Bike and tandem hire on Dartmoor in Devon and cycling on the Moor
If you can't bring your bike with you
then consider hiring one - see below.
Make the most of your time here on Dartmoor. Cycling is a great
way to see our wonderful landscape close up. It's the perfect way to enjoy quality time with the family whilst you all get some exercise.
Click the picture on the left if you want to find an up to date OS map. The all weather maps are well worth buying. You can even sit on them!
Devon Cycle Hire is based near to Sourton Cross right next door to the
Granite Way Cycle trail on Dartmoor. Telephone 01837 861141.
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Cycle hire rates for an adult are £10 half day and £14 for a day.
The base is right next door to the Granite Way cycle track
just off the A30 at Sourton Cross on the A386 Tavistock road.
Friendly and helpful service. Bike repairs.
Ice creams for sale, very useful at the end of a ride !
Group hire and guided rides. Devon Cycle Hire also offer
the hire of Tramper mobility scooter for
people with limited mobility. Brilliant, well done!!
Open until the end of September and open again during the October
half term holidays. Take a look at their good cycle hire website.
Lydford Hotel which is alongside the Granite Way Cycle Path Adult £10 day
Click to see accommodation details and prices.
YHA Okehampton Adventure Centre at Okehampton Station have Cycle Hire Telephone 01837 55637
Tavistock Cycles Ltd, Paddons Row, Tavistock Telephone 01822 617630
Offer mountain bikes for hire. Click here to see details and prices.
Runnage Farm, Postbridge Telephone 01822 880222
Telephone to check if the bikes will be available for the day you need.
Okehampton Cycles, Bostock Garden Centre, Okehampton Telephone 01837 53248
Let's Go Biking (cycle tours) Okehampton and Tavistock Telephone 01837 880075
Klondyke Road,Okehampton Telephone 01837 53916
Dartmoor Cycle Hire Centre, Tavistock Telephone 01822 618178
Central Garage, 13 Fore Street, Moretonhampstead Telephone 01647 440025
Bigpeaks.com at Linhay Business Park in Ashburton. This sports superstore hire out bikes during the summer
months when they replace their stock each year with brand new bikes. Nice !! Telephone
01364 654080
THEY ALSO HAVE A BIKE REPAIR DEPARTMENT WITH OVER £20K OF STOCK IN HAND - SO THEY CAN FIX BIKES TOO !!
Many parts of Dartmoor are a challenge for even the fittest of souls, but each weekend throughout the year we
see groups of lycra clad cyclists, often at 50 yard intervals, head down, intent on enjoying our Moorland scenery.
If you don't fancy riding on the roads on the Moor, there is the brilliant Granite Way Cycle
track
that runs 11 miles in length from Okehampton Station to Lydford. It's a fantastic
traffic
free
route
for all the family with wild flowers, bird song and stunning views way off into Cornwall.
The route takes in
Meldon viaduct and Lake viaduct and finishing (or starting) at Lydford.
It is route 27 on the National Cycle Network, a glorious traffic free journey from Coast
to Coast where small children can cycle for long spells in safety. We have been on the Granite way with our bikes several times. It is noticeably quieter on weekdays and out of school holidays. Take a picnic with you and make a day of it. It's totally brilliant.
Did you know that cycling saves you over 40 pence per mile against car miles ?
There are actually 3 cyclists in this bunch. You might need lights at any time of the day on the Moors.
Sadly not every car driver is a considerate road user, so in our tight little lanes you may have to be prepared to get
off your bike and squeeze into the hedge if you encounter someone who is not too adept at reversing, and please remember that if the weather turns, or as we say "closes in" and the mist arrives, you do need to put your lights on
3 great paperbacks for mountain bikers. Click any one to take you to a page of UK mountain bike books.
Here we have a group of cyclists at The New Forge in
Chagford. Typical blokes on bikes. They know where
the best cake and a good pot of tea can be found.
As with walking it is important to take something with
you to drink. It's very easy to become dehydrated
whilst out in the fresh air using up loads of energy.
Pack a couple of drinks in plastic bottles that won't smash
if they fall to the road, and a choc bar will rapidly give
you an energy boost should you find yourself flagging.
A lightweight anorak or raincoat will be worth it's weight
in gold if you are overtaken by wet weather.
But your head will be kept dry anyway won't it
because you will of course be wearing a decent cycle helmet WON'T YOU ?
If you are travelling with your bikes but
don't want to take them say to the
theatre in the evening and your accommodation provider hasn't got
space for you in a shed or similar,
you might like the look of this.
<- Bike Storage Tent.
Currently selling at £44.
Good idea to have in your own garden
in the Summer when you use your bikes
more frequently or even for the winter
when you might think about storing your bikes indoors to keep them tidy.
Did you know that we have a free ice cream voucher if you book a bike on Dartmoor Click for my vouchers page.
Fancy having some assistance with your cycling ?
You might like to consider a power bike.
Deploying the motor for the Moorland hills.
Ideal for those of us who still like to get out and
about but welcome a little help with the legwork.
Amazon offer a range of electric bikes and small electric scooters that make Dartmoor's hills
less of an ordeal. Click this link to take a look
at folding bikes, scooters and electric bikes.
Part of National Bike Week, the Dartmoor Classic 2011 Click to see the 106 mile route covering Dartmoor.
Mum Sara from Evesham tries out a tag along bike from Devon Cycle Hire near to Okehampton at Easter this year.
She got off to a wobbly start but once on board it was smiles all the way along the Granite Way Cycle Trail.
No cars on the track just walkers and cyclists, all having a great time. Click here for the bike prices page.
The Tour of Britain Cycle Race comes through Dartmoor each September.
I add the stages and timings for the journey over the Moor as soon as they are published. This year the race came through on Thursday the 15th Sept and travelled through Cheriton Bishop, Whiddon Down, Moretonhampstead Haytor Rocks, Coffin Stone, Huccaby Tor, Postbridge and Bovey Tracey.
Cycling on Dartmoor enables you to approach wildlife quietly, giving you much more of a chance to get a better view.
