if you are heading to the Lake District, and more particularly to Bowness / Windermere, and fancy cycling then head to Country Lanes Cycle Centre which is located next to the railway station. Excellent equipment and good routes - friendly & helpful service. Together with a group of friends I hired bikes from these guys last weekend and was not... More

My girlfriend and I had a short stay at Windermere and decided to hire some bikes to explore our surroundings out of the car. We found Country Lanes on Google and after a quick call headed there to hire our bikes. The services was fantastic, Guy couldn't of been more helpful in giving us information and directions around Ambleside and... More

My friends and I just wanted to say thanks for giving us a great day out. There were 4 of us and we took the advice from the staff and rode the orange route they provided. None of us had really been on bikes recently and although it was hard work at times (i have to admit there was a... More

We recently hired mountain bikes from Country Lanes Cycle Centre and would just like to say a big THANK YOU for a fantastic day out! We followed their 18 mile off road route along the shore of Windermere and had amazing views throughout the day. The Trek hire bikes were well maintained, easy to handle and the staff were very... More

Me and my partner don't normally take part in outdoor activities but we loved this! Only £20 for the cycle hire each which was worth it. You can have the bikes until 5pm. We took a medium sized route (about 10 mile) and had a lovely day despite the rain. It was very hard peddling uphill but the bikes are... More

Phoned to repair my bike which would have taken two minutes to complete. Gent at shop stated to book the bike in for the simple repair in four days time and would not budge or allow a brief supervised repair. Dreadful service I have travelled the world with my bike and bike shops will always fix the bike ASAP with... More

The bikes used were the Trek 3 series bikes which were well maintained. The person was most helpful and the recommended loop was really scenic albeit a little difficult a day after hard hiking or if you aren't of some level of fitness. No training needed though. The location is strategic. We rented the bikes at 12 and returned them... More

We arrived yesterday 10 minutes before closing time having rung ahead to book 2 bikes. We collected them from the easily accessible Country Lanes at Windermere rail station where we left our car for 24 hours (cost £3.40) and went off into the glorious Lake District surroundings armed with a helpful map amd two fantastic bikes-what a great way to... More

well maintained bikes nearly new, good advice on routes