Okay, really, really out of the box here:
In the UK*, you can get a bike useable for touring (people do it)...out of a (overgrown)
vending machine.
No, really.
https://bromptonhire.com/
Ride
your route, turn the machine back in at another one of their vending machines.
But not really, right?
Yes, really:
https://www.pannier.cc/journal/bromp...t-ramble-ride/
*The UK has an additional small advantage of the indigenous population speaking an amusing but easily understood dialect of the American language.