{"id":829,"date":"2017-08-09T02:27:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T02:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/?p=829"},"modified":"2017-08-09T02:27:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T02:27:32","slug":"seattle-lime-bike-test-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/2017\/08\/09\/seattle-lime-bike-test-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Lime Bike: Test Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing their bikes all over the place got me curious about Seattle&#8217;s bike services, Spin and Lime bike. I installed both apps on my phone and they both worked just fine, popping up a map showing where the bikes are. In both apps, the first ride is free. Neither app asked me for credit card info, though presumably they would later if I continued riding. They both have plenty of bikes downtown, though Lime seems to have more bikes in outer areas like Magnolia and Ballard.<\/p>\n<p>Walking home from the Magnolia center district today, Lime said there was a bike nearby. I followed the map a couple of blocks and the bike was exactly where the app said it would be. I used the app to scan the QR code, a few seconds later it unlocked. The bike was mine!<\/p>\n<p>I rode it a few blocks home. My impressions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s a <strong>tank<\/strong> &#8211; weighs 49 lbs!<\/li>\n<li>Has a basket in front, whose bottom is a solar cell.<\/li>\n<li>The front wheel has a built-in generator that powers a front &amp; rear light that are always on when the wheels spin.<\/li>\n<li>It has fenders and a full chain guard.<\/li>\n<li>It has an 8-speed Shimano Nexus internally geared hub. It works smoothly, though it was slightly out of adjustment due to a bit of cable stretch, skipping some gears (like 3rd). A couple of cable adjuster twists fixed that, then it shifted perfectly.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s geared low, which is a nice touch you really want around hilly Seattle, especially for this <strong>49 lb. tank of a bike<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The brakes are Shimano drums.<\/li>\n<li>The tires are not pneumatic and can&#8217;t flat. But they&#8217;re not rock-hard either. Seem to be foam-filled.<\/li>\n<li>The seat is easily adjustable with a hand quick release. But it doesn&#8217;t go quite high enough for my average length legs (32&#8243; inseam).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s a comfy bike to ride around town. At $1 per 30 mins it&#8217;s cheap too, with bulk monthly rates for unlimited rides.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I want to try a Spin bike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing their bikes all over the place got me curious about Seattle&#8217;s bike services, Spin and Lime bike. I installed both apps on my phone and they both worked just fine, popping up a map showing where the bikes are. In both apps, the first ride is free. Neither app asked me for credit card &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/2017\/08\/09\/seattle-lime-bike-test-ride\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seattle Lime Bike: Test Ride<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercise","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mclements.net\/blogWP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}