In Reply to: ubud - bicycles posted by alexj on Friday, 11. June 2010 at 22:59 Bali Time:
Hi Alex, you can rent bikes no sweat (or rather quite a lot of sweat but you seem up for that).
Remember that heading north from ubud it is very hilly, hence the bike tours- that are abundant- drive you up to the mountains and then you cycle down through the villages etc.
What's usually called Ubud is actually many villages spiralling outwards from Jalan Raya/Monkey Forest Road. The traffic is pretty heavy in the shopping/market precinct.
My suggestion would be to get a map-if you want quieter roads through villages with not too many hills you could go through the Monkey Forest from MFR and cycle through Nyuh Kuning and surrounds on the other side.You could plan a good cycle through there or just head off....