Bike Hire, Training & Servicing For North Yorkshire

ABOUT VO CYCLING

We offer a quality Bike-Hire and Ride Guiding Service and new for this year we have a number of courses to qualify riders as Mountain-Bike Leaders. We also carry out Repairs and Servicing of any type of bike. We are situated close to Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales in the beautiful Nidderdale Valley. The Way of the Roses cycle-route runs close by and we are in a perfect location for both road-cycling and mountain-biking.

We maintain a range of high-quality carbon fibre road bikes, versatile hybrid machines, robust mountain-bikes and a number of stylish e-bikes. Our fully qualified ride-guiding service can support you or your group over traffic-free roads or off-road trails. New for this year is our Mountain Bike Leader courses which will be a great deal of fun. They will also qualify course attendees to lead groups of riders when cycling on local trails. If your bike needs a repair or would benefit from one of our Service Plans, give our CYTECH qualified bike mechanic a call today.

Who founded VO Cycling?

Vern Overton is a former Army Officer with a wide range of sporting qualifications. He is an experienced Mountain Bike Instructor (MIAS), Road Cycling Leader (MIAS), Triathlon Coach (BTF Level 2) and Cycle Mechanic (CYTECH). He has a passion for outdoor pursuits and has completed numerous mountain-marathons and is an experienced Ironman triathlete. He has represented Great Britain as an Age-Group Athlete in Duathlon (cycling and running) and is a coach and mentor of young athletes at the Army Foundation College near Harrogate.

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We provide only the highest quality equipment for you to hire at prices you'll find hard to beat.

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Bike hire in North Yorkshire

You never know who might call next! Just hired-out 30 of our bike’s to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC who were carrying out Pre-Season Training at Aldwark

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New hire-bike’s have arrived!

We are pleased to announce that we have just taken delivery of 10 brand new Marin mountain bikes. The San Quentin models are in teal

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Lands End to John O’Groats (LEJOG) Guided Bike Ride

Stage one After an RV in Penzance with Scott Thomson (son of the late Mark Thompson), we cycled to Land End before setting off to

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Overall Rating

5.0

Based on 115 Reviews

Sam Challenor

November 21, 2021

Vern rented us 25 bikes and was unbelievable throughout! He sorted a route, adapted plans, found an electric bike for one person. He also coordinated to pick some people up early who found the cycle challenging. Thank you so much, Vern. You and Dave were amazing. We look forward to renting from you again!

David Newcombe

October 19, 2021

My girlfriend and I hired two hardtail mountain bikes from Vern, to explore Nidderdale. Vern was fantastic - flexible with pick up and drop off, provided us with a map and was really friendly. We rode out from the pick up point and past Gouthwaite reservoir and Scar House Reservoir. The bikes dealt with terrain effortlessly and we had a lovely day out, despite rain and wind. I would recommend getting the bikes dropped at a starting point, so as to minimize the time spent on roads. Cheers, Dave

Michael Ball

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September 13, 2021

Vern was very helpful and did a wheel swap to enable me to complete my 96 mile cycle spotive for Prostate Cancer. Highly recommend this genuine guy.

Ian Fraser

September 1, 2021

Extremely friendly and helpful service, great assistance at short notice and excellent bike, can't go wrong! (Mountain bike hire)

Rachel T

Me and my partner hired 2 electric bikes to go out and explore the area for my birthday and pedal over to Brimham Rocks. Vern was very friendly and there was no hassle, we signed the forms, got shown how to use the bikes and off we went. Will definitely be using VOC again the next time we’re hereThank you!

Mark

Hired bikes for the afternoon for 5 mates. Bikes were nearly new and exactly what we needed. Great route recommendations and general services. Highly recommended.

AndyTShonaL

We booked a cycling break in Harrogate. Vern provided the bikes which were excellent. He delivered the bikes to our hotel and collected them at the end. All arrangements made went like clockwork. A very good experience. Would highly recommend.

Will8868

We hired 4 mountain bikes - all in great condition, which were delivered to our door in the morning and picked up in the evening. Vern was friendly and knowledgable. I’d highly recommend it to anyone hiring bikes for the day

Susie7761

Hired an ebike for two days. I had never ridden one before and Vern gave a great explanation of how to get the best use from it. I was able to overtake my husband on his road bike on several climbs which was very satisfying! We did an average of 25 miles each day and I only used half the battery on each day. We could have covered 40 miles easily each day. It is hilly in Nidderdale and an ebike transforms the experience of riding for a non-regular cyclist. On the first day we cycled to Ripley on back roads and picked up the Nidderdale Greenway which took us to Harrogate, mostly off-road. The next day we did a brilliant run: Pateley Bridge, Lofthouse to Scar House reservoir and back as recommended by Vern. We gained 1000 feet in height but I hardly noticed it! Back was all downhill. Lovely quiet road. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience: worth every penny!

Charlie Chappatte

August 29, 2021

Brilliant time renting 2 mountain bikes, great service and excellent hard tail mountain bikes, would highly recommend!

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ABOUT VO CYCLING

Who founded VO Cycling?

The Brands We Use

We provide only the highest quality equipment for you to hire at prices you'll find hard to beat.