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    Brown's Bikes

    3.3 (139 reviews)
    ModerateBikes, Bike Rentals
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Abigail U.

    The staff member that helped me rent a bike was very friendly & helpful in explaining what parts of the island I coolant ride the bike. He provided me with a map illustrating areas that were restricted from bike usage.

    Will not suggest this rental shop.
    Robin P.

    Disrespectful & rude woman. There were 2 ladies today, a senior and a middle aged (45-46 ) woman. The middle aged woman needs some basic etiquette classes on how to be polite towards customers. We asked for electric rental bikes and she could have replied politely that they were unavailable. Instead, she yelled rudely & gave us abrupt one word answers while giving us the stink eye. She was a greying brunette with hazel eyes. We should have known not to go when we were not even greeted and instead welcomed with a sour look. BTW the senior lady( in her late 80s) is just a more horrible version of the middle aged woman. In the previous years we had to deal with the rude old lady now we have to deal with the middle aged one for renting bikes!!

    Faith F.

    Michael made our experience at Browns Bikes PHENOMENAL. This guys made us laugh and welcomed us to the island. He helped us feel safe with our selections and at first I thought the price was high, but his customer service made it well worth it all. Thanks Michael for hooking us up with a great experience.

    Nov 2020 menu
    Shirley W.

    Bf and I rode the cruiser for an hour and you can basically go through all the chill and flat road areas all in 20 minutes. Cant really do much when you want to explore more with the cruisers, but they were definitely enjoyable! They kind of felt dirty or seemed like it wasn't properly sanitized, even during this pandemic, so make sure to also wash your hands after use~

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    Pashkovsky P.

    ZERO STAR!!! Never use their services!!! if you don't want to spoil your vacation! You will be fooled with their fake supposedly electric bikes. The owner is completely tactless woman, behaving tactlessly and rudely. By the way, his closest competitors have all the bikes sold out, and she has a full garage and no one needs them, I think you understand why. "Great Coustomer service"

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    Great experience as always!! Second time renting the two person bicycle here at this friendly bike rental store.

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    Friendly service and clear directions on bike rental. Would go again for bike rentals on Catalina :)

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    Warning: don't be stupid like us and assume all rental places on the island are the same. There's a…read morereason this place has such negative reviews. We picked up a cart on a Monday morning when the island was basically empty. The customer service was absolutely terrible--cold, rude, and dismissive when we started to ask questions about where we should go and any tips or recommendations, even though we were the only people in line. We were shown the "typical" route and told it wouldn't take more than an hour as long as we didn't stop too long in one place. I can verify that is absolutely not true, and the entire route will only take one hour if you drive straight through and never get out of the cart. Our entire trip took 2h 8 min since we stopped to see a few things and one of the streets on the route was closed due to road work. When we returned the cart, we were charged for the two hours (fine) but we were also charged a "late fee" of $1/min for the extra 8 minutes. I mean, come on--we were the only ones renting from you that day, and we had to turn around because the route you showed us was closed! If possible, rent from one of the other places on the island. I can't verify that they're better, but I know their customer service can't be worse.

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    Bought a Velotric online, with seat, post and mirror extras, to be built for pickup in shop. The…read moreconfirmation said they'd email me with instructions. No email after a week, so I emailed to ask the status and was told the main extra (shock absorber post) was being shipped there and would arrive within a week, and asked me to pick it up and bring it back in when the part arrived. I wrote back that I don't drive unless I have to (medical), have never ridden an e-bike so would be transporting it home to learn to ride it, and so asked him to store it until the part was in and it was a full build. Scott accommodated, and I got a fully built PERFECT bike for me yesterday. Scott helped me load it into my SUV (a tight fit, so grateful for his help) and I shook his hand. Got it home, unloaded it, and am more than excited to learn a new healthy habit. Thank you, Scott!

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