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On Aug 8, 9:33*pm, wrote:
I've read what the website has to say; seems a pity that you can't pay
by Oyster card.

If I had something like a canal towpath available between home and
work then I might consider it, but even if the scheme does get
extended this far out in the future, there's no way I'd ever want to
cycle up the Brighton Road.


There are very often ways of routing oneself away from busy roads -
the 'London Cycle Network' often offers routes that take one away from
busy roads onto quieter side and back streets along with dedicated
cycle paths and a variety of cut-throughs for cyclists - it isn't
complete, and is far from perfect, but it provides a basis for
planning routes across London which one can then alter and customise
to suit. I really rather enjoy working out new routes across town away
from the main thoroughfares - the path less followed is often quite an
interesting one (plus one can get that feeling of engaging with the
city a bit more - well, I do at least).

Enough of my waffling - just to say there are ways of avoiding the A23!

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just to say there are ways of avoiding the A23!


I say we take off & nuke the entire site from orbit, it's the only way to be
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Mizter T wrote:

(Note that the T&Cs do state that there needs to be a clear 5 minutes
between docking a bike and taking another one out, otherwise it'll just
be regarded as a continuation of the initial hire - this to stop people
just daisy-chaining their way across London all day long without paying
anything at all - it's easy to overcome though, one just needs to wait
out the five minutes before hiring another bike!)


Or have two keys, registered to different accounts.

tom

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On Aug 9, 3:24*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Mizter T wrote:
(Note that the T&Cs do state that there needs to be a clear 5 minutes
between docking a bike and taking another one out, otherwise it'll just
be regarded as a continuation of the initial hire - this to stop people
just daisy-chaining their way across London all day long without paying
anything at all - it's easy to overcome though, one just needs to wait
out the five minutes before hiring another bike!)


Or have two keys, registered to different accounts.


Good point!
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Mizter T wrote:

(Note that the T&Cs do state that there needs to be a clear 5 minutes
between docking a bike and taking another one out, otherwise it'll
just be regarded as a continuation of the initial hire - this to stop
people just daisy-chaining their way across London all day long
without paying anything at all - it's easy to overcome though, one
just needs to wait out the five minutes before hiring another bike!)


Or have two keys, registered to different accounts.


But then you would have to pay the £1 daily fee again on the second key.

Peter Smyth



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