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  Friday night win Boris Bikes pt7

  Posted: November 25th, 2011, 4:16pm GMT by julesd

  

  Finally, a boris bike win. The lady in the hi-viz was filling up this bike station.

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  Triple whammy Boris Bikes pt6

  Posted: November 25th, 2011, 9:40am GMT by julesd

  Guess what this mornings rant is about? Before I start… Boris, sort it out. Your bike scheme is a wonderful idea but the way it is implemented makes you look like an even bigger bafoon.

  Today I took the charring cross branch of the nothern line to see if the west end is any better than the city for boris bikes. It isn’t. I found the station easily enough. There were 2 bikes there. I tested the back wheels span on both, they were fine. Put my card in the machine, got a release ticket, and tried to release a bike. Same flashing orange light bollocks I got the other day. On both bikes.

  

  So, I found the next station. Just two streets away, plenty of bikes, put card in machine. Fail.

  Could not get a ticket for 10 mins like the other day. Bollocks.

  

  I finally got a ticket, released a bike and headed out on my journey. When I got to where I was going, the dock station was full. Bollocks. Wasted another 5 minutes looking for somewhere to dock, and another 5 walking back to where I wanted to be. Bollocks.

  In conclusion, I would have been better off walking. Well done Boris for encouraging people out of their cars, off public transport and onto their feet.

  

  From now on, I re-dub ‘boris bikes’ to ‘bollocks bikes’. Like I said, a smart idea realised by a foolish system.