Aside from Capital Bike Share, there are other bike rental options in the area:
http://bikethesites.com/Bikes/ http://www.bigwheelbikes.com/rentals.htm http://www.bikestoborrow.com/bikestoborrow/FIRST_PAGE.html
You can find information on bike laws in the Washington, DC, area here: http://www.waba.org/resources/laws.php
Sincerely,
Nicholas Michael Bashour President Wikimedia District of Columbia Washington, DC, USA
2012/6/23 James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com
Capital Bikeshare is very popular. http://www.capitalbikeshare.com/. This was actually what Joseph was talking about—it's designed to go from point A to point B; then, you dock the bike at a designated rack. There is a Bikeshare rack right by the venue. The overage charges kick in once you want to bike more than a half-hour, like Joseph said. A three-day membership is $15.
There's also a bike rental pavilion just outside of Union Station. I'm not at all familiar with it, but I'm guessing that's for more long-term rental.
D.C. in general is a good city for bicycling, seeing as the downtown is all flat. (Unfortunately, I live at the top of a hill.)
James
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Richard Symonds richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
What are the facilities for cycle hire in DC and Hong Kong?
Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
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