Try it before you buy it! We’ve done the research on adaptive cycling rentals available across BC, so you don’t have to.
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Last updated: April 2024
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Vancouver
Spinal Cord Injury BC Adaptive Cycling Program – Vancouver & area
May to September – Fitting/Cycling Clinic and Group Rides (handcycles and adaptive trike provided or ride your own adaptive bike).
Handcycles from Greenspeed, Top End, Quickie, Freedom Ryder, and JEDD as well as two foot-powered recumbent and upright trikes.
Cycling Without Age – Vancouver and North Vancouver
This volunteer-run program is part of the global Cycling Without Age movement, welcoming people with disabilities of all ages and friends to go for a bike ride in a rickshaw-style bike that fits two passengers. Passengers and volunteers welcome.
BC Mobility Opportunity Society – Pacific Spirit Park, Vancouver*
Email hiking@bcmos.org for more information. Recumbent trikes, Varna handcycles, Grit Freedom lever drive (offroad) wheelchairs.
*Adaptive bikes are only available during scheduled programming and are guided rides only.
Rentals for leg-powered adaptive bikes and trikes only:
JV Bike Rentals – Vancouver
Adult trikes for rent with and without e-assist, near Stadium Skytrain station in False Creek.
Whistler
Whistler Adaptive Sports Program – Adapted mountain bike (handcycle) demos and guided rides
Sport On XCR (with power-assist & tetra options), Jeetrike, Explorer3.
Vancouver Island
RAD Adaptive – Victoria
JEDD and Top End handcycles, Mountain Trike (lever-powered all terrain wheelchair); Varna handcycles, tandem hand/leg cycle, plus off-road wheelchairs, beach wheelchairs, Hippocampe self-propelled or assisted beach and off-road wheelchair, trail riders and adaptive trikes.
Electric Alpine Biking – Greater Victoria
Bowhead Rogue (electric assist delta handcycle with suspension).
Hop-on, ride off bike rentals on the Galloping Goose Trail.
Spark Adaptive – Nanaimo, Cumberland, Comox
Van Raam Velo Plus tandem bike for wheelchair users. Hippocampe beach/snow/trail pushchair.
Citrus Cycles – Chemainus
2- and 3- wheeled recumbent bikes with e-assist. $100 for 2 hr rental.
Kelowna
Bowhead Reach (Fully powered) & Bowhead Parks Explorer (Fully Powered).
Recumbent and tandem recumbent (leg-powered) trikes and bikes (w/ BC Blind Sports).
City of Kelowna (Parkinson Recreation Centre)
4 Upright foot-powered trikes, 2 adult bike trailers.
Ali Westlund awestlund@kelowna.ca, 250.469.8759.
Handcycles: with e-assist: Sport-On XCR, JeetTrike; without: TopEnd Force 3.
Electric Adaptive Vehicles: Bowhead Reach, Frontdrives
Recumbent and upright bikes and trikes, tandem bikes, with and without e-assist.
Kootenays
Kootenay Adaptive Guided rides available in the Kootenays. Adaptive bikes may be for rent in various BC communities.
Sport-on XCR & Sport-On Explorer (power assist & tetra setup).
Bowhead Reach (fully powered).
SCI BC Adaptive Cycling Program
Head over to our Adaptive Cycling Program webpage for upcoming events in the Metro Vancouver Area. If you’re new to adaptive cycling, attend one of our Adaptive Biking Clinics (ABC+) and find out which style of bike is best for you. If you have your own bike, attend one of our BYOB Group Rides to connect with other cyclists and explore trails.
