Capital Bikeshare 🚲 2021 Complete GUIDE
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Learn how to use Capital Bikeshare in Washington, DC. A lot has changed since the last Capital Bikeshare video on this channel, including the addition of ebikes and a powerful new app that you can download on your smartphone. Capital Bikeshare is an inexpensive and FUN way to get around when you visit Washington, DC.
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~Video Chapters~
0:00 Capital Bikeshare in 2021
1:12 What is Capital Bikeshare?
2:03 Cost to ride Capital Bikeshare
2:52 Capital Bikeshare memberships
3:13 Types of Capital Bikeshare bikes
4:03 Capital Bikeshare app
5:36 Capital Bikeshare pro tips
Hi Rob! We Dutch are born with a bike between our legs…🤣 so we had a lot of fun with the bikes in DC and NYC. Thanx for the tips using the app now.
Biking in DC or NYC is nothing like in your part of t he world, I'm sure. But glad you had fun!
Great advice. Thank you.
Great info. Thank you!
No problem.
Thanks rob! I used to be a skip or lime scooter user, but I haven't touched one since the pandemic. I might start up again
Same. Haven't ridden a scooter in a long time. Doesn't help that the pricing on the scooters is waay higher than Capital Bikeshare.
this was very helpful, you gota new subscriber!
Welcome aboard
I’m so glad I found you before leaving for DC 😊
Have fun
Can you do a video with just e-bike info and etiquette etc ?? 🙌
Hey Rob … loving your videos for prep for our first trip to DC in late June… we have a 9yr old son … any bike share options for kids?
Unlimited Biking rents kids bikes.
Is the free 30min (now 45min) ride per day or month or per ride?
Gr8 video Rob
To use the app we need to provide a numer for SMS autentication, but as a turist I can´t receive SMS outside of my country. So I dont know how to get the bike.
Ok I ride in Chicago and this is what I plan to do in DC cuz no thanks to walking thru and to the monuments. That I’m concerned about tho. Like rules. In Chicago there are bike lanes and all that. So we shall see
Love Capitol Bike Share! Do you do any tours on bike? If you don’t, could you recommend a bike tour?
If you bring your own bike/helmet/lock then I could do a custom bike tour. Since most travelers don't travel with all of that I almost never do. I'd check out DC Cycling Concierge.
Neat! We’ll be using Capitol Bike Share and could bring helmets and locks but we’ll be there this coming weekend and you’re all full.
When the map location icon says "23 Bikes 0 Docks" what does that mean?
We are going to DC for the first time in 2 weeks... we would like to use these bikes to tour around the National Mall. My question is, are there places at each of the monuments to lock the bikes up while we check out the monuments/memorials, etc?
Yes. Download the app and you can see all the docks on a map.
If I have the annual membership, can I ride my bike to a station 30 minutes away, dock it, then just get back on it again ? Or is it unlimited 30 minute bike rides
Yes you can. I do this all the time.
Hey Rob. Does the usage fee reset every time you check out a bike? For example, could I check out a bike, drop it off at a station below the 30 minute mark, and immediately check out another bike to continue riding, repeating this for no extra cost?
No but there will be a pricing update on October 1st. I'll post a shorts video about that in a few days.
@@TripHacksDC hi, what were the updates about that?
i just had a 2 hour stop over in dc on amtrack and took an hour e bike capital bike rental ride thru the lyft app it was $10.16, but watching this could i have gotten it free it cheaper or free if i docked it before a half hour?
No. E-bikes do not come with any free minutes, only classic bikes.
If u rent a bake for the day and defide tk stop to eat do you need to dock or lock up the bike while r
Eating
If your bike ride and meal take up more then 45 minutes, you'll be charged extra. You should dock the bike and recheck it out within the 45 minute ride window.
so Rob question: If I get an annual membership, do I still pay to unlock a bike?
Short answer: no. With an annual membership, if every ride is on a regular bike and under 30 min you will never pay anything other than the once per year fee. This is how I have used Capital Bikeshare for the past decade. If you take rides longer than 30 minutes or use the e-bikes then there are additional charges.
@@TripHacksDC Great! Thanks Rob!
So if I buy the $8 day pass, how can I ride for 3 hours for $8? If I dock a bike within 45 minutes and check out right away the same bike, there is no extra fee?
I have the same doubt
That's how I understand it. You purchased an $8 pass, ride it all day, but make sure you check the bike into a dock every 45 minutes. It's the only way that makes sense to me. If people aren't forced to dock the bikes, there would be many fewer bikes available for use. Remember there is the annual and monthly pass user. If those people just put those bikes in their hotel or apartment, no one else could use the bike.
Can phone reserve 2 bikes? My Canadian friend can only use wifi when she is here. So how can I book 2 bikes with one app/phone ?
In this scenario, use the kiosk instead.
No more free rides
Seen you yesterday by the spy museum and I tried to say hi but you completely ignored me.😂 but either way your videos helped a lot with our dc trip! Thank you
On my way to give a tour and don't have time to stop. Sorry!
It’s cool I just thought it was cool I seen you ha