19/05/2020

Cardiff bus users will now be able to seamlessly travel around the city thanks to a collaboration between leading bike share operator nextbike, the Cardiff Bus app and its developer Passenger. nextbike will feature on the app, which allows its 53,000 monthly users to find out everything they need for travelling around the city by bus, from journey planning to live times and purchasing tickets. The addition of nextbike will give passengers the option to hop off a service and grab…

08/03/2019

Six new nextbike stations added to Cardiff scheme as city gears up for larger expansion later this year. Cardiff’s leading bike share scheme is adding six new stations this week to keep up with demand from eager users, as it reveals that customers have clocked up enough miles to cycle around the world more than 10 times. nextbike, which celebrates its first anniversary in the capital this May, currently has 50 stations and 500 bikes across the city. The six…

19/02/2019

Three Cardiff-based charities will get a slice of the pie this month after nextbikers across the UK raised almost £900 through the bike share firm’s annual charity campaign. In the run up to Christmas, nextbike halved the price of its annual subscription to just £30. And for every subscription sold, £15 was then donated to the charity of the customer’s choice. The organisations – bereavement charity 2 Wish Upon a Star, animal rescue centre ARC and cancer support charity Maggie’s…

21/12/2018

Nearly 800 people voted in Cardiff Cycle City’s first ever Cardiff Cycling Awards.  The award ceremony took place last night in a packed Ride My Bike Cafe. The winners of the five categories were: Award 1. Biggest Contribution to improving Cycling in Cardiff NextBike Award 2. Cardiff School doing most to encourage cycling to school Radnor Primary Award 3. Worst street/path for potholes in Cardiff Newport Road Award 4. Worst junction for cyclists in Cardiff Newport Road generally! Award 5….

06/12/2018

nextbike, Cardiff’s bike share scheme, will support three local charities throughout December after they won a public vote to be part of its festive cash giveaway in the city. The chosen organisations are bereavement charity 2 Wish Upon a Star, animal rescue centre ARC and cancer support charity Maggie’s Cardiff. nextbike is offering a half-price annual subscription to anyone who signs up to the scheme in the month of December, meaning a year’s cycling will cost just £30 instead of…

06/12/2018

Cardiff’s popular bike share scheme is set to double next year with an additional 500 bikes, operator nextbike has confirmed. The expansion will see an extra 65 docking stations added to the existing city-wide network, with up to 10 additional jobs being created to service the extended fleet. Nextbike bosses revealed ambitions to introduce accessibility bikes to the scheme as part of the expansion to improve access for people with disabilities. If successful, it would be the first major city…

29/08/2018

    The locations of Cardiff’s new nextbike stations have finally been revealed ahead of the scheme doubling in size next month.  The 27 bike-share stations started to be installed across the city on 24th August, taking the city-wide docking network up from 25 to 52.  New docking stations are being installed in Llandaff, Grangetown, Heath, and Ely, as well as several around Cardiff University.  nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, recently revealed the city’s 16,000 registered users have already cycled an impressive 140,000km since the scheme was launched in March – 42 times the distance Geraint Thomas cycled in the…

24/08/2018

  With cycling fever sweeping over Cardiff as residents embrace their brand-new bike share scheme, nextbike are now on the hunt for true fans to be become the face of the service. nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, is calling for all fanatics of the scheme to get in contact if they are interested in becoming an ambassador of the brand. Ambassador perks include unlimited free cycling on all the nextbike schemes across the world as well as the…