What are the facilities for cycle hire in DC and Hong Kong?
Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
I think someone already asked - unless you plan to hire for half an hour at a time, from what I recall the rates are completely outrageous. I'll let someone with more knowledge than me give you a definitive answer however.
Joe
On 24 Jun 2012, at 10:51, Richard Symonds wrote:
What are the facilities for cycle hire in DC and Hong Kong?
Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
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For most people in HK Cycling is actually a Sports activities in New Territories (in other words, suburb) rather than a mean of transport for commuters (though in NT, some people will travel within their own New town by cycling)
and the venue is in downtown, so it is impossible reach by cycling sorry for that
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:51 AM, 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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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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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
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What are the facilities for cycle hire in DC and Hong Kong?
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