Road bike rental in Barcelona

Barcelona on Two Wheels - Families & Beginners

There's a reason many Barcelona locals and tourists choose to bike as their preferred mode of transportation over driving a car. When you're traveling in a densely populated urban area, getting around on rental bikes just make sense.

Why You Should Rent a Bike in Barcelona

• Rental bikes are a convenient way to navigate the narrow streets!
• It's so easy to jump on and off your rental bikes to shop, eat at restaurants, or enjoy the beautiful sights- just lock your bikes up at the bike rack!
• Increased mobility!
• More bikes means one less car = increased safety for all!
• Barcelona has a great system of bike lanes!

On top of that, there's lots of fun things to do for free on your rental bike!

Free Things To Do With a Rental Bike

• Download a map of the Barcelona bike lanes and do a self-guided bicycle tour around the city!
• Ride your rental bike all 7 km of Barceloneta promenade along the Balearic Sea!
• Ride your bike to the culturally rich Grácia neighborhood!
• Bike through Parc de la Ciutadella!
• Bike up and down the hill at Olympic Mountain!

All of these options are perfect for any tourists or families. Additionally, the city of Barcelona is relatively flat, so you and your friends or family will be comfortable on any type of rental bike.

Types of Bike Rentals

• Urban Bikes
• E-Bikes
• Road & Trekking Bikes
• All Terrain Bikes
• Cargo Bikes
• Special Bikes
• Child Bikes

Find your perfect bike by adjusting the filters in your search. Select the Bike type filter, then select your desired type of bike from the drop down menu to see what's available.

Child & Special Bikes in Barcelona

For families traveling with small kids, you can find the perfect bike for them too!

In Barcelona, you'll be able to find all terrain and dutch bike rentals for your child in sizes small (95 cm - 105 cm, or 105 - 115 cm) or medium (115 - 125cm).

If your child is too small to ride their own bike, you can rent special bikes like cargo bikes or tandem bikes. This way your child can go along with you!

Group Bookings

If there are a lot of people in your family, or you're just traveling with a large group, use the Group Booking option next to the search filters. This will allow you to easily rent bikes for four or more people at the same time for any type of bike rental- even child bikes!

So, you'll definitely need to rent a bike to get around Barcelona, but you may also want to rent a bike for one of the road bike or mountain bike tours nearby!

Road Cycling in Barcelona

For more advanced road cycling, the route around Parc de Collserola is one of the top cycling locations in the backyard of Barcelona. The combination of great views of Barcelona, and historically rich sites all wrapped into a 38 km loop around the park only takes about 3 hours to complete, and makes this tour one of the best in the city.

How to Prepare for your Ride

To effectively prepare for this tour, reserve one of our road bike rentals ahead of time, and get ready to pedal! This tour does involves some climbs- but that's what makes it fun!

If you're riding with a team of cyclists, use our group booking feature next to the search filters to ensure that you're all able to rent a bike from the same lister on the same day of the week.

Even though this tour only takes a few hours, rent a bike for more than just one day. Once you have your bike, you are free to bike wherever you like so you can take on some other tours in the Barcelona area!

You could even get several different types of rentals throughout the week to enjoy a variety of urban, road and mountain biking! If you like this idea, read on to find out more about Mountain Bike rental options in Barcelona.

Rent Mountain Bikes in Barcelona

Parc de Collserola is one of the fantastic mountain biking locations near Barcelona. A great tour for more advanced mountain bikers is the 30 km loop around the park with many interesting places to stop!

Parc de Collserola Mountain Bike Highlights

• Can Borrell
• La Cova
• Trialera Torrent Sant Iscle
• Forat de Vent
• Paseo de las Aguas
• Mirador de Can Borni

The starting point of the loop around the park is directly accessible from the city, off of Carrer de Manuel Arnús. Most of the loop consists of riding along ridges, peaks and up or down hills.

The whole tour will take just under three hours to complete, maybe longer depending on how much time you spend at each highlight.

For this loop, you can rent any available mountain bikes.

Popular Mountain Bike Rental Brands

• Specialized
• Scott
• Rockrider

Rent Your Perfect Ride Now

Barcelona is such a great city to rent bicycles, so what are you waiting for? While you plan your holiday, decide when you are going to go, for how long, and what type of riding you'd like to do once you arrive.

Type in Barcelona to see which bikes are available and narrow down your search using the filters.

Request to rent a bike for your desired dates, and before you know it you'll be making the most of your experience in Barcelona on your perfect ride.