Bike Rental Central Park Reviews Summary

Category: Bicycle rental service New York

Address: 1391 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

Phone: +12126649600

Rating: 4.4
based on 226 reviews.

Bike Quality

Pros:

  • "The bikes were good shape. good speed and traction on the downslopes."
  • "The bikes were good quality and looked after."
  • "The bike was of very high quality with multiple gears, even got an helmet offered."
  • "The bikes are very good and sturdy."
  • "Bikes were in great condition."
  • "Their bikes are in excellent condition."
  • "The bikes was clean and in good shape being a bike rental."

Cons:

  • "The bikes were pretty old and uncomfortable."
  • "The bike provided by the company had really bad gears which won’t change easily."
  • "Rented bike for 9 yr old and the gear was broken, back tire would get stuck."
  • "Out of the 4 ebikes we rented, 2 of them stopped working mid ride."
  • "Low quality bikes-bike pedal on a tandem bike came off in the middle of Central Park."
  • "Old bikes, with completely worn tires and gears don’t work."
  • "Our bicycles were in really bad condition."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "I found the staff to be very friendly & helpful!"
  • "They honored a sales price I’d found online and were super friendly and helpful getting us all situated."
  • "The lady, Didi was very nice and friendly."
  • "The staff was very young but seemed very well trained and were all quite nice."
  • "Claudia was phenomenal, super nice and friendly knew everything we needed to know and places to ride."
  • "The ladies at the bike rentals were super accommodating. Damaris and Maria were so nice and helpful."
  • "We were taken care of by Didi, and she’s an angel."

Cons:

  • "Unreliable places... Thieves! Avoid at all cost."
  • "Stay away from this company. Go to trip advisor, YELP, and BBB and read similar stories as well as bike safety concerns."
  • "They don’t even honor the prices they tell you on phone!"
  • "Customer service has a lot to improve, we were treated very poorly, and they were very disrespectful when talking to us."
  • "Extremely rude when asked why they ripped me off."
  • "Total Scam. They lure you in with a sign outside showing a bike and a price of $9 next to it."
  • "The Cashier was the rudest woman I have ever met with a stank face on the whole time we were there."

Pricing and Fees

Pros:

  • "Very easy and quick to rent a bike at a very reasonable price."
  • "Rented some bikes for two hour via internet price. Easy to book and pay for."
  • "We ended up renting the bikes for 'All Day' (more than 4 hours) which came out to about $84 total, including taxes, renting a basket (highly recommend), and insurance."
  • "The prices (book online, takes 60 seconds) were very, very affordable for 4 hours."
  • "Online (groupon) price honoured when asked, so only paid $36 to have 3 bikes for 4 hours."
  • "Book online for the cheapest price."
  • "The rates are very reasonable also."

Cons:

  • "They pretended they didn't know they rented us an ebike and asked us to pay an additional 15$."
  • "Advertised 2-hours for $19 online payment. Actual cost was $26.60."
  • "35 dollars for a day and you don’t even include a helmet for that abused trek bike!"
  • "The $9 ends up just being a child seat for the hour. The bike is a whopping $19."
  • "Trying to charge us almost four times the price we got from their website."
  • "When we redeemed our Groupons, they added extra charges for 'insurance', locks and baskets."
  • "Rental, service fees, tax and insurance came to $61.95 for the e-bike. My refund was for $21."

Rental Process and Experience

Pros:

  • "Great experience with the rentals here."
  • "I recommend this bike rental place out of all of them."
  • "Cycling through Central Park is great fun."
  • "Had a great experience with my friend."
  • "Such a great bike ride in Central Park today!"
  • "Excellent service, best bike rental in all of NYC hands down!!"
  • "We absolutely loved our tour today- we have Michael take us through the guided tour and it was fantastic!"

Cons:

  • "There is no reservation system so you just hope your bike is available."
  • "When we arrived around 11:00am, we were told that they did not have any e-bikes charged despite the website claiming reservations were guaranteed."
  • "They never offered us the bike lock or helmet at the rental facility that is included with the rental price."
  • "No emergency roadside assistance...."
  • "Paid online, when we arrived they were no e bikes and e scooters available."
  • "The pedals fell off the bike TWICE and hit him on the leg."
  • "We would not recommend using this Bike Rental shop."

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