Bike Rental in Downtown Chicago: Shops, Divvy, Prices and Where to Pick Up

Two choices cover downtown: a shop bike for a planned ride, or a Divvy for short hops. This page covers both, with addresses and prices. The wider picture is in Rentals & Divvy.

The quick comparison

Option	Best for	Price
Rental shop	Long rides, road bikes, tandems, child seats	From $14.99 an hour, $39.99 a day3
Divvy day pass	Many short rides in one day	$19.904
Divvy single ride	One trip	$1 plus $0.20 a minute4

Three downtown shops

Bike and Roll operates from 34 S. Michigan Ave, at Michigan and Monroe, across the street from the Crown Fountain¹. It rents by the hour or the day¹. The fleet includes comfort, city, fitness, road, electric, cargo e-bikes, kids’ bikes, quadcycles and tandems¹.

3rd Coast Cycles sits at 152 N Lake Shore Drive, with service by Millennium Park, Navy Pier and DuSable Harbor². Helmets come with every rental and locks are available⁶. Prices vary by bike type and the booking page shows the latest⁶. You can rent for as many days as you like, and add a helmet, a lock or delivery⁶.

Bobby’s Bike Hike is at 540 N Lake Shore Dr, on the Lakefront Trail³. Locks, helmets and maps are free with every rental³.

Bobby’s rental rates

Online rates at Bobby’s include a 10 percent discount³. The hourly rate has a two-hour minimum³.

Bike	Hourly	Half day (4 hours or less)	Full day
Comfort hybrid	$14.993	$34.993	$39.993
Road bike	$24.993	$59.993	$69.993
Tandem	$24.993	$59.993	$69.993
Electric bike (age 16 and up)	$29.993	$69.993	Not offered3
YEPP child seat, ages 1 to 4 (with an adult hybrid)	$6.993	$16.993	$19.993

For the electric options across Chicago, see e-bike rental in Chicago.

Divvy downtown

Divvy is the city-owned bike and scooter system⁷. Lyft operates it under contract⁷. The system had more than 17,000 bikes and 950 docking stations as of June 2024⁷. It runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year¹⁰.

Pay as you go, or buy a pass⁴:

• Single ride: $1 to unlock plus $0.20 a minute on a classic bike⁴.
• Day pass: $19.90 for 24 hours of unlimited 3-hour rides on classic bikes⁵.
• Annual membership: $143.90 a year for unlimited 45-minute classic-bike rides⁵.

Classic bikes start and end at classic docking stations⁷. E-bikes give electric assist while you pedal, with a 20 mph top speed⁷. A single e-bike ride costs $1 to unlock plus $0.44 a minute⁴.

Near Navy Pier, the Divvy station and kiosk sits in Polk Bros Park, on the northwest corner of Streeter and Grand⁸. Day passes are sold there and at any Divvy kiosk⁸. Two nearby stations stand at Streeter Dr and Grand Ave and at Lakeshore Dr and Ohio St¹¹. More on the pier in bike rental at Navy Pier.

Shop or Divvy

A Divvy day pass at $19.90 costs about half a shop’s full-day comfort hybrid at $39.99^4,3. The pass fits a day of short trips between stops. A shop bike fits a long ride, and classic Divvy bikes must be docked at a classic station⁷. For a ride up the Lakefront Trail, a shop bike is the simpler choice. Compare costs in Divvy vs a bike rental shop and bike rental cost in Chicago.

What the old station charged

In its 2004–2014 years the Millennium Park bike station, at 239 East Randolph Street, rented bikes from a posted price list^9,12. That list put a comfort bike at $12.50 an hour, $35 for a half day and $39 for a full day¹². Helmets, locks and trail maps were included¹². The facility closed on September 30, 2022, and in March 2023 it was confirmed that it would become a police-only facility⁹. The full account is in the station history.