Sponsored by...TransCanada, provider of fine products like the Keystone Pipeline! Or would you prefer a local company? How about Carrix, owner of SSA Marine, the folks bringing coal trains to our fair city?
Worked in a complaint - knew it was Seattle. I don't know why companies don't test things in Seattle first - it would uncover every possible complaint that could be made.
@3 How true. Always remember "nobody bikes here because there are hills and it rains".
I wonder whether the vendors have come up with a way to accommodate the helmet law. Bring your own doesn't sound too realistic, and neither does shared helmets even if they are "sanitized" in between users.
How awesome would it be if they were electric assist bikes. Not electric motorcycles mind you, but more like a moped that you have to keep pedaling to keep it going uphill.
Seattle doesn't merely "have hills," it has extremely steep ones in the heart of downtown, and significant ones all over the place. I bike roundtrip from N. Seattle to the downtown waterfront for work, fast enough to beat the bus in head-to-head races at rush hour, but there's no way I'd attempt those hills with the bike-share bikes shown in the photo.
I'm 100% for bike sharing in Seattle, think it's a great idea, but simple clunky bikes that work fine in flat cities like Amsterdam and Chicago won't cut it here. I sure hope PSBS is wise enough to choose bikes that most people will be capable of pedaling up our hills.
I wonder whether the vendors have come up with a way to accommodate the helmet law. Bring your own doesn't sound too realistic, and neither does shared helmets even if they are "sanitized" in between users.
I'm 100% for bike sharing in Seattle, think it's a great idea, but simple clunky bikes that work fine in flat cities like Amsterdam and Chicago won't cut it here. I sure hope PSBS is wise enough to choose bikes that most people will be capable of pedaling up our hills.