Stop Press - Video of new free bikes for Dublin as unveiled this morning

LikePlace

The new bikes were unveiled this morning at a press event.

A video can be seen at http://www.likeplace.ie/blog/index.htm

They look pretty nice.
Sturdy too, thank God!

jwshooter

its a interesting idea and would work in Norway or sweden where crime against anothers property is very low.

CheGuedara

Will be interesting to see how they work out but I'm gonna have to agree - vandalism in Ireland is pretty rediculous. You just know that skobes are going to have those quick release saddles robbed/thrown in the Liffey/stuck on their own POS bikes in no time at all.

Lumen

The bikes look sturdy, with pneumatic tyres and a blue coloured mud guard at back, containing the Bikes for Dublin logo.

Ambassador, with these pneumatic tyres you are really spoiling us!

Morgan

CheGuedara wrote: »

Will be interesting to see how they work out but I'm gonna have to agree - vandalism in Ireland is pretty rediculous. You just know that skobes are going to have those quick release saddles robbed/thrown in the Liffey/stuck on their own POS bikes in no time at all.

I expect the seatposts are a non-standard size (supposedly to deter theft) so it'll be the Liffey then.

Mind you, they might have some method of preventing the seatpost being fully removed (just raised or lowered). That would make sense.

CheGuedara

Morgan wrote: »

I expect the seatposts are a non-standard size (supposedly to deter theft) so it'll be the Liffey then.

Mind you, they might have some method of preventing the seatpost being fully removed (just raised or lowered). That would make sense.

True, there doesn't look to be hints of anything just looking at the video but you'd imagine there'd be some form of retaining ring or clip engineered into the frame to prevent them getting totally removed. That said they were probably built at the cheapest tender. We'll be seeing soon enough anyhow

kenmc

As far as I'm aware they can only be adjusted up and down, but not removed. Dunno if that's cos they're flared at the bottom or how exactly it's done, but the ones in Paris don't come out either.