You misunderstood me metoo4, yes, if you use your credit card and dont return the bike, yes, you will be charged. But some people are prying them free, or using stolen credit cards (imagine that) to steal them. True, Bixi theorizes that some of the missing bike will be returned late. As far as being far from a station, I dont think there is a cycling radius that you must remain within, and plus, please find me one police that cares about bike theft, I dont even report it when my bikes get stolen, I used to, but I have never recovered one of mine. LOL, they are not scrap, plus the down-tube, and rear triangle look like carbon-composite, its worth waaaayyy more as a vehicle than as scrap. I imagine the gps could be pried out, or the stolen Bixis could be shipped out of the province. There is an article somewhere about the missing Bixis, I will hunt it down and post it another time.
Bixi Bikes
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Hi Hypocycloid for giving us a breakdown of the componentry on the bike..
I am curious as to the gearing/shifting of these bikes..
When I go to Copenhagen, they have a wonderful FREE bike program. I will attach a link :
http://www.bycyklen.dk/english/thecitybikeandcopenhagen.aspx
These bikes are 1 speed, backpedal brakes, heavy steel frames with tires that cannot possibly go flat.
Entry level transport, so certainly nobody would ever bother to steal one.. Copenhagen is remarkable, as many people cycle, but few lock their bikes while they are inside a store..
Last month, a work friend and I spent a couple hours riding around Copenhagen, stopping at beer bars..never locking our bikes in the rack, or just leaning them on a building.
I know certainly that this is an unrealistic picture, as I am sure that bike theft occurs...
Compare this to Amsterdam, where your bike will probably get stolen sooner or later. That's why they mostly look like old rusty granny bikes....
Maybe that's the answer....
These bikes are only good for one season anyway..why not buy cheaper, durable entry level machinery ??
No credit cards, no fraud.. hardly any bikes go missing
Just a thought....
Best Regards
Smuler
I am curious as to the gearing/shifting of these bikes..
When I go to Copenhagen, they have a wonderful FREE bike program. I will attach a link :
http://www.bycyklen.dk/english/thecitybikeandcopenhagen.aspx
These bikes are 1 speed, backpedal brakes, heavy steel frames with tires that cannot possibly go flat.
Entry level transport, so certainly nobody would ever bother to steal one.. Copenhagen is remarkable, as many people cycle, but few lock their bikes while they are inside a store..
Last month, a work friend and I spent a couple hours riding around Copenhagen, stopping at beer bars..never locking our bikes in the rack, or just leaning them on a building.
I know certainly that this is an unrealistic picture, as I am sure that bike theft occurs...
Compare this to Amsterdam, where your bike will probably get stolen sooner or later. That's why they mostly look like old rusty granny bikes....
Maybe that's the answer....
These bikes are only good for one season anyway..why not buy cheaper, durable entry level machinery ??
No credit cards, no fraud.. hardly any bikes go missing
Just a thought....
Best Regards
Smuler
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these are not great quality bikes, they are heavy, only 3 levels of gears and half of the bikes I tried don't brake very well. I don't know why locals would pay $78 a year, for that money you can buy a used bike that is better quality, and you can lock it anywhere and not have to go find a bixi station every half an hour.
I don't use it (for now) but...
To all who thinks it's not a good idea..
Just wait and see !
I bet you that Toronto, New-York, etc... will end-up copying the idea !
It reminds me of one festival playing at this moment...
So many people said it would never be what it is now !
To all who thinks it's not a good idea..
Just wait and see !
I bet you that Toronto, New-York, etc... will end-up copying the idea !
It reminds me of one festival playing at this moment...
So many people said it would never be what it is now !
And looks like TO is having quite a problem adapting with the idea of cycling :
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/u-k-newspaper-writes-toronto-war-cycling-231907669.html
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/u-k-newspaper-writes-toronto-war-cycling-231907669.html
I agree. But the problem is that we live in a cold country. Seven out of twelve months it is too cold to ride a bicycle
.The thing that annoys me the most about bikers is them riding so much into the road taking up so much space. Give me a break. A bicycle is so small compared to a car and does not need to take up so much space not to mention it makes it very difficult to pass them when you are on a busy narrow two way road.
I agree. But the problem is that we live in a cold country. Seven out of twelve months it is too cold to ride a bicycle
Very depressing isn't it.
I ride for 8 months of the year. I stop mid-November, start again mid-March.I agree. But the problem is that we live in a cold country. Seven out of twelve months it is too cold to ride a bicycle
The real problem is motorists who think they have more right to the road than cyclists. Montreal could probably fix all the roads and bridges in the province if cops started ticketing every driver who fails to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
Nailed it! Bixi now has 5000 bikes in Montreal, 1000 in Toronto, 100 in Ottawa, 6000 in London, England, 600 in Melbourne, 1100 in Washington DC, 700 in Minneapolis.
And a version in Boulder Colorado, where I'll be soon
http://boulder.bcycle.com/
But Rumples- I'm taking the Dahon :
http://www.gaerlan.com/dahon/pack.htm
Best Regards
Smuler
There are other cities around the world that also have public bicycles. The ones I list were all built and installedl by Bixi of Montreal.
I heard on the radio that the bikes cost $900 each because they are made in Quebec. I will bet they can have them made in Chine on spec for under $200.
That's already happening in the US, and some people can't afford the ticket on the slow boat to China.
That is what Walmart is all about! Pay the lowest price possible now, make them make the more money possible now and soon, you won't be able to pay anything since your job will be transferred somewhere cheaper and you will be on unemployment.
You can work your passage over there by shoveling coal into the ships boilers.
