Cycle Hire Bikes Installed This Evening

Ambling through Spitalfields of an evening, we just spotted some guys installing the Cycle Hire bikes at a station on Commercial Street.

According to the chap we spoke to, they were installing five bikes in this 16-berth station, though he wasn’t sure if that pattern was being repeated across town.

TfL claims that 5,000 bikes will be ready tomorrow across more than 300 docking station, but Boris Johnson has already admitted that there will be teething troubles. We’ll be out riding the bikes bright and early (they’re available from 6am) to see how things are running.

Pics taken with an iPhone — apologies for the poor quality

  • halcyonday

    There’s about 15 out in the rack on the Addison Road side of Kensington (Olympia) station now.

  • http://undefined Ian

    Yes very impressive, nearly all the docking stations I passed on my way through the West End tonight around midnight did have between 5 and a full complement of bikes installed. At 6pm they were still empty. So they’ve been busy.

  • http://undefined Sirena

    I’m so pleased to see this. Let’s hope they don’t get vandalized and the system works.