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Warm weather cycling and triathlon!

Look forward to the onset of spring with a week away in Majorca from 9-16th April 2016. Morning swims, daily organised bike rides or just

December 1, 2015 No Comments

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Bill Bailey goes cycling with Vern!

Mountain-Biking the trails around Swinsty Reservoir, North Yorkshire. Good to escape the touring views of trouser press/minibar. Gets the heart pumping, the lungs working and

November 27, 2015 No Comments

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Mountain-Bike Guiding with Bill Bailey

The sun shone on North Yorkshire and along with the beautiful sunshine out came my new mates Bill Bailey and his road-manager Neil Adams.

November 26, 2015 No Comments

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Cycling and Triathlon Training Camp

Hot off the press from Vern Overton Cycling! A Cycling and Triathlon Training Camp is to be held at Porto Pollentia in Majorca from 9 – 16th April

November 10, 2015 No Comments

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Greentraveller comes to Pateley Bridge?

Vern Overton Cycling now has premier listing on the Greentraveller website. All you need to know for cycling and holidaying in and around Pateley Bridge and the beautiful Nidderdale

October 7, 2015 No Comments

Pedalling ahead with new firm

Vern Overton Cycling is featured on page 20 of this weeks edition of the Harrogate Advertiser! See the following link for all the news. http://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/pedalling-ahead-with-new-firm-1-7459579

September 14, 2015 No Comments

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Overall Rating

5.0

Based on 130 Reviews

Hans Bergman

I needed an e-bike for a long week-end and Vern very efficiently replied to my messages and then delivered a good ebike in perfect condition to the hotel, even before I arrived, and also picked it up after. Very good service. Of course I had to pay for the delivery, but that's normal.

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

recommends

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

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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.

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Jenifer Wallis

July 26, 2019

Incredible customer service, knowledgable, attentive and so helpful. Bike service handled professionally, diligently and speedily. Bike now runs super smooth and I'm super happy. Very highly recommended.

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.

Trine J

August 13, 2019

Legendary service

Jaxx

October 18, 2019

Bike servicing

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John B

January 13, 2020

Brilliant e-bike Hire Yorkshire Dales

David C

September 30, 2019

Hired bike for World Champs 🌈

May 31, 2021

Tybring Hemphill

August 30, 2018

We cycled the Way of the Roses with our adult children and some friends. We had been struggling to put together bike rental, bike transport and baggage forwarding, but after contacting Vern, found he could do it all and at a better price than separate providers. He was always prompt in his responses when we were planning and had lots of very useful suggestions. His equipment, which included carbon fiber Trek road bikes, helmets, locks and repair kits was all first rate. He met us as planned the first morning, right on time, and dropped our bags before our arrival at our hotels along the way. He adjusted the bikes to fit us, offered our choice of pedal type and even did a tune up along the way. It was clear that he really cared about our experience and about the service he offers and his knowledge of cycling comes from personal experience. I would very highly recommend Vern for anyone considering a trip like ours across the UK.

christopher hamilton

February 18, 2020

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.

RizShaz

August 18, 2019

A wonderful ride in the most beautiful backdrop with fabulous service from Vern

adil qadeer

February 23, 2019

Great place

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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

July 10, 2020

Bill Cowsell

July 30, 2019

Big thanks to Vern for delivering a bike to allow me to explore the Harrogate hinterland for the past couple of days. Excellent customer care and a diamond geezer to boot. Can heartily recommend.

Declan M

March 24, 2019

Fantastic Service

Andrew C

July 27, 2018

Two weeks of fantastic cycling with a great bike from Vern

Rachael P

October 29, 2019

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ge0rgemallet

June 5, 2018

Amazing cycle across the Yorkshire dales!

July 9, 2020

Jas Pr

July 5, 2017

Really nice guy. Called me back after I left a message got my bike in and serviced quickly. I thoroughly recommend.

victoria whitmey

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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Karon W

April 20, 2019

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June 27, 2019

Chris Kelly

September 20, 2015

Thanks to Vern Overton Cycling for allowing me the use of a great bike for Hartlepool Big lime Triathlon. Great service. Will be using again

Nick Rowe

July 2, 2015

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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.

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