>>1163562These things are quite successful in my city over the years. At first, rental rates used to suck and limited stations but now there's docking stations everywhere with more and more popping up. There's even one less than a two minute walk from my home and if that one is empty, there's another one a five minute walk away. I've never seen an empty docking station except during the nicest summer days. When I ride by the lake front, I see a bunch of people riding them.
Now about the bikes, I rode one for shits and giggles and on my first go around in a parking lot I low sided from turning to hard. I don't even remember the last time I low sided my personal bikes with gud tires and proper setups. I'm sure everyone already knows they're heavier than the moon but I doubt you'd understand how heavy they really are until you try one. The fit is awkward and I wouldn't trust the front and rear drum brakes. The top speed on it's highest gear is my cruising pace with my gotta go fast fred sled. It's all a given though considering they are rental utility commuter bikes. I do love how they're all equipped with bells and a basket. Sometimes when I pass by a Divvy station I ring all the bells for the hell of it.
Worse though are the people who ride them have the worse bike path etiquette. I mean, I'm glad this allows more people to get their foot into my favorite form of tra/n/sportation but it's quite annoying when 2 or 3 of them are riding abreast, chit chatting at a jogging pace taking up both lanes of traffic, erratically swerving on the bike path. It's not only dangerous to them but everyone around them.
