On Aug 13, 4:31*pm, Mizter T wrote:

He also links to BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards and
a piece about the scheme (one of many) on his Mind The Gap blog,
replete with embedded videos (and interviews) etc - haven't watched
any of them yet, but the freeze-frame on the first video appears to
show a hire bike recirculator arrangement with traction provided by a
tractor type arrangement as favoured by park keepers (or at least
'council park chiefs').

I spotted one of these in the wild on Friday evening, on Great
Portland Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/4893603796/

Chatting to the guys unloading bikes from it, it seems that the Ford
Focuses may be a stop-gap measure until they can get more of the
electric vans delivered.

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(martin) wrote:

On Aug 13, 4:31*pm, Mizter T wrote:

He also links to BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards and
a piece about the scheme (one of many) on his Mind The Gap blog,
replete with embedded videos (and interviews) etc - haven't watched
any of them yet, but the freeze-frame on the first video appears to
show a hire bike recirculator arrangement with traction provided by a
tractor type arrangement as favoured by park keepers (or at least
'council park chiefs').

I spotted one of these in the wild on Friday evening, on Great Portland
Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/4893603796/

Chatting to the guys unloading bikes from it, it seems that the Ford
Focuses may be a stop-gap measure until they can get more of the
electric vans delivered.

That figures. I saw one of those in Bellgrove St.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Aug 15, 1:39*pm, wrote:
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(martin) wrote:
On Aug 13, 4:31*pm, Mizter T wrote:

He also links to BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards and
a piece about the scheme (one of many) on his Mind The Gap blog,
replete with embedded videos (and interviews) etc - haven't watched
any of them yet, but the freeze-frame on the first video appears to
show a hire bike recirculator arrangement with traction provided by a
tractor type arrangement as favoured by park keepers (or at least
'council park chiefs').

I spotted one of these in the wild on Friday evening, on Great Portland
Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/4893603796/

Chatting to the guys unloading bikes from it, it seems that the Ford
Focuses may be a stop-gap measure until they can get more of the
electric vans delivered.

That figures. I saw one of those in Bellgrove St.

--
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Bit of a rip off for some on Sundays when all docking stations are
full. Saw one guy on a 30 min. free hire trying to find an empty
station at Compton St. All stations were full. He was then directed to
Soho Sq. where all the stations were full again. I don't know where he
ended up returning his hire, but by then he'd have been well into
charging time and well away from his intended destination. CJB.

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(martin) wrote:

On Aug 13, 4:31*pm, Mizter T wrote:

He also links to BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards
and a piece about the scheme (one of many) on his Mind The Gap blog,
replete with embedded videos (and interviews) etc - haven't watched
any of them yet, but the freeze-frame on the first video appears to
show a hire bike recirculator arrangement with traction provided by
a tractor type arrangement as favoured by park keepers (or at least
'council park chiefs').

I spotted one of these in the wild on Friday evening, on Great
Portland Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/4893603796/

Chatting to the guys unloading bikes from it, it seems that the Ford
Focuses may be a stop-gap measure until they can get more of the
electric vans delivered.

That figures. I saw one of those in Bellgrove St.

Talking of which I noticed the Bellgrove station empty of bikes when I
passed at 10:10 this morning. First time I've passed and it's had none at
all.

The web site has three cycles and 18 spaces there now. So they seem to
have got the right total now.

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Colin Rosenstiel