bastard boris bastard bikes bastard

As far as I can tell it's a coinflip as to whether a dock will let me have a bike or not. Every time I try and fail to get two or three bikes, I end up succeeding with the last one. And that's with a key.

The bikes don't let you use pay as you go with the same card that's registered against a key. Puts you in something of a catch 22 if the key has deactivated and you only have one card.

Having said that, I now have a new card so they might work again.

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/12/watch-three-pals-cycle-a-boris-bike-all-the-way-up-a-french-mountain-and-return-it-in-the-nick-of-time/