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Milwaukee Bike Rentals at South Shore Cyclery

South Shore Cyclery rents bikes for exploring the Milwaukee area

Explore the Milwaukee area on two wheels!

Are you visiting the area and leaving your bike at home? Want to try before you buy and want more than just a regular test ride? Or, are you just looking to have an incredibly fun afternoon with visiting friends or family?

No matter the reason, we have an entire fleet of bicycles waiting for you to rent. Just browse our bike information below, select the bikes you need and we'll make sure we meet your reservation needs! 

Reserve Rental Bikes

Why rent bikes with us?

South Shore rents mountain bikes, hybrid bikes, road bikes, and electric bikes so there's a model for every kind of rider.

Great rental options

We rent high quality electric bikes as well as fine tuned hybrid, road, and mountain bikes. Our variety ensures we have a model for every type of rider.

Our shop is conveniently located near great bike paths and is just outside downtown Milwaukee

Convenient location

We're conveniently located 5 blocks west of the Oak Leaf Bike Trail, 15 minutes South of Downtown Milwaukee and just east of the Mitchell International Airport.

We offer you the option to put your rental fee towards the purchase of a new bike

Apply rental charge to a new bike purchase

If you decide to buy a new adult bike after your rental, we'll refund your rental charge so you can put that money towards your new bike.

How to reserve rental bikes

We aim to make renting bikes at South Shore Cyclery fast and efficient.

  1. Select your rental dates
  2. Choose your bikes
  3. Fill out your personal and payment information
  4. Sign the online waiver
  5. Add notes on seat height, pedals, or other info we can use to help improve your experience

From there we'll hold your bikes and get the set up perfectly for you when you arrive. Use the form below to reserve your bikes.

Reserve your rental bikes

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Rental rates

24 hour dayWeek6 hours
Electric bike $90 $225 $50
Hybrid comfort bike $45 $150 N/A
Road bike $45 $150 N/A
Mountain bike $50 $160 N/A

If you would like to rent bikes for more than 1 week, please book 2 separate rentals less than 1 week.

Need help choosing bikes?

Electric bikes: perfect for fast paced cruising with minimal effort

  • Giant LaFree: an urban explorer that prioritizes comfort
  • Giant Roam: a hybrid style e-bike for exploring paved and dirt roads

Road bikes: perfect for getting in a great workout and exploring with speed

  • Liv Avail: women's classic road bike
  • Giant Contend: all road bike
  • TCX: best for cyclocross, dirt and gravel
  • Giant OCR: performance road bike
  • Giant Defy: classic road bike

Hybrid bikes: perfect for easy, comfortable cruising

  • Giant Cypress step thru: very upright and easy to hop on/off
  • Giant Cypress step over: comfortable and capable with front suspension

Mountain bikes: perfect for exploring our local singletrack trails

  • Giant Stance: short travel full suspension for flowy trails
  • Giant Anthem: long travel full suspension for technical trails
  • Liv Tempt: a capable hardtail for smaller riders

Important rental details

Please read the following information before booking rental bikes.

While locks are included with the rental, please bring your own helmet and water bottle.

You are responsible for ensuring E Bike Rated Car rack is used to transport E bikes as they are heavier than some racks can handle. SSC is not responsible for Car or Bike damage due to improper transport.

Each of our rental bikes comes with a seat bag. In the bag is a flat kit (includes patches, glue, and two tire levers), a spare tube, and a CO2 inflator with one CO2 cartridge. Also on each of our bikes there is a Water Bottle Cage.

The hybrid bikes and E Bikes have rear racks. The Road and Mountain bikes do not have racks.

Flat pedals or Toe clip pedals come with. If you need specific Clipless pedals, select them as a separate item (I.E. Look, SPD-SL, TIME, Crank Brothers, or you can bring your own pedals and we can install them on the bike.

We can set your seat height for you.

Best places to ride

Not sure where to take your rental bike? Here are few options to help you decide!

Have any questions? Feel free to call or text 414-831-0211 or email us at service@southshorecyclery.com

Map of bike routes