Hi
After some thinking I found that a simple idea is to have the bikes used more.
Since we can't ask everyone to use their i Ken more if they don't want, i propose to do BICYCLE SHARING :  and I made a Facebook page for this : https://www.facebook.com/groups/925989407537873/

Any feedback is welcome !

DB has a vibrant biking community: The Lantau Buffalos http://www.lantaubuffalos.org

There is a recent startup http://gobee.bike that aims to provide bicycle rentals in Hong Kong. Although in my mind it seems a nice idea if DB can invite them to set up here rather than residents wasting money on bicycles that rust away.

But the major stumbling block now is DB no longer has bicycle paths, they've all been disabled due to increased traffic flows resulting from building more villages.

Here is where I believe HKR failed to have hindsight. They seem to have mentioned a capacity for 25,000 residents when pitching their tender to the government. DB was intended to be a getaway resort, not a "town/city" development. But they can't be blamed. Nearly every place focused on business development rather than quality of life. Even to this day, there are significantly fewer bicycles being ridden anywhere. The roads are dominated by vehicles. Even China which was famed for it's army of bicycles had disappeared.

DB is no longer a place for bicycles. The roads in DB have already been transformed. I think a crucial turning point is if one day taxis gain full access to DB as half of residents are demanding, it will kill two birds with one stone (the death of DB Hire Car service + death of golf carts on the road). Faster moving traffic can't co-exist with slow ass golf carts.

Even if HKR could widen the road or to accommodate a bike path, the intersections are death zones. Plenty of accidents involving head on collisions between cyclists and hire care, private car, and this year with DBGC shuttle bus.

And I rambled again.

Hello

I don't know for you but the last 2 typhoons have been quite harmful to my bike downstairs ; lost of rust appeared, time to repair a bit !

To follow-up with my page I did a chatbot for the fun : it will answer your questions on this rent/lend idea :
https://www.facebook.com/DiscoveryBayBikes/

Let me know if the bot doesn't behave