Actually a rather fun experience. Left the titanium goddess in the office and went for a business meeting in the west end on a Just Eater. Seems much lighter than the London and Paris bikes and a load cheaper than the usual taxi. I did however misbehave on the way back up lothian road. A shorts clad road biker on a racer wanted to push through a gap between a bus and I at the kings stables road light. At the usher hall when i pulled level and asked if this was not fast enough for him he panted ... and pulled away ... so verdict they are fairly nifty but dont have the gearing to allow the power to keep up with a lycra clad road bike commuter. :-) .... for the record it nearly killed me but he deserved it ..
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
Tried a Just Eat Bike
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Posted 5 years ago #
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I once overtook a moped on a Boris Bike ... it was clearly a very unwell moped, but I still considered it a win. Bonus points for doing it in civvies too...
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I love racing around the superhighways on boris bikes. I can overtake most bikes up hills on them (including some lycra road bikes), but gear out and become easy prey on the flat /downhill.
My journeys are presumably much shorter than anyone who's dressed up for the occasion though, so I can afford to empty myself going for 500 metres of glory.
Posted 5 years ago # -
The game --> https://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12575770
FCN of a Just Eat bike must be pretty low whatever one happens to be wearing.
Posted 5 years ago # -
@mediumdave great link
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I overtook a road club in Hyde Park riding a Boris Bike at incredibly high cadence (note not high speed). I was leaning forward in an aero position over my laptop case, was wearing brown leather shoes, chinos and my tweed jacket was billowing out behind me. It was marvellous.
They re-overtook me moments later after the shock had abated and my legs ceased to be able to maintain the rotational velocity I was asking of them.
Overall, and more on topic, it's often amazing how often slow and steady can, if not win the race, catch up at every traffic light.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Overall, and more on topic, it's often amazing how often slow and steady can, if not win the race, catch up at every traffic light.
It me.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Questions:
I'd like to hire a bike over lunch, to pop to Haymarket and back. While I'm eating lunch in Haymarket, is there a way to lock the bike? Is it controlled by the app? Do I have to put it in a docking station?
Cheers.
Posted 4 years ago # -
In the most useful of words: maybe. If you have an Android device I believe you can pause the trip & lock the bike (the hour still counts down) but if you’re on iOS I don’t believe this is widely available yet.
Closest dock is still the EICC just up Morrison Street.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Morrison Street? That's miles away!
Posted 4 years ago # -
Morrison Street? That's miles away!
From you that's funny.
Posted 4 years ago #
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