Mosel Cycle Hire
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Mosel Cycle Hire
Ok got my usual nagging urge to travel this late spring. Also, I have my usual doubts about lugging my bike by plane or train across Europe. Is it possible to hire a reasonably decent ]bike from Thionville then cycle to Koblenz where I could leave it ie like a one way car hire? Thanks
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I can imagine the reaction in my LBS if I were to ask such a thing: "Quoi? T'es fou?"
That said, something like Decathlon might accommodate you...
That said, something like Decathlon might accommodate you...
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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One-way vehicle hire is a thing, not sure about cycle hire
Does decathlon not have a very generous returns policy, if one finds one does not like the machine after a while?
Buy in France, return in Germany?
Or maybe decathlon bikes are so cheap that you could thoyle buying one just for the trip
Does decathlon not have a very generous returns policy, if one finds one does not like the machine after a while?
Buy in France, return in Germany?
Or maybe decathlon bikes are so cheap that you could thoyle buying one just for the trip
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Cyril Haearn wrote:One-way vehicle hire is a thing, not sure about cycle hire
It seemed common in the Loire area last summer. There is a small chain of hire shops where you can collect from one city, return to another. Alternatively, several single-shop rentals will deliver and collect in an area, for free up to a distance, then charged beyond that. So I suspect it is a case of searching for rentals in towns between the end points and asking if they deliver and/or collect. Maybe one in a city near the border like Trier is most likely to be willing to deliver across it?
The alternative would be to catch a train back from Koblenz to Thionville at the end of the trip, or the other way at the start. Takes about 3 hours on regional trains which should take bikes.
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Thanks folks. Sadly Bike Express aren’t doing their Med rte which passed through Nancy; at least for this year.
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I don't know about bike hire starting from Thionville but a group of us did the Mosel from Trier to Koblenz last year and two of the group hired bikes and panniers from the hire place at the station in Trier - good bikes with 10 speed groupset and hydraulic disks.
There was no bike return service though. We cycled down the Rhine to Boppard then over the Hunsruck back to Trier - superb cycle route with a fair bit on tarmac rail trails and a good contrast to the flat land cycling along the Mosel.
There was no bike return service though. We cycled down the Rhine to Boppard then over the Hunsruck back to Trier - superb cycle route with a fair bit on tarmac rail trails and a good contrast to the flat land cycling along the Mosel.