Welcome to the Drymen E-bike Club page!
Drymen E-bike Club is a membership club allowing local residents to use the two E-bikes owned by Drymen Community Development Trust (DCDT) on behalf of the village. The E-bikes are ideally suited to active travel, replacing short car journeys with a pedal-assisted e-bike with a pannier rack and panniers.
The E-bikes are stored in lockers by the Village Hall. There is a larger E-bike (Drymen Mhor) and a smaller E-bike (Drymen Beag). Once you have joined, you can book them online and use the code in the confirmation email to access the E-bike locker, and off you go! There are no hire costs, just the membership fee.
Annual Memberships costs £40 and is open to anyone resident in Drymen, East Loch Lomond or Croftamie.
To learn more about how to book, access and use the e-bikes, please take a look at our User Guide.
If you are already a member and would like to book an E-bike, please click here Note: this will take you to the Drymen Village Hall page. The booking system for e-bikes is within the options for the booking form shown on that page.
If you’d like to join the E-bike club, you can do so on this page. To become a member, you need to:
1. Read and accept the Terms and Conditions below.
2. Pay the £40 membership fee via the button at the bottom of this page and confirm as part of the process that you agree with the terms and conditions
Once you have joined, you can use the E-bikes for local journeys from Drymen. Besides the membership fee, there is no charge for using the E-bikes. DCDT will use the membership income to insure, maintain and manage the E-bikes.
Conditions of Membership:
1. Members will reside within the villages of Drymen or Croftamie, or the East Loch Lomond area between Drymen and Rowardennan.
2. Members must provide proof of identity (e.g., driving license/current utility/council tax bill)
3. Members must be 18 or over.
4. DCDT reserves the right to remove the E-bikes from service if required (for example, for maintenance). DCDT also reserves the right to cancel bookings if required (for example, extremes of weather, particularly freezing temperatures, ice, and snow.)
Conditions of E-bike Use:
E-bikes are loaned on the following basis:
· Each booking is for one day.
· Each member will have access to one E-bike per booking.
· Members must read the User Guide before using an E-bike.
· Members can book an E-bike for a maximum of 2 days per week. DCDT reserves the right to limit bookings to members to ensure fair usage.
· Bikes should be used within a 20-mile radius of Drymen.
· Bikes should not be loaded onto/into vehicles to transport to other locations (unless agreed with the DCDT team, for example – to recover an E-bike).
· Under UK law, it is illegal for children under 14 to ride an E-bike.
· The E-bike must be secured to a fixed item with the lock(s) provided when unaccompanied.
· The E-bike must be stored locked under cover when not in use (overnight etc. In most cases, it is expected that the E-bike will be returned to its locker overnight.)
· A helmet and hi-vis clothing are strongly advised when using the E-bike.
· The E-bike must be returned to the locker clean and suitably charged (>80%, 4 of 5 bars) and ready for the next member to use.
· Members may be asked to complete a short survey from time to time to assess the scheme's effectiveness.
· Members should always consult with their doctor before beginning any type of exercise or physical activity.
· Members should make appropriate assessments of the weather, terrain, and routes chosen to minimise and avoid needing external assistance where possible.
· Drymen Community Development Trust has insured the E-bikes for theft when locked with a secure lock to a permanent structure. The member is responsible for theft if the E-bike is not appropriately secured.
· The member is responsible for any accident or damage that may result from using the E-bike.