I’m briefly in Aspen now with none of my cycling gear. I have a small window to ride. There are plenty of places to rent a road bike but none seem to rent gear (kits and shoes). Any CO people know if there is a place that does. I’m guessing not since that is somewhat disgusting but I thought I’d ask anyway. Thanks
I guess a secondary question would be how difficult would it be to climb without proper shoes and pedals? I’d have no issue buying a kit but it doesn’t solve the shoe problem.
I would rent a mtn bike without clip-ins and ride that…
Juan
I’m going to also say rent a hardtail mtb (chances are it will be a Norco haha they seem to be as common as leaves in Aspen). Ride to the top of the Vail Pass. If you feel like being out for a while ride to Frisco and back. It’s an amazing ride. I’ve considered moving there just for that ride.
I’m going to also say rent a hardtail mtb (chances are it will be a Norco haha they seem to be as common as leaves in Aspen). Ride to the top of the Vail Pass. If you feel like being out for a while ride to Frisco and back. It’s an amazing ride. I’ve considered moving there just for that ride.
I don’t have anything to add on the initial question (except, maybe time to buy new shoes anyway, in addition to a kit?) - but I think you meant Independence Pass, not Vail Pass. VP from Aspen is 90 miles. One way.
popular roads to ride (with climbs) without doing Indpendence are
Castle Creek
Maroon Bells Creek
Capitol & Snowmass Creeks
down to basalt and then up frying pan road
don’t ride on 82 unless you are going up to IP…
If i were in your situation, I’d get an MTB and ride around snowmass.
stalk lance on strava & you can see alot of the rides I am talking about.
I’m going to also say rent a hardtail mtb (chances are it will be a Norco haha they seem to be as common as leaves in Aspen). Ride to the top of the Vail Pass. If you feel like being out for a while ride to Frisco and back. It’s an amazing ride. I’ve considered moving there just for that ride.
I don’t have anything to add on the initial question (except, maybe time to buy new shoes anyway, in addition to a kit?) - but I think you meant Independence Pass, not Vail Pass. VP from Aspen is 90 miles. One way.
My bad, I’m a bit transfixed with Vail 
I’m dragging this thread out of history because I’ll be in Aspen for a few days in about a month. It seems as if road bike rentals are not so common, relative to mountain bikes (sure) or e-bikes (ugh). Anyone have current recommendations for an Aspen shop with road bike rentals? What about a resource for road bike ride recommendations? TIA
I’m dragging this thread out of history because I’ll be in Aspen for a few days in about a month. It seems as if road bike rentals are not so common, relative to mountain bikes (sure) or e-bikes (ugh). Anyone have current recommendations for an Aspen shop with road bike rentals? What about a resource for road bike ride recommendations? TIA
did you actually search up the bike shops and look at their rental pages? took me all of three minutes to find three shops that rent road bikes… did so out of curosity since I usually go 1x a year for a bike week and one of the group usually has to rent.
quick google maps search of shops shoes that https://www.aspenbikes.com/ has rental Roubaix & Aethos
https://basaltbikeandski.com/pages/bike-rentals (aspen location) has road/gravel rentals
https://www.utecitycycles.com/bike-rentals-demos - has orbea road bikes on rental page.
Of course. I’ve emailed three bike shops that reportedly have road bikes (from their web sites) , none have replied. I was hoping for an experience-based recommendation and not just a random choice. But thanks for your helpful response.
all three are good shops. Not singling them out, but the basalt shop is a big operation… try calling.