lookingforit35
Member
Not sure if this has been done before, but I took my first ride on a Boris bike a couple of weeks ago. I've paid £45 for a years access enabling me to use them for 30 minutes each time free, as often as I want. Used several times since then and am pretty impressed, and reckon I will avoid a few bus delays.
Ignoring the obvious busy traffic, weather and route related planning, do we have any thoughts and guidance to share? My own initial impressions are:
- You soon get to know which docking stations often have bikes, and which can be relied upon the have space to return a bike to (I believe an app is available for this purpose too).
- Bells and rear reflectors are the pieces of kit most often missing!
- Comfort rather than speed is the order of the day.
- Boris bikes rank bottom of the pecking order at the lights, behind all other cyclists. I guess riders are seen as "amateurs", ie casual cyclists.
- 1st and 2nd gear seem rather pointless. I usually just stick to 3rd.
That's about it for now - anyone want to pass their own judgement?
Ignoring the obvious busy traffic, weather and route related planning, do we have any thoughts and guidance to share? My own initial impressions are:
- You soon get to know which docking stations often have bikes, and which can be relied upon the have space to return a bike to (I believe an app is available for this purpose too).
- Bells and rear reflectors are the pieces of kit most often missing!
- Comfort rather than speed is the order of the day.
- Boris bikes rank bottom of the pecking order at the lights, behind all other cyclists. I guess riders are seen as "amateurs", ie casual cyclists.
- 1st and 2nd gear seem rather pointless. I usually just stick to 3rd.
That's about it for now - anyone want to pass their own judgement?