> 1 € / bike / 24 hours for 12€ / year)
At that price point it becomes hard to justify owning a bike yourself...
At that price point it becomes hard to justify owning a bike yourself...
Add in however much you think these bits of hassle are worth:
• various amounts of time spent looking for a bike, especially if you go somewhere they don't tend to cluster and someone else took the one you're using
• bikeshare bikes are typically kind of heavy and clunky, possibly with solid tires that don't blow out but transmit every bump in the road to you
• bikeshare bikes are usually one-size-fits-all, which I guess is fine if you're the perfectly average size, but they're always too small for me; an improperly-sized bike is harder to ride and can create more strain on your body
And of course you can subtract maintenance costs, I'll pull 50€ out of my ass as a yearly number for that.
I think they are tiny. I have wondered how they got this so wrong, but decided that it must be intentional. It prevents long journeys and limits the frequency of curb hopping and other damage causing activity.