Every Kickstand bike adds up to 250 watts the moment your foot turns the crank. Walkley, Crookes, the long drag up Ecclesall Road: they all ride like the riverside.
Every bike has the same motor rules: assist while you pedal, up to 15.5 mph. What changes is the frame, the load and the range.
Step-through · 21 kg · riders 150–195 cm
The everyday one: a low frame you step through, an upright seat and a front basket that takes a full shopping bag. Most hires go out on a Town.
Fat tyres · 85 Nm motor · two batteries
More torque and a second battery for the edges of the Peak: Stanage, Ladybower and back without stopping for a swap. Wide tyres keep it calm on gravel and wet setts.
Longtail cargo · two child seats · 60 kg on the deck
A long rear deck with two seats and footboards, or two big panniers for a market run. A low first gear and the strongest assist for loaded hills.
Folding · 17 kg · folds to 80 × 40 cm
Folds in ten seconds into a car boot or a train's luggage rack. Take it to Hope on the Hope Valley line and ride back over the tops.
Collect at one stand and leave the bike at any other. Every stand swaps batteries and keeps helmets in three sizes.
1 Example Street, S1 0ZZ. Opposite the station's front steps; our office and workshop.
Alma Street, by the weir footbridge. The start of the Five Weirs ride.
In the yard behind the old fire station, a minute from West Street tram stop.
At the park gates on Rustlings Road, where the Porter valley climb begins.
Beside the Middlewood Road tram stop, the nearest stand to the reservoirs.
All four are loaded on the bike's screen. Distance, climb and time are at an easy pace on the middle assist level.
From stand B · 11 km · 40 m of climb · about an hour
Down the River Don past the old steelworks and five weirs to Meadowhall, back on the other bank. Flat enough for a first ride.
From stand A · 9 km · 20 m of climb · 50 minutes
From the station to Victoria Quays, then the towpath east to the Tinsley locks. Narrowboats, herons and one café barge.
From stand D · 32 km · 480 m of climb · three hours
Up the Porter valley and out of the city onto the moor below Stanage Edge. The one climb people come back to brag about.
From stand E · 46 km · 620 m of climb · four hours
Out along the Loxley valley, round the reservoirs and back. Take a Climber: two batteries cover it with room to spare.
Book online or walk up to any stand: we keep a few bikes back every morning for walk-ups.
Choose a bike, a stand and a start time. You pay when you collect, and you can cancel free up to an hour before.
Show your booking and a photo ID. We fit the helmet, set the saddle and walk you through the three assist levels in five minutes.
Leave the bike at any of the five stands before it closes. Battery getting low on the way? Swap it at whichever stand you pass.
Nothing to add at the counter: every hire leaves the stand with the same six things.
Three sizes at every stand, fitted before you ride off.
A gold-rated lock with its key on the bike's own ring.
Front and back, wired to the battery and on after dusk.
With the four rides and every stand already loaded.
Twenty waterproof litres for a coat, a picnic or the shopping.
Inside the ring road we bring a fresh bike to you within the hour.
Every Saturday at 9:30 from stand A. Free with any day hire: a leader at the front, a sweeper at the back and a café stop halfway.
Helmet, lock, lights and pannier are always included. Damage cover comes with every hire, with a £50 excess.
| Bike | 1 hour | Half day | Day | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | £9 | £22 | £32 | £120 |
| £11 | £26 | £38 | £140 | |
| Climber | £14 | £34 | £48 | £180 |
| Hauler | £16 | £38 | £54 | £195 |
Monthly pass
A Town bike whenever you want it, collected and returned at any stand, battery swaps included: £79 a month, cancel any time.
Ask about a passFrom the comment cards at the stands this summer.
“I had given up riding to work because of the hill up to Crookes. Now I get there before the bus does.”
Priya, Walkley · monthly pass
“Two kids on the back of the Hauler and a picnic in the panniers, park to Botanical Gardens without one grumble.”
Tom, Nether Edge · day hire
“Ladybower on two Climbers with a swap at Hillsborough. Sixty kilometres and we could still walk to the pub.”
Ana and Jules, visiting from Leeds
Anything else: ring the Station Arches stand, someone is in the workshop all day.
No. The motor helps as soon as you pedal, so you choose how much effort to put in. On the highest assist level most riders climb our steepest streets seated.
Sixteen or over to ride on your own. Children from one to seven can ride on the Hauler's seats with a parent pedalling.
The screen shows the range left. Ride to any stand and we swap the battery in a minute, free. A flat battery still leaves you a normal bike with light gears.
The Pocket folds and travels as luggage on every train. The other bikes go on Northern services outside the rush hours, space permitting.
We hold £200 on a card while the bike is out and release it when you return it. Nothing is taken unless there is damage beyond the £50 excess.
Send a request and we confirm by e-mail within the hour, 8:00–20:00. Same-day bookings are fine.
Stand A and office
1 Example Street
Sheffield S1 0ZZ
Phone
Hours
Every day 8:00–20:00, March to October; 8:00–18:00 in winter.
