We will keep a national identification document or a deposit in cash or credit card as a guarantee during the rental period.
1. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
1.1 You are responsible for ensuring that you are and, if appropriate, all members of a group are physically fit enough to undertake cycling any distance or compete in events using our Equipment.
1.2 We do not accept any responsibility for your failure to complete the Hire Period due to lack of fitness, illness or injury.
1.3 We do not accept liability for loss or damage to personal effects belonging to any participant, nor do we accept any responsibility for delays or changes to the Hire Period due to adverse weather, strikes, war, terrorism or other causes beyond its reasonable control.
1.4 You accept that cycling on and competing on a public highway carries its own risks and are undertaken at the your sole risk.
1.5 You acknowledge and agree that we advise the wearing of cycle helmets at all times when riding.
1.6 You shall ride and use all Equipment responsibly and with due care at all times.
1.7 You will not hold us responsible for any injury including death of persons or loss or damage of property with regard to your use of the Equipment. You shall indemnify us in full against any claim, interest, demand or expense in respect of such injury or damage.
1.8 You shall keep the Equipment safe at all times from damage, loss or theft, only use it in a proper manner and not subject it to any misuse or unfair wear and tear.
1.9 You will notify us immediately of any loss, damage or theft to any Equipment however caused.
1.10 You shall be responsible for any reasonable charges and expenses in connection with any damage to the Equipment or the repair of or replacement of Equipment due to any such loss, damage, theft or unauthorised alterations or repairs to any Equipment.
1.11 The Equipment shall at all times remain our property and during the Hire Period you shall not offer for sale, sell, dispose, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise part with possession of the Equipment.
2. PERSONAL SAFETY
2.1 It is your responsibility for your own safety. Cycling involves personal risk and you must ride responsibly.
2.2 Injury(s) and/or death associated with the sport of cycling may result from weather, excessive speed, collision with inanimate objects or other persons, rider inexperience, error or abuse of equipment.
2.3 First time or novice bikers should use the Equipment under the supervision of an experienced rider.
2.4 You must not cycle under the influence of alcohol, strong medication, other drugs or fatigue.
3. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
3.1 You accept at all times that cycling has inherent risks and that all equipment may fail. It is your responsibility to ensure all Equipment is roadworthy and of sound condition before commencement of the Hire Period.
3.2 We shall not be liable to you where any alleged loss or damage results from:
3.2.1 any action or omission by you or those of any member of your group;
3.2.2 the action or omission of a third party not connected with the provision of the hire; or
3.2.3 an event or circumstances which we could not have predicted or avoided even after taking all reasonable care; or
3.2.4 any loss or damage is considered to be indirect or consequential loss.
3.3 Except in respect of death and personal injury, in respect of which no limit of liability shall apply, our total liability to you under these terms and conditions shall be limited to the total cost of your Booking.
4. GENERAL
4.1 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersede any previous agreement or understanding and may not be varied except in writing between the parties. All other terms, express or implied by statute or otherwise, are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
4.3 Any notice required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under this Contract shall be in writing at the address as notified to other the other party.
4.4 No failure or delay by either party in exercising any of its rights under the Contract shall be deemed to be a waiver of that right, and no waiver by either party of any breach of this Contract by the other party shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
4.5 If any provision of this Contract is held by any court or other competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the other provisions of the Contract and the remainder of The provision in question shall not be affected.