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I rode a Jump bike to work today. It's a magical experience. Just as I struggle a bit to get up a hill, the bike's pedal assist kicks in and helps me out. Ditt
by AndrewWarner 9y ago
I rode a Jump bike to work today. It's a magical experience.
Just as I struggle a bit to get up a hill, the bike's pedal assist kicks in and helps me out. Ditto for when I'm stopped at a red light and need to get riding fast.
The best part of these bikes are the fact that when I get to my destination, I can lock them up to the closest pole or bike rack and just go.
- stonebro 9y agoThis comment reads like an advertisement from a bot
- fizx 9y ago8k karma and a known account. He might do too much marketing tho ;)
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- mmahemoff 9y agoPretty sure Mixergy is presented by a full-fledged human.
- AndrewWarner 9y agoYeah. I'm real. I get a lot out of reading others' comments here, so I was glad to have a chance to write about something I've been using and thinking a lot about.
- sna1l 9y agoLol, ironic that an account created 33 minutes ago with 0 karma is commenting on someone being a bot.
- closeparen 9y agoHow did you get an invite? I applied months ago.
- staplers 9y agoBy heavily promoting and praising on tech forums /s
- AndrewWarner 9y agoJust search the apps store. It's in there.
- AndrewWarner 9y agoYou don't need an invitation. I got the JUMP app from the app store and was good to go. Their app is really good. I don't know why I'd want to use the Uber app for this, but I joined the waitlist to try it.
- draw_down 9y agoSounds pretty good. But if I really liked them I’d just buy one personally.
- dmix 9y agoWhat does 'dockless' bike sharing mean in practice. Where do you pick up the ebikes? From the previous rider directly? How does charging the bikes work (or do they self charge via friction)?
- AndrewWarner 9y agoPeople mostly lock the to meters, poles or bike racks. I use the app to tell me where I can find one near my house or office.
- devindotcom 9y agoThey lock themselves when you're done and just sit on the street. You're supposed to put them out of the way of pedestrians. But the next person could come any time afterwards - they'd see the location of the bike on their app. "Rebalancing" trucks go around and move bikes in bad locations, bottoms of hills, bushes, etc.
- dschep 9y ago> They lock themselves when you're done and just sit on the street. JUMP bikes lock to something, it's the majority of other dockless providers(ofo, mobike, limebike, spin, etc) that lock their backwheel.
- poyu 9y agoI think it means you can lock the bike anywhere you want, and the app can tell you what bikes are near you. You just need to walk up to it and unlock with your phone.
- rrix2 9y agoJUMP bikes have a u-lock built in to the back computer contraption, and unlock when you request the bike; they have an agreement with SFMTA that they can lock to any of the bike racks on the street, unsure if they're limited to certain locales or if it's city wide.
- tysonwil 9y agoSame here. Had no problem climbing SF hills.
- stickfigure 9y agoI also started with Jump this week. It was my first time on an e-bike and I concur with the word "magical". I really hope they stick around. It's like an even-more-convenient Scoot (which I also love). I wonder if Jump's pricing is going to stick? At $2 it's cheaper per-ride than the non-e Ford Gobikes and easier to park too.