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Limerick Bike Scheme

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  • Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭timesnewroman




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Has anyone received their registration pack in the post yet?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,248 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Signed up this evening, selected Galway also

    The website states that limerick will go live on the 8th Dec


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Boscoirl wrote: »
    The website states that limerick will go live on the 8th Dec

    Which means they have just under 3 weeks to get 23 bike stations up and running! There are some sites (e.g. Bedford Row) where work hasn't started at all! :eek:


  • Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    Has anyone received their registration pack in the post yet?

    Not yet. I registered early last week I'd say and not a peep since. Really can't see how they'll manage to have this ready for their anticipated launch date.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    How much is this again?


  • Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    How much is this again?

    €5 for a year before a particular date (not sure when, but sometime in December). €10 per year otherwise.
    There's a whole schedule of price per usage on top of that on their website: www.bikeshare.ie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Not yet. I registered early last week I'd say and not a peep since. Really can't see how they'll manage to have this ready for their anticipated launch date.

    Yeah, there's not much work being done at the moment.
    They still haven't finished the station in Eyre Square in Galway and it's due to open on Monday! They probably haven't got their cards yet either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,069 ✭✭✭what_traffic


    Yeah, there's not much work being done at the moment.
    They still haven't finished the station in Eyre Square in Galway and it's due to open on Monday! They probably haven't got their cards yet either.

    Docking Station at the Galway Firestation on Fr Griffen Rd looks finished when I passed this morning. I registered on the 11 of Nov for both Galway and Limerick (money taken off the Credit Card on the 12th) but have not got the Coke Zero Card yet


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    How do they expect people in Galway to use the scheme on Monday if they don't have a card? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,471 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Stations in place and largely complete outside King John's Castle, the Island Road and Clare St next to the garage I noticed today.

    Area dug up at the top of Roches St just before the eircom exchange for the station there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭wingnut


    Has anyone received their registration pack in the post yet?

    Signed up two weeks ago nothing yet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭source


    Station almost complete at bank place too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭his_dudeness


    Has anyone received their registration pack in the post yet?


    Got mine last week, though I doubly registered for Limerick and Galway, and given Galway launched yesterday, probably why I got my pack already


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Work now started on Mary I station.

    The Granary station is huge. I think it has 28 bike stands.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,176 ✭✭✭1huge1


    Anyone got any pictures by any chance?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,910 ✭✭✭squonk


    Anyone got their packs yet? I registered last week and am still waiting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Still no sign of mine yet either and I registered on the 10th. Perhaps they're waiting to send all the Limerick ones a couple of days before the launch. No one in Cork has received theirs either but the Galway ones arrive in a couple of days!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭brianhickey


    1huge1 wrote: »
    Anyone got any pictures by any chance?
    The Granary:
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    Clare Street: (It's right beside the gate leading to the canal.)
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    just signed up for the pack.

    does anyone know does the 150 security deposit get put on hold each time you use the bikes or just the first time?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,069 ✭✭✭what_traffic


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    just signed up for the pack.

    does anyone know does the 150 security deposit get put on hold each time you use the bikes or just the first time?

    It's a pre-authorisation.
    Here is the section from the leaflet that you will get in your pack (I signed up for Galway and Limerick)

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    Don't have a scanner so it's just a photo so might be difficult to read the text.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Got my card in the post today!


  • Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    Will report if I get mine later!
    Walked past the station at the granary this afternoon and all the brackets are there for the bikes. Moving along quickly now
    Edit: got it as well today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,069 ✭✭✭what_traffic


    Can the title be changed to "LimerickBikes scheme coming to Limerick"?
    You can only sign up for the other regional cities like Galway and Cork on your Limerick card - NOT Dublin so title is misleading IMHO.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Spotted one just off Eyre square today only metres from a shop that rents out bikes. I can't imagine how annoyed he was.


  • Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭Tockman


    Bikes on their way!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,547 ✭✭✭✭phog


    Beer Baron wrote: »
    Spotted one just off Eyre square today only metres from a shop that rents out bikes. I can't imagine how annoyed he was.

    Different market surely.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    got my pack yesterday


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭zulutango


    I noticed that installation of some of the stations are quite advanced now, but that others haven't been commenced at all. I wonder if the plan is for only a certain amount of the stations to be operational by December 8th rather than the full compliment ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Yeah I noticed that too, zulutango!
    Even though the Galway scheme launched two weeks ago, there are a number of stations in Galway that aren't operational yet.

    I suspect the Limerick one will be the same. No sign of any work on Bedford Row or at Colbert Station! It's a pity really as I hope to use the Bedford Row one.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭roast


    Is the map on Bikeshare.ie final? As in, are the locations listed there the final ones or are there more to be added in phases, I wonder.

    It's odd that there aren't any stations around UL/LIT/MI or the business/technology parks. Hopefully they bring some in there in future.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,471 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    roast wrote: »
    Is the map on Bikeshare.ie final? As in, are the locations listed there the final ones or are there more to be added in phases, I wonder.

    It's odd that there aren't any stations around UL/LIT/MI or the business/technology parks. Hopefully they bring some in there in future.

    There is a station at Mary I.

    If I remember rightly Dublin Bikes was launched on a fairly small scale too and expanded rapidly after it proved itself, so hopefully the same will happen here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    I've signed up anyway. The whole coke sponsorship was a major turn-off for me, but they would be too handy not to use. Don't forget to wear your helmets people!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭zulutango


    panda100 wrote:
    I've signed up anyway. The whole coke sponsorship was a major turn-off for me, but they would be too handy not to use. Don't forget to wear your helmets people!


    I wonder would they notice if bikes were returned sporting more attractive colours and less evil advertising :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭source


    zulutango wrote: »
    I wonder would they notice if bikes were returned sporting more attractive colours and less evil advertising :)

    Given that part of the scheme is to move bikes from over capacity stations to less crowded ones, I'm pretty sure they'd notice fairly quickly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    I'd hazard a guess that it'll just be the locations in red that will be open tomorrow!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    I still can't believe they haven't put a station near the crescent


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,547 ✭✭✭✭phog


    A lot of work and checking/commissioning being done today.


  • Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    Will they be operational first thing in the morning? Have my registration card and they could solve a small problem!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,248 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Still no pack for me yet :(

    Regged the 18/11,

    Emailed them on Friday, hope they get back to me soon


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,910 ✭✭✭squonk


    Lots active this morning. I'm surprised! I too thought it'd be the red locations going active first but thre are many more besides that. Looks very good and I'm looking forward to trying them out. If they had spots at the Crescent and the LEDP then I'd be sorted! Hopefully they'll set those up over the coming months.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    Boscoirl wrote: »
    Still no pack for me yet :(

    Regged the 18/11,

    Emailed them on Friday, hope they get back to me soon

    maybe they prioritize people who live in the area of the scheme


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭brianhickey


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    How long until one ends up in the river? Or how long will those reindeer decorations last?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,910 ✭✭✭squonk


    Mc Love wrote: »
    How long until one ends up in the river? Or how long will those reindeer decorations last?

    I'd say the decorations might have a short lifespan alright but if one ends up in the river you're only fooling yourself as you'll get charged €150. If a scrote steals your bike you've to report it to the cops and to bikeshare.ie. It's covered in their FAQ: https://www.bikeshare.ie/faq-info.html
    In the event of the disappearance of a bike please call 0818 44 44 77 immediately to notify us of its disappearance, but in any event within 24 hours of the initial hiring you will need to report the loss/theft with the An Garda Síochána. You will need to obtain a copy of the report from the An Garda Síochána. If the bike is not recovered and the hire period concluded in the Bikeshare.ie system you will be charged the €150 security deposit.


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  • Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    squonk wrote: »
    I'd say the decorations might have a short lifespan alright but if one ends up in the river you're only fooling yourself as you'll get charged €150. If a scrote steals your bike you've to report it to the cops and to bikeshare.ie. It's covered in their FAQ: https://www.bikeshare.ie/faq-info.html

    I would have said the same thing in Dublin, how long before they end up in the canal, but I think I remember reading that they only lost two bikes in the first year.

    I had a wander around this lunch time, and tried to rent one at two different stations. The first one wouldn't recognise my PIN; there's a four in it, but when I pressed four, it either recognised one or seven (I don't have fat fingers!), so I gave up on that one.
    The second machine's touch screen appeared even more off line and I gave up on that.
    Just teething problems hopefully.


  • Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭luckyboy


    Are bikes available to use 24 hours a day, or is there a cut-off point, such as in Dublin (05.00am - 00.30am)?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,861 ✭✭✭Mr.H


    luckyboy wrote: »
    Are bikes available to use 24 hours a day, or is there a cut-off point, such as in Dublin (05.00am - 00.30am)?

    those are the exact times stated on their site. You can drop off bikes 24/7 but they are only available 5 am until 12.30 am as far as i can tell


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Anyone go for a spin?


  • Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    Anyone go for a spin?

    Nah tried and failed. I did see people pit on them at about half four so they must be working now. You?


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