no ,
if i was hiring out i would want a decent deposit,if i was hiring a bike i would want a safe and easy one that was the right size and the correct type for purpose.
Someone I know was doing this in the New Forest years ago. I don't know how it was worked at all I am afraid, but I do know that they were all painted very bright orange so that they showed up both to other road/track users and if they were dumped or stolen. I think they were for use along the tracks and not really on the road.
Tavascarow
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 8407 Location: South Cornwall
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 15 5:55 am Post subject:
A few bike hire firms down here & they all seem buoyant. They all use lower to mid price range bikes from one manufacturer for ease of maintenance. & sell them on after two or three seasons. They no doubt get a better deal buying ten or twenty bikes a year from one place & make nearly as much when they sell them on. No Idea how much insurance for such a business would be.
Hmm I'd thought of it as a very small scale operation using our old mountain bikes and maybe a couple of "smaller sizes"
More to utilise a resource we already have to take a few quid than to make a living, although the way life works, it's good to take opportunities as they arise.
I can see the logic of new ones though - chains stretch, sprockets hook, cables rust and stretch and reducing breakdowns has to be very important - especially when the "mechanic" is me !
I'll "self insure" on that one - can't see how insurance would be worth claiming on and in reality you're "insuring" the integrity of your punters - ain't it ?
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,legal claims from the public(if they get hurt they will try to blame you)
That's the area I'm finding difficult to get my head round - Anyone know of a company that does this sort of stuff ? or had quotes for any other "idiot schemes"
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i expect to get the price down to a reasonable level the bikes would need to be newish and well maintained.
So what does "Public Liability" insurance cover then ?
derbyshiredowser
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 980 Location: derbyshire
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 15 11:00 am Post subject:
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So what does "Public Liability" insurance cover then ?
afaik it is not a legal obligation in most trades but the consequences of a fair or malicious claim do make it sensible to buy insurance for legal expenses etc etc
Businesses are usually advised to have public liability insurance because otherwise a large claim could bankrupt them and their partners/owners/directors. You need to decide with your insurance company what cover you need. I would have thought that you will need to decide where the bikes can be used, eg cycle tracks into town/round a national park, side roads only, bridle ways only. I would think for normal road use the insurance would be high as there was a real risk of one of the riders being hurt.
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