peckman Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Who's idea to allow a licence for those . They are dumped everywhere. What a ridiculous concept Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 And the orange/white ones. Part of the mugger facilitation programme. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiddles Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Actually I?m a convert - my bike has died and whilst saving for a new one Ive started using these. True they are not always parked in the best mway but i have Found them very useful (no boris bikes round here) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiddles Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Actually I?m a convert - my bike has died and whilst saving for a new one Ive started using these. True they are not always parked in the best mway but i have Found them very useful (no boris bikes round here) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passiflora Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Yes, I've seen them dumped everywhere over the past few months and can't understand the concept (somebody please let us know). I think it's something about the power running out and they are then just left where they stop? Seen several on the Denmark Hill Estate and in the local parks. Just yesterday there was one just left on a crossing on Red Post Hill! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender27 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 When they run out of juice , who comes to top them up , what do they run on? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiddles Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 They are not electric. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Passiflora Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Yes, I've seen them dumped everywhere over the> past few months and can't understand the concept> (somebody please let us know). I think it's> something about the power running out and they are> then just left where they stop? > > Seen several on the Denmark Hill Estate and in the> local parks. Just yesterday there was one just> left on a crossing on Red Post Hill!They're not electric - you can release the lock on the backwheel via a smartphone app if you've signed up, then they're 50p per half hour, when you've finished just leave it where you stop, theoretically for the next user to pick up. Personally I find them a bloody nuisance, either they get left in bike racks, where there often isn't room for all the "normal" bikes that need it, or they're left in the street posing a nuisance and a hazard for all concerned. In Wandsworth the council seized hundreds of the bikes saying they were causing an obstruction, hoping that might be a more common action across London. When cyclists are faced just about everywhere in London with hostile signs saying that we'll have our bikes removed if we chain them to railings, the idea of people just being able to leave a rental bike in the middle of the pavement seems absurd. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 There's one of those bikes chained up outside our house. The Ofo bike people say they're not supposed to be left chained up and they'll come and retrieve it. It's been there for about five weeks, so I've given them one last warning to pick it up or I'll report them to the council for dumping it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Do it! Anyone with the app can discover the location of the bikes, so if one hasn't moved for five weeks if they were on the ball they should know something's going on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
se22cat Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 The chavs have figured out it's easier to break the lock and disable the tracking device on the yellow bikes than it is on the [nicer looking] orange ones, so any locked up can be reported to the Police and related company. It's less common to see stolen Boris bikes nowadays as these hire bikes are a lot lighter and less likely to be noticed by the Police out of hire areas. Sad to see these schemes being abused, would be nice if bikes could be fitted with shock devices to execute theives on the spot. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Bring it on. Saw plenty yesterday when on the ride in London. Anything that further encourages cycling is great. If this business model fails then so be it. Not sure why some of you want to denigrate whole sectors of the population (apart from those who voted Brexit of course, has to be exceptions) with the use of words such as chavs. What are you doing to solve these great divides (hide in your gated communities). Sorry digressed there.Parking irresponsibly far greater a social evil.Love and peace. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 As you know, M, I'm a great advocate of cycling and by no means a car fan. I don't think the way to get the non-cycling public on our side is to encourage a scheme whereby the streets get littered with bikes irresponsibly dumped wherever the whim of the user takes them. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender27 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Who owns them, surely they should have a responsible bike rack to park them in. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Scroll down to picture 7.For those who hate links without a description it is from 100 Uses for a Dead Cat (this counted for humour in the 1980s). I was looking for a large bottom but couldn't find one.https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/b/bike_racks.aspThere were some brilliant bikes painted, decorated and hung in various places when I saw Stage 6 of the Tour. Can't find any nice photos. But if you have time on your hands (Rendel?!) then perhaps this could be a nice project with dumped/damaged yellow bikes. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Martel Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 The problems with this type of bike share scheme have been well documented in China, where these companies originate.https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 > from 100 Uses for a Dead Cat (this counted for humour in the 1980s). > I was looking for a large bottom but couldn't find one.Were you thinking of Billy Connolly? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055vwcr (58" video) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Someone on twitter did say if the "yellow bike" app shows the bike close to the river - don't bother as it will be in the river. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1265934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 It would be nice if Boris bikes could come to SE London. They cover almost all of Zones 1, 2 and in some cases zone 3, except for SE. Like the tube, cycle superhighways etc. Its' crzy i know, but perhaps we could get some public transport in line with the rest of the Capital. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcam Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Please stop calling them Boris bikes. I'd rather not be reminded of that dangerous oaf. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 JohnL Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Someone on twitter did say if the "yellow bike"> app shows the bike close to the river - don't> bother as it will be in the river.Funny you should say that, we rode a 92-mile route round the towpath to Windsor today, saw over a dozen of them basically dumped, some with bits removed, and yes, two of them in the river. It's a shame that we live in a society where this will happen, but until something changes these bikes are just going to be a PITA. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 i> > Were you thinking of Billy Connolly?> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055vwcr (58"> video)Perhaps subconsciously! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Boris bike's were Ken's legacy. Boris will also leave one like it or not. For whatever reason Londoners voted him in twice - not just that Ken made it too easy. More challenging than the safe seat of Uxbridge. We are at least not in the American system where the newbie overturns everything that the predecessor put in place. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 The Ofo bike chained up on our road for weeks has now been reported to the council as having been dumped. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 edcam Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Please stop calling them Boris bikes. I'd rather> not be reminded of that dangerous oaf.Ooooh- if he is dangerous he MUST be doing something right! (I voted for him twice btw) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/#findComment-1266419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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