Carbon & aluminium gravel bikes and e-bikes, by the day or for your whole trip — pickup at Sognsvann, Kjelsås, Huseby or Oslo Central Station included, hotel delivery NOK 399
“Oslo has some of the best gravel riding in Scandinavia, and almost nobody rents the right bike for it.”
No shop visit, no paperwork, no waiting in line. Collection from 10:00, delivery and return until 20:00 — seven days a week, weekends included.
Pick your bike and dates and send the form. We usually reply within a few hours — often with a bike ready the same day.
Authorise a refundable deposit by card, and verify your ID online if needed — all from your phone.
We lock the bike at your pickup location and send you the code. Bikes are out from 10:00, and since you unlock it yourself you can collect in the evening or at the weekend — no shop hours to work around.
Explore Oslo and the Nordmarka forest at your own pace.
Lock the bike back at the agreed location any time up to 20:00, snap a couple of photos, and your deposit hold is released.
Helmet, pump, spare inner tube and multi-tool included. Pickup at Sognsvann, Kjelsås, Huseby or Oslo Central Station included, from 10:00 until 20:00, Saturdays and Sundays too. Hotel delivery NOK 399. Need the bike outside those hours? Ask and we will usually arrange it.
Wide tyres, disc brakes, geometry built for the Nordmarka's loose gravel descents. Two options — aluminium for value, carbon for performance.
Gravel
The same terrain at a friendlier price. A dependable aluminium bike that handles every gravel road in the Marka.
Premium Gravel
For riders who know what carbon and tubeless mean — and want them. If you ride a good bike at home, this is the one that won't feel like a rental.
Electric bikes with gravel capability — comfortable touring bikes for the Nordmarka forest, with the battery flattening the climbs so any fitness level can reach the lakes and cabins.
E-Bike
The most popular choice for visitors. Quality components and enough battery for a proper forest day — at any fitness level.
E-Bike
Long range
For the full day out. The biggest battery in the fleet — reach the remote lakes and cabins that day-trippers never see, and ride home with charge to spare.
What it costs
Pick your dates in the form below and the exact price appears. No codes, no minimum.
Rentals start at NOK 899 for the first day and cost less every day after that. Premium Gravel is NOK 1 399 per day at any length. Helmet, pump, spare inner tube and multi-tool included with every rental. Longer than a week? The rate keeps going — tell us your dates.
Good to know
These are the same bikes we ride on our own guided tours — properly maintained, correctly sized, helmet included. Not the city hybrids that pass for rentals elsewhere.
The Nordmarka is 1,700 square kilometres of gravel roads running north to lakes, ridgelines and cabins serving coffee and waffles, and there are three easy ways in — all of them free pickup points.
Kjelsås, at the end of tram line 11, runs you along Maridalsvannet and into the forest — the most scenic way in, and the start of our most popular loop. Huseby, two minutes from Montebello on metro line 3, opens the quiet western route up Mærradalen to Bogstad and on into Sørkedalen. Sognsvann, at the end of metro line 5, is the third way in. Here are the rides we point people at:
Prefer to browse on a map? There is a good public Komoot guide to gravel biking in Oslo with GPS tracks you can send straight to your phone.
One honest note: the forest trails are unmarked for visitors. Bring offline maps and plan conservatively for daylight.
Rather not navigate yourself?
Our private guided tours start from NOK 890 per person — hotel pickup, a local guide who knows every trail, and bike rental included from NOK 349. The guide is how you find the best of the forest on the first try.
See guided toursSend your dates and bike choice — we confirm availability, size and pickup time within 24 hours.
You can collect at Sognsvann (end of metro line 5 — right on the forest edge), Kjelsås (end of tram line 11), Huseby (two minutes' walk from Montebello on metro line 3, where the Mærradalen gravel route up to Bogstad begins) or Oslo Central Station. All four are included in the price. We can also deliver the bike to your hotel, AirBnB or any Oslo address for NOK 399. Select your preferred option in the booking form and we confirm the exact time and meeting point within 24 hours. Collection is from 10:00 and return is up to 20:00, seven days a week including Saturdays and Sundays. Because we lock the bike at the pickup point and send you the code, you collect it yourself and never have to work around shop opening hours; if you need the bike outside those times, ask and we will usually arrange it.
Every rental comes with a helmet, a pump, a spare inner tube and a multi-tool, and every bike is checked and serviced between rentals. Tell us your height when you book and the right frame size will be ready.
Yes. Our gravel bikes run hybrid pedals — flat on one side, SPD clipless on the other — so you can ride in trainers, clip in with two-bolt gravel or mountain shoes, or switch between the two mid-trip without changing anything. There is nothing to choose at booking and nothing that can be set up wrong. The e-bikes have flat pedals and take any shoes. On the Premium Gravel we set the pedals up to your choice, including three-bolt SPD-SL. If you ride road cleats and want them on a standard gravel bike, bring your own pedals: they fit in a minute with the multi-tool that comes with every rental. Worth knowing that road cleats are awkward on forest gravel, since you cannot walk in them and the gravel wears them down quickly.
The Premium Gravel (NOK 1 399/day) has a carbon frame, carbon wheels with tubeless tyres and hydraulic disc brakes — lighter, faster and more forgiving over a long forest day. The regular Gravel (NOK 899 first day) has an aluminium frame and disc brakes, and handles exactly the same terrain at a friendlier price.
Any fitness level works — both e-bikes take the Nordmarka's climbing out of the equation. The Premium E-Bike (NOK 899 first day) covers a normal forest day; the Long Range E-Bike (NOK 1 199 first day) carries the biggest battery in the fleet and is built for full-day rides to the remote lakes and cabins most day-trippers never reach.
Yes. Most of the Nordmarka forest's gravel terrain is accessible on our e-bikes — their wide tyres handle the loose gravel and forest roads, and the motor assistance takes care of the climbs. They are built for exactly this kind of riding.
Yes — multi-day rentals are our speciality and the best way to explore the Nordmarka forest properly. There's no maximum; rent for a weekend, a week, or your whole trip. Put your dates in the enquiry form and we'll confirm availability and multi-day pricing.
Yes. The trails are unmarked for visitors and the best routes take local knowledge, so many people prefer not to handle the navigation and logistics themselves. Our private guided tours take all of that out of the equation — a local guide leads the way and shows you the best of the forest, with hotel pickup and bike rental included. Tours start from NOK 890 per person, with rental included from NOK 349. See our private tours.
Yes — it's the best bike for the terrain. The Nordmarka forest is criss-crossed with gravel roads and forest tracks that are too rough for a road bike and too open for a mountain bike. A gravel bike handles it all: fast and efficient on the longer gravel roads, stable enough on the loose technical sections. A city hybrid will slow you down and tire you out. If you want to ride the forest properly, rent a gravel bike.
Three good ones, and the right choice depends on what you want from the ride. Kjelsås, at the end of tram line 11, starts you at Maridalsvannet, and plenty of riders find the run along the lake the most scenic way into the Marka. Sognsvann, at the end of metro line 5, puts gravel under your wheels the moment you step off the train and opens straight onto the Ring 4 loop (45 km) or deeper to Kikut and Skjennungen. Huseby, two minutes from Montebello on metro line 3, is the quiet western way in, up Mærradalen to Bogstad and on into Sørkedalen. All three are free pickup points.