#limebikes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #limebikes, aggregated by home.social.
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Had my first rides on #LimeBikes in Birmingham today, a spontaneous decision over walking from New Street to Edgbaston Stadium. A good experience; motor makes it easy and the A38 cycleway was mostly delightful (connecting in to Priory Road needs work). But there's one thing I don't like... [1/2]
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How do Lime’s ebikes make money? Finances reveal the juice isn’t worth the squeeze, at least not yet
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/how-do-limes-ebikes-make-money-finances-reveal-the-juice-isnt-worth-the-squeeze-at-least-not-yetThe answer is: Lime doesn't make a profit. Lime loses money on each bike, maintenance and repair, wages for workers, and IT expenses. And, the more you scale-up, the more you lose.
In Melbourne and other parts of Australia, and presumably other cities around the world, Lime makes millions by grabbing grants intended for environmental issues. Eg: Lime implies it reduces air pollution from cars by switching people to Lime hire-bikes. In reality, a regular bike or e-bike is just as effective and you own it. Sometimes, Lime takes a chunk of the tiny piece of city budget allocated to cycling. I think that money should be spent on its intended purpose.
Essentially, the business model for Lime is: lose money, use green-wahsing to lie to people, and divert money from better causes to prop up a broken-by-design business model.
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I for one welcome this decision, and look forward to car manufacturers similarly being held responsible for their cars being driven and parked illegally, and car drivers driving while drunk, by having all of those manufacturer's cars being banned from the streets.
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Richmond upon Thames is now supposedly a no park place for #LimeBikes
So people are parking at the border.
I also say supposedly because some folks managed to park there anyway.Forest bikes have now appeared in the obnoxious places where folks used to drop their Lime bikes.
Maybe one day we will see how that switch was a masterstroke. Maybe not
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End of #LimeBikes era in #RichmondUponThames on 26 June (tomorrow).
You can ride through but you cannot stop there
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I'm impressed by the distance someone pushed this Lime bike outside its boundary and to the M1 London Gateway services. Also parked very neatly in the shade.
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A big improvement to smaller person (that was their goal) but not a big game changer to that service
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I tried the new model of #LimeBikes today in #Paris
Positive side:
* More stable than the older model. Huge + for smaller ridersMehh side
* Acceleration is too much. Unsettling for the occasional rider (I was rear ended by one of those during last tube strikes in London)
* Brakes are still too weak
* Still too much of assistance. I got zero exercise out of it. I wish it could be tweaked.
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🛴 So, Boris spends 3 years commuting on Lime bikes in London and now discovers Lime is actually a data company. 🚴♂️🔍 The real shocker? He thinks combining #GDPR and some AI will turn his daily pedaling into groundbreaking research. 🤦♂️📊
https://ktoya.me/lime-data-company/ #LimeBikes #LondonData #AIResearch #CommutingInsights #HackerNews #ngated -
Was just reading about someone saying #LimeBikes can be drafted up hills when #cycling non-e-assist bikes in #LondonUK and it made me reflect that most of my #Strava goals entail being able to ride at >25kph up pretty much every hill making this hack redundant!
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@ascentale
A5: I think they are a net positive even though a bit pricey (without a subscription #LimeBikes in London are a rip off) but cheaper than other private transport and with lower negative externalitiesI have some reserves by how powerful the e assist is. Some folks are way out of their comfort/competence zone with them. They don't have to build stamina/experience before finding themselves at full speed.
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People say I have #BodyDysmorphophobia and to be honest they're right. Though not in the way they believe. For me it's just that I've never been able to judge my size. Even when I was young, like preteen young, I was overly concerned about my #weight and I had a six pack. But I was sure I was heavier than everyone else.
As I got older and bigger, I was always fighting that, but I was also trying to fight my nurturing. My mum was obsessed with #LosingWeight and as a result I tried to not be that. Throw that together with being a staunch #AntiMaterialist and all it meant was that there was a disconnect between how I looked and how I saw myself. And ultimately it didn't matter because I was determined to surround myself with people that loved me for me rather what I look like or what I owned.
I mean I had trash #EatingHabits, but I was cognisant enough to try and strive for the best despite those trash eating habits and so I managed to maintain my weight just the wrong side of correctly. Throughout my adult years I tried everything and nothing and no matter what, I couldn't get where I wanted to be, but I found solace in not being terrible.
Then came #COVID and everything changed. The balance broke and I started sliding in the wrong direction. Unaware BTW. After the #pandemic, I ended up in #IntensiveCare because the lack of balance broke me and I got a rare type of #diabetes that tried to reap my life. I was so confused by it all. I ate the same breakfast daily, designed to be nutritious and filling. I only ate lunch sometimes and dinner was a single takeaway serving. I believed I was doing everything right.
In hospital they told me I needed to #LoseWeight and I thought, who? Me? I spoke to a #dietician in the #type1diabetes department and I just remember feeling attacked the whole time. Though I did learn how to count carbohydrates. I was trying and actually started losing weight. It wasn't until I was discharged and ended up being prescribed #semaglutide. They asked if I wanted oral or injections and I opted for oral. My system is sensitive and so it instantly changed my life. Not in the miracle drug way, but I was struggling with #nausea and #AcidReflux, so I had to figure out how to adapt and I did. The key was portion sizes. Too large and I felt sick, too small and I had acid reflux.
I spoke to a different #dietician and her approach was different, it was a better fit for me. She suggested logging my meals in #MyFitnessPal and I was sceptical. But I recently got a new phone and Google were bundling Pixel Watches, so I looked into the #Fitbit app and saw it had meal logging. I began logging and then I began paying attention. The weight was dropping off of me aggressively. To the point that two different medical staff said they'd never seen such success before.
The dietitian then suggested I started walking to try and maintain as much muscle mass as possible. As someone that hates walking for no reason, I had to do some mental gymnastics, but eventually, maintain muscle mass became a good enough reason, so I found a route near me with a steep hill and started walking it. Once a week at first and then twice, four times and then every weekday. The hill started as a struggle and then it wasn't enough so I started adding more routes.
The dietitian then suggested I go to the #gym and I was open to the idea. I actually just wanted to ride #LimeBikes around the city, but they weren't available and so the gym seemed the next best solution. However my blood pressure had other ideas and they didn't think it was safe. So while I asked my doctor to give me permission, and they dragged their heels, I ended up using #Gemini to design a Circuit for me to do at home. Sod's Law meant one week after starting, two months after asking my doctor, I got permission to go to the gym. I asked Gemini to help me with a workout routine based on what they had available and have been going, going for hypertrophy, going for an #RPE of 7, going for the #MAV, going all in.
I've now lost an outrageous amount of weight and yet all I see is the imperfections because I could never judge size in the first place and I'm relatively okay with that. I'm never thinking about surgery, all I'm thinking about is #CaloriesInCaloriesOut, #Macronutrients and trying to improve my physique. I'm at a weight that I never thought possible and at a body fat percentage I never even dreamed of dreaming of. I can't judge me, because I'm incapable. That's my body dysmorphophobia; having no idea what I look like just believing I'm good enough looking to be desired and interesting enough to be loved.
In terms of #WeightLoss, first and foremost you need a desire. Not via magic but with your life. Learn how to log calories and then learn how to live in a #CalorieDeficit and then learn how to enjoy your calorie deficit. Portion control truly is your friend. After that, start strength training so your skin tightens as much as possible and you're good to go.
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Anyway, back in my lane, had to inform two cyclists this morning at #GreenwichFootTunnel that #LimeBikes don't work in the tunnel. Also, if the lift is out it is extremely difficult to carry one of those 30kg bikes up the stairs. The number you see abandoned down there speaks to a real lack of common sense in my opinion
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How to avoid the ‘Lime bike Hunger Games’ as tube strikes roll on: Cycling Electric's tips to short and longer term solutions:
https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/how-to-avoid-the-lime-bike-hunger-games-as-tube-strikes-roll-on
#tubestrike #tubestrikes #lime #limebikes #cycling #london #transport #ebikes
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#LimeBikes a safety risk?
“The doctor said this is the sort of accident that comes from motorbikes, this is not a bicycle accident.”
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-bikes-keep-breaking-londoners (end of the article might be paywalled — currently unclear to me)
#LimeBike #LondonCentric #London #RentalBike #RentalBikes #BikeSharing
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@elliots I love this story. Hooray for Timothy Chalomet, and for Lime bikes, and for environmentally friendly travel.
#TimothyChalomet #Limebikes #UrbanPlanning #Climate #LondonCycling
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Holy crap, 15 (!!) Lime bikes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.
This is why we can't have nice things.
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I see #Lewisham are bringing in docks for #LimeBikes
I do appreciate the need to avoid hire e-bikes cluttering the streets & getting in people's way, but I wonder whether this will put people off using them if it's too long to walk to a dock.
Given a lot of the problems are caused by hacked bikes being dumped, will it solve that? I'd prefer to tackle that by providing free rides to under-21s & incentivise good parking through a reward scheme
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@walk_sydney On the extreme end - Berlin started allowing parking bicycles in car spaces: https://archive.is/SUm4d
More realistically: It seems very easy to request new bike parking stands in the City of Sydney: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/transport-parking/request-new-bike-parking-space-or-find-existing
I've yet to request a new bike parking spot so I'm not sure how long it takes - interested to hear if anyone else has experience.
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Not a fan of #LimeBikes as they often clutter the pavement, however tonight this #ebike saved my bacon and got me to King's Cross station after the overground was suspended and all other options would have meant missing my train
