May 27, 2011

Employee Bikes Program?

Some businesses offer their employees monthly transit passes. What if they could offer them the option of great commuter bikes, and actually save money?

I think it would be fun to run a company that supplies businesses with "employee" bike fleets. I'd like to do it as an extension of my cycle shop. We put together perfect commuter bikes for every type of person, and match people to bikes. So our clients rent a fleet of bikes from us that matches their employee base, with maybe some extras so people can try out different things.

Individual seat covers and grips might help.

These things could have air horns, signal lights, and electrical assist for speed.

I bet we could provide this service to companies for less than the cost of a transit pass. And the bicycles could just be replaced during the work day as soon as they need servicing.