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The Cycle of life? - Comparing Bike Sharing Systems

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It is admittedly kind of surprising. I’m not the most sporty guy to put it mildly, yet for the last year or so, I have really taken a liking to cycling. Not the pseudo sporty “30 year beer gut, but dressing like Lance Armstrong” kind, mind you, I do have some modesty. I’m more along the lines of getting from A to B in a speedy manner, and if you don’t have a car, a bike is pretty much your best option. However, owning a bike in an urban environment inevitable brings up storage issues, maintenance, etc. Thankfully, there are a number of alternatives to this in the meantime, you guessed it, bike sharing systems. Yaaaaawwwnnn. Didn’t you already write about that? I did actually, and quite extensively, when I wrote my original report about Coca Cola Zero Bikes, the local bike sharing system here in Cork. However, I have since been able to test two more similar systems, and of course Coca Cola Zero Bikes has now been in operation for a year, so it is more than fair game to check in on th