Fat Tire Bike Tours
JAMBO, BEACH BIKE TOUR
Explore the beach from a new whole angle! Introducing the Beach Bike Tour! Beach bikes are slowly getting its popularity for beach bummers. Besides the fact that it’s a contemporary approach to the beach, it adds up to a healthier you as biking – is also a form of exercise! Sure Biking can be tiring and exhausting – but doing this exercise on the shore of a pristine beach? Not only will you feel light and refreshed, your whole body, from head to toe, will benefit from beach biking.
Paje Beach’s calm water and clear sand, explored through the use of the beach bikes called even the Fat Bikes, makes you experience a ‘float on sand” kind of adventure. It’s a great way to enjoy the picturesque view of the ocean.
TIDES FOR BIKES
Paje Beach high and low tide occurs every day at different times so there are times when high tide occurs in the central hours of the day and others where the low tide does. To experience the best Beach Bike Tour, we suggest that the trip should be done starting one hour after the high tide and till one hour before the next high tide. When the high tide reaches 3.5 m, we have to wait until mid-tide of 2.2m to ride anytime. While waiting for the right tide for beach biking, you can try other activities like kitesurfing or SUP Boarding.
BEACH BIKE TOUR
Exploring the Island by means of Beach Bike Tour rather than walking on bare feet will bring to a lot of majestic destinations surrounding Paje Beach. We list down some cool places you can visit side by side of your Fat Bike Ride.
1. The Rock Restaurant – Michamvi Pingwe Beach.
This famous restaurant is only 45 minutes away from Paje Beach (riding an Ebike). Known as “Tidal Island” – it rises above the sand during low tide and becomes an island during high tide. You can enjoy dining in the restaurant with a clear view of the Indian Ocean.
2. The Palm Restaurant – Paje Beach
Enjoy the food in this restaurant, especially their famous menu of Thai food. Charge up your energy after exercising by enjoying cuisine served by its friendly staff. Sure Beach Bike Tour will bring a lot of sweat out from you, good thing is that you’ll have a variety of refreshment to choose from.
3. The Pirates Boat – Bwejuu Beach
This tourist spot is only 15 minutes away from our location with the bike. It is noted somehow in Zanzibar’s history, that it was invaded by Pirates because of its abundance of Spice. Making this destination famous in many ways.
4. Jambiani – Southeast coast of Zanzibar
Jambiani is an old fishing village located on the southeast coast of Zanzibar. It has a beautiful 7 km long beach with swaying palms. The broad lagoon of waters is perfect for wading, snorkeling, diving as well as some Bike’s beach rides and it’s only a 10-minute ride from our Beach bikes rentals in Zanzibar.
Doesn’t matter if you are riding the bike on the beach North or South on the island but we can assure you that renting a bike in Paje beach is all worth it with all the amazing views you will see on the island.
BEACH BIKE TOUR TIPS
For the most part, riding a fat tire bike or the beach bike is not that much different than any other mountain bike. Just hop on, start pedaling and see what you can find to try and ride over with the big tires.
What is it like – riding a fat bike on the beach is not easy. Unlike riding trails or on the road you are constantly pushing the pedals. It is a lot like riding on an indoor trainer with the resistance set at medium. Conditions along the shoreline are in a constant state of change and you will find some days are easier than others based on what sand you will be paddling at usually the slightly wet sand is the best place to ride your bike is it’s hard and it feels like riding on a normal road and having the electrical bike will make your ride much more enjoyable as you will be assisted during your whole bike trip. Although, the beautiful scenery is always there to help take your mind off the workout that you are getting.
Tire Pressure – This is one of the first questions that most people have about riding in the sand. The lower pressure gives you a larger contact area and better flotation but, when you get below 5 psi the bike will feel like it what’s to self-steering on harder surfaces. If most of the ride is going to be in a straight line in the sand, take it down to the low pressure.
When and Where to Ride – Fat bikes can ride through a lot, but soft sand is still tough to ride in for any distance. It is always best to stay on the wet sand just a few meters from the waterline. When the waves are pushing up on shore it often makes for difficult riding so make sure you always check the tides before renting a bike in Zanzibar. Riding your bike very close to the water in the wet packed area will be in the wave wash and if you ride in the water it spins too much sand up into your drive train. From the other side further up on the shore it is usually too soft to ride further than a few 100 feet before getting tired and that’s the reason we always recommend renting bikes in Zanzibar in between the high tides.
Dealing with the Sand: It is inevitable that you are going to get some sand in your drivetrain and brakes. If you are going to spend a lot of time riding on the beach you should just plan on things wearing out faster than normal. The good news is that bike components have improved over the years and they hold up fairly well even in the sand and that’s the reason all our rental bikes chains and brakes are washed and greased every day.
If you have your own bike and before getting on a beach ride tries to open up the spacing on the brakes so the sand has more room to pass through.
After a ride, clean the bike with a low-pressure water spray. It is tempting to blast the sand away with the high pressure, but this will push more of it into places that you do not want it. Then just let the bike air dry and spray the chain with WD40 so it is ready to go for your next ride.