点评:We hired our bikes from Martin in Bodmin. My dad hired a hybrid and I hired a mountain bike. Both bikes were perfect for what we wanted them for. The hybrid has a more comfortable seat and an upright position and the mountain has more stability, chunkier tires. I’d recommend either. Lock, helmets and repair kits are included which was nice. The trail is pretty flat and very tranquil and doesn’t take as long as you’d think to get to Padstow from wadebridge.
Unfortunately We had an incident that when we got back to our bikes from our little trip around Padstow, we found someone had stolen the rear wheel off the mountain bike. I quickly called Martin who was obviously surprised that this had happened, as were we. He swiftly contacted the local bike hire place who were kind enough to fit me a wheel so I could get back to bodmin. Martin also offered to bring me a new bike all the way from Bodmin but this wasn’t needed as the local hire place got it sorted. Which saved his time of travel but was very grateful for the offering. We found Martin to be very kind, understanding and forgiving and I do feel very bad that this happened. Word to the wise, lock all wheels and frame to the bike rack.
All in all, I would certainly recommend explorebybike. It’s a lovely trail and the perfect amount of distance for anyone to do easily. And although I may have moaned that my bum hurt it wouldn’t put me off doing it all again.
Thankyou for all your help Martin.
翻译:我们在博德明的马丁那里租了自行车。我爸爸租了一辆混合动力车,我租了一辆山地车。两辆自行车都完美地满足了我们的要求。混合动力车的座椅更舒适,骑行姿势也更直立;而山地车则更稳定,轮胎也更厚实。我推荐这两款车。车锁、头盔和修理工具都包含在内,这点很不错。这条路相当平坦,非常安静,从韦德布里奇到帕兹托的时间比你想象的要短。
不幸的是,我们在帕兹托周边的短途旅行结束后,发现有人把山地车的后轮偷走了。我赶紧打电话给马丁,他显然和我们一样对这件事感到惊讶。他迅速联系了当地的自行车租赁公司,租赁公司好心地帮我装了一个后轮,这样我就可以回到博德明了。马丁还主动提出要从博德明一路给我送一辆新自行车,但没必要,因为当地的租赁公司已经帮我解决了。这节省了他的出行时间,但他还是非常感激马丁的帮助。我们发现马丁非常友善、善解人意、宽容大度,我对发生这样的事感到非常难过。明智的做法是,把所有车轮和车架都锁在自行车架上。
总而言之,我强烈推荐“探索自行车”(explorebybike)。这条路线风景优美,距离也恰到好处,任何人都可以轻松完成。虽然我可能抱怨过屁股疼,但这并不会阻止我再次尝试。
马丁,谢谢你所有的帮助。