Our Squad

Your extended family on Hilton Head

The bike business is hard work

The summers are hot, the air is humid, and the days are long. So basically, the perfect time to be riding a bike on the beach! There’s not much better than cruising down Hilton Head’s shoreline. A warm breeze at your back, collecting sunshine and sea shells. There’s nothing we’d rather be doing more than pedaling along side you. The reality is…. it’s your vacation! And your vacation is our livelihood. Our goal is to make your vacation great, so you’ll keep coming back.

Around 6am

The Squad gathers at homebase in Sea Pines Center. First, it’s a quick run to Plantation Station for energy drinks. Marie, aka Mom, usually opts for coffee next door at C’est Bon. “Something sweet, but not too sweet” is her usual. If it’s Saturday, might as well double-up, its gonna be a long day!

“Please please pleaseee don’t ride your bikes in the saltwater. We know it’s tempting. And it looks fun. And it’s not your bike so “who cares!” The reality is…sandy, salty bikes are sad bikes. Sad bikes sit at the back of the wash line. And nobody wants to ride a sad bike on vacation.” -The Squad

Two groups make up our Core Squadron

That literally, make your wheels go-round. First group up, “The Flyers.” The Flye’s job is tough. They’re the ones soaring around the island with a truck load of bikes hanging off the side. Flyers are either scooping-up the bikes from the last weeks rental, or swooping-in for a delivery director to your vacation home. Our regular adult bikes weigh about 40 lbs, and on any given Saturday a Flyer can expect to sling anywhere from 225-345 bikes…in a day! So, if you see one of our Flyers on route make sure to give him a wave.

“If your vacation home has a hose we’d love if you’d give the ol’ 2-wheeler a little love. We can’t express enough how much we appreciate a clean bike before pick-up. We maintenance every bike when it returns, but in some cases if a bike is well maintained we can send it to the front of the wash line.” -The Squad

Then there’s “The Peddlers”

The Peddlers are part of the Core Team back at homebase in our store in Sea Pines Center. The Peddlers job has a lot of moving parts. If the Flyers are the “gears”; Then, the Peddlers are the “grease” and a bike without grease is a sad bike. The Peddlers work together with the Flyers to offload trucks and sort the happy bikes (clean and ready-to-fly) from the sad bikes (salty and sandy…yuk!) Sad bikes usually need a wash, chain clean, chain grease, and either basic or advanced maintenance depending on how the bike “Peddles”. Another part of the Peddler team work’s with you, our Flock, answering phones or just helping you with a day rental around iconic Sea Pines Plantation.

Fun Fact: Peddling Pelican pioneered how bikes are delivered on Hilton Head. We found by hanging the front tire off the side of the truck we can “scoop” and “swoop” twice as many bikes.

So there you have it.

We hope you have a better feel for who we are here at Peddling Pelican. Thanks for taking some time to get to know us. Feel free to stop in and say hello to the Squad. We’re located inside The Shops at Sea Pines Center, at 71 Lighthouse Rd. We’re the sweaty one’s loading bikes! Or email us at hello@peddlingpelican.com if you’re more of an email’r.