Aspen Bike Rentals

Aspen Bike Rentals - What to Know

Whatever brings you to this sophisticated and charming mountain destination, you can find an excuse to rent a bike for a relaxed cruiser ride around town. Cruiser or city bikes can be a wonderful way to travel between the town's many bars, restaurants, and shops. With beautiful scenery, delightful weather, and your choice of gentle, paved Aspen bike trails, it's time to grab your Aspen bike path map and hit the road!

Why City Biking in Aspen is Great - Path, City & Cruiser Bikes

Cruiser bikes are a wonderful way to take your time and feel the wind in your hair while exploring this fun little mountain town. Here's what we love about Aspen bike trips!

Plenty of Paved Trails

While we respect Aspen as a mountain biking destination, this cool town refuses to be pigeonholed. There are plenty of paved paths that make it easy to see a lot of the surrounding area on a cruiser bike. You don't need gears and grit to experience the beauty of the Rockies here!

Bike Parking Is Easy

Aspen is a popular place and parking cars can become a daunting task on popular summer days and evenings. With Aspen bike rentals, you can cruise around town and easily stop whenever you want. This freedom to see the sites is one of our favorite things about cruiser biking Aspen!

The Town Is Part of The Draw

Aspen has world-class dining, shopping, and drinking. While it's also the gateway to some incredible scenery and remarkable outdoor adventure, we think the town itself is worth exploring. You can create a cruiser bike itinerary for several days with all the cultural quality offered in Aspen.

Where to Take Bike Rentals in Aspen

You don't have to shred singletrack if you come to this gorgeous mountain town - there are plenty of mellow bike rides near Aspen that are perfect for a cruiser bike.  From the Aspen bike path on the river to the trail between Snowmass and Aspen, there are plenty of places to bike in Aspen!

Rio Grande Bike Trail Aspen

A crown jewel of relaxed biking in Aspen, the Rio Grande Trail is a 42-mile bike path from Glenwood Springs to Aspen. This path is a rails-to-trails project that follows the former corridor of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.  The Rio Grande trail is unpaved from Aspen until Woody Creek Tavern, which is about the halfway point. The unpaved portion is certainly still comfortable on a cruiser bike and the remaining half of the trail is paved all the way to Basalt. The trail is also plowed in the winter when there is more than 3 inches of snow, so you can even go for a bundled-up winter cruiser ride!

ABC Trail

For another mellow bike path, Aspen's paved ABC Trail is a great choice. Perfect for cruiser bikes and riders of all ages, the 2.5 mile trail runs from the Aspen Airport Business Center (the trail is sometimes called the AABC Trail) to the West End neighborhood of Aspen, where you can connect it with the Cemetery Lane Trail and then on to the Rio Grande Trail. The ABC Trail parallels busy Highway 82 but it's been effectively landscaped so the riding is still fun!

Owl Creek Trail

The paved Owl Creek Trail is a more wooded experience - a great way to get into the Aspen trees if you're lucky enough to be in town when the leaves change. The Owl Creek Trail runs almost six miles between Snowmass Village and Aspen. There is some significant elevation gain over the course of the entire trail, so doing the whole thing might be tough on a cruiser - but you can certainly do a portion of it!