Was concerned to see that their new hire bikes are secured by what must be a 200mm spike sticking out over the front wheel - deffo not SVA friendly.
Wonder how long it will be before a pedestrian's impaled and they decide it's not such a good idea?
Cheers, Pewe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8256199.stm

Is it me being negative or will all that just not work and is just a waste of money?

£8 and you have to pedal and get run over by horses, trams, buses, cars etc..or just jump on a tram for a couple of quid....hmmm...

Just come back from the South of France and i saw Bluebikes. These are the same concept as the blackpool ones, except they're only 1 euro per day, or 5 for a week...bargain. To hire one, you put the bike code into a touch screen thingy and your mobile number. They then text you with the combination for the lock. A brilliant and very popular system with about 10 pick up / drop off points around Nice city centre.

Cambridge had a green bike scheme years ago , a load of bikes were recycled(forgive the pun), painted green and available for anyone to use . Think most of them ended up in the Cam in just a matter of days

just had a few days in london with the wife and bin lids one of the high lights of the trip was a guided bike tour by these

http://www.londonbicycle.com/index.html

if you've not been on a bike for a while you forget how much fun they are

Gutted...
When you said "non SVA friendly spike on the front" I had imagined...



...how soon till someone gets hurt by it...I should imagine by the first couple of pints/lines/digs, unless they slip on the sick encrusted pavement or discarded kebab on the way to score their chosen drug

I bet they will have to have a rescue boat equipped with bike racks and vats of WD40 equivalent on standby at kicking out time

Regards
Rob

[Edited on 15/9/09 by robocog]

Is the spike the reason part of the funding came fron the NHS? WTF?