http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycle Scotland Hire bikes en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:05:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333493 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:17:18 +0000 ARobComp 333493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycle Scotland has some quite Marmite reviews on google! </p> <p>The Santander Bike is a preferred mode of transport for many a food-courier in London. Year pass, no maintenance costs, slow and steady. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333465 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:14:54 +0000 algo 333465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>good point thanks @Greenroofer </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333463 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:06:37 +0000 Greenroofer 333463@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@algo - has your neighbour considered using a Just Eat bike? I know that people do use them for that, and the T&amp;C don't forbid it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333462 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:02:41 +0000 algo 333462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the info tarmachan. </p> <p>I'd like to help my neighbour our - he's a good guy so will keep my eye out for a decent hybrid for him... he's quite new to cycling so the easier to ride the better I reckon... he didn't much like borrowing my bike, but I imagine that's very similar to getting on someone else's temperamental horse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333454 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:26:12 +0000 tarmachan 333454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In about 2011 I had a trial day working there with a view to getting a summer job. I lasted half a day before I just gave up.<br /> The bloke running it was a complete crackpot. The bikes were all wrecks (sounds like it hasn't changed in 9 years) and he charged a fortune for hiring them. In the end before I jumped ship, I ended up simply advising people who came looking to hire for a week or two that it would be cheaper to just buy a 2nd hand bike from the bike station and donate it back after their holiday, rather than spend £200 hiring an unsafe bike there.<br /> Saying that repair and maintenance was the hirer's responsibility sounds exactly like the sort of thing they would do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333451 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:21:44 +0000 algo 333451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ah ok ta </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333450 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:20:52 +0000 I were right about that saddle 333450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@algo</p> <p>I will communicate elsewhere on this subject. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20256#post-333445 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:46:47 +0000 algo 333445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My neighbour, who works now for various delivery companies, hired a bike for this purpose from Cycle Scotland bike hire. Odd choice I admit but that's what he did it turns out. It's a Trek hybrid which is a fairly decent bike. The other day his rear hanger snapped and all the expected damaged happened to the chain and rear derailleur. </p> <p>Before I realised this was a hire bike and not his own I had managed to source a new rear hanger and I had a new rear derailleur so just needed new chain and gear cable - the existing cable was very frayed. On inspecting it I discovered neither of the brakes worked because the pads (and rims) were massively worn. </p> <p>When he said it was a hire bike I asked why he didn't just take it back and get it fixed by them or get a replacement, and apparently he was told it was his responsibility to fix. I was pretty astonished - they claim that it must have been damage he caused himself. Either way the state of the brakes after 3 months use was definitely not reasonable for a hire bike.</p> <p>Does anyone have any experience of this place? Seems very odd service to me.</p> <p>Also - just wondering if anyone has a decent hybrid bike they might be looking to sell - for someone 6 foot 2. I'd like to to help him out - he's not had a great deal of luck with his hire bike. </p>