http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "9,000 sign up for London Cycle Hire" en Sun, 17 May 2026 21:51:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10906 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:45:56 +0000 chdot 10906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4859314765_04c73b9224_o.jpg">Private Eye</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4859314765_4c8ac325d4.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10743 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:03:51 +0000 spytfyre 10743@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>gasp 4 mins in - kerbed off section of safe cycle way... if only<br /> wait... up to an hour free<br /> an hour £1<br /> an hour and a half = £4 - how does that work out as attractive?<br /> taxi driver has a go about red light jumpers... nice </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10742 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:36:47 +0000 chdot 10742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Former Edinburgh resident tries it out (4 min vid)</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/jul/30/london-cycle-hire-schemes" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/jul/30/london-cycle-hire-schemes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10741 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:08 +0000 spytfyre 10741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Already several bikes have been targeted by anti-war protesters with large stickers about the conflict in Afghanistan being put on the back of the bikes."<br /> But not covering the horrid logo... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10738 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:40:51 +0000 chdot 10738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Mr Johnson said: “I have no doubt lots of things will go wrong.” While he added that the project, modelled closely on the Bixi scheme in Montreal, would be a “great success” in the long term, he explained: “The reality is that the software issues and technical issues of getting the whole thing up and running for tomorrow has been extremely difficult.”</p> <p>"<br /> <a href="http://road.cc/node/20970" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/node/20970</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10737 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:35:59 +0000 chdot 10737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>update...</p> <p><a href="http://twitpic.com/29tf1o"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4843637416_da0312d56d.jpg"><br /> </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10736 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:21:21 +0000 chdot 10736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Day 1</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scraplab/4842837853"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4842837853_ca68e8b736.jpg"></p> <p>Photo Tom T<br /> </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=rec&amp;w=all&amp;q=cycle+hire+london">More</a> (warning may contain Boris) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10698 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:26 +0000 gembo 10698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boris is sinister, the buffoon thing is a front and also unlike most people he starts talking first then thinks what it is he is going to say which he somehow gets away with. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10687 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:24:22 +0000 Kim 10687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just goes to show that riding a bike <em>doesn't</em> make you a better person... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10685 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:34:11 +0000 chdot 10685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Boris can't be that daft.</p> <p>He rides a bike.</p> <p>"</p> <p>If only life was so simple... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10684 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:06:07 +0000 wee folding bike 10684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boris can't be that daft. </p> <p>He rides a bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10672 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:54:01 +0000 chdot 10672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"London Cycle Hire will make cycling safer, says IAM"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/32606/London-Cycle-Hire-launch-means-safer-cycling-says-IAM" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/32606/London-Cycle-Hire-launch-means-safer-cycling-says-IAM</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10658 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:51:41 +0000 spytfyre 10658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>are you sure? someone with Boris' bungling intellect having the control over goodness knows how many people's current accounts/savings/mortgages?<br /> one trip to the sweetie shop and it would all be gone </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10653 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:41:39 +0000 chdot 10653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Boris must own Barclays then..."</p> <p>I suppose that would be better than Barclays owning Boris... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10649 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:20:38 +0000 spytfyre 10649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boris must own Barclays then... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1154#post-10648 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:06:29 +0000 chdot 10648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> "The excitement and enthusiasm for my flagship Barclays Cycle Hire scheme is proving infectious and already almost 9,000 pioneers have caught the bug," said Mayor of London Boris Johnson.<br /> "</p> <p>"<em><strong>my</strong></em> flagship Barclays Cycle Hire scheme"(?!)</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/32595/9000-sign-up-for-London-Cycle-Hire" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/32595/9000-sign-up-for-London-Cycle-Hire</a></p> <p>It'll never happen here... </p>