RENTAL FEE & METHOD
Our bikes for beginners to advanced cyclists
We provide cross bikes and road bikes prepared with professional safety maintenance.
| Cross bike | 145cm～190cm |
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| Road bike | 145cm～190cm |
| Kids bike | 120cm～150cm |
Famous Bicycle Brands
Well known quality brand bicycles from all over the world are prepared at our store.
(More brand information will be uploaded soon.)
ex: Bianchi, ANCHOR, COLNAGO, RIDLEY, SCCOT, corratec, MERIDA, GIOS, LAPIERRE, ORBEA,
MASI, FELT, FUJI, BASSO, NESTO, KhodaaBloom, etc.
※Please let us know if there is a specific brand you prefer.
Occasionally we may not have your preferred brand available, and appreciate your understanding in this matter.
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Cross bike
Cross bike rider height range: 145cm～190cm
Rider’s position will be similar to that of a city bike, so we recommend it for sports bike beginners. 3 X 8=24 speeds. Components set up for long rides to ensure rider’s comfort. 
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Road bike
Road bike rider height range: 145cm～190cm
Professional road bikes suitable for speedy cycling. Perfect for those who are confident in their endurance. 2 X 9=18 speeds. Our road bicycles are scrutinously maintained to ensure optimum riding performance. 
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Kids bike
rider height 120cm～150cm
For those with kids who want to enjoy cycling around Lake Biwa, we prepare bikes whose tire size is 20~24 inches. We put the same effort into preparing our kids bikes that we do for adult bikes to ensure the whole family enjoys their ride!
※ We may recommend a cross bike (S size) depending on rider height, physical strength and so on.
Biwaichi × macchi cycles
We at “BIWAICHI RENTAL CYCLE” are proudly developing our own original sports bikes.
We incorporate a chromoly steel frame which is specialized for long rides such as going around Lake Biwa.
Bicycles made from chromoly are lightweight and strong, reducing fatigue on long rides. This is absolutely necessary for riding around Lake Biwa.
Macchi Cycles and our rental bike shop have joined forces to create an original chromoly bike made here in Shiga and offer it as a rental bike option. We hope to highlight the appeal of high performance bicycles to our customers!
It is attractive that custom bike builders such as Macchi Cycles can accept ambitious orders. Expressing curves with thin pipes is bike builder Mr. Ueda’s specialty.
Carrier racks are custom fit to each bicycle, and are one-of-a-kind.
Bold plating and striping are a signature of exquisite Macchi design.
The concept of this original bike was inspired by beauty of Shiga, and the undying love it’s people have for it, as well as a consideration for guests who have the courage to take on the challenge of Biwaichi.
It is our wish that you can travel in style and comfort, and enjoy your ride with no limitations.
There is no end to our journey to develop the best bikes for Biwaichi. Every time a new bike is created, it should give us surprises and excitement!
Rental Fees
Our rental bicycle service is on a reserved basis. Please make a reservation two days before the use start date. If you come to use without reservation or make a reservation on the same day, you need to pay extra 550 yen in addition to the following rental price. Furthermore, you might have to wait to have the reception. There may be no available bikes when it’s high season. We appreciate your understanding.
○ All prices are tax included.
○ Helmet is included in the rental fee. （Even if you bring your own helmet, the rental fee stays the same.）
○ Light, lock, cycle computer, bottle cage, and rear reflector are attached to all the rental bicycles. The bicycles don’t have any racks and baskets.
○ Cross bike and kids bike have a kickstand, but road bike doesn’t have it.
○ About other rental accessories or details, please refer to Option.
Helmet, light, and lock are included in the rental fee.
(The rental fee doesn’t change if you don’t require these accessories)
Basic Equipment（included in the rental fee）
Helmet
Light
Cycle Computer
Bottle Cage
Lock
| Rental Period | Road bike | Cross bike | Kids bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | ￥6,100 | ￥4,600 | ￥4,600 |
| 2 days | ￥9,100 | ￥8,000 | ￥8,000 |
| 3 days | ￥12,100 | ￥11,000 | ￥11,000 |
| 4 days | ￥15,100 | ￥14,000 | ￥14,000 |
| 5 days | ￥18,100 | ￥17,000 | ￥17,000 |
| Road bike | Cross bike | Kids bike |
| 1 day | ||
|---|---|---|
| ￥6,100 | ￥4,600 | ￥4,600 |
| 2 days | ||
| ￥9,100 | ￥8,000 | ￥8,000 |
| 3 days | ||
| ￥12,100 | ￥11,000 | ￥11,000 |
| 4 days | ||
| ￥15,100 | ￥14,000 | ￥14,000 |
| 5 days | ||
| ￥18,100 | ￥17,000 | ￥17,000 |
| Rental Period | Road bike | Cross bike | Kids bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | ￥6,900 | ￥5,520 | ￥5,520 |
| 2 days | ￥9,900 | ￥8,800 | ￥8,800 |
| 3 days | ￥12,900 | ￥11,800 | ￥11,800 |
| 4 days | ￥15,900 | ￥14,800 | ￥14,800 |
| 5 days | ￥18,900 | ￥17,800 | ￥17,800 |
| Road bike | Cross bike | Kids bike | |
| 1 day | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ￥6,900 | ￥5,520 | ￥5,520 | |
| 2 days | |||
| ￥9,900 | ￥8,800 | ￥8,800 | |
| 3 days | |||
| ￥12,900 | ￥11,800 | ￥11,800 | |
| 4 days | |||
| ￥15,900 | ￥14,800 | ￥14,800 | |
| 5 days | |||
| ￥18,900 | ￥17,800 | ￥17,800 | |
| Rental Period | Road bike | Cross bike | Kids bike |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | ￥7,450 | ￥6,070 | ￥6,070 |
| 2 days | ￥10,450 | ￥9,350 | ￥9,350 |
| 3 days | ￥13,450 | ￥12,350 | ￥12,350 |
| 4 days | ￥16,450 | ￥15,350 | ￥15,350 |
| 5 days | ￥19,450 | ￥18,350 | ￥18,350 |
| Road bike | Cross bike | Kids bike | |
| 1 day | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ￥7,450 | ￥6,070 | ￥6,070 | |
| 2 days | |||
| ￥10,450 | ￥9,350 | ￥9,350 | |
| 3 days | |||
| ￥13,450 | ￥12,350 | ￥12,350 | |
| 4 days | |||
| ￥16,450 | ￥15,350 | ￥15,350 | 5 days |
| ￥19,450 | ￥18,350 | ￥18,350 | |
| Any Type of Bike | Per Bike |
|---|---|
| Return option fee | ￥3,300 |
| By 5 PM 2 days before the scheduled rental date | Cancellation fee will not be charged |
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| From 5 PM 2 days before to 5 PM the day before the scheduled date | 50% of the total rental fee will be charged. |
| After 5 PM the day before the scheduled rental date | 100% of the total rental fee will be charged. |
For the group of more than 10 people and travel agencies, there is a cancellation policy separately.
Price Clarification
The rental term ‘1 day’ does not mean 24 hours. Means ‘1 business day’.
Please note that bikes must be returned within business hours (9AM – 5PM) on the same day, otherwise riders will be charged for a second day.
Business Hours
Rentals and returns are available from 9AM to 5PM.
We confirm the rental and return time upon reservation
due to the limit of number of bikes available.
Please let us know in advance if the return time will be delayed.
The Date of Rental
Please arrive in the shop at least 5 minutes prior to your ride.
Bikes cannot be taken before the specified time on your reservation.
Customers need to read BIWAICHI RENTAL CYCLE Terms & Conditions for bicycle rental, then complete a form.
After completing the form, please give it to a staff member.
The staff member will check the form, after which you must pay for your rental.
Only cash will be accepted as a valid payment. Credit cards are not acceptable.
Lineup
We have some useful accessories.
Free（※Need to be returned）
○Options
We recommend bringing the following items（A or B）just in case. Please return them back to us as well when the bike is returned. If you used some of them, please pay for it（except the tools）.
【A】（For Beginner）…Flat Tire Repair Agent “Quick Shot” & Spare Tube ★
【B】（For Experienced）…Repair Kit（Air Pump・Tire Lever・Patch・Allen Wrench) & Spare Tube ★
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【A】For Beginner
Flat Tire Repair Agent
“Quick Shot” -
【B】For Experienced
Repair Kit
(Air Pump・Tire Lever・Patch・Allen Wrench) -
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Spare Tube
Paid
If you would like to rent some of these, please tell us the number you want when you make a reservation. Then we can keep that. It’s possible to rent/cancel that on that day, but please note that these accessories are limited in number.
| Accessories | 1 Day | 2 Days or More |
| Saddle Cushion Cover | ￥330 | ￥440 |
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| Fender（Mudguard） | ￥330 | ￥440 |
| Saddle Bag（Small/1L） | ￥330 | ￥440 |
| Sunglasses | ￥550 | ￥660 | Gloves | ￥550 | ￥660 |
| Smartphone Case | ￥550 | ￥660 |
| Bike Bag（*Experience required） | ￥550 | ￥660 |
| Clipless Pedals (Shimano Products Only) | ￥550 | ￥660 |
| Saddle Bag（Large/7L） | ￥1,100 | ￥1,320 |
| Backpack（Dueter）（Sizes: 6L/8L/10L/12L/14L/18L） | ￥1,100 | ￥1,320 |
| Rear Rack（*only for Cross bike）(Reservation required) | ￥1,100 | ￥1,320 |
| Pannier（2 Bags）+ Rear Rack (Reservation required) | ￥2,620 | ￥3,080 |
| 1 day | 2 Days or More | ||
| Saddle Cushion Cover, Fender(Mudguard), Saddle Bag（Small/1L） |
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| ￥330 | ￥440 | ||
| Sunglasses, Gloves, Smartphone Case Bike Bag（*Experience required), Clipless Pedals(Shimano Products Only) |
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| ￥550 | ￥660 | ||
| Saddle Bag（Large/7L） Backpack（Dueter) (Sizes: 6L/8L/10L/12L/14L/18L), Rear Rack（*only for Cross bike) (Reservation required) |
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| ￥1,100 | ￥1,320 | ||
| Pannier (19.5L x 2 bags) + Rear Rack (Reservation required) |
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| ￥2,620 | ￥3,080 | ||
Saddle Cushion Cover
Fender (Mudguard)
Saddle Bag
（Small/1L）
Sunglasses
Gloves
Smartphone Case
Bike Bag
(※Experience required）
Clipless Pedals
(Shimano Products Only)
Saddle Bag
（Large/7L）
Backpack（Dueter）
（Sizes: 6L/8L/10L/12L/14L/18L）
Rear Rack (only for Cross bike)
（Reservation required）
Pannier (19.5L x 2 bags) +
Rear Rack（Reservation required）
To make your reception time shorter, please make sure to read and check the terms and conditions at this time.
Failure to look through the terms and conditions now will have you reading them when you arrive at our location.
Regarding customer’s luggage, we are afraid that we couldn’t keep it because of the limited space in our shop. Please use the coin lockers on the second floor in Maibara station.
About bike rentals
We do not provide our service to groups consisting only of riders who are elementary school or junior high school students. Please be sure to visit our store with guardians.
Customers who are renting bicycles in groups consisting only of high school students must download the consent form below to be filled out and give it to our staff on the day of rental.
We ask for all renters to come in person to our shop. You are not allowed to rent a bike for other people to ride. The person who will ride must come in person to our shop to rent our bikes.
About Booking
Reservations must be made 2 days in advance.
・For the group of more than 10 people, reservations must be made 7 days in advance.
・Making reservations via phone is easier afternoon than in the morning, when we tend to be busy.
●For Reservations Made the Day Before
・If you decide to cancel your reservation, a cancellation fee will be applied as per our cancellation policy.
・Due to the time required to prepare bicycles properly, there may be a wait.
●For Same Day Reservations
・Additional charge, 550 yen, is needed.
・Due to the time required to prepare bicycles properly, there may be a wait. Priority will be given to customers with advance reservations.
Cancellation Policy
Due to the labor required to maintain and prepare bicycles, cancellations will be treated as follows:
A cancellation fee will be charged for canceling or changing dates in less than two business days before the scheduled rental date. In the event of a cancellation caused by weather issues, please contact us for a consultation.
Please contact us for cancellations, changing a reservations etc during business hours (9AM~5PM). Response may be delayed due to circumstances of personnel and any event. We appreciate your understanding. Please contact us and consult as soon as possible to avoid any complications.
Reservation cancellations or changes will be confirmed by our staff via email or voicemail, and will not be considered complete otherwise. Please be mindful of this.
About cancellation charges
・By 5PM 2 days before the scheduled rental date : Cancellation fee will not be charged.
・From 5PM 2 days before to 5PM the day before the scheduled rental date : 50％ of the total rental fee will be charged.
・After 5PM the day before the scheduled rental date : 100% of the total rental fee will be charged.
* For the group of more than 10 people and travel agencies, there is a cancellation policy separately.
For reservation detail changes (date changes, number of bikes, etc) your reservation will be canceled once, and then remade. Depending on the details of the reservation, we may not be able to alter the details.
In both cases, the initial rental fee will be charged as usual.
To avoid a cancellation fee, simply cancel or reschedule two business days in advance.
For more details on cancellation fees, please contact us by phone or email.
●Others
※ Cancellation is based on 【Start date of rent】.
※ Due to preparation and maintenances for bikes, If you are a large group or rent bikes for a long term, or some other irregular requests, we may also offer you other options. Thank you for your understanding.
※ For “irregular requests” please contact us.
※ Please ensure that details are accurate at the time of reservation.
What you need to rent from us
At reception you may be required to show your ID. Please bring any ID which can verify your name and address such as Passport, Resident Card, Driver’s license, etc.
Terms of Repairs
If there is any damage or repairs needed to the bicycle upon return, we require all repair cost to be paid in full by you the rentee. If there are any problems that occur during your ride and would like to repair it at a bike shop, you may do so but we ask for detailed information about why the repairs were needed. Depending on why the repairs were needed, we may or may not reimburse the repair fees.
Prohibited Acts
Customers should not engage in the acts specified below during the loan period.
1. Acts including reckless driving, drunk driving, and other acts in violation of traffic rules.
2. Use of rented items in hazardous and/or improper locations, using improper methods.
3. Acts that would cause obstructions such as inhibiting pedestrian traffic.
4. Modification and alteration of the structure, equipment, etc. of the loaned commodity.
5. Unauthorized Returning Lending Items at other locations specified by the store.
6. Unauthorized extension of loan time.
7. Night riding from sunset to sunrise.
8. Riding off designated roads into areas such as lakeshores, forests, and riverbeds.
9. Allowing other persons to use rented items other than the person described in the application form.
10. Other acts contrary to laws and regulations.