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Tandem Bike
Your opportunity to try cycling in tandem! You can rent bikes in Tromsø from Tromsø Outdoor Activity and Rental Centre at Sjøgata 14.
General information
Tromsø Outdoor offers two tandem bikes for rent:
- Lapierre Touring Tandem
- Tandem Yosemite 500
The Lapierre Touring Tandem is high quality bike you can take for a day trip for long tour along Norwegian coats.
Wheel size: 26”
Frame size: front 50 cm, rear 45 cm (recommended users heights ca. 150-180 cm tall in front and 150-175 cm tall at the back)
Gear: 27 Shimano Deore XT SLM590, 9 gears
Weight: 21 kg
Maximum passengers weight: 200 kg + 25 kg max luggage rack load
The touring tandem is equipped with:
- mud fenders
- three water bottle holders
- rear luggage rack
- bike computer
- lowrider
In addition you can rent:
- bike bags: rear, front and for the handle bar (handle bar holder follows)
- bike cargo and child trailers
The Tandem Yosemite 500 is suitable for shorter day trips in the vicinity of Tromsø or for those who want to try riding in tandem for the first time. This bike is not really suitable for longer tours, so cannot be rented for such.
Wheel size: 26”
Frame size: 50 cm
Gears: 9-gear Shimano Tourney changer
Weight: 17,5 kg
Maximum passengers weight: 120 kg
Click here for more information and booking.
Facilities
- Eco certified
- Eco-Lighthouse
About Tromsø Outdoor
Driven by passion, love for our place and nature, being active outdoors.
Focused on good equipment, local development, good work environment, professional advice, friends and family time, trying new things. We do what we love and we share our lifestyle with Tromsø visitors. Our speciality is guiding outdoor activities.
We further received the Eco-Lighthouse certificate in 2021, it is Norway’s most widely used environmental management system that provides enterprises with relevant tools to help them improve their environmental performance, and to control their environmental impact.
June - September we guide e-bike tours, and November - April we guide snowshoeing, cross country skiing, introduction to randonee skiing trips.
Guided activities are conducted in small groups. Planning the tours we think of "soft adventures", therefore everyone will find in our offer activity for themselves.
Sporty people who wish to explore wilder areas can join Guided Snowshoe Hill Hike to Kvaløya. Families with children, seniors or people without experience with snow often choose the Guided Snowshoe Trip on Tromsøya or the Guided easy snowshoeing with a visit to local café. Everyone who has no experience with cross country skiing may enjoy our Cross Country ski trip - beginners ski course.
In the summer we bring our guests out to Explore Tromsø by e-bike.
On request and for groups we prepare tailored offers.
If you prefer to explore our area on your own, the Tromsø Outdoor team in the rental centre will assist you to find the outdoor adventure and the right equipment.
Tromsø Outdoor rental offer comprises
- Over 200 bicycles
- Winter clothes and boots
- Randonee skis and splitboards
- Avalanche safety equipment
- Cross country skis
- Snowshoes
- Tripods, headlamps, reindeer skins
- Camping gear
- Fatbikes, El-fatbikes and winter bicycles (with studded) tires.
Planning your stay visit www.tromsooutdoor.no for our tips and inspiration for cycling, skiing, snowshoeing, splitboarding and camping holidays in our region.