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Nextbike sees big rise in bike hires in Cardiff

It now has close to 100,000 customers in the city and plans to expand to Penarth

The scheme is popular across Cardiff (Image: Peter Bolter)

Bike for hire venture Nextbike has seen a big increase in membership and usage in Cardiff since the pandemic.

From March to June, Nextbike signed up 14,364 new members, taking the total to 89,496 customers.

In the four month period it  reported 114,383 rentals for its 1,000 standard bikes located at 94 stations across the city.

In the previous four month period, November to February, it had 9,000 new customers registrations and 101,035 rentals

Nextbike, which has more than 200 schemes globally, also operates in Swansea.

It has confirmed that Penarth will be its next location in Wales.

On the outlook for usage in the capital º£½ÇÊÓÆµ managing director of Nextbike, Krysia Solheim said: "We hope that the numbers will continue to rise as more people start to return to work and move around the city again.

"Bike share rentals traditionally reduce during the winter months as the weather gets colder. While we still believe the weather will have an impact - especially if we have a bad winter - overall we expect that this year might be different as people continue to practice social distancing and try to avoid crowded public transport options.