Fear for your lives next summer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8293000/8293273.stm

Sensationalist title I know, anything getting more riders out on the capitals roads should be a good thing, will just have to be a bit more careful with constantly refreshed cohorts of novice riders whizzing about the place.

Interesting that they are paid for by TFL and no outside organisation quid pro quo has been devised to fund them yet.

They look much nicer, better designed than those clunky Velibs.

They don't look half as bad as they could've done.

I personally fear for the survival of the LBS.

Maybe a spate of accidents on these things will alert Borris of the need for safer roads in central Lunnun.

"The dark blue bike is designed so it won't be attractive to thieves"

That's it - paint everything dark blue!

This is a good thing, surely?

You know whats going to happen. Those piss heads who have missed the last tube home will think ahh fuck it lets get on one of these and cycle home for a laugh!

I'll give it 2 months before the bulk of the bikes have been lobbed into a canal or smashed up by scrotes.

What's with all the negativity FFS?

it's london my friend

as per the above posts you give a british chav an inch and he'll take a mile

the mentality here for theft and general naughtiness is far and above that of paris and holland where these schemes are seemingly running fine

just watch the little shits from the estates come out and trash these bikes for no reason

It is? Shit, I thought I was in Paris.

Maybe a spate of accidents on these things will alert Borris of the need for safer roads in central Lunnun.

You've got to think he already knows but... He's been to denmark, he's seen proper bike lanes + traffic layouts there, he's been to Amsterdam, he's seen proper bike lanes + traffic layouts there...

Maybe because they is government property.. coppers will go 'ard after any scrotes nicking 'em?

"all of them apart from a builder said they loved it"

this sounded really funny

You know whats going to happen. Those piss heads who have missed the last tube home will think ahh fuck it lets get on one of these and cycle home for a laugh!

that'll cost them a lotta cash, you don't get one of these in Paris without a 150 euro deposit :)

there are shitloads of uber hipsters riding their fixie skidders around town in a manner that suggests they care little for their own or others safety, can't see how a few hire bikes is going to make it much worse.

I'll give it 2 months before the bulk of the bikes have been lobbed into a canal or smashed up by scrotes.

Well, if they've thought this through well: the deposit will deter people from letting them get nicked. If the stands are really secure (maybe somehow immobilising the bike if they are forced free) and if they are relatively tamper-proof (proprietary tools to undo things, unnickable seatposts that don;t actually come out, just adjustable).

All very big 'ifs' though.

I can't say I hold out much hope for these lasting more than 6 years.

And I have to say those saddles are really unsuitable for people who sport testicles. A femino-centric choice of saddle.

Something just occurred to me: If they start being sold on Brick Lane, maybe, just maybe, the pigs will start to take theft seriously ...

Sport Testicles?

googles

Yes, sport as in: have, use, wear, utilise

ahah the piss heads are going to have right laugh on those bikes on the wy home hahaa good luck borriss! haha

I'ma gonna get some of those bars on my next HHSB project-steed.

It is? Shit, I thought I was in Paris.

Heavy night?

They have something similar in Trondheim. Lived there around 10 years ago, and used to use them alot. Trouble was all the functional ones would collect at just a handful of popular destinations, as most people used them for oneway journeys.

there are shitloads of uber hipsters riding their fixie skidders around town in a manner that suggests they care little for their own or others safety, can't see how a few hire bikes is going to make it much worse.

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Hipster Spice Route?

there are shitloads of uber hipsters riding their fixie skidders around town in a manner that suggests they care little for their own or others safety, can't see how a few hire bikes is going to make it much worse.

Yeah very true that. Although this change in weather is keeping a few idiots off the road. Which is nice.

Although I saw someone cycle yesterday in a manner which defied belief. There was a bus indicating to pull into a stop so someone just decided it would be ok to go on the inside of it anyway. They quickly had to dismount their bike and jump onto the curb with it. I don't know what else they though may have happened!