I have been tempted, but I haven't done it yet. The bike stations are very thick on the ground in the posher parts of town. Where we were staying in Islington last week (and will be again) there are two bike stations withing 200 yards, one in each direction. Car parking for visitors is expensive and limited.
The bikes are said to be heavy and are obviously low-geared. They have a Sturmey-Archer type 3-speed hub and dynamo lighting.
A Canadian artist and lunatic I know, nicknamed Fitzcarraldo, and himself a vigorous and aggressive cuclist, hates the bikes being called Boris bikes because he is a lefty and disapproves of Boris. What I wonder is whether he thinks 'Barclays bikes' would be any better.
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