Barclays cycle - how's it going now

[john_p]

Now it's dark and generally crap out there how is the London cycle scheme holding up ? Are there still bike or rack shortages at the main stations each day? How are the lights on the bikes?

[john_p]

Going really well then

[cjs]

As far as I can see it is going quite well, see a lot of them around whilst I'm working in town. It looks like some 'stations' are more popular than others, I see many bikes available on some and very few on others. I think it will become even more popular once you do not need to register in advance, will allow visitors and tourists easier access.

[JimexPL]

They've been fine for me, as a generally social user outside of commuting times. If one of our nearby docking stations is full/empty, there's always availability at the other two nearby.
The lights are crap, but so are the lights that I'd also use in London on my own bike, but they do the job of making you visible to others.
As long as you are in the current bike area I don't believe that there's a better way of getting around. My own bike only comes out of the cupboard now if I'm travelling somewhere without a docking station.

[Soovy]

It's going great.


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Edited by Soovy on Friday 5th November 16:46

[Beardy10]

Looks to me like it's still very popular even though winter has arrived....I live on the edge of the area where the bikes are and even at weekends the bike racks are mostly empty.

[pokethepope]

Yep, all the racks I pass on my ride in to uni each day usually have less than a quarter of the bikes remaining, certainly seems to have enduring popularity.

[Gizmo!]

I've been using it a lot. It's great. The seats are waterproof so even if it's rained you just brused the water off - and the Barclays rear wheel cover means your back doesn't even get wet.

[Rich_W]

Soovy said:

It's going great.


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Edited by Soovy on Friday 5th November 16:46

Barclays DID NOT get any handouts from the Government (didn't stop Mandleson saying last year that they were terrible ) and presuambly that £7 Billion keeps a shed load of BRITS employed. Personally I can't see why the vitriol.

[Beardy10]

Rich_W said:

Barclays DID NOT get any handouts from the Government (didn't stop Mandleson saying last year that they were terrible ) and presuambly that £7 Billion keeps a shed load of BRITS employed. Personally I can't see why the vitriol.

They didn't but if RBS had been allowed to fail Barclays would have followed pretty quickly. These things never stop with just one institution...it's why Merrill Lynch sold themselves to Bank of America the weekend Lehman went bust...they were next. So effectively Barclays were bailed out. It was also pretty widely that Barclays were in a hell of a lot of trouble...it's just that RBS were in even more trouble so they were getting all the attention.