07-02-2016, 08:43 AM
Cycling in Hamilton is really good! I rode through past the Waterfront last weekend, it's always a pleasure. The fries at Hutch's burgers are pretty good but they are insanely busy anytime on a weekend I've been through.
The sobi bikes are truly built to last, I think they are a stronger build than the bixi ones. I built my own commuter bike with drum brakes, though I use a stainless chain in lieu of a shaft drive. Chainless bikes are an idea almost as old as the safety bicycle itself. I think bikeshare is a perfect application for the technology.
The bikeshare here is more basic of a system, CAB I think it's called. It's a working centre project so they didn't have a lot of money to start it up but it has expanded a fair bit over the years. I see people using them too but I've never looked at the membership numbers. The original system was set up four years(or more?!) with some really basic white bikes as a kind of pilot to get a grant or beta-test the concept.
The sobi bikes are truly built to last, I think they are a stronger build than the bixi ones. I built my own commuter bike with drum brakes, though I use a stainless chain in lieu of a shaft drive. Chainless bikes are an idea almost as old as the safety bicycle itself. I think bikeshare is a perfect application for the technology.
The bikeshare here is more basic of a system, CAB I think it's called. It's a working centre project so they didn't have a lot of money to start it up but it has expanded a fair bit over the years. I see people using them too but I've never looked at the membership numbers. The original system was set up four years(or more?!) with some really basic white bikes as a kind of pilot to get a grant or beta-test the concept.