Originally Posted by
noglider
Taking the subway lately has seemed more practical than riding, and it did today, too, but dammit, I don't like not riding. I don't relish the idea of a 6-mile ride on Citi Bike, but that's what I did, and I'm glad I did. I had a tailwind, so that helps. The bike I got didn't have any high ratios. This seems to happen with a lot of the bikes with the NuVinci hub. I couldn't go very fast. Halfway through the ride, I docked the bike and waited the required 3 minutes to get another bike. I chose one with a Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub. Much better. 3rd gear is the cruising gear for me.
My wife and I tried bike share bikes for the first time in Nashville back in March. We did 7 miles near the Cumberland river, which was a nice ride. The first bike I got had a sticky rear hub and was really tough to deal with. Then I swapped bikes at the turnaround point and got a much easier rolling bike. What a huge difference! 3 minute wait to get another bike, that's sort of odd. I don't think we had to do that with the Nashville B-Cycle system.