On 24/06/2010 11:07, Theo Markettos wrote:
Roland wrote:
I saw one in Lausanne recently, where a chap was assiduously filling up
empty racks from a trailer (I did wonder what the carbon efficiency of
that was in the event he drives a few miles to deliver just one bike...
but no doubt over time it works out.

Lausanne is built on a rather large hill. I imagine all the bikes drift to
the bottom, so some kind of rebalancing is required. I imagine that isn't
so much a problem in London or Paris, though perhaps they will end up
congregating at other places?

Somewhere in Norway has a clever uphill-o-matic thing for cyclists to
use. There are videos online.

There is also a Paris style bike hire scheme in Caen - I looked at using
it the other day, but there wasn't a "station" near where I was going.
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