St Mary's Bike Hire

St Mary's Bike Hire

St Mary's Bike Hire
4.5
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Bicycle hire for all the family. The best way to cycle tour St Mary's. We supply Bicycles, trailers, tag a longs, tandems, maps and information for everyone.
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Porthmellon Industrial Estate 9 The Strand Opposite Holgates Green, Hugh Town TR21 0JY England
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Family4Cornwall
Cornwall, UK38 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 • Couples
Prior to booking I had read a mixture of reviews but decided to hire 2 x electric bikes 🚲 for 4hrs.
What I did realise after booking is that if you are attending as a day trip you will only get 3hrs / 3 1/2hrs due to the ferry times, as the times for renting are set at 0900-1300 or 1300-1700 which means you will be late picking up or will have to drop them off early to get the ferry ⛴️ back to Penzance.
What I will say is that 3hrs is easily enough to explore the entire island and we had a fabulous time. We had no issues with the bikes.
Having previously attended on a day trip I would definitely recommend the e bikes as we got more out of the day this time. It allowed us to explore all the island twice and spend time at the beach 🏖️
Written August 5, 2024
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Ladislav P
Edinburgh, UK12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Couples
Great service, lovely and helpful guys. Renting bikes on St.Mary’s is surely the best way to get around. We got a flat tyre on our last day and they were with us within 10minutes to pick our bikes up.
Written August 20, 2022
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Kim G
London, UK12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2022 • Couples
It was fabulous. The Owner was helpful and the bikes were in tip top condition. We had electric bikes and the thrill of riding around St. Mary's was a highlight of our day visit. We had just got off the cruise but the sun shone and 4hrs was wonderful
Written October 8, 2022
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Emma R
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Family
The two mountain bikes we hired with a carriage for our dog, were poorly maintained and hazardous . The chains were dry of oil and the gears would click out when going up inclines or just not change at all… The lights we paid extra for didn’t work properly and either wouldn’t turn on or we intermittent. The hire for 5 days was over £170 which is very expensive for bikes in such poor condition. When we asked the owner to change the lights he refused and said that’s how they are!! The owner was curt and appeared disinterested in his customers and indifferent about the poor service he offered. St Mary’s bike hire has the monopoly on the island. I would love to see a competitor open up with well maintained and affordable bikes for hire…
Written September 7, 2023
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Gavin H
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2020
Life is about choices. Our experience of St Mary's bike hire was a huge disappointment.

We booked bikes for a full day from 9am to 5pm. When we arrived to pick up the bikes at 11am we were told that they had been hired out to other customers as we hadn't shown up.

At no time during the phone booking process were we told that we were expected to collect the bikes at 9am. At no point were we asked to inform them if we wouldn't be there at 9am. Having booked bikes for the whole day we had an expectation that our bikes would be available to us at any time.

It would have been very easy for the business to take a mobile number during booking and call us to check. It would have been even easier to simply tell us during booking that we needed to collect the bikes at the start of our all-day hire or we'd lose them. The business did neither. They could have simply trusted us but St Mary's Bike Hire decided against that too.

With three generations of the family raring to go, to find that we had no bikes was a huge disappointment. This was not helped by the discourteous way in which we felt we'd been dismissed by the man in the shop. His actions ruined our day.

Given the hurt St Mary's Bike Hire have caused, there is no chance of our family returning to hire bikes from them over the next thirty years (plus) and that's sad. It's a lot of memories lost. The truth, though, is that St Mary's Bike Hire has a captive audience who cannot go elsewhere and no matter how many people this business upsets they will always have more customers to fill the void and they will not personally lose out. The other businesses on the islands, the hotels, restaurants and gift shops, deplore this kind of lazy and callous approach to holiday-makers as it keeps people away.

For me, and this is only my opinion, you can decide whether your business is only there to make you money or if you want to aim for something more worthwhile. That, in the end, is the owner's choice. As for us, we'll choose to save our money for someone more deserving than St Mary's Bike Hire and go for a lovely walk instead.
Written September 10, 2020
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Claire R
14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
St. Mary's bike hire was absolutely fantastic! I went to the Isles of Scilly with my parents (who are both in and around 70!). We wanted to explore St. Mary's and as we didn't have access to a car we decided to try electric bikes. None of us use bicycles regularly and we have never used bikes on a holiday but we thought we would give E-Bikes a go and wow, they were great. St. Mary's is a hilly island and no-way could we have cycled up those hills without a little extra help!

The bikes were perfect for us - the right size for each of us and the owner and his son were very clear on giving us instructions on how to use the electric part of the bike. The bikes were very clean and had been disinfected (we hired them just as the Scillies were reopening after lockdown). We also had helmets which fitted us perfectly.

The owner was really friendly and polite and local to St Mary's so he gave us lots of hints on where we should go and what we should see.

It was such a fantastic experience and a great way to see the delightful island. I would definitely recommend.

Great service and value for money!
Written July 28, 2020
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Lucy S
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021 • Family
We have enjoyed hiring bikes here over the years but this year they surpassed themselves.
I had an unfortunate incident (ahem) trying to master their electric trike and they couldn't have been kinder or more patient.
We ended up with two bikes and a double trailer and with two small children it was the best way to get about the island. The tiny even fell asleep.
A really lovely part of the holiday. We will be back again of course. But no electric bikes for me.
Written June 29, 2021
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Allan C
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020
I can not recommend these guys highly enough. Chris is there seemingly 24/7 to answer questions , solve what minor issues issues we did have. The electric bikes were great , good condition and easy to use . We were going for the golf carts initially having not ridden a bike for near 20 years as I was a little hesitant. I need not of worried , they are nothing short of fantastic and THE way to get around Scilly.

Again Chris was ultra helpful and gave us a great deal for our extended rental period.

A must try if ever you're lucky enough to find yourself on Scilly

Best

Allan
Written November 12, 2020
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Liam S
24 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Family
The owner had a booking from us for a mobility scooter for the MIL we checked a number of times to confirm. 12 hrs before collection he canceled with a poor excuse then we seen it booked out to someone else for a week! He was capitilising on best booking regardless who booked 1st.
Other issue were poor bike maintained, mine kept jumping gears, buckled wheel, loose head stock. Fortunately/ unfortunately I'm ex mechanic so I was able to fix some bits but tore the bike apart .
Area that need addressing Keep your promises. Service and check the bikes.
Next time I'm brings our bikes o the ferry. Its not that expensive! Check scilonians prices 1st
Written August 21, 2022
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Rachel B
Reading, UK55 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021 • Family
Having arrived for a day trip on the ferry we arrived having not reserved bikes online. The pleasant chap running the shop informed us he didn't have 4 bikes available so we left disappointed to re-evaluate our plans. We were then delighted when he followed us down the street to let us know he had some unexpectedly returned early which we could hire.
Very reasonable charge, great bikes and brilliant recommendations for a ride/picnic stop and swim before having to return on the ferry.
Thank you, you made our day. Will definitely return to the island for a much longer stay.
Written July 30, 2021
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