Bike Hire in Dublin
Despite Dublin not having a bike lane, which means that bicycle riders must share the roads with cars and buses, many Dubliners prefer to rent a bike as a means of transport to get around the capital.
Curiously, Dublin is one of the capital cities of the world where more bicycles are stolen. For this reason, second-hand bikes and Dublinbikes are extremely popular.
Dublinbikes
Dublinbikes is a public bicycle rental scheme distributed throughout the capital, like many other rental programs around the world. The bike stations are located quite close to each other and they all have a station terminal.
To use the bicycles, all you need is a credit card and access to the terminal at the station (most stations have a credit card reader). Once registered in the system, you can use the bikes for as long as you wish and return them to any station in the network.
Prices
- 1-Day Card: € 3.50 (US$ 3.70)
- 3-Day Card: € 5 (US$ 5.30)
- Annual card: € 35 (US$ 37.10)
- A guarantee of € 150 (US$ 159) is required
- First 30 minutes: free
- Up to 1 hour: € 0.50 (US$ 0.50)
- Up to 2 hours: € 1.50 (US$ 1.60)
- Up to 3 hours: € 3.50 (US$ 3.70)
- Up to 4 hours: € 6.50 (US$ 6.90)
- Every extra 30 minutes: € 2 (US$ 2.10)
Time is measured from the time the bicycle is ‘rented’ at one station until it is dropped off at another. You can make as many journeys as you wish, therefore, in order to optimise costs, short journeys are ideal.
If the journeys are longer than 30 minutes, the final cost will be charged at the end of the subscription period.
Opening times
The bike stations run every day from 5 am until 12:30 am (midnight).
