Just got back from Seville and managed to try out the hire scheme they have
there. Pretty impressed to be honest, Seville is well set up for local
cycling and the local peds are cycle aware. The bikes are pretty much sit up
and beg affairs and generally run reasonably well. [1] [2]
The hub computers worked pretty well, although the English T&C's were in
Spanish, so pretty much "accept and continue". [3]
The only problems I encountered were ...
/ hubs were full in central locations [4]
/ rates were fine [5], but above problem meant searching for another hub,
thus incurring costs
Anyway, here's a little vid of me following my brother on his bike ... [6]
Altogether, a really good scheme which works well. We cycled the couple of
miles to the train station to leave Seville which saved us a few quid ...
however, I think the whole thing cost me €9.00 .... so for just a day or so
riding, wasn't actually that cheap. (€5.00 to sign up, €1.00 for over half
an hour). Up to an hour would be ideal first time band ...
The deposit was €150.00, although not taken unless neccesary, just a
pre-authorisation. Was wondering whether stripping the bike would land me
with more than €150's worth of equipment ... probably not.
Nick
[1] My first bike had a bad back light, my third bike kept skipping out of
third.
[2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyob/2339914739/
[3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyob/2340711852/
[4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyob/2340710502/
[5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyob/2340714236/
[6]