First cycles for London bike hire scheme produced

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

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.

It does feel incredibly expensive though. I wonder who is the target customer
base and what type of journeys they would make? If I've read the article
correctly (the access fee) I'd have thought a more substantial deposit would
be prudent too.

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