River Riders is a bike hire business with a hub at the Camelia car park, Gate 2, on Hamilton Gardens Road in Hamilton East. The website says it is the largest bike hire operator along the Te Awa cycleway, with depots in Hamilton, Ngāruawāhia and Cambridge. It rents bikes, including e-bikes, for the 65 km Te Awa route from Ngāruawāhia to Lake Karapiro, and offers tours from any depot. Express bike rental can be booked online. The business also runs workshops for electric bike, pedal bike, electric scooter and moped services, with same-day service available if booked in advance and in stock. The website says Te Awa is about 90 minutes from Auckland.
Reviewers mention the e-bike option, the trail and the helpful staff most often. One customer hired e-bikes for the ride between Ngāruawāhia and Karapiro, and says the staff fitted their helmet well. Another booked online the night before, picked up at the Gardens hub, and found the team welcoming and knowledgeable. One group found the stepper bikes they had booked were out of service, and were offered e-bikes of higher value instead, and were able to drop the bikes off at the city shop nearer their hotel.