200 state of the art ebikes have been installed at 30 hubs across Derby city, with the day-to-day running handled by Hourbike, the UK’s longest established bikeshare operator in the UK. The technology behind the ebikes is currently only being used in New York and San Francisco and this will be the UK’s largest electric bikeshare scheme.
Customers pay 3p per minute to ride the ebikes (there’s a minimum charge of £1 per rental) after signing up through the Social Bicycles app or via the eBikes Derby website There is a maximum daily charge of £12 and customers can pre-load credit onto their account.
Hubs can be found in Derby Cathedral Quarter in the Market Place and outside the Cathedral Court building on Cathedral Road.
