Thread: Do bikeshare bicycles have to be so heavy?
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Old 04-17-18 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tyrion
Bombproof and inexpensive. And I imagine they have lots of gimmicks to make them difficult to cannibalize.
I'm not sure "inexpensive" is part of it.

I'm seeing estimates of $1000 to $5000 per bicycle. Plus, a bunch for every bicycle rack spot.

Part of it will be to minimize continuing maintenance, but as the Chinese notes indicate, they won't be entirely maintenance free.
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