Cargo bike hire scheme coming to Wandsworth

A cycle hire scheme will be launching soon in Tooting, Clapham Junction and Battersea that will let people rent cargo bikes in the local area.

London’s cycle hire scheme had busiest year ever

With just under 11 million hires in 2021, the London cycle hire scheme had its busiest year since it was set up in 2010, boosted by people switching from trains and buses to bikes.

Discount on Cycle Hire annual subscriptions

There's a Black Friday offer on the cost of an annual subscription to the cycle hire scheme, offering a 25% discount.

Hackney’s experimental cargo bike hire scheme

Some unusual looking bikes have come to Hackney and Shoreditch recently - offering an alternative to hiring a small van or car to move stuff around the area.

Best September ever for London’s cycle hire scheme

According to TfL, more than 1.2 million cycle hires were made in September, with an average of 40,660 per day – a new record for the month.

London’s cycle hire marks its 11th birthday

Today marks the 11th anniversary of London's cycle hire scheme, having earlier this year passed 100 million bike hires.

London’s cycle hire scheme sponsorship extended to 2025

Santander has extended its cycle hire sponsorship deal which was due to expire next year until 2025.

Big increase in people using London’s cycle hire bikes in 2020

The number of people who used the Santander Cycles scheme during 2020 soared, although the number of actual rides taken barely budged over the year.

Free Santander cycle hire and a discounted annual rate on Car Free Day

Later this month, Santander cycles hire bikes will be free to use all day - as it's Car Free Day - an annual event on the 22nd September to encourage people to ditch the motorcar.

Cycle Hire discounts on Friday and through December

To promote cycling, the cycle hire scheme will be essentially free to use throughout December.

Cycle hire hits record high as usage growth slows

Over 10.5 million journeys were made using Santander Cycles during 2018 according to TfL, but growth rates have slowed over the past couple of years.

Free cycle hire bikes over Christmas

The London cycle hire service, Santander Cycles is offering free bike hire over the Christmas period, including on Christmas Day.

Cycle hire bikes now arriving in Brixton

Seven new docking stations are opening today, including the first to open in Brixton town centre.

Canadian Boris Bikes to be replaced with British Bikes

A deal has been announced that will see the current generation of Boris Bikes slowly replaced with a new lighter design, and one that is being made here in Blighty.

Boris Bike charges “simplified”

A press release announces that "paying for Barclays Cycle Hire will become even easier from 2 January", although none of the changes make the paying bit any easier whatsoever.

Boris Bike revamp to shrink the Barclays Logo

A year ahead of Barclays ceasing to be the official sponsor of the cycle hire scheme, they are to rebrand the bikes and shrink the Barclays part of the branding.

Pigeons riding Boris Bikes

Just around the corner from the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel is a Boris Bike stand that would be otherwise unremarkable except that one half of it has been colonised by pigeons, and they have taken to the bikes with great enthusiasm.

Some Boris Bike problems

Generally speaking, I do not judge a company by the fact that something has gone wrong. That is unfair as no matter how much you spend/invest/whatever, things will still go wrong at times. It is inevitable. What I will do…

Boris Bike Expansion – maps released at last

With less than a week to go before the Cycle Hire Scheme finally gets the switch on in Tower Hamlets, I am still waiting for a definitive map of where the cycle hire docking stations will be located. The map…

New Boris Bike stands at Canary Wharf

Just a few photos of the huge new Cycle Hire stands right outside Canary Wharf’s Jubilee line station. Considering how many people use the area as a meeting place and sit on the high wall beside the bike stand, I…

Boris Bike stand maps ignoring the River Thames

The Boris Bikes are coming to the Isle of Dogs and in doing so, showing up the fallacy of using walking/cycling distance indicators that ignore the Thames.

A Boris Bike has been seen in Toronto

When we took the

A Grand Day Out – Taking the Boris Bikes to Paris

What would it be like to take two cycle hire bikes from London to Paris and return in a single day?

Taking the Boris Bikes to Paris

All going well, when this blog post is automatically published on Saturday morning, I will be half way to Paris on the Eurostar, with Tom as my travelling companion to show the French what a cycle hire scheme should look…