Clearly they didn't think the rentals were good enough for him.
FlimFlam: I
might be up for the ride, depending on the weather and your planned pace.

Do you have the route planned (ish)? Got a distance? I was waiting to hear back from a teammate who was supposed to go mtbing at Ravenshoe today. But, considering we got snow last night and we're supposed to get potentially several more snowfalls by the weekend I'm thinking the trails are going to be pretty rough. Then again, the roads might be as well.