点评:We visited Rottnest Island for the first time recently - took the SeaLink ferry over, grabbed some food supplies and headed straight to Pedal and Flipper to hire bikes. Unfortunately all the E-bikes had gone and so we had to hire normal bikes. It was a bit of a free for all - once you have paid at the counter, you basically just help yourself to a bike from the available piles (small, medium, large etc). The staff weren't around to help in this bit, so we just had to sort ourselves out by picking bikes and trying them. Wish someone had advised getting a padded seat as mine had no padding at all!
I had read somewhere on the internet about a bike and bus option - bike as far as you can and then pick up the island bus when you've had enough, but this didn't seem to be available. We biked the full route around the island (22km) and it was a long way on a pedal bike. Suspect we might have jumped on the bus if it had been available!
When we returned the bikes, staff quickly took the bikes off us but then challenged us over a missing bike lock (however we no longer had the bike, so couldn't see if the lock was in the basket or on the bike). They were going to charge us for the lock but we stood our ground. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, they are dealing with a huge number of bike rentals at any one time so it's a big operation.
The bikes all worked fine - just lacked seat padding!
翻译:我们最近第一次去罗特尼斯岛——乘坐 SeaLink 渡轮,拿了一些食物,然后直接去 Pedal and Flipper 租自行车。不幸的是,所有的电动自行车都卖光了,所以我们不得不租普通自行车。这有点像是免费——一旦你在柜台付了钱,你基本上就可以从可用的自行车堆里(小、中、大等)自己拿一辆。工作人员不在现场帮忙,所以我们只能自己挑选自行车,然后试骑。希望有人建议买一个软垫座椅,因为我的座椅根本没有软垫!
我曾在互联网上读到过关于自行车和巴士的选择——骑得越远越好,等你骑够了再坐岛上的巴士,但似乎没有。我们骑着自行车绕岛走了整条路(22 公里),骑踏板自行车走了很长一段路。如果有巴士的话,我想我们可能会跳上去!
当我们归还自行车时,工作人员迅速将自行车从我们手中拿走,然后又向我们提出自行车锁丢失的质疑(但是我们已经没有自行车了,所以看不到锁是在篮子里还是在自行车上)。他们本打算向我们收取锁费,但我们坚持己见。对他们抱有善意,因为他们每次都要处理大量的自行车租赁,所以这是一个大工程。
自行车都很好用——只是缺少座椅垫!