London bike hire

London Bicycle Touring Company (LBTC) is offering bikes for the afternoon of the ride for just £10 and they are staying open till 7pm on Saturday 9 June 2007 so you don't have to worry about timing the return of the bike. Their bikes have to be prebooked and collected from their premises (which is about 15-20 minutes by bike along low-traffic streets/paths to the ride start location). Please try to collect your bike early (from 12.30 in order to avoid a rush). Here's a map and info to print out Media:London2007bikehireinfo.pdf.

LBTC

Terms of the Discount Hire for WNBR riders

1. Bike collection and return is from/to the London Bicycle Touring Company (Nearest tube/rail = Waterloo).
2. Bike delivery is not available for the Discount Hire for WNBR.
3. Bikes can be collected from 12.30pm on Saturday 9 June 2007
4. Bikes return is by 7pm on Saturday 9 June 2007
5. LBTC will provide a bike that is available (and try to match with your preference)
6. The discount hire terms do not apply to Tandems or Road Bikes, if you require one of these phone or visit the LBTC
7. The LBTC reserves the right to set additional terms not described here.

NOTE ON COSTS Bike helmets, bike locks, panniers, and lights are not included in the prices and will incur an additional charge.

Collection/Return Point

Last year, the bike hire point was right nearby the assembly point, but this year all bikes have to be collected/returned from the London Bicycle Touring Company between 12.30pm-7pm on the day of the London World Naked Bike Ride 2007. Please collect your bike before 2pm if possible, this will minimise delays. The journey is 15-20 minutes along easy streets that are car-free or have low traffic. At the bottom of the page, we have supplied a map to assist your journey to and from the Hire location and Bike Ride.

London Bicycle Touring Company (Opening times 10am-6pm but open till 7pm on the day of the ride)
1a Gabriels Wharf
56 Upper Ground
LONDON SE1 9PP

020 7928 6838

mail [at] londonbicycle [dot] com

Map to the shop at Gabriel's Wharf is available at here

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Hiring by phone or in person

To hire a bike with a credit card you should phone 020 7928 6838 (between 10am-6pm). It is also possible to hire with cash deposit and cash payment if you prebook in person. Mention that you are hiring a £10 bike for the afternoon of the WNBR.

You will be asked to provide your name and height (or pref bike size). Be sure to let them know that you want the World Naked Bike Ride discounted rate of £10. Your bike will be available for collection from 1pm and must be returned by 7pm.

If paying with a card (instead of cash deposit and prepayment) you will also need to provide your billing address, and credit/debit card details.

Hiring the bike using the online forms

Read this info carefully, and try to keep the next few paragraphs available for reference as you use the online booking form.

1. Go to the website page for secure online bookings here. The form is fairly straight-forward.
2. In order to qualify for the discounted bike hire, you have to tick "yes" for the question "Would you like your bike(s) to be delivered?" and then fill in the Delivery Address as follows:
   • Hotel/Name = WNBR bike hire for £10
   • Address = I will collect bike at London Bicycle Touring Company
   • Town = London
   • Post code = SE1 9PP
   • Telephone = [optional]
3. When you get to the next page of the form you will be offered a choice of bike types. You should choose from Mountain, Hybrid or Child's bike. The company will try to give you the bike type you choose, but the hire terms of the WNBR discount are that you will be allocated a bike that will fit (if possible in the style you choose). To fit the bike correctly, you will need to state your height in Meters, so you can use this handy site to help with any conversion you need [2]
4. Please ignore any calculated cost - you will not be charged this amount - the shop puts the charges through by hand, and will use your Credit Card details with a £10 price for the bike hire (additional costs will be incurred for accessories). By entering the details as shown above you will be charged the discount price.

Map to/from hire location to the the bike ride

Here's a map and written instructions on getting to and from the ride. media:London2007bikehireinfo.pdf. It's a PDF file and prints out on two sides of A4.