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Post by bromptonaut on Dec 15, 2016 18:44:41 GMT
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Post by Humph on Dec 15, 2016 19:47:59 GMT
They look like they have gears too? ( cable both sides )
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Post by bromptonaut on Dec 15, 2016 20:24:55 GMT
Hub gear and hub brake, as with London Santander bikes.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 16, 2016 10:07:37 GMT
Reading have had similar for a coupe of years. Massive white elephant. Hardly ever used, massive subsidies from council tax payers (I'm almost up to £300 a month now, Christ I could lease a lovely car with that), usual Labour controlled council scheme. I mean, everyone in Reading who wants/needs to cycle has got a bike. We don't have enough visitors wanting/needing them either, and it's impractical for visitors anyway due to the deposit and subscription model. Utter shambles.
Hope yours has been better thought out than ours and doesn't become a burden rather than a benefit.
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Post by bromptonaut on Dec 16, 2016 11:04:06 GMT
£300/month!!! What Band is your place in?
The Northampton scheme is a co-operation between County and Borough Council with University and the industrial estate on the outskirts of town at Brackmills chipping in. Seems quite well used but suspect main users are Uni students moving between town and the campuses.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 16, 2016 11:10:38 GMT
Band G.
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Post by WDB on Dec 16, 2016 17:21:27 GMT
Crikey. Don't think I could afford to live in Reading. Our G is only about £260 a month - plus two months when we don't pay at all. 😊
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 22:55:02 GMT
>>Reading have had similar [bike scheme] for a couple of years. Massive white elephant.
There is the same in Santiago in Chile, its really very good. There is no deposit to pay, but you do have to identify yourself - carrying ID here is compulsory*. There are two types of card you can get, pre-paid or linked to your credit card. There are automated pick-up and drop-off stations all over the place and by and large the bikes are in quite good shape.
I assume that the need for a deposit in Reading is a reaction to not having irrefutable proof of ID?
* and you need your ID for everything. So if you go to get a bank loan, and you have an outstanding charge from the bike scheme, then you will be refused. Ditto car insurance, car MOT (Revision Technica), anything to do with Government service, driving or parking penalties etc. etc.
Everytime you want one service, e.g. Car MOT, then you have to clear every debt to your ID number or you can't get it. Its draconian, but it works.
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 17, 2016 23:00:52 GMT
Everytime you want one service, e.g. Car MOT, then you have to clear every debt to your ID number or you can't get it. Its draconian, but it works. ...failed MOT due to unpaid bill at STI clinic wouldn't read well on a car's history, now would it.......... |
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