If your planning a trip to Maui and you need a bike here's some info that might be useful. First of all if you flight is "international" as an example, from Canada, you should be able to bring your own bike for free. If you are arriving from the U.S. mainland you will probably have to pay $80 each way per bike. Rip off. Anyway, here are the 5 major bike dealers on Maui that rent bikes.
Ned Overend and me at Island Biker.
Kahului:Island Biker 808 877-7744 (Specialized Mtb rentals)
415 Dairy Rd. Across from KMart)
Haleakala Bike Company Gar Fisher bike rentals and good prices on Mt. Haleakala downhill tours.
Ph: 808 572-2200 or call toll free 1 888 922-2453
Kihei:
South Maui Cycles 808 874-0068
1993 S. Kihei Rd. (Island Surf Bldg.)
Lahaina:
West Maui Cycles and Sport 808 661-9005 (Road and Mtb rentals)
Below Denny's Restaurant in Lahaina
Prices range from about $65 for bikes that have seen better days up
to $200 per week for new full suspension. Daily rates are about
$15 to $40. Also you might check the yellow pages for bike rentals available
from other tourist related businesses.
Goose's MTB pages with Oahu and other Island Info
Maui on Line...Activities, Accomodations etc.
The Maui News....Online Newspaper
Maui Visitors Bureau
Haleakala National Park Info
MTB Trails on the Big Island (Hawaii)
Hawaii Sports & Recreation...Camping, Hiking, Golf, Surfing, Park Info etc.
Hawaii Visitors Bureau
Hawaii Weather
Howzit Com..All Kinds of Hawaii Info inc. Maps...Great site
There are over a dozen "Haleakala Downhill" tour operators. Most
use cruiser type bikes in a follow-the-leader fashion down the
mountain. Some stop at places to eat. A few tours give you mountain
bikes and let you coast down the mountain solo, at your own pace.
My suggestion is to go down the list of tour operators in the yellow
pages and give them a call. Most charge $80 to $125 per person.
A new paved bike path is now open. It connects Kanaha Beach Park to
"Stables" road via the makai (seaside) of Kahului airport runway.
Also, camping is no longer allowed at Baldwin or Rainbow parks. You can
camp (permit required, get 'em at Balwin high School)at Kanaha Beach Park.
Its a better place.
Visitors to Hawaii, dazzled by the nature's beauty, sometimes let their
guard down and fall victim to the bottom feeders. Your person is safe
here but your possessions may not. Don't leave valuables in your car
where ever it is. The vast majority or car break-ins occur at beach
parking areas. The "typical" thief might appear as a casual person
just hanging around the parking area. What they are looking for is to
see who is locking stuff in the trunk. It only takes them a few
seconds to steal your stuff. As I've said, this happens mostly
at the beaches. The bottom feeders rarely go to the trail areas,
they're not into biking or nature.
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