New Cycle Hire Bikes
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- There are new bikes coming to the Santander Cycle Hire Scheme, so we sent Vicki down to the cycle hire depot for a sneak preview of what they're like - and have a ride on one, of course.
TfL Cycle Hire website: tfl.gov.uk/mod...
I like how his suit and tie exactly match the bikes. Do you think he wears Santander pyjamas too?
Captain Obvious 😀
I don't know, but thank god he was wearing high viz, I couldn't see him otherwise.
I see a new series here - All The Docking Stations!
yes they must do that. it could take one summer.
Vicki’s back!
Yey.
she is very entertaining as well. like some i call her tigger.
Yippi!☺☺☺☺☺
Always great to see Vicki.
They desperately need another gear or two. Also, how do smaller wheels mean better traction? Less surface area. It also means you'll feel bumps more.
Maybe they mean less friction? If you look at professional racing bikes (ala TdF style), you can see they have large thin tyres... The reason they are thin is because if they are thick, that means more rubber on the road, creating more friction, slowing you down.
That could be what they mean?
They really mean a different gear ratio because the wheels are smaller which leads to a different feel with less torque... Honestly just sounds bad overall for a seasoned cyclist but good for a newbie
@@EoRdE6 yeh I can't get up to a decent speed and maintain it on a London bike - I get better speed on my new Brompton :)
"To the end if their life cycle" BA DUM TSSSS. Kill me
Glad I`m not the only one who noticed xD
Fascinating. Great to see life going on after All the Stations 😀🎥
Smaller wheel = less traction. It will increase manoeuvrability and acceleration from a standing start but will roll slower once at speed and will dip into potholes much easier than before. Not sure if that is a good move. 26" seemed like the perfect size compared to the larger 700c but 24" seems a tad too small. Lucky they are rolling them out 500 at a time so they can pull the plug if necessary (not that can due to financial commitment already).
Now there's a forthcoming challenge, All The Stations ... by bike. Only kidding. Sincerely, a superb video. And the bikes look really good.
I'd like to know when they are planning to expand out west.
Good. Great system. Also for people on stort visit. In Norway it is sometimes complicated with short rent. It is so Great with London that you only need a credit card. The last 5 times I've used the bikes when visiting London for holiday. It is Great to start the day with a ride in Hyde Park.
I love how you Brits pronounce Santander
Juan Sánchez how is it pronounced?
Exactly how Vicki said it, that's why I say I LOVED it. She perfectly makes the accent on the last syllable
Yeah, the bank has really uhh drilled that in with their marketing haha.
I call it SATAN-der, as in Satan ( Lucifer/Beelzebub/the devil, etc ).
They should have some electric ones too, like they do in Amsterdam. London is big, and these are still too heavy, more of a quick occasional gimmick than something to commute with. Especially since they cost more than a bus does!
I've been to a good 5 or more other cities with bikes schemes like this, and none had bikes as heavy and clumsy as the ones London do.
boston ma has one too.
Good to see the Boris Bikes getting an upgrade. I use them quite a lot and find them to be a great way to get around (providing you are London traffic savvy and don't ride like an arse). Hopefully they will keep expanding the coverage outwards.
i want to ride a Boris Bike.
Tried them - twice. Not as comfortable as the old ones, and don't feel as stable - probably the smaller wheels (less gyro effect?)
One curious feature is that the calibration on the saddle tube is not the same - I need to be at position 5 on the old ones but position 7 on the new. Wouldn't have been difficult to get them to correspond. (Also the numbers are on the wrong side of the tube - the opposite side to where you have to stand to release it from the docking point.
do they stop you riding on the pavement/sidewalk or though red lights?
Smaller wheels, so more traction. No, that's not true. It's dependant on the gear ratio you have.
24" sounds like a childrens wheelsize. 28" is the normal adult size.
Also, 2' (24") and 2' 2" (26") are the normal Adult Sizes. 28" and 30" are not standard.
Children's bikes are typically around 16" to 20", but some E-bikes have 20" wheels.
What happens to the old bikes where do they go and can you buy them
The comfort inprovments are fine by me, but there's no front wheel mud guard, so It's almost pointless to have the any mud guard at all if you don't install both.
When can we get these bikes in Stoke Newington?
Is it made of carbon?
How many mms of travel?
What is the head angle.
They're wonderful I have tried them.
Are there any plans to expand bikes to cover Zone 3?
They haven't even covered most of Zone 2 yet.
Haven't they? Most of 2 zones which I've experienced have them like; stockwell, battersea part, clapham junction etc.
It’s down to individual councils to buy in. I know Greenwich council are currently looking at the scheme.
Smaller wheels less traction and a rougher ride with pot holes
DigiKunt and more tiring
But easier to manoeuvre
I’ve not ridden one my self , I don’t think the size of the Tyre has much to do with traction as much as the tread on the tyre.
You can’t say a 27” 700x23c is more comfortable or has any more grip than a
26 x 2.35 mountain bike tyre.
Less surface area between a tyre and the road on smaller wheels equals less traction/grip and yes theres a world of difference in comfort between a 23c road tyre and a 2.2+ mountain bike tyre. Thats why I always feels broken after riding a road bike.
If all else is equal, a smaller wheel generates less traction. There is less surface area for the tyre to make contact with. Tread has nothing to do with comfort. Comfort comes from how a frame is built and is largely determined by tyre volume. Out on the road, it is the rubber compounds that determine how grippy a tyre will be. Different compounds can be introduced within the same tyre. Apples to apples comparison is needed.
All the depots?
How much cost...?
Wearing a reflective vest everywhere you go. How British
Is it true that they cost £1000 each?
Look great, shame they don't go further west than Hammersmith or Shepherd's Bush
bbc news reported the bikes had bluetooth?
its funny cos i thought the old bikes were the new bikes. theyre few and far between from what ive been able to see.
i disagree with the seat handle thingy, the old ones were much easier to adjust and the steering handle grips (i never know what thats called on a bike) is "bigger", so unless you've got big manly hands you're gonna struggle to brake properly, i found.
Yay new Boris Bikes
Great option.
How are the lights powered?
Victoria James The pedals possibly?
Victoria James Or maybe solar?
I think it is generated when you ride. Dynamo maybe.
Dynamo I'd say with some small batteries for lulls like at a traffic light
Generated from kinetic energy from when you pedal, kind of like it’s own turbine. That’s why the lights only come on when you start pedalling
hiring a bike is the first thing i will do after checking into my hotel.
They look good, wear a helmet though Vicki! #allthebikes
That's a personal choice... They aren't mandatory and many people find it harder to maintain situational awareness with a helmet on.
Eilidh M - they’d find it even harder with a cracked skull!
She is just cycling around a small closed yard... She can't exactly going to collide into oncoming traffic..
Locutus - can’t argue with that!
There's just as much of experiencing a head injury whilst driving or walking. So everyone should wear a helmet if cyclists have to.
time for Electric bikes too
"Smaller wheels give more traction" 😥😥😂😂😂
Just moved from London to Vancouver, Canada where their 'Mobi Bikes' all have helmets included for customer safety. I would have thought that Santander would have upped their game and included this too.
But are the helmets mandatory? Oh, wait, you said Wankhoover, so.. yeah... they're mandatory with the kind of car drivers around there....
Hopefully the price stays the same.
Geoff Marshall great thanks. Good job on the videos!
What does it cost to hire/rent these things? I have my own bike so I've never hired or rented one. They've tried bike rental systems in the major cities over here, but I've never even stopped to see what the cost was....
Stan Patterson 2 pounds for 24 hour usage but 30 min intervals.
So you ride for 30 mins dock it back so you don't get charged another 2 pounds. Etc
So do I have this straight... if you keep bringing the bike to one of their racks or locking posts every 30 min, it satisfies the system that you haven't made off with the bike?
So as long as you and the bike keep "checking in" with the system, it is yours to use for the initial 2 pounds, but if you miss a 30min deadline, you get zapped or penalized and have to cough up an extra 2 pounds?
If I rented one but didn't want to keep reporting in and simply brought it back (barely within the deadline) at the 24hr-mark, it would be 2+ [2 x 48(30min periods)] for a total of 98 pounds... am I correct or even close?
Anyways, for 2 pounds, it's a very good deal if you can get past the inconvenience of having to locate a dock, and check in constantly.
Stan Patterson yep that's practically it! In central London there's plenty of docking stations so it's not too bad, when I use them I make sure I time myself just so I keep within the 30 min mark!!
Must highlight that for me the new bikes are to be avoided, very comfy but they are slower that the previews versions, really a waste not to get that better.
Company’s could buy the old ones and put there logos on them
Waste of money.
So many of them are stolen as there is no docking points in the Borough of Brent ( North West London).
And every day I see a stolen bike ride by teenagers in this area.
So much for CCTV (another waste of money) can't even catch the thieves. CCTV is only used to generate cash from innocent car users.
I even saw one of those bikes at Queen's park station, at a northbound platform.
No docking stations above that point.
Tfl says they retrieve stolen bikes on their website.
I saw a child ride the stolen bike for good 3 months of summer.
Took pictures sent it over to the police. As usual nothing was done.
So what's the point of wasting money on something that is easy to steal
I've never understood these things...If you're going to cycle, went not just buy a bike?
Can any users shed some light on this?
Some people commute in and use the bike for the final leg of the journey.
RichardGMoss Oh yea... That makes sense...I forgot about commuters.
It's really handy for one way trips. You don't need to worry about where you parked your bike and riding it home, so it's a lot more flexible.
And if it starts raining you can leave it at a docking station and take a bus instead
Also, not everybody has space to store a bike where they live.
Kids bike wheels XD
For the bike people here: Are there bike LED lights which don't flash when the bike is just wheeled? so you grab a bike and go outside and you men in black-flash everyone in front of you with your fast blinking LED front light... This kinda annoys me... It's not a problem when the bike is driven, only if it's slowly moved. Asking also because of epilepsy-people
24" wheels when the whole cycling world is basically acknowledging that 29" is the way forward? Hmm. Mind you Brompton bikes have never been so popular and they're what 10"??
Nice that they have new bikes, but how about buy some helmets to attach to every bike so people can ride safely and survive crashes?
Because you'd love to wear some grub-infested, lice-loaded helmet that some unsavoury character was just wearing, right? No thanks. If you want a helmet, buy your own personal one. That way, it's clean to your standards, sized to your head, and you know what's been done to it before it goes on your noggin.
Helmet won't help much in a crash with a motor vehicle. They're designed only to protect your head if you fall of - i.e. low speed impact only
At the speeds you can get up to on one of these, you are unlikely to be going fast enough to go over the handlebars. Leg injuries are far more common in cycling accidents - and pedestrians suffer more head injuries than cyclists.
The Dutch are a great cycling nation. Hardly any of them wear helmets.
Put a helmet on, you are to set an example
Do you wear a helmet in a car? If not you're a total hypocrite.
@zoe_thomas Wasn't talking to you but seeing as you've butted in:
You're right, they don't compare. More head injuries occur in motor vehicles and the severity is far more severe - look it up. Also falling off ladders & the same frequency as walking, again look it up.
Every professional cycle-race rider who's died in the last decade has been wearing a helmet and all 8 riders in New York recently too. The only thing a cyclist needs is safe infrastructure - just like the Dutch.
But I guess you're just spouting the helmet industry line because they need to sell them or you're just another bullshitter?
Joe that's rubbish, it's always far safer to use a helmet. Apart from using common sense to work this out there have also been numerous studies:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796827
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/22/bicycle-helmets-reduce-risk-of-serious-head-injury-by-nearly-70-study-finds