Its convenient location allows you to pick up your bike, then immediately embark on your cycling journey. Ride 200 meters (1 minute) to the Han River bike path (directions) or visit one of Seoul’s nearby intercity bus terminals.
The Bike Rental Korea shop proudly holds certification from the Seoul Metropolitan government’s Ddareungi(따릉이) system. All of their bike mechanics are maintenance certified.
Before and after each rental, the shop inspects and fixes each bicycle, ensuring 100% safety and quality.
Bike Rental Korea specializes in offering rental and maintenance services for long-distance cycling trips along Korea’s Four Rivers.
Bike Rental Korea rents a diverse selection of bikes, including touring (road) and hybrid models.
Long-term bikes for rent range from $25 per day.
You can receive discounts on bikes and accessories based on the duration of your rental.
Bike Rental Korea includes the following items for free in every rental:
The shop also delivers and picks up bike rentals in Busan, the end of the Cross-Country Route. To have your bicycles collected after the rental period, lock your bicycle up near the Nakdonggang Estuary Bank Certification Center (map) or your hotel in Busan and take a picture. A bike shop representative will come by to collect it. $100 return fee.
Not cycling to Incheon or Busan? You can return your rented bike from other locations in Korea. Delivery costs to the bike rental shop in Seoul vary depending on the drop-off location.
Here are some other services Seoul Bicycle Rental provides:
Riders can book an English-language cycling tour in Seoul. Contact them via KakaoTalk or WhatsApp for more information or to reserve in advance.
If you experience a breakdown, you can contact the shop and receive assistance on the bike paths.
Shimano 105 to Ultegra groupsets. Aluminum and carbon frames. Rim and hydraulic disc brakes.
Daily: ₩50,000
All rentals include a helmet. Weekly rentals include a rear rack, lock, toolkit, and a spare tube for free. You can store your luggage at their store during your cycling adventures.
Bike Nara’s bikes are a step-up from your usual short-term offering. Grab a set of high-quality wheels, then zoom around the Han River bike paths until sundown.
Contact Info & Hours
March to October — 9:30 AM to 9 PM
November to February — 10 AM to 8 PM
Public Holidays — 10 AM to 8 PM
Closed on Tuesdays
Riding on a weekend or holiday? Take the Seoul subway’s Line 2 or Line 6 to return your rental to Bike Nara’s shop. Get off atHapjeong Station (Exit 5), then hit the bars in Hongdae.
Bike Trip (바이크트립; map) is a bicycle rental company based on Jeju Island. Besides renting bikes, they offer tours and can ship personal bicycles to and from Jeju.
Bike Trip will store your luggage in their shop during your ride.
For an additional ￦20,000 (￦25,000 peak season), they’ll deliver your bike to your hotel. They can also drop you on or scoop you off the Jeju Fantasy Bike Path.
Bike Trip’s shop sits about 750 meters (half a mile) fromJeju International Airport. Hop off the plane. Take a taxi or endure the 12-minute walk.
Cycling Tours
Bike Trip runs road and mountain bike adventure tours around the island.
The Eastern Inland tour (￦44,000) offers an off-road tour of Jeju. It starts in Bijarim Forest (비자림; map) and travels 25 kilometers to Seongsan Ilchulbong. The tour price includes an intermediate MTB.
Bicycle Shipping
Own a bike in Korea? It can be a hassle to carry it onto an airplane or ferry. So Bike Trip offers a delivery service.
Drop your bike off at one of their affiliate bike shops in Seoul, Yongin, Goyang, Busan, Daegu, or Daejeon. They’ll ship it to their store on Jeju Island.
Prices start at ₩79,000 for round-trip shipment, and ₩49,000 for a one-way. MTB, hybrid, and heavy e-bikes cost more.
Bike Trip will also ship your helmet, saddle bag, and top tube bag for free. They insure every bike for damages incurred on their journey.
Wright Brothers (라이트브라더스; map) is a platform that offers a variety of services:
It’s an online portal for customers to sell their used bikes.
Bike stores can list their new bikes for sale on Wright Brothers website.
Wright Brothers runs a rewards program for folks who cycle instead of driving a car. The cyclists can link their Strava account to their Wright Brothers account and receive discounts for kilometers ridden.
Wright Brothers also offers short-term for foreigners and long-term bike rental between 24 to 48 months.
In downtown Seoul, Wright Brothers keeps a showroom in Some Sevit and an office in the Yongsan District.
Lycle (라이클) is a Korean sports equipment renting app. Similar to Airbnb, it offers a market for individuals or shops to lend surf boards, camping equipment, and bicycles to the app’s users for short- and long-term durations.
Warning
Lycle’s home screen displays options to rent bikes, surf boards, camping equipment, and ski gear.
Lycle is a Korean-language only app. Side effects include the inability to read the text, loss of app functionality, and blind tapping syndrome.
One more roadblock! You need to verify your identity to rent a bike from Lycle. Like the Bike Passport app, this requires a domestic phone number and ARC card.
Fear not! We’ll look into a few workarounds.
The App
Lycle connects bicycle renters and borrowers. Renters include retail stores, renting shops, and individuals. They set rates based on bike type and the rental duration.
When you open the app, you’ll find four buttons.
You can find short- and long-term bike rental options near you on the Lycle app.자전거 (bicycle)
서핑 (surf)
캠핑 (camping)
스키 (skiing)
Let’s tap the 자전거 (“bicycle”) button. A map opens with pinpoints representing bikes for rent. Zoom into any region in Korea and new pinpoints will populate the map.Tap one of these buttons and you’ll find a list or a map.
Let’s tap the 자전거 (bicycle) button. A map opens with pinpoints representing bikes for rent. Zoom into any region in Korea and new pinpoints will populate the map.
Some bike renters have more than one bike. Scroll right to see all their options.
On top of the screen sit two categories.
단기대여 (short-term rental)
장기대여 (long-term rental)
Tap the second option to find bikes available for long-term rental. A fresh group of icons will fill the map. Tap one and a picture will pop up at the bottom of the screen.
If the shop or individual rents more than one bike, swipe right to view them all.
Let’s click a picture and check out the stats on your temporary wheels.
Bike Profile
Below the profile pic of a bike, find info about the renter and the bicycle’s stats.
Welcome to the bike profile page. Here you can see key stats about the bike, contact info for the renter, and their location on Naver Maps.
First, let’s translate the buttons below the bike’s profile pic.
위치보기 — View location
락하기 — Contact
매장리뷰 — Store reviews
권장 신장 — Recommended height of rider
주요스펙 — Main specifications
Click the 연락하기 (contact) button under the bike’s profile picture. The app will direct your phone to call the renter’s shop.
Tap 위치보기 (view location) and Lycle will send you to the renter’s location on Naver Maps.
Bypass the App
Lycle doesn’t provide you with much info about the renters on their app. You’ll get a pin of their location, their phone number, and some reviews. But the app provides no more info.
That’s good for individual renters who don’t want their info available to the public. But some renters on Lycle are brick-and-mortar bike shops. Lycle’s anonymous pins shield you from contacting the shops directly.
Now let’s dive into the basic stats listed on a Lycle bicycle profile.
종류 — type
브랜드 — brand
연식 — year
무게 — weight (metric)
프레임 — frame material
변속기 — gearing/components
브레이크 — brakes
사이즈 — size
Here are some bike types you’ll find listed.
로드 — road
MTB — mountain bike
하이브리드 — hybrid
전기 자전거 — e-bike
Reserve
Don’t have a domestic phone number or ARC? You’re heading towards a cliff! Turn back now!
To reserve a bike on Lycle, you must verify your identity, then register with the app.
Finished? Good. Now:
Log in (로그인).
Choose your bike and tap the 날짜 선택하기 (choose a date) button.
Select your start date (시작일) and return date (반납일).
Under 필수 상품 (required product), select the number of bikes you need.
The total price will appear below.
Lycle insures bike rentals for up to ₩200,000 in damages. The borrower must pay for repairs exceeding that amount.
Tap “예약하기” to reserve.
Bypass the App
Lycle acts as a middleman between renters and borrowers. Can’t sign-up for the app? You can still use the app as a directory.
Like mentioned before, Lycle’s “연락하기” (contact) button provides you with the renter’s phone number. If you can speak Korean, you can arrange a rental directly from the bike shop.
Can’t speak Korean? Tap the “위치보기” (location) next to the “연락하기” (contact) button. The Lycle app will send you to a pin of the renter on Naver Maps. If it’s a bike shop, Lycle will give you the business’s name, but no other information. Don’t let that stop you!
Copy and Paste
Want to find the bicycle renter outside the Lycle App? Here’s the workaround.
Tap “Import” and select the Naver Maps screenshot you just captured.
Highlight then copy the bike renter’s name.
Paste the bike renter’s name into Naver Maps.
Ta-da! Naver Maps will give you the bike renter’s full listing, which often includes a website, Facebook page, and more contact info.
(You don’t need Google Translate if you have experience typing in Korean. Just install a Korean keyboard and retype the bike renter’s name into Naver Maps.)
Search the Map
Here’s one more tool to find long-term bike rental in Korea.
Choose a rental shop on the Lycle app, then click one of the above links. It will send you to a Kakao Map populated with either bike retail or bike rental shops.
Zoom into the Kakao Map and find the matching Lycle pin. Contact the bike shop, and arrange a rental.
It’s Sunday. You head down to the river or your local park for a leisurely ride. But where can you find a bike?
You’re in luck. Bike rental stalls hang out in almost every park in Korea. Even better, pop-up shops near major recreation attractions rent a smorgasbord of mobile devices, from bicycles and electrified scooters.
Check out this brief guide to short-term bicycle rental in South Korea.
Seoul Bike is a bicycle sharing system operated by the city of Seoul. It allows anyone to rent a bike from automated racks for short periods to sightsee or cruise across town.
Bicycles rent for ₩1,000 per hour. After the first two hours, Seoul Bike charges ₩1,000 for every additional thirty minutes.
When finished, return your bike to any of the hundreds of Seoul Bike racks around the city.
Local bicycle rental booths populate most city and country parks around the country. They rent a variety of bikes by the hour, from cruiser to hybrid to tandem bikes.
Below, find a list of park bike rental services in Seoul and Busan. While the list isn’t comprehensive, it reflects what to expect when renting bikes from the other hundreds of regional parks across Korea.
Find bicycle rental stations in the Nakdong Estuary Parks along the Nakdong River in Busan.
Seoul
In Seoul, the Hangang Park system along the Han River encompasses eleven smaller parks. All offer bike rental stations with an assortment of bicycles.
Hours
March, April, September, and October — 9 AM to 6 PM
Kakao bikes are a convenient way to commute and go for an afternoon ride.
Cruise down any big city bike path and you’ll notice clusters of yellow cruiser bikes parked pathside. Say hello to Kakao T Bikes (카카오 T 바이크).
Like many major Korean companies, Kakao Corporation’s business portfolio includes an ever expanding list of sectors. They just don’t run Kakao Talk and Kakao Maps. They operate Kakao T (Google Play; App Store), an app that lets users call taxis, carpool, and rent either electric or regular bikes.
After you read instructions, a map will pop up with pins marking each available bike. Tap an icon to see the bike’s status. If it’s electric, you can check the charge left on the bike’s battery.
Find the bike in the real world. Spot a QR code emblazoned below the back of the saddle (seat). Scan it using the Kakao T app. Up pops instructions on how to unlock and ride the bike.
Kakao T Bikes don’t have docking stations. When you finish riding, you must leave the bike within its designated service area so workers can find, fix, and charge the bikes if necessary.
Can I venture outside the service area? Yes, but you’ll pay a ₩20,000 fine if you don’t return it to its service area.
