This past week my boyfriend and I rented two e-bikes from Matt. The experience was fantastic!
I grew up in Meridian, not really riding bikes. My boyfriend loves cycling though and I figured he'd enjoy getting to know the Boise area on a bike. He reached out to several bike rental companies in the area. Most charge by the day and we were seeing quotes as high as $200/bike for a week rental. We were about to just buy our own bikes and then resell them (which seemed like a HUGE hassle) when he stumbled over Synergy bike rentals.
Now, Synergy offers electric bikes. My bf has always scoffed at e-bikes as they wiz past him on his daily commutes. He was extremely hesitant to get these bikes but the price was just too good to pass up and I am not the best cyclist, so it was a better option for me so I didn't slow him down.
We got into town Saturday and Matt delivered the bikes within a few hours of us landing, and directly to the house! He gave my bf a quick tutorial on how to work the bikes and was off. The bike is extremely simple to use. The battery can be removed for charging and can be locked in with a key for when you're traveling and locking it up in public. The battery has a power button, then a portion of the right handle gives the bike some juice.
On Monday we took the bikes from Eagle and State down the green belt toward DT. Took us about an hour to get DT and we still had 3/4 battery bars. We were able to explore DT with ease for several hours then headed back to our starting point. We really laid on the electric headed back since we had so much battery life left and made it back in 45 minutes with half a battery left!
We also took the bikes up to McCall with us and were able to easily get to the top of Ponderosa Park's lookout point. It's a huge hill climb, but with some peddling to assist the electric bike, we made it up and barely broke a sweat.
When we returned the bikes on Saturday, Matt again came out to pick them up. Took him about 10 minutes and he was on his way.
Honestly the most simple rental experience ever and now I'm spoiled and afraid to ride my actual bike because of the ease of the electric :) read more