Can you rent high end road bikes in dublin?

sxt

I'd love to rent out a 5k bike for the day

I thought there would be a company that has a list of road bikes to rent in Dublin

magicbastarder

I've never heard of it - not enough demand for it I would say.

fat bloke

Did you want a high end bike or a 5k bike? Cos you can't have both! 😁

breezy1985

Its very rare.

Only places like Roubaix and Ooudenarde do it because they are the world's to cycling holiday destinations.

Large bottle small glass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058367936/can-you-rent-high-end-road-bikes-in-dublin

Friends is selling Sam Bennett's old bike with about 10k on it if you want to buy instead 🙂

ted1

the spokesman used to, but he passed away a while back

kirving

If you go to a bike shop, and are genuinely serious, they may allow you to trial a second hand bike for the day if you paid upfront. I was offered just that recently when I wasn't entirely sure what would suit me.

For a road bike, it really is very marginal gains beyond a certain level. I'll put my finger in the air and say that's about €3k at the moment. It may be plus or minus 1k, but beyond that level, it's very so slightly lighter, stiffer, smoother bearings, etc.

MojoMaker

5k was a high end road bike in 2015 maybe.

magicbastarder

a 5k bike now will be a hell of a bike. this '5k is not high end anymore' is like some car bore saying 'you think that's a koenigsegg hnugggragharia? it's just an aston martian chlamydia with a turbo attached'.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122595801#Comment_122595801

It's because the new UCI rules for track and TT bikes is that they have to be available on the market so you have the likes of the Team GB Lotus going for a jazilllion euro because they don't ever actually want to sell any.

68 lost souls

Best you will get is probably something like this Giant Defy - https://the-cyclehub.com/bike-rental/