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Bicycles are available to hire from docking stations located around the city with the first 30 minutes of use free of charge. The bicycles are manufactured by
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in Canada and are designed to be robust and vandal resistant with puncture resistant tyres, chain guards and LED lighting and cabling built into the frames.
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with the area covered expanding and the number of bicycles increasing in the following years.
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when the scheme was launched in July 2010. The scheme was first proposed by previous mayor
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from its introduction until March 2015. It is currently sponsored by
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in London. The scheme's bicycles are popularly known as
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in 2008. The operation of the scheme is contracted by
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Portal:London transport
Selected articles
Portal:London Transport/Selected articles/59

bicycle hire scheme
Boris Johnson
Mayor of London
Ken Livingstone
Transport for London
Serco Group
Barclays Bank
Santander
City of London
London boroughs
Cycles Devinci
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