Road Bike Rental - Black Forest, Germany

[dhd.evans1]

Aware this covers a large area, but apparently we'll be staying near Lake Titisee (no, you're sniggering) in July next year.

Freiburg looks the closest 'big city' but looking for any personal recommendations for bike hire that people may have.

For context, I've been in Lake Garda the last two years and rented through VeloLake.com on both occasions. I had a carbon Giant with Ultegra gearing in year 1 and a carbon Giany with SRAM eTAP year 2 - service was outstanding, pricing was good IMO (65 euro for a day rental including helmet and ferry crossing voucher) and it's the kind of seamless service i'd like to find in Germany.

 

[vickster]

I think @Andy in Germany is in Baden-Württemberg and might have some thoughts

 

[chriswoody]

I just did a quick search in German and came up with this link:

https://www.schwarzwald-tourismus.info/erleben/radfahren/fahrradverleih

I can't vouch for any of these links though, but maybe there worth a look.

The problem you may have is this country has sadly gone E-bike crazy and there's lots of places offering E-bikes but decent analogue bikes are a little harder to find.

 

[robjh]

Aware this covers a large area, but apparently we'll be staying near Lake Titisee (no, you're sniggering) in July next year.

In my early secondary school German we had a textbook called Reisebüro Atlas, about a travel agency, and it featured a Frau Bender who booked a holiday to Titisee.

Imagine this in a class of 12 year-old boys.

(this is just an aside, I know it doesn't help in answering your question)

 

[Andy in Germany]

I think @Andy in Germany is in Baden-Württemberg and might have some thoughts

Sorry, I thought I'd replied to this. I'm a bit further east, on the edge of the Forest. I've asked locally but the mountain bikers here just take their own bikes on the train when they go over there.

We rent bikes at work, but unfortunately they're more suited for pootling around an old city and environs than charging down the side of a mountain.

I think @chriswoody 's link is probably the best starting point; it's run by the local authority, so should be fairly unbiased.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Aware this covers a large area, but apparently we'll be staying near Lake Titisee (no, you're sniggering) in July next year.

I very nearly got a job in this region, but one of several reasons I didn't was that I knew I'd never hear the last of it from friends and family in the UK.

It's a stunningly beautiful region. I hope you enjoy your stay. I can recommend Freiburg and Villingen for non-mountain biking days. Both reachable on the S10 train through Titisee. Freiburg is very bike friendly and in the beautiful Breisgau, where I lived until recently, and part of me still misses it...

 

[dhd.evans1]

Sorry, I thought I'd replied to this. I'm a bit further east, on the edge of the Forest. I've asked locally but the mountain bikers here just take their own bikes on the train when they go over there.

We rent bikes at work, but unfortunately they're more suited for pootling around an old city and environs than charging down the side of a mountain.

I think @chriswoody 's link is probably the best starting point; it's run by the local authority, so should be fairly unbiased.

Thanks Andy, I appreciate it. So I work at my LBS and apparently we have 'several' bike boxes in our warehouse. Short of finding a rental place I'll take my bike with me, which isn't ideal but at least means I have a steed!