Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Coming back on the train from Manchester this morning I was met by a pile of red and white bikes at Wilmslow Railway Station. At first I thought it was a posties convention, then I noticed the hire signs. Don't get me wrong I love my cycling and in the right environment hire bikes at railway stations make a lot of sense, but Wilmlsow? If I was in London I would use a Boris Bike to get across town and drop it off at another docking station, but this looks more like it is targeting using a bike for a day or two and then returning it to where it came from.
We are not the most metropolitan of towns and I reckon you could walk fron one side of Wilmslow to the other in 20 to 25 minutes. I can't see them being used enough to justify their existence there. I will be happy to be proved wrong though. I suppose you could have a day out on the Cheshire plain on one, but if you were that keen to cycle would you not bring your own bike?
Would you use one, or think of using one? I would at a holiday destination, but Wilmslow
http://www.bikeandgo.co.uk/
We are not the most metropolitan of towns and I reckon you could walk fron one side of Wilmslow to the other in 20 to 25 minutes. I can't see them being used enough to justify their existence there. I will be happy to be proved wrong though. I suppose you could have a day out on the Cheshire plain on one, but if you were that keen to cycle would you not bring your own bike?
Would you use one, or think of using one? I would at a holiday destination, but Wilmslow
http://www.bikeandgo.co.uk/