Biking in Hawaii | Biking on the Big Island | Biking in Kauai | Biking in Maui | Biking in Oahu
Oahu biking can be both fascinating and frustrating. The roads are well paved, but the shoulders are often torn up. Traffic in and around Honolulu is very busy, and the only way to avoid it is to leave very early in the morning.
Bike path systems are still being developed in densely populated Oahu.
Kailua on the Windward side recently added bike lanes through beach park areas and up the Pali Highway.
The City and County of Honolulu are developing a master plan for a bikeway system throughout the city. In the meantime, TheBus has free bike carriers on front; bikers can take the bus between biking points.
If you are interested in renting a bike, try Barnfields Raging Isle Surf & Cycle, 66-250 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, HI 96712 (808) 637-7797 and Big Mountain Rentals (808) 637-7707.
Mountain bikes are available for rent at Blue Sky Rentals & Sports Center, 1920 Ala Moana Blvd., across from the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki, Honolulu (808) 947-0101.
For biking information and a map of bicycle routes around the island of Oahu, contact the Honolulu City and County Bike Coordinator (808) 527-5044 or visit Oahu Biking Map.
One excellent Oahu forest trail that is open to mountain bikers is the Maunawili Trail, a scenic 10-mile trek that connects the mountain crest at the Nuuanu Pali Lookout with Waimanalo on the windward coast.
For a guided Oahu biking and hiking tour, try – Five-mile downhill bike ride over a paved jungle road and a narrated two-mile hike along a jungle stream with mountain pools to a 200-foot natural waterfall. Continental breakfast of muffins, fruit juice and coffee before tour begins and trail snacks and water bottles for the hike.
Professional mountain bikers come to Oahu each year for the Outrigger Hotels Hawaiian Mountain Tour (808) 921-6941, a four-day, five-stage race across the most rugged terrain of the windward coast.