Ah the ponali trail 😀
We went this time last year and hired from Garda Bike as the shop was on the same street as the hotel. GT Force which were pretty good. I’d assume you’d now get 29ers aswell.
Carpentari also had a ruck of bikes available and I was able to watch a bit of the Giro in the shop.
I think the 2 above seemed the best price vs kit. But ultimately think of where it’s located. We hired for 2 days, at the end of day one we took them back to the shop so they could look after them overnight.
Worth pre-booking early tho, as we were low season we could just hire straight off the street. I guess August you’d be struggling.
Also instead of a guided tour buy the local trail map and do you’re own. You can then take in some of the sites like the medieval village (with awesome descent afterwards).