Originally Posted by
Machka
Red Deer had a bike share program like that too ... got a whole bunch of beater bikes, tuned them up to a serviceable level, painted them all an ugly yellow colour and set them loose on the city streets.
And the inevitable happened ... they all disappeared or were beaten out of shape. It didn't take long before Red Deer gave up on that idea.
The university here went through the same exercise some years back with similar results. Although I've recently seen a bike in our rack that appears to be a remnant of that program.