Bike Hire

Bike Hire and E-Bike Rental in Galway 🚴

Cycling is a great way to explore the city and take in the stunning beauty it has to offer. Nothing compares to the cool sea breeze off Galway Bay when you’re cycling. Fortunately, there are several locations all throughout the city where you can rent a standard bike or hire an e-bike for a few hours or the entire day and just go exploring.

Numerous bike racks can be found all over the city. As part of the TFI Bike Share scheme, you can rent these bicycles. Simply download the app, enter your information, release the bike, and you’re ready to go. Visit the bikeshare website for further details on how to rent one of these bikes. A similar service is also provided by Brite Mobility with bikes dotted throughout the city in convenient locations to make it easy to hop on and off wherever you like.

Another great option to discover Galway by bike is to hire a bike and one of the multiple bike shops located all around the city where you can rent bikes for the day or longer. Check out some of the local bike shops to hire a bike if you want the added security of help in the event that your bike has an issue.

Check out our list of the Best Cycling Routes in Galway to start planning your next trip.

Bike Rental Companies in Galway 🚲

Brite Mobility

Travelling through Galway City is often much quicker by bike due to our infamous traffic congestion, so renting a Brite bike is highly recommended. Brite ebikes’ small size makes them perfect for gliding through city traffic and ensuring you have no trouble finding parking spaces. For a short trips or longer cycles out into the suburbs, these ebikes are a great option. Brite is available to anyone with a smartphone so tourists, and social cyclists who want to maximize their time in the city and get to see all the sights find them very useful. Visitors are free to explore Galway city at their own leisure after renting a Brite ebike for the afternoon or entire day. Through their app, Brite’s set-up process takes less than 5 minutes. All equipment has GPS, and the Brite app allows users to track rides.

Locations: Throughout Galway City (See website for all locations)

Tel: +353(0)87 208 7244

Web: www.britemobility.com

TFI Bikeshare Galway

The TFI Bikeshare scheme allow bike hire to anyone in Galway above the age of 14 on a self-service basis. Stations are strategically placed around Galway city with 195 bikes currently in operation across 23 stations, making it easy for you to travel by TFI Bike when exploring Galway. Galway City is an ideal city to explore by bike as it is mostly flat with a small city centre. The city has an gradually growing system of bike paths that are used by both visitors and locals to get around. TFI bike stations are strategically placed across the city to give you the most convenient service. Use the TFI Bikes App to find the nearest station, check the availability of bikes and stands, plot out a route, and view your account’s activity.

Locations: Throughout Galway (See website for all locations)

Tel: +353 0818 44 44 77

Web: www.bikeshre.ie

West Ireland Cycling

For cycling tours and bike rentals in Galway, Ireland West Cycling provide a variety of brand-new Trek hybrid touring bikes, Trek road cycles, eBikes, tandems, and all the cycling accessories you may need from hire tagalongs, child seats, luggage trailers and panniers. West Ireland Cycling have been assisting travelers to enjoy and discover the best cycling routes in the west of Ireland and along the Wild Atlantic Way for almost half a century.

They also offer 3 self guided cycling trips, all of which take in the spectacular landscape that the west of Ireland has to offer. The 3 tours are The Connemara Express seven day self-led tour, The Burren Way Tour where you can see the unique limestone region of The Burren, and finally The Expressway 10 Day Tour which includes sections of both the Burren and Connemara.

Location: Unit 1 Bridgewater Court, Lower Fairhill Road, Galway City

Tel: +353(0)87 205 6904

Web: www.westirelandcycling.com

Bike Hire Ireland at Westside Cycles

Bike Hire Ireland is located in the west side of Galway City near Salthill at their bike shop called West Side Cycles. Any bicycle can be collected or dropped off their bike shop, and they can even store your all your luggage in their shop while you go exploring. They also offer a free pick-up services for hired bikes at any location in Galway City, e.g. B&B’s, hotels, hostels, saving you both time & money and a lot less hassle with dropping off bikes to their bike shop. Bike Hire Ireland can provide manual and electric bicycles for individuals, couples, families, groups, and clubs, as well as day bus tour groups. Additional services include gravel rides, road racing, student bike rental, long-or short-term bicycle hire, day and weekly bike rental, kids bike rental, tag-along rental, and trailer rental. In addition, when you book and pay for bike rental, they provide you free maps of the cycling routes in Connemara, the Burren and the Wild Atlantic Way.

Locations: 4 Old Seamus Quirke Rd, Galway

Tel: +353(091) 525 007

Web: www.bikehireireland.com