Free rides on city’s new e-bike scheme extended into September
Leicester’s new e-bike share scheme, Santander Cycles Leicester, is extending its offer of free midweek rides into September.
Every Wednesday, free rides on Leicester’s new fleet of e-bikes, courtesy of BID Leicester, are available to the first 200 people to email support@rideonleicester.com.
They will then get £5 of credit added to their account, to be used on a Wednesday between 25 August and 29 September inclusive.
The offer is available to both existing users of the scheme and new users.
Deputy city mayor Cllr Adam Clarke, who leads on environment and transportation, said: “Our Santander Cycles Leicester e-bikes have been hired more than 26,000 times since we launched, with more than 13,000 people signed up. But we want to make sure even more people get the chance to try out one of these bikes and discover what a fantastic, low-cost, healthy and environmentally beneficial means of transport they are.
“We’re grateful to local businesses which have backed this initiative through BID Leicester, the organisation that supports initiatives to get people into the city centre for shopping and leisure. BID Leicester has funded these free rides, which we hope lots of people will be able to make use of.”
