HAWAII BUSINESS MAGAZINE: PEDAL POWER
We were recently featured in Hawaii Business Magazine’s article entitled Pedal Power. In summary, the article talks about the fact that there are more bicyclists on Oahu roads then ever before. The article further discusses the biking options now available on Oahu and how the demand for biking has helped to grow many local businesses. An excerpt of the article is below:
Thirty-four miles away, in Kahuku, Brett Lee has had similar success. Lee is the owner of Hele Huli Adventure Center at the Turtle Bay Resort. The one-stop center offers bike, moped, Segway and snorkel rentals as well as guided tours.
“Bike rentals have rocketed up to the No. 2 spot in overall revenue for my company,” says Lee, who started Hele Huli in 2009. He estimates that 500 to 600 people, most of them hotel guests, rent bikes from the center each month.
To meet demand, the resort opened a 3-mile mountain-bike trail in 2015, and plans to add three more miles. “There exists 12 miles of multi-purpose trails already, but it’s much more appealing to people when there’s a specific trail system for bikes only,” says Lee, adding that the center has also hosted racing events for kamaaina.
Lee says he also gets visitors, nearly daily, who rent his bikes to ride off-campus for lunch at one of Kahuku’s famous shrimp trucks, or to visit the North Shore’s renowned surf breaks. “Bikes allow them to make that trek and explore (the North Shore) in more intimate fashion,” he says. “Unlike in a car, you can take in all the sounds, smells. Your senses are more stimulated.”
To read the full article, please click on the following link: http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/pedal-power/
Aloha,
North Shore Explorers
by | Mar 8, 2017 |