Amazing team! Really helpful, and an good selection of bikes to rent and buy. While traveling, I…read morewent in to find a used bike to buy, and I found the cycle I have been dreaming about for years. They helped me tune and fit the bike and helped me get all the bags and accessories I needed for the tour I had planned. 100% will be back when I'm back in Paris. And the team all speak excellent English, especially Alexis, who is also really cool. That said, a bit pricey, but c'est le Paris...

In spring 2016, we stayed 9 blocks from the shop and wanted road bikes for staying in shape before…read morea big "sportif." We couldn't believe we'd found a nearby shop carrying road bikes at a decent price (45E the first day and 20E after). (A specialty road-bike-rental competitor was way on the south edge of town & 60E/30E.) AlloVelo isn't really a road-bike store (all-purpose neighborhood bike store), so the selection isn't huge, but it got us through (1-2 each 49cm, 52cm, 55cm, etc.). Sadly, they didn't carry any extra stems, so there was no swap available to adjust the fit. The owner was very generous about what hours counted as a "day" (take it the night before, return it the morning after) and very flexible about duration ("keep it longer and pay me the rest when you return it"). That said...the bikes were not well-maintained. God bless the owner for keeping a bike shop in the neighborhood, but I think he has emotionally "checked out" of his business. Many aspects of the business had a low-cost, low-effort vibe. The tires on both bikes were dangerously bald and pockmarked. The tubes (conventional pump-up) had, for some reason, been glued into the tires. (To get more life instead of throwing the tube away?) We had our first explosive flat within the first 2 miles. (Pinch flat.) The glue didn't exactly make changing the tube easy. Then there were the slow leaks. More like medium leaks - "get to the Bois de Boulogne, pump up, ride, pump up, limp back into town, pump up..." But you never know when lack of maintenance on tires and tubes can develop from a nuisance into a danger, which is why they should be kept better-maintained. And the dirt on the chains ... wow. Chains should be kept silver, not black like ours. It takes a lot of work, but that's part of why rental bikes cost a lot of money. We took our bikes in mid-rental for a cleaning and were told they weren't dirty. Someone gave them a quick dash of lube and one or two rubs and insisted they were clean. So we bought oil-based lube from them and said we'd do it ourselves. We got the chains silver again but turned two hotel washcloths completely black (sorry!). You know the size dirt-clump that comes out of the treads of your shoe after you've gone hiking and let the mud dry? That's the size of black grease-debris clump falling out of the chains as we rubbed them down with a rag. As a testament to the bikes and what maintenance the shop does do, they shifted tolerably before and reasonably well after the cleaning. The brakes worked. We got through! And you probably could, too, if you don't mind doing the maintenance the shop didn't. But if this sounds like a bit much for you, sadly, as of early 2016, AlloVelo is probably not the road-bike rental store for you. (Also, funny story...as we bought the oil, we asked if they could sell us water bottles. They brought us two for free. Neat! And...asked us to return them with the bikes. At which point we realized they were "rental water bottles" and, given the state of the chain cleaning ... eww. We thanked them, took the bottles with us ... and bought some grocery-store bottled water to carry in our back pockets. All around, we got the impression that AlloVelo's idea of good customer service meant "low cost to the customer." They're nice folks ... they're just not for people who are finicky about their bike rentals.) Note: 3 reviews about the shop itself (all 1-star & in French) are marked hidden. I suspect the owner may have flagged them as "inappropriate." I read French fluently, and they're not vindictive reviews - just dissatisfied. Similarly, I'm giving honest feedback because I genuinely want the neighborhood to have a shop people can be happy with. I would have given this review 2 stars (at road speeds, particularly while group-riding, bike chains and tires are a matter of safety), but am hoping that 3 stars will give my feedback a better chance of survival. To the owner: I bear you no ill will and hope that this review will stay up and be the beginning of some changes to make customers happier. Good luck in your endeavors.

I had some urgent repair needs on a borrowed bike. They spoke just enough English, were very…read morecordial, and fixed the bike immediately. The charge was fair.

From the owner: Spécialisé dans tout type de vélo. Deux mécaniciens a votre service réparation rapide et…read moreefficaces.devis gratuit avant réparation pour ne pas avoir de surprise Plusieurs accessoires a votre disposition et des vélos de fabrication européenne. Station de gonflage gratuite

An iconic Paris bike shop Made French is very limited but…read morethey could not have been nicer Wonderful selection a must for an cyclist

Chaos and more ...Bad staff and worse management .I had the worst experience with this shop…read more Incompetent, irresponsible , they know nothing about professionalism and customer satisfaction I rent a bike for one day that I prepared since 2weeks .. at first they forgot to include Extra tube with the bike after they insert the extra tube and other necessary accessories but they forgot the air pump ... guess what on a rainy day I was in the middle of no where when I had a flat tire I stayed there under rain for almost 2-3 hours trying to get some help .. all this because of the guy at Laurent cycle who because he is reckless and irresponsible forgot to insert the manual air pump with the kit... when I returned the back the bike and told him my story he didn't look at me he just put his eyes somewhere else .. Guys I can tell you that this shop staff and the manager are IIC , ignorant, incompetent, careless If you are a good athlete... it doesn't mean that you will be a good shop manager ... you failed me and you spoiled my day and more you don't care .. Flat tire in the middle of no where , it was supposed to be an amazing day but because of the recklessness of Laurent cycles shop staff , it was a very bad day waiting help under the rain !!! Why ? Because they were irresponsible and they forgot the air pump

OK, Cyclo-Pouce is our "go-to" place to rent bikes in Paris. No, it is not out of the way at all,…read morebecause one of the nicest rides in the City is along the quay, and it's all downhill from the metro anyway. The cats in here are very copacetic and the rates are cheaper than elsewhere, a good selection of bikes and gear. They donate their profits to help poor kids get into biking. We rent for a week at a time and then forget about the metro and the busses, there is close to 400 km of dedicted bike lanes in Paris. And just toss your bike on a train and head out to the Loire or elsewhere. BUT REMEMBER to look at your dropouts. I didn't, and although I had a patch kit and a pump, I had left my wrenches back in Paris. If the drop outs don't have quick release, ask the guys at Cyclo Pouce to lend you a 15mm spanner. I had to beg one off of different farmers and merchants in Amboise and elsewhere because I was too cheap to go to a hardware store and buy one. But I did expand my French vocabulary to learn the word to tool (Util) and wrench (Cley) and almost the word for 15 (diex plus sanc) or just flap my hands around and speak Spanish with an Italian accent. More often than not the French folks would reply "Pardon me, monsieur, but perhaps do you speak English?"

From the owner: Vente, location et réparation de vélos de toutes marques, électriques ou classiques (Atelier en…read moreface de la boutique). Spécialiste du vélo à assistance électrique (VAE) moyen et haut de gamme. On y trouve aussi des triporteurs électriques, vélos de ville, pliants, trekking, fitness et VTT, ainsi qu'une large gamme d'accessoires.

We did the monument tour, it was a fun way to go around town and see some sites while getting a…read morehistory lesson from our tour guide. We were here in the Spring of 2024, since we were 90 ish days out from the summer Olympics we didn't get to tour around the Effie Tower area due to the construction in that section. The tour time in total was around 3 hours with a lunch stop in between. Actual time moving was around 45 minutes. We covered around 4.5 miles, well under the 15 kilometers noted on the map at the meet up spot inside Le Peloton Café. Initially we wanted to do the hidden Paris tour the first day we got in town, but instead of booking on line we tried to just show up and see if we could join in person. When we showed up we found out that ride was cancelled since it didn't meet the minimum amount of reservation the day before. So if you're thinking about going in the tour go ahead and book it in advance.

I was staying in Paris for a few days, and a friend recommended Bike About Tours - in particular,…read morethe "Hidden Paris" tour. After meeting at the owner's cozy coffee shop, our fabulous guide Marley got us on some great bikes and took us around some beautiful parts of Paris with some unusual history. The day was gorgeous, the biking was very fun, the tour informative and lively, Marley an absolute joy, all-in-all probably the single best experience I had while I was there. Highly recommend!