dko

very nice! how's it going so far?

That's exactly the use case we're going after. Docks work if you happen to near them, and most people aren't within a convenient distance from them. We aim to place everyone within minutes of one of our bikes at any point in time, so you wouldn't have to think about commuting between docks.

This is awesome. :)

Yup, over the past few years, station-based bikeshares like Citibike have done a great job at showing the bikes as a public resource can work, and help develop biking into a legitimate commute option.

We've a few tricks up our sleeves here to make it effective and affordable for us.

Hey stevenrace, I'm Derrick, one of the co-founders of Spin. Given our roots in the US, we're building our bikes for the local market, and use different tech than the Chinese companies, for example, FCC-compliant devices or networks that are available in the US (3G and newer).

Thanks for the support! Making biking more accessible for everyone is one of our goals with Spin. Where are you based, and what's your local program?

PS. This is Derrick, one of the co-founders of Spin :D