Hey
Would anyone or anyone you know be the types that may wish to hire things like Pugsleys and other 'niche' machines like tourers etc?
Perhaps you fancy using one but don't want to buy/can't see the long term value in one?
Or maybe you would love to go on a trip but have been delaying it as you don't have the right equipment?
Anyone care to offer some thoughts?
Ta
I think there's a fair few people that would like to try a Pug out.
You should get a hire fleet of custom built Ti bikes. 😆
I'd like to buy a pug but as they're like rocking horse poo id like a test ride first.
If anyone wants to hire a Pugs ftom TBC im happy to take you a beachride east from Longniddry to North Berwick in East Lothian,(train return to Edinburgh)
no charge- except a pint of Strongbow at NB 😮
I'd like to try a Ti 456 to see if it is any better, and a puggsly, and a jones...
you could be onto something
Never mind niche like that, what about stuff like big DH bikes, or super light XC race wepons, or say a proper Tandem.
Get some of those and I reckon you could hire them out for a weekend. These are things Id buy if I didnt have a mortgage, so being able to hire them out is a good alternative.
Not just odd stuff like SS, ridged, fixed, 29ers.
Maybe i should start hiring some of my bikes out. 😆
Yes please ,I'll book a fat bike for the two weeks we have snow next year .mail in profile
😉
Tandems would be interesting actually.
DH bikes not so keen on as they get hammered. You should see what happens to demo trail bikes... you would not believe what damage can be done from a few hours at a trail centre...
I would also propose things like Big Dummys and the like would be useful?
stu if you hire your favorite bike i.e. the tollah out to all these manly men, you would soon be able to wear him like a pair of chest waders 😉
dave.
You're welcome to take the mukluk out when ever you want.
Didn't you used to have a Pug though?
Pug for me please. As I live on the coast it would be great summer/ winter and to try one out would be great.
TBC.
I've had a few people asking if they can borrow our tandem and I've said yes many times but no one's actualy taken it out yet.
The fat front is enough for me mate,got out today ,what a blast.Shame I never got to ride my pug in the snow 🙄
Oi - is that my Pugsley you're talking about????
stu- on a serious note, can I have a go on the slow mad as I've never ridden a "big bike" as I'm an xc mincer. I keep getting the urge for serious boingage in my life
id be interested in a go on a pug, it's the only bike i've taken any real interest in lately
Tazz.
No problem mate.
fanks stu, you're a star.xx
I'll dig it out from the bottom of the pile. 😉
onion - no it's mine 😮
We have a demo tandem. While you'd think this'd be a gold mine, we hire it out maybe 3 or 4 times a year. We even advertise that we have it.
Sounds like too risky a business to me.
aye but you is in the country innit. We live in a proper city.
Will pugsleys take 1.5" slicks? 😉
nope and thats a good thing.
you around this way for xmas btw? beers tomorrow at 1.
My bro and his partner have hired a demo mtb tandem a few times and love it, I think it's more than a couple of hire item though until the partnership settles down. It's never going to be a gold mine as it's not a jump on and go mental kind of thing
I like bacon and leek, oh wait a minute, niche, not quiche. Yeah tandem then, would be good.
can't imagine there would be money in it outside big or big-for-bikes cities
Quite a lot of people showing an interest or would like to have a go. My question is what sort of value do people consider appropriate for the service? I ask purely out of interest so as to try and guage what people consider value for money against service offered.
cynic-al - Member
can't imagine there would be in it outside big or big-for-bikes cities
Is there a sentence in there?
Well it would be cheap enough for a 'what the hell' style decision to be made.
Open a cafe too, quiche with your niche. Might be some folks with cafe experience looking for new positions soon. Was there not somewhere near the Mile that used to hire bikes? Didn't they do tandems? Tandem would be quite a good thing for a day. Ride out to the Pentlands, spin round the hills and back for quiche. Our hire a Pug, out past Portie etc, chips in Dunbar, train back.
Nah, not in town I'm afraid. Partying southern style. I'll be on an extended loan to the Burgh in January though.