Surrey Bike rentals

[Pluto777]

Anyone ever done it? I have many questions on this and other 'non-park' activivities:
What about a 6 person bike - will it work with 2 senior citizens (in their 80's) and 2 very small tots?
Best recomended resort to try it? Cost? Reservations necessary? Other non-park ideas for folks on a budget? (boating comes to mind as well)

 

[Robo]

1. Anyone ever done it?
What about a 6 person bike -
2. will it work with 2 senior citizens (in their 80's) and 2 very small tots?
3. Best recomended resort to try it? Cost? Reservations necessary? Other non-park ideas for folks on a budget?
4. (boating comes to mind as well)

1. Several times.
2. All (ALL) bicycles, single-rider to 6-person surrey, will be subject to the difficulties associated
with, well, riding a bicycle.
That means that if you are on a flat surface or going downhill, they will be easy to ride.
But, if you are on an uphill grade, the pedaling can become difficult (to impossible)
if those pedaling are not used to riding a bicycle uphill.
(Add two little kids as passengers who are too short/too weak to pedal, and the vehicle
will simply be to heavy to ride on the upgrade.)
3. Virtually all locations will have riding areas/sections that are "uphill."
4. Renting a pontoon boat (everyone wears lifejackets, of course) can be a nice, fun, relaxing diversion.
(And, the pontoons are easy to pilot.)

 

[Klayfish]

We rented them at the boardwalk this summer. It was just DW and I. I can't say I'd recommend it for people in their 80's. It was a blast, we had a great time. But the uphill sections were pretty hard...and we both are gym rats. It takes serious effort to peddle them up the hills (there are two of them in the boardwalk loop).

 

[coasternut22]

We rented a 4 person. Me wife and grandma had a hard time getting up the hills in the Boardwalk area. These are the bridges between BW and Beach Club and Yacht Club and Swan. The flat parts were fine.

Also, my kids wanted to sit on our laps and the staff made it perfectly clear that they could not. Made for unhappy kids. My son (3) cried the whole time because he wanted to peddle.

 

[amym2]

You could potentially do a 4-person bike with one kid in the basket in front and one in the middle of the backseat, but I wouldn't advise it if the older folks can't contribute to the pedaling. We did one years ago with 3 adults and two kids (not tiny but but not tall enough to pedal) and the uphill parts were tough. It's definitely not a relaxing activity! We'll probably do it again since we now have two teens who can pedal us!