• exaybachae@startrek.website
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    2 hours ago

    Community bikes are not a new thing. They had them in my hometown through most of my youth and teen years, and may still. I don’t live there anymore. 🙁

    They had a strong bike community, and a bike store and repair shop off a main ped/cycle path through town, just outside downtown. It had a lounge and was the primary source of the community bikes and their maintenance.

    Paint the bikes all a similar bright color, not white, and get stickers made with info about use and contact info for pickup and repair.

    Like, “I’m a community bike, use me as you like, leave me somewhere responsibly when you’re done with me, so somebody else can use me too. Contact for pickup or repairs 555 RIDE 4ME”

    • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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      2 hours ago

      Thank you for that. I love it. But can I ask why paint a bright color? I would think flat black is what the current environment calls for.