Boris Bike membership in 2011?

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,052
edited December 2010 in Commuting chat
Having used my key less and less lately mostly because I couldn't find a bike when I wanted one in the morning and always had trouble docking in the evenings and also I've found the initial care and consideration from other motorists has all but gone, leaving me riding a ridiculously heavy and slow bike in amongst London's brutal rush hour traffic.

Plus thanks to my short attention span the novelty has worn off :lol:

anyway I'd much rather real secure bike parking where I could leave one or more town hacks.

So who's going to renew in 2011?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    itboffin wrote:

    anyway I'd much rather real secure bike parking where I could leave one or more town hacks.

    :lol::lol::lol:

    No, wait... :lol::lol:

    I'll do it as I live in london and much prefer it to taking the tube, I'll probably enjoy them more when I can take direct routes and don't have to log miles on the damn things
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    They are pay as you go now, so you don't need to register, right?

    I've never ridden one (no-one was up for a BB race at the SCR Xmas do), they don't look like fun but no doubt they are more fun than being wedged into PT so crowded that would have you up before the beak if you tried to transport cattle in that kind of density.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    I'm on the daily access so if I do get a bike out in 2011 yes I will renew :-)
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Yep, think I'll register. I have a feeling I'll be taking the train more next year because I won't be busting a hump on the Stats side of things, so don't fancy the walk from Waterloo.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Will renew. I don't use it much at all tbh but it's handy to have the option and means I can run errands that are a couple of miles from work at lunch.

    I did grab one after the company xmas party to get back into town. Mudguards aren't perfect and the tux will need to go to the dry cleaners now :oops:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    dhope wrote:
    Will renew. I don't use it much at all tbh but it's handy to have the option and means I can run errands that are a couple of miles from work at lunch.

    +1

    After all, 'tis but £45.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    I have no reason to use them, I rarely go to London for pleasure and if I do tends to be boosy so train/tube works well I also can use my SS which if I'm going to bike makes more sence.

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