Bike Hire france

Harsh week already !

Mate , every day is harsh street in this group especially from the likes of
Nev who has quite clearly run out of meds

 

Hi All,

Just a warning about hiring bikes in France. My wife and I rented bikes
through Holiday Bikes in Nice, France for a week. On pick-up my Suzuki
Bandit had a near worn out rear tyre. Not really good enough for a weeks
riding through the Pyrenees. Whilst the riding was excellent. During our
hire we had the unfortunate occurrence for my wife's FZ600 to be knocked off
it's side stand. It cost us our entire deposit of 1600 Euros for scratched:
handle bar end weight, front brake lever, side of rear tail, right foot peg
and slightly bent rear brake. Whilst they where legally entitled to the
deposit. I felt it was blatant profiteering as I'm sure they would not fix
the damage and just rent it out to the next person, given the condition of
the Bandit when I got it.

Beware!

 

Yeah and if you had bought some travel insurance, it would have paid
your rental vehicle excess.

 

Tough shit. If you don't like paying for damage, you shouldn't have
damaged the bike in the first place.

Nev..

 

Harsh week already? The poor bloke didn't say he'd caused the damage!

Sprint.

 

He said it it was knocked off the stand while in their possession. See
a primary
school teacher for English comprehension lessons if still in doubt.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Looser ? Have you been fisting him too much ?

JL

 

Only few insurers include bikes under their rental vehicle excess cover.
Even if, they then often don't cover medicals resulting from a "high-risk"
activity like riding bikes/ abseiling/ etc etc
Just gone through the whole mess of reading policy-fineprint for a few weeks
in preparation for a 6-week Euro-Alps ride.

pete

 

Oops, for those who're interested...came up with those guys, who're happy to
cover the lot:
https://www.worldcare.com.au/
Use their 1800 number and talk with Sara Barker for specific questions.
cheers
pete

 

you forgot the "corse"

trying to fist Nev while he's racing...............

ck

 

I can't wait to back the ute into your ZX , whilst it's in your possession
of corse, for ,as any primary school teacher will tell you ,I'll be totally
absolved from all fault LOOSER get a life

 

Damm never was much good at rithmatick

 

Hmm. Going by the current philosophy of equality of outcomes in
Australian schools, I'd say that he's near the top of his class...