Bike and E-Bike Rentals in The Woodlands
A Short History of Bike Rentals
Bike rental in The Woodlands has been a small story. Eco EZ-Riders has rented mountain bikes here since 2011, a dockless bike share came and went in 2018, and a Pedego e-bike store opened on the edge of town in 2022. The Township’s pathway rules have shaped all of it, because motorized vehicles, e-bikes included, have long been banned from the pathways.
E-Bikes and the Pathway Rule
The Township owns the pathways, and its rules ban motorized vehicles on them, apart from motorized wheelchairs and maintenance vehicles. E-bikes and e-scooters count as motorized. The ban covers Township pathways, not public roads. More park and pathway rules are on Park Types and Rules.
Bike The Woodlands, a volunteer cycling group, works for safer cycling and has spoken at Township meetings in favor of allowing e-bikes on the pathways.
Timeline
| Year | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Eco EZ-Riders starts renting bikes in The Woodlands. |
| 2013 | Electric vehicles on the pathways first come up as a Township issue. |
| Dec. 2017 | The Township board approves an agreement with Mobike. |
| Jan. 5, 2018 | Mobike launches at Town Green Park. |
| Jan.-Aug. 2018 | Riders take 10,517 Mobike trips. |
| Fall 2018 | Mobike quietly pulls its bikes. The Township reports the service ended on Nov. 2. |
| 2021 | The board upholds the ban on motorized vehicles, e-bikes included, on the pathways. |
| June 2022 | Pedego opens an e-bike store on FM 2978. |
| Jan. 2024 | The board reviews e-bike policy and makes no change. |
| 2025 | After a Halff Associates study and a divided board debate, the ban stays and a safety education campaign starts in the fall. |
Eco EZ-Riders
Eco EZ-Riders began renting bikes in 2011 and is the first and only bike rental company in The Woodlands. It rents pedal mountain bikes, not e-bikes. There’s no storefront, so rentals are booked at least 24 hours ahead by call or text at 281-300-9009, with pickup in The Woodlands area or delivery for a fee. It doesn’t rent kids’ bikes or kids’ carts, but it has a pet cart. Rates are on ecoezriders.com.
Mobike (2018)
Mobike, a Chinese dockless bike-share company, ran The Woodlands’ first bike share. About 100 bikes worked inside Town Center: riders found and unlocked one with the app, paid $1 for 30 minutes and left it anywhere in the service area. Township figures showed 10,517 rides from January through August 2018, and active app users grew from 1,665 in July to 2,425 in August.
Then the bikes started disappearing. Mobike never announced anything. It pulled the bikes over about two months, and on Nov. 2, 2018, the Township reported that the service had ended. The Township said at the time it would look at other bike-share companies.
Pedego Electric Bikes
Pedego, a California e-bike brand founded in 2008, opened a store on FM 2978, on the western edge of The Woodlands, in June 2022. The store sells, services and rents Pedego e-bikes. Call ahead for rental times and prices.
The Woodlands Parks and Pathways Map
The Township’s Parks and Pathways Map, updated in July 2026, shows the pathway system, parks and pools across The Woodlands. The printable PDF and an interactive GIS map are on the Township’s Parks and Recreation maps page, and printed copies are available at Town Hall and the recreation centers.
