Tag: santander cycles
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Hire Bikes and Hire E-Bikes in London
There are now at least four major public bike hire schemes across London. There is the original TfL run Santander Cycles (aka Boris Bikes) using docking stations, the Chinese-owned dockless bike system Mobike, the electric-assist Lime bikes, and now the electric-assist Uber Jump bikes which launched this week in London. There was also Ofo, another…
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oBikes – Initial Thoughts
On Saturday night, I was returning to my north London home when I noticed something I’d not seen before – a new type of hire bike. Now us Londoners have become used to “Boris Bikes” – or Santander Cycles as they’re officially known. This is a scheme that I’ve been using fairly consistently since its…