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Routes Bicycle Tours & Rentals

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Fun, easy and safe bike rentals and tours throughout Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Routes Bicycle Tours & Rentals is a family-owned boutique in the historic core of Albuquerque, New Mexico with a focus on providing unique, sustainable experiences and products for their patrons.

Routes features full-service bicycle and snowshoe rentals accompanied by custom maps, accessories, gifts, and concierge-level service. We provide the largest rental selection of bicycles styles in Albuquerque; Elite road bikes, mountain bikes, hybrids, 3-speed cruisers, fixed-gear, two-person tandems, kid’s bikes, and trailers! Long term rentals are available at discounted rates and we deliver and maintain the bicycles throughout your rental. Since no two vacations are the same, we are open 7 days a week with extended hours.

ABQ Historic River Bike Tour

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History and Adventure!

Imagine a city where gunslingers walked alongside artisans, farmers, traders, and royalty. Where a majestic river flowed so mightily, it flooded entire towns. Where Native, Hispanic and Anglo cultures melded together to create something so unique and extraordinary, it has survived for over 300 years.

This is Albuquerque like you’ve never seen it before.

An Albuquerque full of history, adventure, and hidden treasures! Join us for a memorable journey through time as we experience some of the city’s most beautiful scenery, historic architecture, living cultures, unique eco-systems, and a chance to dip our toes into ABQ’s celebrated lifeline, the Rio Grande River.

Our daily, two-hour bicycle adventure is a favorite for families, history-buffs, and wildlife enthusiasts. Book now and join us for a peek into Albuquerque’s historic towns and scenic riverside Bio-systems.

Albuquerque Lights & Bikes Holiday Tour

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Albuquerque’s most unique festive tradition for friends and families to enjoy

Join Routes as we take you through the heart of Albuquerque, from the historic avenues in Old Town to some of the most impressive light displays in the Southwest. Our unique and intimate bike tours are the perfect way to experience the holiday sights, sounds, scents, and magic of New Mexico!

ABQ Urban Art Bike Tour

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Stories, cultures and art weaved throughout the streets of Albuquerque.

Delve into the world of street art and experience our diverse city and cultures through the storytelling painted on the walls.  Our Urban Art Bike Tour has been designed with adventurous travelers in mind, who are looking for a unique, fun, and colorful way to explore our city, our cultures, and our stories.  We’ll pedal through multiple vibrant neighborhoods showcasing over 30 locally-crafted murals and unique architectural buildings. In addition to artwork, enjoy award-winning local brews and more! Be sure to bring your camera, as this is Albuquerque’s most instagramable tour! This is Albuquerque like you’ve never seen it before. “Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited…” – Banksy

ABQ Uncorked: Bike & Winery Tour

Enjoy the vibrant flavors of new mexico by bike.

As the oldest wine-producing region in the United States, our arid climate and mineral-rich soils lend themselves to over 127 varietals. Join Routes Bicycle Tours for an unforgettable experience that takes you along the famous Rio Grande River past local farms, restaurants, and the city’s Cultural centers to culminate in the lush surrounds of a beautiful, award-winning winery and tasting room. Our professional tour guides will lead you on a custom ride that will highlight the natural history, culture, and beauty of the Rio Grande River Valley and the surrounding cottonwood forest (Bosque). The experience includes a VIP grounds tour and wine tasting at the award-winning Sheehan Winery and multiple stops at local gems throughout our city. Our guides are at your service  to facilitate a unique exploration of our beautiful City, State, and culture.

ABQ’s Orignial Bike & Brew Tour

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Albuquerque’s only All-Inclusive Tours of the City’s Best Microbreweries

Albuquerque features an impressive selection of craft microbreweries, and was recently voted one of the Top 10 American Cities that Brew the Best Beer and #1 ‘Beer City’ in the nation. Now in our 10th year (!!), Our ABQ Bike & Brew tours are Albuquerque’s only all-inclusive, active, and safe way to sample and learn about our city’s top microbrews. On our tours you will take in beautiful scenery as you explore different neighborhoods, learn about our unique beer history, and meet the brewers that put our city on the map. Our beer tour experience includes ample beer flights at each brewery, VIP tours of each brewery with master brewers, water and snacks along the way, and exclusive collectible goodies. Our local guides are at your service throughout to facilitate this unique and authentic trek of our beautiful city, state, and culture.

Flavors of Albuquerque Bike Tour

Explore our culinary treasures by bike.

Taste your way through award-winning local cuisine and culture as you learn the secrets of New Mexico’s fiery food history.  Join us as we pedal through Albuquerque’s rich culinary landscape and capture behind-the-scenes traditions handed down for centuries.   Come hungry! Fill your belly and your heart! Through storytelling, ample tastings and hands-on immersive experiences you are sure to fill your belly and your heart with the unique and flavorful cultural cuisine that has won the world over.  Visit some of Albuquerque’s iconic sites and discover many of our hidden gems, plus experience a generations-old New Mexican dessert paired with our favorite margaritas in Albuquerque! Our four-hour Flavors of Albuquerque bicycle adventure is a favorite for families, history-buffs, and foodies alike.

ABQ Bike & Taco Tour

Forget about taco tuesday – because in new mexico it’s always taco today.

Albuquerque has become a beacon for foodies seeking authentic and delicious experiences. And what better way to explore our diverse cultural cuisine, than with 🌮 TACOS! 🌮  We’ve hand (and belly)-selected the best taco joints in ABQ to showcase on our guided scenic journey through the Burque art & food scene. Plus experience our booming craft-beer scene at one of our most iconic breweries! Come HUNGRY!  Tour Albuquerque like a local by sampling one of our favorite foods – the taco! Our 3-1/2 hour tasting adventure is a favorite for cultural explorers, foodies, and guests who love to live like a local! This is an all-ages tour, however you must be 21+ to partake in the craft-beer tasting with a valid ID. Non-alcoholic options and substitutes for most food restrictions are available upon request.

New Mexico Chile Bike Tour

Explore new mexico’s spicy side with our most popular food.

The New Mexico Chile Bike Tour is Albuquerque’s first signature bicycle experience that takes guests onto the streets of Albuquerque to explore the flavorful red and green chiles for which New Mexico is famous. Each installment features six innovative culinary partners and a wide selection of New Mexican chiles in delicious combinations of classic, sweet, savory, and unique.  The bold flavors of contemporary New Mexican cuisine arise from the State’s local terrain and arid climate (which lend themselves to the distinctive flavor of green and red chile), and blend traditional Native American, Spanish, and American culinary traditions. No visit to the Land of Enchantment is complete without sampling the rich variety of cuisines embraced by our creative chefs. Enjoy a Traditional New Mexican Lunch by Bike We’ve partnered with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to ensure you enjoy the all the flavors of our state’s most beloved crop on this educational, scenic and delicious bike tour dedicated to the NM Chile. Don’t just learn why our state question is, “Red or Green?” – experience it first hand as we pedal to several local businesses and savor the many ways to get your chile fix. Routes’ professional tour guides facilitate your experience at every turn with our signature concierge-level service and impart a unique understanding, background, and context for Red and Green Chile in New Mexico. The New Mexico Chile Bike Tour  is approximately 3-1/2 hours in length and includes ample food tastings, a guided bicycle tour through some of Albuquerque’s most scenic locations (including the cottonwood forest along the Rio Grande River), a ‘support and gear’ (SAG) vehicle, and our always popular gift bags filled with goodies from the tour.

Biking Bad Tour ABQ

Get your “breaking bad” fix by bike.

‘Biking Bad’ is designed to provide guests with a first-hand experience of diverse locations, characters, and moments from the popular Emmy award-winning television series, Breaking Bad, which is set and filmed in Albuquerque. The vivid southwestern landscapes of our city (and the show) are revealed in stunning detail from the comfortable seats of our unique bicycles. ​ Join Routes Bicycle Tours for an intimate and interactive experience that takes you onto the streets of Albuquerque in search of your next “fix”, or key scenes and locations from this hit series. Your professional tour guides facilitate your experience at every turn of the wheel with our signature concierge-level service, allowing you to explore the city behind “Breaking Bad” in an entirely new way. Biking Bad focuses on major locations / scenes accessible by bike in and around Albuquerque’s urban core (in addition to some of the show’s more underground and lesser-known locations). You will see and experience these hidden locations not accessible by any other tour or mode of transportation!

Balloon Fiesta Bike Tour

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For nine days in October, the New Mexico skies are painted with all the colors of the rainbow as hundreds of hot air balloons lift off from Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. 

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a world-renowned attraction and destination for adults and kids alike. There’s something for everyone to enjoy . . . whimsical special shapes filled with equal parts of hot air and wonder – and Balloon Glows that create a magical night landscape for spectators to wander. Albuquerque’s signature event is Balloon Fiesta — with 600+ hot air balloons, this is the largest ballooning event in the world, the most photographed event on Earth, and the largest annual international event held in the United States.   Join us for our 11th Annual Bikes and Balloons Tour and enjoy an all-inclusive, extraordinary bicycle ride through some of Albuquerque’s most impressive natural landscapes. This is a VIP-level tour that includes everything you need to enjoy your experience to the fullest. Whether this is your first visit or your 20th, the only thing you need to worry about is remembering your camera – we take care of everything else!

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Looking for a long-term bike rental? You’ve come to the right place! At Routes, long term rental means bigger savings.

• Special low rates for rentals of one week or more– the longer you rent the more you save!
• Wide selection of bicycles including – road bikes, mountain bikes, hybrids, 3-speed city cruisers, two-person tandems, electric bikes, children’s bikes, and trailers.

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Please Note: We are currently only renting bicycles in Albuquerque.

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This includes all annual prices except during Balloon Fiesta – roughly the first 10-days of October (Oct 4th-13th, 2024) . BF pricing can be viewed below our regular season pricing (in blue).

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Please use this schedule during the Balloon Fiesta – roughly the first 10-days of October each year (Oct 7th-15th, 2023) . Long Term Bicycle rentals MUST be reserved in advance during this event. Thank you.

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“ Josh was so nice and helpful, gave us lots of advice about where to ride in the city and on the Bosque trail . ” in 6 reviews

“ The biking tour really offered a sense of the city to the tv locations and really showed the culture of ABQ . ” in 10 reviews

“ We were led on a guided tour through Old Town then in the river trail, which took us to Tingley Beach in Albuquerque. ” in 12 reviews

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Routes Bicycle Tours & Rentals offers fun, easy and safe bike rentals and tours throughout Albuquerque & Santa Fe. See the sites, learn the history, take photos, and make memories. Enjoy your ride; let ROUTES be your guide! Our ABQ shop is conveniently located in the Historic Old Town district in the heart of Albuquerque. Routes features full-service bicycle and snowshoe tours, rentals, sales, and repair - accompanied by custom maps, accessories, gifts, and concierge-level service. Our Santa Fe location operates out of La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel in the Santa Fe Plaza. Look for our red Bike Kiosk or visit us at the Concierge Desk. Offering both bicycle rentals and tours! Whether you are a visitor or a local, our goal is to serve as an invaluable resource for all events, locations, secret gems throughout New Mexico. We love and support our unique community, and are excited to share the best of New Mexico with you. …

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Can't rave enough about this bike tour. I'm blanking on her name but our tour guide, who is from Berkeley and recently started, was amazing!! She was so friendly and outgoing and took us to see so many cool little places aside from the rio grande and provided us with so much history. It was also nice to have someone from the bay along with us for the ride. But we truly had a good time and it was probably the best part of visiting NM.

We rented 2 bikes from here and did half a day So glad that we did this because it made traveling from down town to old town a breeze. Totally not worth calling an Uber/Lyft when this place exist! Everyone that was working was so nice and informative Will definitely rent here again if we ever need

Highly recommend taking this tour. You see sites that you would never see otherwise. Out tour guide Heidi was awesome and made it so much more fun and she was very informative. It's not too difficult or long and really enjoyable.

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These guys love bikes. And it shows. They were attentive both in terms of finding the right bike but also in setting me up for a self guided tour of Albuquerque. Lastly, they were great value. There's a reason they feature on so many "must do" lists for this town.

Go to bike rental when we are in abq. They take the time to find the correct bike and get the fit correct. Higher end bikes that are well maintained

My wife and I rented bikes from Routes.... Top notch bikes and service. Will be back the next time we are in town Thank you!

My sister and I took the bike tour with Valen. He was very knowledgeable about the history of Santa Fe and provided clear directions so that we felt safe riding around Santa Fe. He was super friendly and engaging. We had a great time and would highly recommend the bike tour with Valen.

I booked this activity for our group of top company executives and they all had nothing but GREAT things to say about the tour! They did the Bike & Brew Tour and enjoyed every bit of it. Between the breweries they stopped at, the food they ate and the architecture they saw along the way - everyone was very pleased and would recommend it to anyone visiting Santa Fe! The company was wonderful to work with and very accommodating of our needs. 5 stars from myself and all who participated!!

Great place to rent a bike for the trails, the prices are really reasonable, the guy is super helpful.

If there is one thing that I love more than a food walking tour, it's a biking tour. It's one of the best ways to see a city and get some low-impact exercise all at once. And besides, after several days in Santa Fe, I could use the workout. I can't remember the last time I had so many breakfast burritos (but they're ohh so good!). When I began researching the best things to do in Old Town Santa Fe, I came across Routes Bicycle Tours and Rentals. The company, run by the husband/wife team of Heather and Josh Arnold, offers small group tours in both Albuquerque (where it started) and Santa Fe. I loved the variety of tours on their website with such unique excursions like the "Biking Bad Tour," which covers shooting locations in Albuquerque of the iconic AMC series Breaking Bad. If only we had enough time to do it all! But I was equally excited to take their 2-hour guided Historic Santa Fe Tour. I had zero knowledge about Santa Fe's interesting past. Their 2-hour signature tour covers everything from culture, art, history and much more. It's well worth signing up and the owners are so incredibly nice. They even gave us recommendations on other trips to take (which were also incredibly fun!).

This place has great customer service. We rented bikes for 1/2 day ($20 for four hours). Checkin on yelp to save 15%! They have hybrids, road bikes, mountain, and cruisers to choose from. They also include helmets and bike locks. Bikes have water bottle cages on them. Bikes were in good condition. Bikes had bells on them. Brands: Specialized and Diamondback. They showed us a bike route map and wrote which stops are fun to see. We rode along the Bosque trail to the Casa Rodena Winery (wine tasting $8), Los Poblanos (lavender farm with a store selling soaps and gelato), Rio Grande State Park (walked thru and read exhibits), rode by the zoo to see elephants (they are across the street from bike trail), and Tingley Beaches (small ponds with ducks floating). This route took us 3 1/2 hours. It was about 20 miles. The store also offers group and private tours. Stop in and chat with the staff and they will help you decide the best option for you. The Bosque trail is about a mile from the shop.

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March 1 - october 31, choose your adventure, full-day electric bike tour.

Spend a full day biking through Napa Valley. Visit two local wineries and enjoy a picnic lunch catered by  Bouchon Bakery .

Half-Day Electric Bike Tour

Bike to one local winery for a tasting and finish by 1:30pm. Perfect when you’d prefer to have your afternoon free for another activity.

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Enjoy an elevated bike rental package that includes a box lunch catered by  Bouchon Bakery  and wine purchase pick-up service.

Hot-Air Balloon + Full-Day E-Bike Tour

Start your morning with a balloon flight over the vineyards. Then take to two wheels for an adventure visiting two wineries & including Bouchon Bakery picnic lunch.

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Take in the sunrise on a magical flight with Napa Valley Balloons. Then join Napa Valley Bike Tours for a Half-Day E-Bike tour visiting one winery and concluding by 1:30pm.

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Introducing the No Sweat way to tour Napa Valley! Ride farther & faster than you ever thought possible and magically fly up hills. Our electric bike tours & rentals are incredibly popular for a good reason: E-Bikes are an absolute blast!

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Whether you’re planning a bachelorette trip or a corporate retreat, the goal is often the same: Find a group activity that gets everyone to slow down and experience the beauty of the destination.

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Tour ABQ on Two Wheels: Iconic Albuquerque Bike Trails

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 9:00 AM by Joshua Arnold

With 310 days of sunshine, beautiful high desert landscapes and relatively mild winters, Albuquerque is truly a cyclist’s mecca. Did you know Albuquerque has more park/open space than almost any other city in the United States per capita, and over 400 miles of dedicated bicycle paths, trails and lanes to explore?

Your day’s journey might take you from the banks of the Rio Grande, up into the foothills of the Sandia Mountains for a spectacular view, and then back down again across volcanic mesas on your way to Petroglyph National Monument – or from historic Old Town (established ca. 1706) up Route 66 to the vibrant Nob Hill neighborhood, and then out across urban landscapes to experience our city’s burgeoning craft brewery scene! The possibilities for cycling in Albuquerque are endless.

We’ve put together a quick guide to a few of our favorite bike trails and associated activities for your enjoyment; you can also find a full city bike trail map online here .

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Paseo del Bosque Bike Trail

The 16-mile Paseo del Bosque Path is a highlight and connects cyclists to some of Albuquerque’s most scenic, fun and interesting areas. This path stretches north-south through a state park (the “Bosque,” or woodlands) along the Rio Grande, a beautiful area that features abundant wildlife and mature cottonwood trees. Highlights along the way include Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm, the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park , The ABQ BioPark Zoo , Botanic Garden and Tingley Beach , Bike In Coffee , Sheehan Winery and the National Hispanic Cultural Center . You can also rent a bicycle or choose to take a guided tour with Routes Bicycle Tours of NM in nearby Old Town!

North Diversion Channel Trail

This urban trail connects north-south from Nob Hill and the University of New Mexico (UNM) to Balloon Fiesta Park (yes – riding a bike is an AWESOME way to get to the Fiesta!). This trail has a good amount of elevation over the Rio Grande Valley and offers expansive views. It also offers easy access to Albuquerque’s new Brewery District area (check out Canteen Brewhouse , La Cumbre Brewing Co. and Left Turn Distilling), Green Jeans Farmery, Vara Winery  and Tin Can Alley.

Tramway Bike Trail

This trail stretches across the foothills of the Sandia Mountains and its elevation above the city offers amazing panoramic views of the mountains, sunsets and surrounding desert. Tramway Blvd. features both a dedicated, off-street bike trail and on-street bike lanes for road cyclists. Use this trail to connect to attractions like the famous Sandia Peak Tramway , County Line BBQ , Boxing Bear Taproom and Elena Gallegos Open Space (great for mountain biking or hiking)!

50 Mile Loop

For those who want a longer journey, ABQ is developing a designated a route known as the 50 Mile Loop that connects three north-south trails (and more!) via east-west bicycle paths and lanes. The loop is shown on the city’s bike trail map and is also marked by new trail signs along the way. It’s an excellent way to spend your day cycling!

Click here for more information on biking in Albuquerque.

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Routes is a one-stop bicycle rental shop with different adventure events and activities, specializing in touring and various events for locals and tourists.

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• 6MX6+M6, Lebanon
• +961 76 338 762
• [email protected]
• March 20, 2024
• Stand up paddle
• watersports

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