First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/8698624.stm

First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced


The cycles will have three-speed gears and dynamo-powered lights
The first cycles which will be used in a bike-hire scheme in London
have come off the production line in Canada.
The cycles will feature three-speed gears, a bell, a basket and are
being fitted with dynamo-powered lights.
The 6,000 bikes, which will be rolled out in London from 30 July, are
being produced in a factory in Bagotville.
People will be able to access the bikes 24 hours a day from 400
docking stations in nine boroughs and several Royal Parks in central
London.
'Pedal power'
Cyclists will have to pay a £1 "access fee", but the first 30 minutes
will be free.

The bikes are being produced in Canada
It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.
TfL hopes the hire scheme, which emulates similar schemes in Europe,
Montreal and Boston, will generate an extra 40,000 cycle trips a day.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "What we are creating is not just a
cycle hire scheme, but a new form of public transport of the greenest
and healthiest of kinds.
"It will become the cornerstone of the cycling revolution in the
capital and will, I'm sure, convert legions of people to the pleasures
of pedal power."
The cycle hire scheme will be available in Camden, Hackney, Lambeth,
Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Westminster, City of London and the Royal Parks.

On Sat, 22 May 2010 08:54:01 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Spam
wrote:

and the Royal Parks.

All of them?

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First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced


The cycles will have three-speed gears and dynamo-powered lights
The first cycles which will be used in a bike-hire scheme in London
have come off the production line in Canada.
The cycles will feature three-speed gears, a bell, a basket and are
being fitted with dynamo-powered lights.
The 6,000 bikes, which will be rolled out in London from 30 July, are
being produced in a factory in Bagotville.
People will be able to access the bikes 24 hours a day from 400
docking stations in nine boroughs and several Royal Parks in central
London.
'Pedal power'
Cyclists will have to pay a £1 "access fee", but the first 30 minutes
will be free.

The bikes are being produced in Canada
It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.
TfL hopes the hire scheme, which emulates similar schemes in Europe,
Montreal and Boston, will generate an extra 40,000 cycle trips a day.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "What we are creating is not just a
cycle hire scheme, but a new form of public transport of the greenest
and healthiest of kinds.
"It will become the cornerstone of the cycling revolution in the
capital and will, I'm sure, convert legions of people to the pleasures
of pedal power."
The cycle hire scheme will be available in Camden, Hackney, Lambeth,
Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Westminster, City of London and the Royal Parks.

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First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced


The cycles will have three-speed gears and dynamo-powered lights
The first cycles which will be used in a bike-hire scheme in London
have come off the production line in Canada.
The cycles will feature three-speed gears, a bell, a basket and are
being fitted with dynamo-powered lights.
The 6,000 bikes, which will be rolled out in London from 30 July, are
being produced in a factory in Bagotville.
People will be able to access the bikes 24 hours a day from 400
docking stations in nine boroughs and several Royal Parks in central
London.
'Pedal power'
Cyclists will have to pay a £1 "access fee", but the first 30 minutes
will be free.

The bikes are being produced in Canada
It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.
TfL hopes the hire scheme, which emulates similar schemes in Europe,
Montreal and Boston, will generate an extra 40,000 cycle trips a day.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "What we are creating is not just a
cycle hire scheme, but a new form of public transport of the greenest
and healthiest of kinds.
"It will become the cornerstone of the cycling revolution in the
capital and will, I'm sure, convert legions of people to the pleasures
of pedal power."
The cycle hire scheme will be available in Camden, Hackney, Lambeth,
Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Westminster, City of London and the Royal Parks.

Fooking ridiculous, £50 for 24 hours???

You might as well buy a bike and sling it in a skip when you have finished.

Crap bikes, a total waste of money and unaffordable unless you are a toff.

Fukcing waste of money, typical of government spending.

Uncle Spam wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/8698624.stm

First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced


The cycles will have three-speed gears and dynamo-powered lights
The first cycles which will be used in a bike-hire scheme in London
have come off the production line in Canada.

Oh good. Not only a waste of taxpayers money, but a job export. And
shipping them from Canada is environmentaly friendly?

SNIP

The bikes are being produced in Canada
It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.

And whay kind of halfwit is going to pay that?

TfL hopes the hire scheme, which emulates similar schemes in Europe,
Montreal and Boston, will generate an extra 40,000 cycle trips a day.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "What we are creating is not just a
cycle hire scheme, but a new form of public transport of the greenest
and healthiest of kinds.

Boris Johnson - living proof that Snow White & Dopey had a love child.

"It will become the cornerstone of the cycling revolution in the
capital and will, I'm sure, convert legions of people to the pleasures
of pedal power."

You read it here first. Wait for the whinging gits to start complaining
about all the extra accidents.

The cycle hire scheme will be available in Camden, Hackney, Lambeth,
Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Westminster, City of London and the Royal Parks.

Isn't that a list of looney left councils?


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Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a
viable form of transport.

On 22 May, 17:18, Tom Crispin
wrote:
On Sat, 22 May 2010 08:54:01 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Spam

wrote:
and the Royal Parks.

All of them?

I suspect not - I don't think any docking stations were planned
outside the central area when I looked at the list sometime ago.

However, now that it is planned to give Boris control of the Royal
Parks (and he has apparently committed to backing down on the
proposals for car parking charges in them) it won't be long before
the bikes appear in Phase II ?

On May 22, 7:40*pm, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
Uncle Spam wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/8698624.stm

First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced

The cycles will have three-speed gears and dynamo-powered lights
The first cycles which will be used in a bike-hire scheme in London
have come off the production line in Canada.

Oh good. *Not only a waste of taxpayers money, but a job export. *And
shipping them from Canada is environmentaly friendly?

SNIP

The bikes are being produced in Canada
It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.

And whay kind of halfwit is going to pay that?

TfL hopes the hire scheme, which emulates similar schemes in Europe,
Montreal and Boston, will generate an extra 40,000 cycle trips a day.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "What we are creating is not just a
cycle hire scheme, but a new form of public transport of the greenest
and healthiest of kinds.

Boris Johnson - living proof that Snow White & Dopey had a love child.

"It will become the cornerstone of the cycling revolution in the
capital and will, I'm sure, convert legions of people to the pleasures
of pedal power."

You read it here first. *Wait for the whinging gits to start complaining
about all the extra accidents.

The cycle hire scheme will be available in Camden, Hackney, Lambeth,
Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Westminster, City of London and the Royal Parks.

Isn't that a list of looney left councils?

--
Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a
viable form of transport.

how long will 6000 bikes will last in London ;-)

On Sat, 22 May 2010 18:11:40 +0100, Colin Trunt wrote:

It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.

Fooking ridiculous, £50 for 24 hours???
You might as well buy a bike and sling it in a skip when you have
finished.

Or perhaps they've produced a pricing structure that deliberately
discourages people holding onto a bike for the whole day - the first
couple of half-hours cost you a quid each, then each subsequent half
hour generally costs more than the one before - the sixth half hour
will cost you five quid.

24 different one-hour hires will be cheaper than a single 24-hour
hire. You can't keep the bike longer than 24 hours.

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On 22 May, 19:41, Ian Smith wrote:
On Sat, 22 May 2010 18:11:40 +0100, Colin Trunt wrote:

It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.

*Fooking ridiculous, £50 for 24 hours???
*You might as well buy a bike and sling it in a skip when you have
*finished.

Or perhaps they've produced a pricing structure that deliberately
discourages people holding onto a bike for the whole day - the first
couple of half-hours cost you a quid each, then each subsequent half
hour generally costs more than the one before - the sixth half hour
will cost you five quid.

24 different one-hour hires will be cheaper than a single 24-hour
hire. *You can't keep the bike longer than 24 hours.

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This scheme is doomed to failure. It is a badly thought out attempt to
appease the yoghurt knitters and is being done with public money. A
more cost effective way of dealing with the problem would be to tell
the yoghurt knitters to take a hike. Take a look at how many of the
rental bikes have to be replaced each year through vandalism and theft
- try the Vélib system in Paris
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-1826456.html

Worse than this, if they were determined to fritter away taxpayers
money, they should have used british manufacturers to knock the things
out.It shows a very bad example of how not to administer this sort of
farce!

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On 22 May, 19:41, Ian Smith wrote:
On Sat, 22 May 2010 18:11:40 +0100, Colin Trunt wrote:

It will then cost another £1 for up to an hour, £4 for 90 minutes, £6
for two hours and £50 for 24 hours.

Fooking ridiculous, £50 for 24 hours???
You might as well buy a bike and sling it in a skip when you have
finished.

Or perhaps they've produced a pricing structure that deliberately
discourages people holding onto a bike for the whole day - the first
couple of half-hours cost you a quid each, then each subsequent half
hour generally costs more than the one before - the sixth half hour
will cost you five quid.

24 different one-hour hires will be cheaper than a single 24-hour
hire. You can't keep the bike longer than 24 hours.

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This scheme is doomed to failure. It is a badly thought out attempt to
appease the yoghurt knitters and is being done with public money. A
more cost effective way of dealing with the problem would be to tell
the yoghurt knitters to take a hike. Take a look at how many of the
rental bikes have to be replaced each year through vandalism and theft
- try the Vélib system in Paris
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-1826456.html

Worse than this, if they were determined to fritter away taxpayers
money, they should have used british manufacturers to knock the things
out.It shows a very bad example of how not to administer this sort of
farce!