Comments on: Barclays Cycle Hire

By: Mitsue Mescher

Mitsue Mescher — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:08:12 +0000

Howdy! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be okay. I’m definitely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:37:29 +0000

You'd probably be best off renting a bike. There's no group discount as such with the barclays cycle hire scheme..

By: Alfie

Alfie — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:17:30 +0000

Hi there, I am going to be showing some foreign friends around London in the near future, and as they are all bike enthusiasts I thought cycling round the city would be a great way for them to see everything. I did however wonder about the prices for groups of tourists and if there would be any discounts as such. They will be staying in a hotel around Covent Garden so any information on stands in this vicinity would also be very helpful.

Thanks

By: Alfie

Alfie — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:13:03 +0000

Hi there, I am going to be showing some foriegn friends around London in the near future, and as they are all bike enthusiasts I thought cycling round the city would be a great way for them to see evertthing. I did however wonder about the prices for groups of tourists and if there would be any discounts as such. They will be staying in a hotel around Covent Garden hotel around Covent Garden so any information on stands in this vicinity would also be very helpful.

Thanks

By: Tony Franklin

Tony Franklin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:09:21 +0000

I’m sorry to hear, Chris, that you are having trouble with your bank; probably most of us have at one time or another. However, I believe Barclays contributed to the funding for the scheme but are they involved in running it? As for empty bike racks, the only time I saw such was during a tube strike when apparently many took advantage of the system and used the bikes. Other times I saw a mix, full racks, empty racks and various states in between. I also saw many, many being used. In addition I saw many vehicles carrying cargoes of bikes I assume as part of maintaining the bikes availability. As I said earlier, it is early days and from what I have seen I still applaud the system. I hope your experiences are more favourable in the future, and I hope you got your mortgage sorted out.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:47:39 +0000

Barclay’s – trying to close my mortgage and the two divisions can’t even talk together and do that.

Incompetent – and so it the bike scheme, everytime I go down to London, I see empty racks, actually I’ve never seen a working bike.
St Marys Hosp (Paddington)

By: Blinky Doyle

Blinky Doyle — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:04:40 +0000

Well I, and thousands of others, seem to think it’s a great scheme. There’s always going to those who only see the bad, and there’ll be those who really have no idea how it works but still knock it. (£3 return to Soho from Hoxton is complete bilge)
Anything that’s gets people doing a modicum of exercise has to be a good thing.

By: Tony Franklin

Tony Franklin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:35:13 +0000

As a one time resident and now (unforunately) only a visitor to London I applaud the scheme. Of course it is early days yet but if one takes the long view the concept is beneficial both for personal health, congestion and the environment generally. From many of the negative comments, I have the impression that the writers have not studied the scheme properly – go to the website and see the video – it really is quite clear., and most of the concerns expressed are addressed. As for the name – well what’s in a name?

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:53:57 +0000

Sarah – don’t add another key to your account. If you do it will be charged as being used every time you use the first key – as if you made all your journeys in pairs.

Instead, create a second account (you will need to use a variation of your name and a different email) for your second key, which will then operate independently.

Madness? Yes! Official policy? Yes!

TfL wrote to tell me:

“When you signed up for Membership you opted to purchase more than one key and so I’m taking this opportunity to remind you of how your “multiple key account” works. As soon as you use the first key to undock a cycle, your access period (whether 24 hours, 7 days or one year) starts, not just for this key, but for all of your keys. Likewise, if you selected the auto-renew option when activating your keys, once any one of your keys triggers a new access period, all your keys will be charged the same access fee and not just the one used.”

By: Remster

Remster — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:21:39 +0000

It’s saving our planet