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@benanza
The people who already have bikes thing, well, that didn’t ever stop me. I’ve used the scheme 3 times now and I will use it again, for ever if I can. I’ve given up my tube pass for pre pay, saving me about £60 a month so I spend that, plus whatever extra I feel like when I sign up each year, on a bike each month. I guess you could arrange a quick straw pole, outlining the details of the scheme and find out who would be up for it. We are a nation who loves to get a bargain and this really is one, no doubt.
As for the getting an extra half hour in bed from being late on the tube, people who take the tube would surely (if they only knew I guess) prefer to be out in the air, slowed down only by their own laziness rather than at the whim of some industrial action, suicidal loon, signal failure. Maybe sell it to those people like that? You don’t have to use the bike everyday to get to work and let’s face it, how on earth would the government check anyway? Plus yeah, it’s quicker, gets you fit and takes an almost set amount of time each day. The only downside with that last point is that it makes it hard for you to be late but then again punctures can happen any time! :)