dutch bike hire in London: a real rip-off

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: deceiving images, you don't get the bikes you are paying for

...Last weekend, me and my friends decided to go for a tour of Regent Canal by bicycle, and therefore we looked for a bike hire service in London. Between all the websites we found this one, an appealing website with photographs of fantastic dutch classical bikes for hire in London. The website shows photographs of really nice and stylish bikes which are for rent at a decent price, 25 pounds per day per bike if you hire them for 1-3 days. Even though there were cheaper options we decided to treat ourselves for one day and choose one of these appealing bicycles, just to make it a really unique experience for one day! If only we knew! The delivery process is quite straightforward, you choose a bicycle and they deliver it to you wherever you are in London with a little van. And here we had the first surprise: they delivered to us 3 bikes...

magav 03.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dutch Bike Hire, Bayswater

GT Aggressor XC2. What a Bike for the Money

Advantages: Strong Frame and Wheels, Tyres do not let go
Disadvantages: None really!!

...Bought this bike with my work cycle to work scheme. A great buy from Halfords. Excellent speck for the price and a very strong bike. I'm 18st 10 (253 ibs) and in my opinion this bike can handle this weight easily. Great colour Black with like a Pearlesent White, Very good speck components, Shimano Deore derauillers and Sram Truvatic Crank. Hydrolic Brakes and Discs. These will stop you instantly and do tare a little time to get used to or a flight over the bars could come along. These sqeak when covered in Muck and Water for the first few occasions, but when used this disapates. Wheels are Alex DP17 rims, Strong, Maxxis Ingnitor Tyres Grip like hell. Suntour XCR forks are ok for Cross Country riding, Not a great Jump fork, but hey Im no Jumper! (I think that if yoiu are lighter than me you could have some safe landings with these...

damo1401 07.08.2009 · Read review
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A magic way to spend a day in London!!

Advantages: Exceptional service and value for money
Disadvantages: none

...This is the first time I have ever written on a site which gives feedback, I'm ashamed to say. But I recently had a short stop over in London and wanted to cram in as much sight seeing as possible and catch up with a friend who lives there. As I love riding bikes and so does she, I enquired about hiring one for the day. My London friend was sceptical as to whether this was possible so I asked my hotel via email if they could recommend a company. I was totally impressed with Dutch Bike Hire - I received a prompt reply via email confirming they would deliver a bike to my hotel , which they did on time. They provided me with not only a bike that suited my needs totally ( I didnt want a flash new bike as I wanted to be able to lock it and visit some of the London sights during the day) but helmet, bike chain, bike path map, basket, in fact...

anniemm 16.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dutch Bike Hire, Bayswater

On Yer Bike!

Advantages: Great fun, slow, Harry loves it
Disadvantages: Noisy, siren is a pain

...Now, Harry isn't what I would call a daredevil. In fact, he's not into anything that moves too fast or does things that he doesn't expect to happen, pretty much like any 2 and a half year old I expect. So as you can imagine, I wasn't overly thrilled when I found out last year that Harry's great aunt had bought him a motorised motor bike. Please bear in mind last Christmas he was only 21 months old and consequently pretty small and unconfident, but nonetheless, the Halfords Mini Racer Bike was on its way to us courtesy of my parents. It wasn't something we expected to keep for long but funnily enough, its now become Harry's favourite ever toy! The Halfords Mini Racer Bike is available from the Halfords website, and in-store but I can't really say I have ever seen one when I have been into a Halfords. My brother works for Halfords...

mummy2harry 01.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Halfords Mini Racer Bike

THE HIRED MAN A GREAT LITTLE MUSICAL

Advantages: Theatre at its simple best.
Disadvantages: Trying to get a ticket when sold out.

...My far better Half (Jane) came home from work very excited, she works in the local Dry Cleaners, so I hear you say what can be exciting about that. Well as it is in the centre of the Village it is a very handy place for Tickets to be sold for all sorts of events staged in the Village, and as such Jane, with her other two ladies who work there have first chance when tickets go on sale. What was exciting was that a production of THE HIRED MAN was coming to the Grange Hall in the Village for one night only. It was touring the area in quite prestigious Theatres, so this was a wonderful for the village. Also the 3 ladies were being allowed to purchase two tickets for the price of one, as a thank you for acting as box office. A night at a Musical Theatre for £8 for the two of us, cant be bad. The Hired Man retells Melvyn...

poshtroika 02.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Hired Man

"Look at my fancy newbig boy bike!

Advantages: great customer service, great quality
Disadvantages: Matching accessories not available

...On Tuesday 27 March, my son turned three making him officially a "big boy" as he reminds us on at least an hourly basis. His dad and I thought it only appropriate to celebrate this graduation into "big-boyhood" by buying him his first "big boy" bike. Kyle is an extremely active and strong boy and the level of destruction he can cause is extraordinary to say the least so it was vital that we found a bike that could withstand the endurance test that is hurricane Kyle and unfortunately, it was doubtful that the Spiderman bike from Argos he had his eye on was going to do the trick. With this in mind I started to do some research online into different options. One brand in particular kept popping up in reviews and newspaper/magazine articles. That brand was Isla Bikes. Now, I am not particularly knowledgeable when it comes to...

ally2kc 30.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Isla Bikes

A wheelie good toddler bike

Advantages: Small cheap, good quality
Disadvantages: no brakes

...A child’s first sized pushbike, with stabilisers, squeaky horn and clip on basket. Adjustable handlebars and seat, suitable for children from approximately 2 to 4 years. Manufactured by Universal and costing around £30 from large toyshops such as Toys”r”us. My 2 year old was desperate for her own “big girls bike” with two wheels and stabilisers. I looked at many, most of which were above £50, as I didn’t have as much as that to spend, I homed in on this jazzy little bike initially sold in Index. After realising that they were from the old stock and that they were not in the catalogue, the pleasant assistant offered to go out to the back of the store to see if there were any still lurking in the warehouse. Perfect, one left, and as it was old stock at an unmissable price of £22...

headgardener 10.07.2001 · Read review
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sponge for hire

Advantages: good fun and entertaining for all to see
Disadvantages: absolutly none

...I'm a fanaticle spongebob fan and have ALL of the dvds i was delighted when this new dvd came out and couldnt wait to see the next part of the fantastic ongoing seris. Spongebob is a fun animated seris that can be sutible for all, from young children to fun loving elders! This new dvd SPONGE FOR HIRE contains eight episodes, each roughly 13 minutes in length, 98 mins in total length from season three: "Krusty Krab Training Video" - This is a must see video for every newly hired Krysty Krab employee, it shows allt he perks of the job and gives you details of all the goings on in the krusty krab. This is a very funny episode and a funnily narrated instruction video for work. "Can You Spare a Dime?" Squidward takes advantage of Spongebob hospitality. Squidward quits after Mr. Krabs accuses him of stealing his lucky dime. So when...

hgoulden666 15.11.2006 · Read review
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Equipment & Plant Hire in West Dorset.

Advantages: Warm friendly casual service
Disadvantages: Not too easy to find on your first visit. A larger sign would be useful.

...I live in the Bridport area and have used Evans on several occasions in preference to other local competitors, Bradfords and Fowler Tool Hire. Whilst not finding the others unfriendly, Evans has its own brand of Dorset charm and is cheaper than the others. Obviously this review will have little interest to those living outside this catchment area which I would guess to be from west of Weymouth up around the many little towns and villages to the north, to Beaminster and round down to Lyme Regis. No doubt if you wanted something big for a long period it would be worth travelling as bit further, if only for the savings to be made. I have hired a variety of accessories such as tile cutters, thumpers and the like. I first went there years ago as it was the only reliable source of "pink" diesel for my fishing boat, which they...

webfoot 26.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Evans Building & Plant Hire, Dorset

HIRED FIRED OR SICK AND TIRED

Advantages: Advantageous to both employee and employer
Disadvantages: Book I read was couple of years old. Get up to date edition

...What an apt title and indeed it is the title of the book I am reviewing here. How many of us truly know our employment rights, equally how many of our employers know OUR employment rights. It would be easy to assume, especially if working with a large organisation such as the NHS or a City Council,that Management would be thoroughly au fait with such matters, but do I have news for you......most of them haven't got a clue. I wonder just how many people have been spoken to in a disparaging way and thought this was something they just had to put up with, or perhaps been bypassed over matters which affected them and consequently suffered loss of confidence.Did you know for example that if you tell a manager to .......off in a fit of anger that doesn't necessarily mean a company can dismiss you on the spot? Hired Fired or Sick...

ANNJSEC 29.01.2001 (10.02.2001) · Read review
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Review of Hired Fired or Sick and Tired - Lynda MacDonald