trips around Inverness. We buy new bikes each year to ensure reliability and safety and we've chosen the Trek FX 2 Disc for 2020 having had a great experience with these bikes in the past.
For the Great Glen Way, Loch Ness 360 and other off-road routes you'll need one of our mountain bikes. Mountain bikes aren't as quick as hybrids on tarmac but offer greater comfort and control on rougher terrain. One-way bike hire can be arranged for The Great Glen Way finishing in Fort William or Caledonia Way NCN78 finishing in Oban.
Reviews (10)
Nick Tan
Sep 09, 2021
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Jin Fang
Jul 09, 2021
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After my bike broke down before the start of my bike touring journey, I found these guys at Ticket To Ride who swiftly provided me with a great fitting bike, with pannier rack and puncture repair kits included all for a very reasonable price. The service they provided was top notch and I had no problem with the bike at any point throughout the trip. For anyone looking for bike hires, I couldn't recommend these guys enough.
Tom Woodburn
Jun 20, 2021
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Karen Macfarlane
Jun 18, 2021
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Andre Mattiuzzi
Nov 07, 2020
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Hired a tandem bike to cycle to Culloden on day one and Loch Ness on day two. We were supported by Richard, who was extremely friendly, not only providing excellent service but also helpful information about the region we used on our journey. Our reservation was done online including bike, lock and a pair of helmets, and everything was done safely and quickly. Ticket to Ride definitely made our trip to the highlands much more fun!
Jesse C. Jc
Aug 11, 2020
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Andriy Meleshykhin
Jun 21, 2020
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John Lamb
Dec 07, 2019
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We arranged bike hire for 24 hours as we headed off to ride Bealach Na Ba. Sadly there weren’t any road bikes available but they did put SPD pedals on the hybrid bikes for us. I was able to book everything by email / online but also chatted to them just before we set off. Richard was friendly and helpful on the phone and Charlie was knowledgable, friendly and flexible when we picked up the bikes. Thanks guys.
Emanuele Ferri
Sep 03, 2019
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Hired a bike online for the etape sportive and to cycle around the area. The bikes are top quality and the guys that work there are very helpful and made my experience very enjoyable and smooth. Definitely would use their services again and recommend them to everyone visiting and cycling Inverness and the Scottish highlands.
Alberto Trenado
Jul 16, 2017
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Fantastic costumer service. Richard and Stella didn't hesitate to answer each of my myriad of questions. Their bike stock is of excellent quality. The hybrid specialized i rented for the day was as comfortable as my very own Whyte Suffolk. Was provided with all accessories for safety, antitheft and wheel repair. Had a pleasant day cycling loch Ness and Richard recommendations came to pay off greatly. Again, thank you for the great experience
