It wouldn't lock into any bike dock. I tired the NINE empty ones and no go.
Luckily, I wasn't far from my boyfriend's so I went to his place to call the BIXI hotline. Yes, I don't have a cell phone; that's another story.
Spoke with Jonathan who assured me everything would be fine. He contacted a technician who arrived at the BIXI station 5 minutes later. He wasn't able to work his magic to get the bike locked so he hauled it into his truck.
I checked my BIXI account and all is fine.
What's a BIXI bike?
It's a bike that's part of a public system that allows you to travel in parts of Montreal from one BIXI station to another. You can learn more here : http://montreal.bixi.com/rolling-with-bixi/how-it-works.
I have the 1-year subscription since I wanted to use it to get to my boyfriend's place after work. I often had to wait 10-15 minutes for the bus and realized I could probably bike down to his place faster. This year they haven't set up a BIXI station at the métro stop I get off though. So, I get off one stop earlier and bike it down.
I am even thinking of using the bike in the morning, great easy way to get some exercise in.
I think it's so great that they have this in Montreal. More cities should have this.
ReplyDeleteMinneapolis now has them and soon it will be Washington D.C and Arlington VA as well as Washington University WA.
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