renting a bicycle in rio is quite easy - in fact not only are there a variety of stores renting sport equipment to visitors, but the city is equipped with hundreds of bicycles that can be picked up and dropped-off at different locations around town.

this service specifically aims at promoting bicycles as an alternative mean of urban transport  - the bicycles for rent bike rio sharing program was introduced in 2011 and has also helped to boost the popularity of cycling in rio.

made possible in part thanks to the sponsorship of bank itaú unibanco and technology by serttel, bike rio makes over 600 bicycles available through dozens of bike docks throughout rio de janeiro.