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Old July 26th 10, 01:46 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Cycle hire

In article , David Walters
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The TfL map still doesn't show any locations and they have now updated it
to say it launches on Friday. I wonder if it will show live availability
which doesn't make much sense while the bikes are still in a warehouse
somewhere.


After I posted I realised I may have seen a docking station in progress
at Carey Street at the back of the Royal Courts of Justice. Several
weeks ago a small newly paved area appeared, with smaller diamond shaped
slabs inlaid. Among the chalk marks on the pavement I could see the word
'bicycles'.

Then last Friday I noticed that bicycle stands had been added. They
looked like the wheel bender type, but now I suspect they're to
accommodate the new bikes. I could have used something like the bike
scheme several times over the past year to get me from Fleet Street to
Marylebone - that journey ought to be well under 30 minutes - but with
no capacity for carrying luggage, perhaps not.

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