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London cyclist approaching junction.jpgLive, work or study in Lambeth? Try cycling in the city for 4 weeks for just £10
If you live, work or study in the London borough of Lambeth and fancy trying out city cycling before investing in a bike, Lambeth Council and London Cycling Campaign Projects have jointly launched a ‘Try Before You Bike’ scheme allowing users to hire a bike, lock and safety equipment for four weeks for £10.
There’ll be cycle training and maintenance courses on offer throughout the loan period too, and a 24-hour phone line for practical help.
In return, the users have to keep a diary of the cycling they do.
When the hire period ends there’s the chance to buy the bike or return it.
There’s a range of men’s and women’s bikes available, including some folding models.
Induction sessions are run every Tuesday fortnight at a location close to Oval Tube Station and you can arrive anytime between 3pm and 8pm. It takes approximately 20-30 minutes to collect a bike and you’ll need to provide some photo ID and your address.
For more information on the scheme click here.
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- GMBasix 8 min 46 sec ago
There are several cycle awareness courses around the country. They may not address psychology in detail, but they take drivers out on bikes. They...
- chrisonabike 25 min 22 sec ago
Why leave yourself open to the problem in the first place? No windows, no draughty windows.
- chrisonabike 27 min 11 sec ago
Yup - although as a more "distributed" / low cost kind of "good" (which the public purse pays towards) cycling will likely always be susceptible to...
- quiff 1 hour 33 min ago
I'm sure they'd ask Lime to do that too. Come and collect your bikes and my neighbour - they're in pieces.
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Ireland seems to have a lot of problems with their cycle lanes… Almost as many as England
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Fair point - I was restricting myself to pedal bikes. As I've never spent that kind of money on anything though (mortgage doesn't count), it's kind...
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I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
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It sounds like a very good scheme, and I like the fact that they're offering cycle training as part of this.
I wouldn't advise anyone new to cycling to set off on a commute to the centre of London for the first time without some support. If they're lucky they'll have an experienced friend or co-worker who can show them the ropes, but a few lessons are the next best option.
Deals of bike hire inclusive with rent (for car free housing - ran from 2005-2009 with pre BCH bike hire scheme in London) or as employee/student benefit (already running at Greenwich and GSK) plus of course inclusive with travelcard (The Key - Newcastle, and SWTrains Brompton hire since 2009 at special rate to season ticket holders.
A workplaces scheme also ran in Southwark documented in a TfL report.
i did this at Decathlon in Canada Water, i tested a bike for 2 weeks before then buying a new one. However, I wasn't even forced into buying one, great service i must say
Fail ^ k thx bai x
What a brilliant idea! Hopefully it will be a roaring success that other councils will adopt.
Tokenistic at best as you will probably be murdered riding it.