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MTB Leader Course – 23/24 April

Our 2-day MTB Leader Course is being held in beautiful countryside close to Harrogate in North Yorkshire. We will provide you with the necessary knowledge,

January 10, 2022 No Comments

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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

June 22, 2021 No Comments

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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

September 4, 2020 No Comments

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We now accept Standard Learning Credits from military students

Have a great weekend of mountain biking whilst gaining the qualification of MTB Leader – we accept finance from the military Standard Learning Credits (SLC).

February 2, 2020 No Comments

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Mountain Bike Leader Courses

Vern Overton Cycling is now hosting Mountain-Bike Leader training at our base near Harrogate. Training courses are held over a 2 day weekend and they

January 17, 2020 No Comments

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Overall Rating

5.0

Based on 129 Reviews

Longwen X

Professional bike workshop

Sue H

Excellent cycle hire

MothyTim

E-bike hire at its best!

IrishLemon

Exceptional Customer Service!

Mark Woolford

Found Vern online and organised a bike hire from overseas. It was easily organised and once on holiday collected the bike with no issues. The bike was low spec but in good condition and well maintained. Vern was helpful and knowledgeable and I strongly recommend his services.

Kevin B

Luckily Ilkley

Ellen B

Cycling in Ilkley

6thSister

Great Bike and Wonderful Support

rileyd100

Perfect bike hire.

David R

Weekend bike hire - all good.

Candice L

Yorkshire Dales MTB

Morten Thybo

Perfect experience renting a road bike from Vern, I can give my best recommendations for him

Morten T

Perfect experience renting road bike from Vern

Melora Purell

We rented two e-bikes from Vern for a circular route of about 45 miles. It was a glorious ride! The bikes were perfect for the up and down of this countryside. Vern got us all geared up and was available by phone for when we returned. A perfect day on excellent bikes!!

Sam Challenor

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

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

Rachel T

Birthday cycle

Michael Ball

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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.

Mark

Great Bikes & Service

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Bike Hire

Will8868

Great day mountain biking

Susie7761

Ebike riding in Nidderdale

Ian Fraser

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

Charlie Chappatte

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

Charlie C

Rachel Gooch

Such great service. We couldn't find a local hire shop with what we needed, but Vern delivered two perfect MTBs to us in Hellifield. He was very flexible and went out of his way to make sure we had what we needed. Very reasonable charge and we had a fantastic week, though my legs are properly tired now! Highly recommended.

Paul Sullivan

We rented 4 bikes from Vern for a couple of days. The bikes and delivery/collection service were excellent. Vern was also really flexible with timings and was very willing to share his local knowledge to advise us of appropriate MTB routes. Highly recommended.

Marcus Harrington

My Explorer Group hired 9 Mountain bikes to take out for the day, It was a really affordable hire. We were given brand new Mountain Bikes that the Explorers loved, Vern was very knowledgeable and suggested routes based on our riders experience. Great place of hire, would use again and recommend to anyone visiting harrogate and the local area.

James Silson

Massive thanks to Vern for servicing my bike. Excellent customer service and the bike feels like new. Would highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Libby A

Amazing Bikes and Fantastic Service

Gerard Mulhair

Vern has a great selection of bikes and was very helpful upon arrival. Easy access from Harrogate. Would definitely recommend

Mark Langley

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Christopher Finnigan

Fantastic experience. Rented a brand new trek for 3 days. Really great service and affordable.

Henry Erdozain

A really great Bike Service done by Vern Overton this week, just been out on the bike, it is working like a dream and feels like new again. Great service, good value, Vern is a pleasure to deal with and I would highly recommend.

Harry Henderson

Quick, honest and high quality repair!

Stu Mitchell

My bike needed a service as it'd been some time since it had one, and the gears had started to seize up somewhat. I took it to Vern after seeing his reviews on here. After he'd finished, I was delighted that the bike ran as good as new. Very flexible on drop off and pick up times. Superb service and result - would highly recommend.

Charles Aulsebrook

We used Vern’s bike hire in October 2020 (sorry for such a belated review, Vern!) and the service was fantastic. Flexible pickup/drop-off times, great price and invaluable route advice. He even came into Harrogate to help us work the gears after we’d picked up the bikes and headed off!

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celiza87

great road bike hire

98petej

Road Bike Hire

Rob

Vern's No.1 ranking is well deserved!

Daniel B

Day cycling in the Dales

Steve T

Cycling around Harrogate

Julian Appleby

Great place to get your bike sorted! Vern is a good bloke and he knows his stuff.

Romanciko Bueno

Would highly recommend Vern's services. Really profeciinal and friendly. Did a great job.

D Hill

Top quality bikes for hire and fantastic customer service from Vern. He not only delivered the bikes to us but also pointed us in the right direction for some spectacular cycling routes in the Dales. Thoroughly recommend.

Janny299

Top quality bikes for hire and fantastic customer service.

Nick D

Used road bike sale

christopher hamilton

This review is way overdue - but i want to say that Vern went out of his way (literally) to deliver the bike to me at Harogate Station and pick i up after my week of cycling. The bikes were in top condition, reasonably priced, and Vern helped us out with route planning too. Highly recommend.

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September 29, 2019

Hire bikes for world championships

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Karl C

July 1, 2018

Great bike hire, stunning scenery!

Mark M

June 1, 2018

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Victoria W.

December 12, 2016

Vern Overton Cycling is an amazing company with the best customer serice a person could ask for when planing a cycling advernture.

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Grant G

August 7, 2018

All good

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Rachael P

October 29, 2019

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STEVEN E

August 14, 2019

First class service

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Hayden Howells

January 19, 2018

Excellent and timely servicing of my bike. Rebuilding of my wheel and fitted gear components. Great service, on time and on cost.

David Koomans

May 24, 2016

Rented a bike for the Etape du Dales sportive, and the service from Vern was excellent. Rode a great carbon Trek Emonda. Would definitely recommend cycling in the area, if you like steep climbs ;), and renting from Vern.

issam barhouch

October 4, 2018

Great service , very trustful and practical , Vern is one of a kind , ex army that decided to retire on two wheels

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Andrew Gay

September 26, 2015

Great afternoon cycling with Vern. The bike was great and the dales were magnificent I would definitely suggest the guided tour option as Vern was a great guide with fantastic local knowledge

March 1, 2021

Karon W

April 20, 2019

Harrogate Bike Hire

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Trine J

August 13, 2019

Legendary service

June 2, 2021

David C

September 30, 2019

Hired bike for World Champs 🌈

John B

January 13, 2020

Brilliant e-bike Hire Yorkshire Dales

September 11, 2021

Roq100

July 2, 2019

Very helpful local cycle hire business!

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adil qadeer

February 23, 2019

Great place

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LAD

December 22, 2018

Excellent Service for an Excelllent Ride in The Dales

Andrew Crabb

October 10, 2018

Thanks to Vern, I had a fantastic cycling holiday exploring the beautiful Yorkshire countryside for over a week without the effort, stress and carbon emissions of bringing my own bike to the UK. He set me up with a lovely road bike and couldn't have been more helpful. Communications were always prompt and friendly. There is so much cycling to be enjoyed in this area whether you stay local or venture far out into the Dales. Thoroughly recommended.

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TMSH

August 30, 2018

Great experience with excellent equipment, great advice and professional service

Nick Rowe

July 2, 2015

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October 9, 2018

Professional bike workshop

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Perfect experience renting road bike from Vern

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great road bike hire

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Vern's No.1 ranking is well deserved!

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