Our Mission
We imagine Wellington’s transport to be fully sustainable, accessible and healthy. We’re on a mission to enable memorable biking experiences so you can see this city – and how you get around it – from a whole new perspective.
Since 2015 we’ve been Wellington’s bike hire hub, conveniently based on the city’s central waterfront. We have a huge selection of regular and electric bikes for hourly hire.
In 2020, we decided to shake up the way people get to work by launching Aotearoa’s first truly subscription based electric bike programme. Subscribe to Ride eliminates the need for personal eBike ownership and does away with traffic jams at the same time.
Since the beginning of providing tours, visitors of Wellington have loved our Electric Bays Tour. An eBike tour is the best way to see Wellington and its surrounding bays. You get to experience Wellington from a local’s view point.
As proven by over 800 excellent reviews on Trip Advisor, we do our very best to show visitors a great time in Wellington.
Community and Environment
Electric bikes offer a revolutionary transport alternative to driving as we respond to the climate crisis. We promote the use of electric bikes as a transport method and have encouraged many people to swap out their car journeys for bike journeys. Visitors from near and far as well as locals have made the switch after joining us on an electric bike tour or after hiring an eBike from us.
We choose to use quality products that last for many years. Eventually, when a product we sell reaches the end of it’s life, we encourage people to return it to us so we can re-use or recycle it to our best ability. In particular, we have partners in NZ who re-use the parts of lithium batteries and we donate any bike parts that are still able to be used to Mechanical Tempest.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa 2050 Commitment
Switched on Bikes is committed to the TIA “blue print for impact” which sets out to “enrich Aotearoa New Zealand through a flourishing tourism ecosystem.” By supporting community and environmental organisations, Switched on Bikes is looking forward to a sustainable future for Aotearoa and a thriving tourism industry.
Causes we Support:
Cycling Action Network who advocate locally and nationwide to make biking safer for everyone.
Trails Wellington. By donating $5 from every half or full day mountain bike hire to support their work building and maintaining the awesome mountain bike trails in Wellington.
Predator Free Wellington. We regularly donate to Predator Free Wellington to assist in eradication of invasive species and to protect and nourish our native wildlife in the capital city.
Trees that Count. Through planting and restoring native forests across the Wellington region and Aotearoa, Trees That Count contributes to offsetting carbon emissions, restoring native habitats and encouraging biodiversity. With a relatively low carbon output, Switched on Bikes seeks to reduce our impact on the planet even more by giving something back to our enviroment.
We support numerous social causes and community organisations through the donation of vouchers that can be given as prizes or raffles. If you’d like to request support, you can email us on info@switchedonbikes.co.nz.
Groups we’ve supported:
Harbour City Hockey
NZ Women’s Floorball Team
Houghton Valley School
Worser Bay School
Mary Potter Hospice
Big Brothers Big Sisters Wellington
Special Olympics Te-Whanganui-A-Tara
Westpac Rescue Chopper
Wellington Mountain Bike Festival
The Free Store
StarJam
Tiaki Promise
We are proud upholders of the #TIAKIPROMISE. We recognise our duty as an operator in Aotearoa to act responsibly in the way that we treat the whenua (the land), taiao (nature/environment) and our tāngata (people). These principals of tiaki inform how we work and interact everyday. You can learn more about the #tiakipromise here.
