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Lease a bike | Two wheels. Endless possibilities. (www.lease-a-bike.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/bicycling

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What do you all think of this company's idea? You can lease a bike from them, to get started riding without the "big" expense of buying a bike up front.

I guess the big question is just, will this get more people riding then would otherwise happen? If so, seems OK, but generally, I'm resistant to this idea that literally everything needs to be done via subscriptions.

Is this available in your area and if so, is it working well or no?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No pricing information on the site at least not without signing up for an account. The whole site looks like one of those 5 minute wordpress hackjobs so that combined with lack of relevant info front and center... yeah, this is probably a scam at best, and a way to harvest personal info at worst.

Also "big upfront expense of buying a bike upfront"... mate... you can score a perfectly fine, working bicycle for a tenner. So pushing a "lease" on multi-thousand dollar bikes is just yet another way to nickel-and-dime people with a "service" that there's zero need for.

[–] calamitycastle 2 points 6 months ago

Where are these £10 bikes at bro ʘ‿ʘ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Fair points. I have no idea how well they're funded, or whether the business model will make them last beyond hype. But they have enough to fund a racing team so this appears to be more than just a fly-by-night scam operation.

OTOH, I totally agree about "just buy a used bike or whatever you can afford". I wish there was more of a VC-attractive model which would recycle bikes to make them more affordable for more riders. We're such a wasteful society, in the largest senses.