By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels) The Wrong Scooter Can Quietly Ruin a Trip I’ve watched it happen. A traveller picks the smallest, cheapest scooter for a trip that involves climbing into the hills around Ella — and spends the whole ride nursing an underpowered engine up gradients it was never […]
By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels) The First Thing Everyone Asks Before anyone asks me what scooter to rent, or where to ride, or whether the roads are safe — they ask me the price. And I get it. You’re planning a trip, you’ve got a budget, and you want to […]
From Negombo to Unawatuna — finding the right motorcycle rental, wherever you are. Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels). Lifelong rider, helping travellers get on the road since 2015. Every week, I get the same message: “Is there a bike rental near me in Sri Lanka?” Sometimes it comes from a backpacker […]
By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels) Why I Still Think About This I got my own driving license as a teenager, back when the process felt impossibly complicated and the queues at the Department of Motor Traffic seemed to last forever. I passed, eventually — and I’ve been on two wheels […]
By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels) Yes — But There Are a Few Things to Know First Tourists can absolutely drive and ride in Sri Lanka. In fact, some of the best ways to see this country involve getting off the main roads on your own two wheels — following the […]
By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka The Short Answer — And Why It’s More Complicated Than You Think I’ll give you the honest version of this, because there’s a lot of outdated and incorrect information floating around about driving in Sri Lanka as a foreigner. Yes, you need an International Driving Permit (IDP). […]
By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka A Quick Word Before We Start I get this question more than almost any other. Tourists planning a longer stay in Sri Lanka, expats settling in, locals who realise their license has quietly expired — they all ask the same thing. How do I actually renew my […]
By Rimshan, Founder of Rent Bikes Sri Lanka I’ve watched so many tourists sit in the back of a tuk-tuk, sweating, staring at the same stretch of Colombo traffic for forty-five minutes. I always think the same thing — there’s a better way to do this. When you’re on a bike, that same city becomes […]
By Rimshan, Founder of Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels) I’ve been riding bikes since I was a teenager. Growing up near Negombo, two wheels were just part of life — the fastest way to get to the beach, the easiest way to cut through traffic, the best way to feel the sea breeze on […]
By Rimshan — Founder, Rent Bikes Sri Lanka (Joel Travels) Sri Lanka is a different country from the seat of a bike. You stop where you want. You take the road the bus can’t. You smell the sea on the coast road and feel the temperature drop as you climb toward Nuwara Eliya. I’ve been […]
