I pay £9 for 1 hour – hire bikes Stourbridge – are they worth it ?

I hire out Boris bikes in Stourbridge which cost £9 each for one hour but question is are they worth the money !! review on these bikes ..you can only ride within a certain area up to Wordsley and small part of black country I believe if you go out the boundary it’s a charge . all stuff explained in video , a bit of a laugh and a review !!

if you wish to hire out you can get access to many locations from the beryl app a majority of the black country doesn’t have these bikes apart from Stourbridge, Wolverhampton and out the area in Birmingham

drop your thoughts below !! what do you think of these bikes

– midlands outdoors

3 2 1 I’ve just noticed well my bearings have gotten even worser but yeah I mean your bike was having a grinding sound coming from the forks here wasn’t you the bikes look he’s had a bit of wear it looks like people fell off the bikes in the past

And caused quite a lot of damage to them it does say here it says please note that if you lock your bike outside the docking area you will be charged £30 really crazy to of £9 got that3 £39 all together I know it’s mad isn’t it so

You’re adding more charges and you mean that £39 could be 600 minutes that’s right yeah true yeah Here we are on a starb canal with a review video on the bobis bikes we’ve not just ordered one but we’ve ordered two one for Simon so do you want to say hello hello I don’t know what we’re going to do about these bikes today I

Know got bike issues already the uh the brakes are not working think you’ve got a few issues with yours I believe so I’ll have a look in a little while to hire these bikes out I think it’s like £8 or something but for a week it’s at

£32 I’ll come to the pros and during the video but let’s review these Bish bikes and see what they’re Like so right what an experience riding those bikes what do you think s um they’re okay um considering the three gear I think more gears are better cuz obviously I think you need about seven or eight gears really cuz it does ride quite quick but you need those gears

Like especially if go field oh yes you do yeah I think we’re saying that uh either on both bikes or one of the bikes the bearings of G Yeah so basically I’ve noticed on this one the bearings have got on this then what type of parts are on far care

View yeah you can sort of see it’s very bad down there I’ve noticed all the rust onto the corners it’s in quite a bad shape though really this bik because you press the brakes I mean the brakes don’t work which is very lethal so if you going downhill on this it’s not that

Good really because I’ve just mentioned to you this morning what about if you had a puncher and you went quite far you got no way of way of T in to get them repaired cuz OB the so uh if you’re out there withing put uh some more kits repair kits repair kits

On the bikes cuz if you do have a puncher you’re pretty much stranded if you felt the white of these bikes are they are quite heavy oh yeah yeah yeah yeah if you try and lift yours is it heavy to you not too oh be it’s got a

Bit but I’ll tell you what though the the pros of these bikes though I’m going have to say if you live local that it’s good just to go for a local commute isn’t it so like if you want to go for a short distance to work you’re in a

Really big rush we’ll talk about prices now how much did we pay to hide these bikes out and this is how much it actually cost us so right on the application on barel this is actually the pric in this we can see there it says £16 400 minutes on the E scooter

Bundle because you have the electric bike versions and also the E Scooters in Birmingham I will come back to do a review on the E Scooters in Birmingham soon I think Simon might join me on that one yeah definitely and you can see here it says day pass 60 Minutes is £9 going

To say it could be a little bit more cheaper considering the area for this place is very small where you can actually ride it this is actually the map where you can actually ride the bike I think it goes straight up to words but after that I don’t think you can

Actually go far and I found that if you do go out the area I think you do get another charge as well I’m not too sure if it’s £10 or a little bit more high as well even to pause the trip it cost 8 minutes that’s M mad isn’t it it’s crazy

Minutes it says onto here on the application it cost 8 p a minute all you have to do is uh flick this switch and then it cost you 8 p a minute I mean it’s crazy isn’t it it is 8p why would you to bu 8p this a PA trip oh

Know it’s crazy man it says here it says a bike pass only 100 minutes which is £8 so that’s a little bit more cheaper isn’t it s is but not much but not my so I have noticed on the application as well the bottom one says commuter

Pass which is 600 minutes giving you more time on the bikes itself so you can actually span your minutes throughout the week especially if you go to work but it actually cost you £36 but you can imagine if you’re paying that price weekly how much would it

Really cost for a month so basically we’ve calculated it so £ 36 throughout the month is £44 that’s mad is which is crazy well how the hell say if you’re not working what you’re supposed to do 144 a month but the thing is though Simon where the path is where the bikes

Actually go it’s a straight line up toward words it’s cheaper to get a bus which is only3 a day sa for like a day but then 17 for a week so it’s cheaper to get a bus up to workday than what it would be to cyle so basically it will

Cost you for a year 1,728 wow is it wow who would pay that much for a year seriously I don’t think we would there people out there who will but C that is really insane 1,728 for a bike I mean you could pay for L cheaper for your own version of

The bike if you go on AUST you could pick a cheap ebike for 500 quid 600 800 I mean if we look at the price on August so we can see here Simon so the cheapest ebike what day sale is a unisex mountain bike which is £

649 and that’s be 1,100 so you can imagine you’re paying that for a year you might as well just F out and get a decent e of August really should you sounds I mean even there going to the bottom we can get an even decent one a

Folding electric bike which is also ,000 and even cheaper 499 which is really cheap another 20in folding ebike but you can just see the prices I mean how much you’re paying for a year if you did pay that Weekly a lot better A lot get like

An EB call yeah and you can just take your own punch repair kits you know you got your own maintenance whereas I can’t see how you can maintain this bike if you did have a puncher I bet you have to phone the company and just leave the

Bike there I reckon but it does mention on the application one minute so basically right we talking about getting punches I mean you’re correct if you had two punches what would you do I know so like one in your B and one on mine where

We supposed to put it um we can’t back com we can’t push them back no they’re really heav yeah so we’d have to leave them and uh as I said again once again get in touch with the west cycl and explain the situation and see what’s happening so it does say here

Says please note that if you lock your bike outside the docking area you will be charged 303 so basically if you had a puncher you would have to dock your bike here but then they charge you3 bad you’re more likely to get a puncher on

These but I don’t know if they got slime inside them but imagine if you dock them here it’ll be a 30 pound charge which is really crazy but you can just clearly see it’s like for £9 you got that30 £39 all together I know it’s mad isn’t it so

You’re adding more charges and you mean that £39 could be 600 minutes that’s right yeah true yeah Minute but yeah the bikes are actually ride norok to be honest consider it’s got problems with them I mean was yours like now Simon if I soer very carefully you can sort of see the bearings have gone but yeah both bearings have gone on the bikes I think it definitely sounds

Like bearings I had that problem on my last folding E Bike where the bearings went it actually sounded similar I tell tell you what though the these bikes the run all right I mean it’s quite a bit of fun I mean if you have the electric

Version you can actually do a nice cycle across the area I mean it’s nice for the locals to come for a cycle down the canal but I was talking to the locals just it’s a shame you can’t go out the area like go down to Presswood cycle

Even further Lo up to the Dudley canal and come all the way back to starbridge but I think the charger if you go out the area like I mention before but I think what I’m going to do is cyle on uh Simon and then we’ll um we’ll take the

Barks back before we get more problems with them no we get a puncher but yeah I mean your bike was having like a grinding sound coming from the forks here wasn’t you which is a bit OD it could be something to do with that locking mechanism but it seems like I’ve just

I’ve just noticed the tire pressure I think your tire pressure’s gone down a little bit when I felt it earlier it your but I mean you can just see the bikes look he’s had a bit of wear it looks like people have fell off the

Bikes in the past and caused quite a lot of damage to them it looks like it hasn’t had maintenance for quite a while cuz the screws are Rusty the chain isn’t bad it looks like it’s had all onto it but you can see what I mean all the

Screws rusting apart I mean that the brakes on there are not safe at all I think what we need to do now is get the bikes back s before they actually break definitely should we go and ride them all the way back then at least the bell

I think the bells work oh yeah at least your Bell’s working that a’t bad is it but I tell you what there could be some improvements with the application the time what you can consume on the bikes well I’ve gotta be so careful because my brakes aren’t working but what I reckon

I should do is increase the time maybe give you a whole day for nine pound so you know you can enjoy a day come with somebody else have a nice cycle especially across the canal you don’t really want to rush you know being on a timer it’s not that good it makes your

Day you know you’re panicking about time you just want to dock the bike back up and in case you worry about any extra charges but when you’re on a bike ride you want to enjoy the outdoors not really rush and that’s what it’s all about about but I think having a timer

Literally 1 hour for like 9 I think it could be cheaper or improved when you get more time I mean 600 minutes for 32 could be reduced to L something like 19 or 20 to make it reasonable for people who can afford to go out on a cycle

Because you can imagine the price is rising who can afford know to hire these bikes out cuz a lot of things are going up gas electric bills you know the food’s G up in supermarkets and know how much money would you have to hire a bike

Out in a month especially pay £44 if you do it’s quite a lot of money I mean speaking to the locals I mean they think these H bikes are a bit too expensive I mean considering if you have a punch like I mentioned to dock your bike is £3

Which I think is wrong I mean if you have a puncher I don’t think they should charge you to leave the bike here but yeah definitely if the bikes are cheaper then definitely the W your oyster you can go far and increase the time but over ra it’s a nice little cycle I’ve

Enjoyed taking the bike out but that’s just my opinion it could be way more cheaper than what it Is so what did you say D I think I think my gears are G your gears are G it feels like it yeah I think my gears are gone what did you say it felt very loose yeah they act p in cuz my change it change

Back to first gear it not meant to all right good Enough so yeah we m is shoes parking the Box par I can’t the dock CHS it I think you got to give it for in that’s it oh press that thing down at the bottom that yellow thing yeah try it no that’s to stop the FP that’s to pause

The trip oh yeah to pause a trip yeah they charge they be charged eight P so yeah basically there we go so right Simon last minute Force now what do you think um The W was okay but I don’t I don’t think it’s not worth the money in

The future no do you think the what wrong with the bikes and stuff and now the the thing got onto it like of brakes bearings it’s not reliable is it you’ve had a puncher as well maybe it looks like it yeah cuz your tire pressure looks like it’s gone down considerably

Yeah my personal opinion I think it is worth it then again it could be cheaper because you’re paying £9 and you’re limited to ear a small area yeah in one as he said in the beginning he’s got his pros and cons um the PR is yes you can

Have it but the cons is but the pros are you know it’s good for people who local the want to get out you know get to a location quicker that’s what the pros are the conss are people live local but they have to travel further pay more

Yeah yeah pay more money yeah yeah like we mentioned like you’re paying £32 for a week and you’re paying £44 for a month really but for local local travel uh so you go to like Canal trip it’s fine that’s it yeah get get yourself out good exercise good good for together good for

Your health that’s it yeah got PR as well that’s the pros of it yeah well I’ve really enjoyed that Canal Rod it’s been fantastic but pretty much that’s the Baris bikes yeah going back a couple of years ago cuz I work in starbridge I always remember Baris Johnson coming

Down and actually riding these bikes across the starage canal okay yeah so that’s pretty much where the bikes really come from I think it was all to do with bis Johnson those was all invented to several areas in starbridge W rampton Birmingham is mainly the place where you get the scooters from yeah

Which is also the next video what we’re doing are the scooters worth riding is it safe you know all these kind of things are legal yeah so be looking at all the different aspects of it sort of in the next video but thank you very much it’s been a ride today enjoy going

On these bikes but the problems I’m just really glad to get it back for the mid’s outdoor see you soon and for Simon and catch you next time catch you next time see you guys