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Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by Reason077 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:18PM (#16277156)
"Boris Bikes is still the best, but restricted to central London and can't unlock via phone."

Not true! The official Santander Cycles app lets you hire a bike via your phone. Works well and saves a huge amount of time compared to using the kiosks.

I agree that the current Boris Bikes are the best, though they have a new lighter, smaller bike model which feels a lot more like a Mobike/ofo to ride. Not as nice IMO.

Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by thedays on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:12PM (#16277586)
I wish people wouldn't call them Boris Bikes, as Boris (the former mayor of London) only took credit for this cycling scheme that Livingstone, his predecessor as mayor, originally developed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/09/transport.world1

Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by mmahemoff on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:21PM (#16277189)
Thanks, it wasn't possible a while back when I check, I removed that from my comment.

Might look at installing it again, despite its glorious 2.2 star rating :)