Fear for your lives next summer

+1. Wave bye bye to the tatters that are left of this countries cycle industry.

Yes, I expect it may go the way of this country's interest in precise spelling.

this piece just about sums up my feelings:

"Ideas, by their nature, are cheap and almost limitless in quantity. The resources, knowledge and ability to put them into practice are not. The question you're asking therefore is not: [INDENT]Will this idea produce some specified benefit?[/INDENT]but rather[INDENT]Will this idea make the best use of the limited resources (whether that's money or something else) that we have?[/INDENT]
If you ask the right question then how would cycle hire fare? There are a number of reasons why people are uncomfortable cycling and helpfully Transport for London have summarised them in their Cycling in London report. I'll save you the job of reading it - you won't find lack of a cycle hire scheme in there. It highlights clearly that the number one barrier to people cycling are safety concerns followed by a lack of parking and changing facilities, not the expense or availability of the bike itself. The hard data is backed up by what most people know anecdotally. There are bikes gathering dust in sheds and lofts across the UK. Not having access to a bike isn't the main reason for not cycling."

http://northofthethames.blogspot.com/2009/09/house-move-and-lack-of-internet.html

Im at work in Soho. I'm meeting my girlfriend in Old st after work to go out for the night. I dont want to cycle there as I'll be getting the bus home with her after the night out, dont want to leave my bike locked in Old st over night. Rather leave it at work.
I dont really fancy getting a bus, too slow in rush hour, 30 mins+.
I'll hop on a hire bike, a free hire bike, takes 10 miutes.
Sounds good to me.

I think this is a good idea- interested to see how it pans out.

They'll probably do something stupid like making the bikes cost £25 per day though.

One of these hire stations is being built right next to Euston behind my house.
12 or so bike stands probably wont be enough Mr Johnson

Will be intresting to see how much these cost per day. I can see it being a success if more people get confident on londons roads.

Anyone interested in working with these things? I can pass on details if so.

i had a go on one at the bike show
horrible...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8698624.stm

Roll out 30th July.

50 quid for 24 hours!

A quick search and you could hire a bike from On Your Bike at London Bridge for £12 for 1 day or £35 for a week.

London Bicycle Tour Company £20 quid for a day, £50 quid for a week

they are not designed for day touring - just half hour/20 minute nodder commutes, no? They don't want people hiring them for a whole day of cycling jollies.

At least that was my understanding.

why are they made in canada ?????? wots wrong with pashley or raleigh ????????

why are they made in canada ?????? wots wrong with pashley or raleigh ????????

Raleigh do not make anything here, and I doubt they would have the ability to do a small run of specialist tamper-proof hire bikes like these.

Pashley would make sense.

But I would expect dutch companies having the best stuff to offer, as they make a lot of robust town & cargo bikes with modern features too.

Canada is surprising.

50 quid for 24 hours!

A quick search and you could hire a bike from On Your Bike at London Bridge for £12 for 1 day or £35 for a week.

London Bicycle Tour Company £20 quid for a day, £50 quid for a week

Streetcar will give you a VW Polo for £49.50 for 24 hours.

Pricing fail.

The point is you don't need them for 24 hours.

The first 30mins is free. That gets you across town within the hire area easily. Pick up another one when you need it. You aren't supposed to hang on to them.

Understanding the concept fail^.

why are they made in canada ?????? wots wrong with pashley or raleigh ????????

Well spotted and fucking ludicrous.

I am so sick of politicians paying lip service to the idea of making things for ourselves and then fobbing us off with shit like this.

This country used to by a workshop for god's sake! Now it just seems to be full of aspiring managers and bored yuppies.

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Understanding the concept fail^.

Yep.

And you can 'rent a fixie' at Foffa bikes.
#Justsayin'.

I really don't have that much of a problem with them buying bikes from Canadia. After all, they have our Queen, so they're sort of still Britain. And that's how it should be, since we rule the waves and invented elected oligarchies and football and cycling and cars and bombs and pasta and surfing and oral sex and topiary and roofs and fags.

#colonelbonkersdailymailletterspage

These might be useful if you are out in town larging it on Friday/Saturday night and can't be bothered to pay £30 for a cab

**Other charges **
Late return charge £150
Damage charge Up to £300
Non-return charge £300
Ouch. Just how late is late?

Cerevelo is Canadian... Maybe these bikes will surprise!

(doubt it).

Surely these are only convenient if your destination happens to be near another bike park?

I can't see this being very functional unless they're eeeeverywhere.

These might be useful if you are out in town larging it on Friday/Saturday night and can't be bothered to pay £30 for a cab

If you're lucky enough to live in zone 1, which is where all the docking stations will be.

Apparently these things will weigh 23kg!