Would you rent out your bike?

[Crankin]

Never.

I might have rented out my Jamis (seems more like the type of bike a renter would want), but not my Kuota or my Guru.

[Trek420]

Never.

I might have rented out my Jamis (seems more like the type of bike a renter would want), but not my Kuota or my Guru.

Never the Kuota! what's a Kuata?

[Catrin]

Never the Kuota! what's a Kuata?

I looked them up, pretty bikes!

[Trek420]

oooh, shiny!

[SallyRides]

I've loaned bikes to friends........ never rented them out. My bikes are special to me. I don't know I could let just anyone use them........ even for good money. Would have to really think about this idea.

SR

[Bike Chick]

I would loan my TT or commuter bike to friends or family to ride. As a matter of fact, my Surly is on loan to my daughter-in-law right now. (I'm hoping she gets the bike bug). However, no one, and I mean no one, gets to ride my Luna. I'm too afraid something will happen to it and it can't be replaced.

I wouldn't rent any of my bikes to a stranger.

[PamNY]

I would gladly rent my perfectly ordinary bike which I am planning to sell. But I wonder about liability, and having to be home when people pick up/return the bike.

I checked rental prices -- respectable bike rental outfit charges $44 a day for same type of bike; the less organized and probably illegal operation on the Brooklyn Bridge charges $30-35.

[Crankin]

I am very protective of my bikes.
When I commuted to my teaching job, I kept my bike (a Trek 5200 at the time) in the classroom. One time, one of the boys (7th grade) got a bit too close and I sort of went nuts! I mean, I never yelled as a teacher, but I think I raised my voice and said, "Don't get that close to my bike." Of course, later I gave him a "guided tour," as he was very interested in how the pedals worked with the shoes.
Hardly anyone knows about Kuota as a brand, even though at least one of the teams in the Tour rides them. Mostly, at least around here, they are known as a tri bike manufacturer.

[OakLeaf]

I checked rental prices -- respectable bike rental outfit charges $44 a day for same type of bike; the less organized and probably illegal operation on the Brooklyn Bridge charges $30-35.

I guess location is everything. You can rent a car for that in my neck of the woods! Bike are more like $15.

I'd be happy to rent out my commuter when I'm not home to use it. But I'd want the rental agency to take care of maintenance. I'm not sure that lending to friends vs. renting to strangers is really different in that regard - I hate to stereotype, but I think it's more a male/female thing. We let a friend stay in our house for a couple of weeks while we were out of town and offered him the use of our bikes, and when we got back the house was fine but as far as DH's commuter bike, one rim was dented, all kinds of fasteners were loose ...

My roadie, nope, nobody rides that when I'm not there to supervise. And since I don't ride with anyone my size who uses Look pedals so we could swap bikes for a few miles, no one has ridden it but me.