I could be wrong, but the way I interpreted the prices was that those
are the total price you pay, just like a Car Park. So for up to 15
minutes, you pay 30p, 16 minutes to half an hour 80p, and so on.

Yeah. So rent it for 15 minutes, then another 15 minuts and pay 60p. Rent
for 30 minutes without a break and pay 80p.

I would assume it's one bike per "stand", just like a normal bike rack,
but without seeing the actual system I couldn't be sure.

Checked this morning, there are 3 locks on the "stand" at Olympia, with one
bike plugged in (Space for anoher on). PHoned up to register but its not
live until July 1st (shame they didn't bring it forward for the strike)

Again, it's down to users to find an empty stand to return the bike
to...Not a lot of use if they're all full.

No, does seem this could be a major problem. They should have a system where
you can see the number of bikes/spaces available at a gievn stand online.

In message , Paul Weaver
writes

I could be wrong, but the way I interpreted the prices was that those
are the total price you pay, just like a Car Park. So for up to 15
minutes, you pay 30p, 16 minutes to half an hour 80p, and so on.

Yeah. So rent it for 15 minutes, then another 15 minuts and pay 60p. Rent
for 30 minutes without a break and pay 80p.

Breaking the journey would involve finding a vacant location point,
docking the bike, and making two mobile phone calls - not much incentive
to save the 20p

But it is an odd pricing regime, geared to very short use - perhaps
that's because it currently seems to be a west-London localised pilot
project.

In the longer term, 8 quid for more than an hour's bike hire is
ridiculous for regular use - it would be cheaper to buy a brand new
basic bike from Halfords every fortnight!

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Paul Terry