Electric hire bikes

[Earl Aelfheah]

Wanted to big up the Lime hire bikes which have recently extended their reach to ED. If you haven?t already tried them, they?re great for short journeys to the station, or Brixton tube. Really fun and the electric motor makes easy work of any hills. Much quicker than the bus. Unfortunately Herne Hill is outside the zone, but hopefully will be bought inside of it soon.

[Nigello]

Great, unless you (not YOU, Rahx3) leave them prone on teh pavement, ready for anyone to trip over and break leg/neck, etc.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Oh interesting. I'd noticed a few more around recently. I see that quite a few of them are still being left in the "red zone" where you're not supposed to leave them so the hirers will be charged extra.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Nigello Wrote:

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> Great, unless you (not YOU, Rahx3) leave them

> prone on teh pavement, ready for anyone to trip

> over and break leg/neck, etc.

Yeh, in some boroughs they?ve created specific ?hire bike? bays on the road, which prevents this. I guess the density doesn?t make that viable / proportionate here. Haven?t noticed it being too much of an issue locally though. You do need to take a photo of where you?ve left it when your ride is up and there are supposedly fines if you don?t park them in a suitable place, but not sure how far this is enforced in reality.