Our Rental Bikes

Our Bikes

We are proud of our association with Trek Bikes and love offering their best bikes to you from our bases in Europe and in Australia. In each of these locations, we have a brand new fleet. We have chosen carefully three options to cover high quality road cycling, electric road cycling and electric touring. However, we also tour in Africa, Asia and South America. In these locations, we will source the best bikes possible. In South America for Che, these are Specialized Bikes, in Japan for Shogun we have Chapter 2 and Yamaha, in Morocco for Othello Stage 1 we use Cannondale and in Turkey and Greece we have a mix of Trek, Ridley, Orbea or Specialized.

Our Fleet

Our road bike of choice is the Trek Domane SL6 ASX Gen 4. This is an endurance road bike that's light, aerodynamic, and built to take on smooth roads, climbing and long (if needed!) rough miles in the saddle. A fully wireless electronic SRAM Rival AXS drivetrain, disc brakes and ISO comfort make for a class comfortable bike ideal for our Odysseys.

Our e-road bike is the Trek Domane+ AL5 and ALR5. They are lightweight alloy e-road bikes that ride like road bike with the benefit of an electric boost. They run internal batteries (250 or 320Wh) and we supply a range extender for convenience. Running Shimano 105 11spd and disc brakes they are versatile and great road e-bikes for our Odysseys.

Our touring e-bike is the 2024 Trek Allant 7+ Lowstep.  This award-winning powerhouse will take you over anything! With internal 500-620wh of power and a super comfortable setup, this bike is the one for those looking for comfort and serious assistance on the road.

Electric Bikes - Which one?

When considering electric bikes, there are some variables which you need to be aware of. The road style e-bikes (Domane AL5+ or equivalent) all have smaller less powerful batteries. They will assist you a lot but they won't 'drive' you up the hill. If you use their batteries non-stop on full, they will be empty by the end of one Mont Ventoux (1500m of climbing in 21km!). On the flip side, they ride like a road bike are lightish (14kg rather than 20kg+) and are comfortable to ride on the flats and downhill without power assistance. This is how they are best ridden - like a road bike with power only when needed on hills. Ride them like this they are fantastic and a joy, if you use power all the time, you will soon be flat and relying solely on your legs which is possible, but it is nice to have the power when you need it!
The second type of e-bikes - touring e-bikes (Trek Allant 7+ or equivalent) work a little differently. These are heavier more powerful ebikes. These will drive you up the hill, they have the power to do a couple of Mont Ventouxs! However, when their battery is dead, they are very heavy to ride and not much fun. In almost all cases, this means once the battery is gone, the rider will jump in the van.
How long the battery lasts is completely down to how heavily it is used. If you use it on maximum power (all e-bikes generally have 3 power settings), you will struggle to last big days in the mountains (1500m + elevation days). However if managed a little (low for flat, high power for hills) they will last all day no trouble. Elevation and climbing use batteries fastest as does putting them on maximum power!  So with these bikes, the choice is yours. Smash some hills on maximum power, fly past the other riders up the hills, then jump in the van. Or, temper your use and learn a little when you can get away with less power and make your way through full days.
With most of these bikes, we can get spare batteries or range extenders. If you are interested please let us know.

Choosing a Bike

Please use the filtering below to check the options available.

Please choose your Bike Type and Tour (Odyssey) to see the options available to you on your Odyssey.

If you have questions or special requests please email Sam at [email protected]