Furk Barclays Bike Docking Station

[Alan Dale]

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[berryberry]

You know it was Ken Livingstone who got the bike docking stations and it just took so long to organize that Boris is taking the credit.

[Alan Dale]

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[berryberry]

Boris didn't deliver it though. He was just the plonker with the title when it arrived.

[EasyV]

I wonder how annoyed Barclays must be with everyone calling them Boris Bikes.

[SeanMacGabhann]

oh for the love of...

Van we stop squabbling and stick to the subject please?

Alan - I suspect the performance of the Camberwell station will dictate the possible extension further south - they are rolling it out in stages so it's wait and see

[Alan Dale]

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[skidmarks]

Best location would be near the station I would expect.

Can you take the bike home over night and bring it back to the station in the morning, otherwise I can?t see much reason using it unless you were going to ride all the way into London?

I wonder if the scheme will be successful in residential areas.

[Applespider]

You could take it home but you'd be walloped with a big usage charge. The charging structure is built around short (under an hour) usage. I hope it fans out to zone 2 although with the promise that you should be within a few hundred metres of one, that will be a big investment

[James Barber]

Back in 2008 all GLA Mayoral candidates promised bike hire schemes.

The Barclays Boris bike hire scheme hasn't yet been completed in zone 1 and various teething problems. So it will be some time before zone 1 is completed before it gets rolled out further.

Sooner this happens the better but lets not get excited soon.

[Mick Mac]

Alan Dale Wrote:

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> He didn't stop it.

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> More importantly- where in ED would be the best

> location for a Barclaysbike dock?

218 Frien Road would be good.

[Ellwood]

to be honest, the weight and clumping nature of the bikes wouldn't be very appealing to cycle up dog kennel hill from here.

[Sandperson]

Ellwood Wrote:

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> to be honest, the weight and clumping nature of

> the bikes wouldn't be very appealing to cycle up

> dog kennel hill from here.

Wimp. The gearing is easily high enough to get up DKH without breaking a sweat.

[woofmarkthedog]

The Barclay/Boris bike is all well and good on flat ground, but they are very heavy & almost agricultural to ride

I reckon if you're serious about commuting/cycling then get yourself & your employer to get onto this scheme & save up to 50% on a bike

http://www.bike2workscheme.co.uk/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=bike%2Bto%2Bwork%2Bscheme&utm_campaign=Bike%2B2%2BWork%2BScheme

If you want to go by bike/train/bus, then buy a Brompton Bike

( it only takes about 20 seconds to fold one down )

I did it years ago & bloomin' love it

W**F

[Sandperson]

I ride a lot, on and off road, for pleasure, racing and commuting and the couple of times I've been on a Ken Bike I've loved it. Up hill, down hill all I wanted to do was smile! They are weighty and the gearing is too high for me but they are a blast to ride anywhere!

Also beware of HMRC rule tightening on bike to work schemes. They may not be as good as they were a few months ago.

New tax rules, but don't let it put you off cycling!

[Alan Dale]

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[SeanMacGabhann]

Why the thread title change Al?

[Alan Dale]

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[Torben Pieknik]

Alan I'm not sure where you got the impression that a docking station is planned to be installed in Camberwell?

The first phase is only in zone one (the nearest stations are Oval and Elephant). If there is a second phase it will be eastwards towards Canary Wharf and the Olympic Park.

[woofmarkthedog]

Caution, this link has a naughty word in it

Oh, how appalling ( but I'll look anyway )

W:))::oF

[Alan Dale]

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[SteveT]

Oh, how appalling ( but I'll look anyway ) wrote woof!

I thought it had been done quite professionally, almost as if it belonged there.

I'm sure it expresses a view which many patrons of that bank feel,

when they read on their statements the costs of the banks extortionate charges.

Bar studs!